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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Josh Holmes
Josh Holmes
stated on March 28, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
A Georgia law has not “criminalized giving people bottles of water.” It pertains to political organizations.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2021
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 24, 2021 in a Senate hearing:
“Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday” in Georgia
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2021 in a statement to the media:
"We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News:
"When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2021
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on March 2, 2021 in a tweet:
Says H.R. 1 “allows minors to vote.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • March 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Georgia House passed a bill that “makes it a misdemeanor to give food or water to voters waiting in line.”
True
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2021
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 3, 2021 in Daily Signal op ed:
The voting bill known as H.R. 1 would mean “that millions of illegal immigrants are quickly registered to vote."
False
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2021
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on March 3, 2021 in a tweet:
H.R. 1 would “prevent removal of ineligible voters from registration rolls.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2021
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
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
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
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet:
“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”
True
By Amy Sherman • February 19, 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
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on January 24, 2021 in an interview on Meet the Press:
"The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 15, 2021 in a headline:
“Inauguration Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • January 16, 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
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on January 6, 2021 in a U.S. Senate speech:
“Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 8, 2021
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