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Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 26, 2021 a Facebook post
“The U.S. Senate cannot convict a former President.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • January 28, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 4, 2021 News release
A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad."
False
By D.L. Davis • January 25, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • January 14, 2021
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on January 13, 2021 remarks in a CNN broadcast
The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2021
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
stated on January 10, 2021 an interview on Fox
“Republicans have no way to communicate” after tech companies cut off Parler.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2020 a television interview
Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 4, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on November 7, 2020 a Tweet
“Every single swing-seat House Democrat who endorsed #MedicareForAll won re-election or is on track to win re-election. Every. Single. One.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 17, 2020
Eric Trump
Eric Trump
stated on October 17, 2020 a tweet
A mansion in photo is Joe Biden’s house.
Mostly False
By Hayat Norimine • October 20, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 1, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Steve Bullock “failed to act” when his “most senior political aide was caught sexually harassing women. Bullock knew about the harassment but said nothing, remaining silent when the aide took another job where he harassed women again.”
Half-True
October 15, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 10, 2020 a comment to reporters
Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2020
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 22, 2020 a campaign ad
Says “Lucy McBath voted to release criminals from prison. Murderers, rapists.”
False
October 12, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 25, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Sri Kulkarni attended “notorious desert drug parties” and was arrested for cocaine.
Half-True
October 6, 2020
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on September 17, 2020 a campaign website
Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2020
Michigan Democratic Party
Michigan Democratic Party
stated on September 24, 2020 an email
“James is the only Senate candidate in a battleground state who has refused to take a position” on whether the Senate should promptly vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • September 25, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 19, 2020 a statement
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • September 22, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 19, 2020 interviews
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • September 22, 2020
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on September 18, 2020 a statement
On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
Full Flop
By Katie Sanders, Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on September 18, 2020 a tweet
On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
Full Flop
By Miriam Valverde • September 22, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on September 11, 2020 an interview on 'Detroit Today'
"Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi."
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2020
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