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Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC:
HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2021
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on February 22, 2021 in a tweet:
Says the American Civil Liberties Union opposes H.R. 1 on grounds that “it threatens our freedom of speech.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2021 in an image:
Says Jerry Nadler said “God has no authority in the House of Representatives”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 26, 2021
Act for America
Act for America
stated on February 23, 2021 in an online post:
HR 1 will allow members of Congress to draw a second salary “worth an estimated $600,000 per year!”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 25, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 19, 2021 in a speech:
“The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 9, 2021 in an article:
“Manipulated Video used in House Impeachment Looks to Have VIOLATED House Rules”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • February 11, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 5, 2021 in an interview on CBS:
“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 4, 2021 in a Senate speech:
“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2021
DCCC
DCCC
stated on February 2, 2021 in an attack ad:
Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on February 3, 2021 in a press conference:
“I don’t even know what (QAnon) is.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • February 4, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Congressional benefits include “free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • February 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“U.S. military at the White House arresting Congress.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2021
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 26, 2021 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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