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Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 23, 2024 a post
Usha Vance, wife of Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, posted on X that Vice President Kamala Harris was “absolutely a DEI hire.”
False
By Sara Swann • July 24, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on July 22, 2024 a post on X
The death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, six days after the Trump rally shooting was linked to her “oversight of the Secret Service.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 24, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 23, 2024 a Threads post
As of July 23, 2024, “Trump has announced he won’t debate Kamala Harris.”
False
By Mia Penner • July 24, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on July 21, 2024 una publicación en X
"Kamala Harris no es elegible para postularse para la presidencia. Ninguno de sus padres eran ciudadanos estadounidenses natos cuando ella nació".
Pants on Fire!
July 24, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 22, 2024 an Instagram post
There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Ranjan Jindal • July 23, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 21, 2024 a post on Instagram
“The state of Washington has already sent out their ballots” for the 2024 presidential election.
False
By Madison Czopek • July 23, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 21, 2024 a post
Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011.
False
By Sara Swann • July 22, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 21, 2024 an Instagram post
Kamala Harris “is not eligible to hold the office of president” because her parents were non-citizens.
Pants on Fire!
July 22, 2024
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 17, 2024 Speech
After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 17, 2024 a campaign video
"Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 18, 2024
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on July 16, 2024 TV appearance
Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”
False
By Madeline Heim • July 17, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on July 16, 2024 in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee
“Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • July 17, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 14, 2024 social media posts
Photos show former President Donald Trump golfing after being shot.
False
By Sara Swann • July 16, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 14, 2024 a post on Threads
Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.”
False
By Ranjan Jindal • July 16, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 14, 2024 an Instagram post
A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 15, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 14, 2024 a post
Photo shows Barron Trump on July 13, 2024, at Butler, Pennsylvania, rally.
False
By Sara Swann • July 15, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2024 a statement to the media
“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 14, 2024 una publicación en redes sociales
Estas imágenes muestran a Thomas Matthew Crooks, el sospechoso del tiroteo en el mitin de Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Maria Briceño • July 15, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 14, 2024 a July 14, 2024, post
A photo from viral social media posts shows Trump rally shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • July 14, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 16, 2024 News release
"The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • July 13, 2024
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