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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2023 a photo on Facebook:
The cost of eggs has gone up 700%.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • January 13, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2023 a campaign website:
As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 30, 2022 a post:
“Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • January 6, 2023
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on December 8, 2022 Twitter:
“Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • January 6, 2023
Aaron Rouse
Aaron Rouse
stated on December 23, 2022 a TV ad.:
“Kevin Adams wants to ban abortion.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 5, 2023
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on December 4, 2022 a tweet.:
“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 28, 2022 a post:
The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired.
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 5, 2022
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on October 24, 2022 News release:
“Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.”
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • December 5, 2022
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2022 Public statement:
“A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • December 1, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2022 an Instagram post:
Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on November 11, 2022 an interview:
Raphael Warnock "believes in no cash bail" and "letting people out of prison that are going to make us prisoners in our own home."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 31, 2022 a post:
California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 7, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 2, 2022 on social media:
The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022
Kris Mayes
Kris Mayes
stated on September 28, 2022 a debate:
“We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.”
Mostly False
By Sydney Carruth • November 2, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2022 Blog post:
“We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”
Mostly False
By Lawrence Andrea • November 1, 2022
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2022 a political ad:
Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 31, 2022
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on September 22, 2022 Radio ad:
Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”
Mostly False
By Ben Wells • October 31, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2022 a gubernatorial debate:
"Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • October 28, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 27, 2022 a tweet:
Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on October 26, 2022 a newspaper interview:
Blake Masters “wants to privatize” Social Security.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2022
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