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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on March 3, 2021 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 7, 2021 a speech:
In more than 60 cases, judges “looked at the allegations that Trump was making and determined they were without any merit.”
True
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • January 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 20, 2020 a Facebook post:
"‘Simple math’ shows Biden claims 13 million more votes than there were eligible voters who voted in 2020 election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2020 a Facebook post:
President Donald Trump will hold his inauguration for a second term at Mar-a-Lago
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 9, 2020 a tweet:
“No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 2, 2020 a speech:
“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 1, 2020 a Facebook post:
A Dominion representative in Gwinnett County improperly downloaded election data to “manipulate the data.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 2, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2020 a press conference:
“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 18, 2020 a roundtable with healthcare workers:
The law governing the transition of presidential power “doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent' winner.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2020
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