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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 21, 2024 a campaign email
“Biden’s DOJ was authorized to use DEADLY FORCE” in Mar-a-Lago raid. Biden was “locked and loaded” and “ready to take me out.”
Pants on Fire!
May 23, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 6, 2024 an X post
Fired Milwaukee election leader “printed 64,000 ballots in a back room at City Hall in Milwaukee and had random employees fill them out,” giving Joe Biden the lead.
False
By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on May 16, 2024 a Threads post
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said we should go back to a time when “women had more babies than thoughts.”
False
May 17, 2024
Lila Rose
Lila Rose
stated on May 14, 2024 an Instagram post
Anti-abortion activist sentenced to 57 months in prison for “handing roses and resources to women at an abortion facility.”
False
May 17, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • May 17, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 13, 2024 an X post
“Alvin Bragg’s office deleted 3 pages of phone call records of Michael Cohen with Stormy Daniels’ lawyer,” which is evidence tampering.
False
May 15, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 10, 2024 a Truth Social post
“Biden wants to immediately stop all aid to Israel.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 15, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2024 an X post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 11, 2024 a Facebook post
Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment.
False
May 13, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 5, 2024 a post
“Democrats are calling to redesign the American Flag to make it more inclusive” by featuring rainbow colored stripes.
False
By Grace Abels • May 7, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2024 remarks to reporters
“I’m not allowed to testify” because of a gag order.
False
By Amy Sherman • May 3, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 1, 2024 a speech
In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • May 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 26, 2024 an interview with Howard Stern
Says he “got arrested” while protesting in favor of desegregation.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on April 23, 2024 in social media posts
“Columbia University announced classes will be remote for the remainder of the school year.”
False
April 25, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 15, 2024 a moderated conversation
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 16, 2024 statement to the media in New York City
“This trial that I have now, that’s a Biden trial.”
False
By Amy Sherman • April 19, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on April 18, 2024 an X post
Video shows hecklers April 16 booing Joe Biden’s motorcade in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
False
April 19, 2024
National Center for Public Policy Research
National Center for Public Policy Research
stated on April 5, 2024 Proxy statement
"Kohl’s has contributed $1,000,000 to the (Black Lives Matter) movement and related causes since 2020."
False
By Ricardo Torres • April 19, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 9, 2024 an interview with Univision
Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 18, 2024
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 27, 2024 Public appearance
“We passed 27 bills last year, which is the fewest since the Depression.”
True
By Laura Schulte • April 17, 2024
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