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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Sen. Kelly Loeffler said on Parler that “Black people shouldn’t be allowed to vote.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • November 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 5, 2020 a White House speech:
“If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • November 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
“118-year-old William Bradley voted via an absentee ballot in Wayne County, Michigan this year. William died in 1984. They’re trying to steal this election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
Detroit has “2,503 dead people registered” including “one voter born in 1823.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Now that it’s even, Nevada decides to stop counting and is now not going to count anything until TOMORROW! What?!”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2020 a Facebook post:
An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Trump supporters are blocking access to polling sites at Clifton City Hall, New Jersey.”
False
By Amy Sherman • November 3, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2020 a TV ad:
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ government-run health care plan… could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Miami-Dade reporting 23% of early ballots being rejected for missing signatures.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2020 a headline in a Facebook post:
Sen. Kamala Harris “may have broken laws” when she visited a voting site in Ohio
False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2020 a rally:
“In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 24, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2020 a rally in Erie, Pa.:
“Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2020
Emails
Emails
stated on October 20, 2020 email threat to Florida Democrats:
Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 19, 2020 an Instagram post:
“15 days left to vote BUT if you are voting by mail, you need to vote TODAY. USPS says it needs a 14 day roundtrip to be counted on election day.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 18, 2020 a thread on 4chan:
If you know someone's name and date of birth you can change their votes on Oregon’s voting website.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 18, 2020 a Facebook post:
Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots
False
By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Jaime Harrison is being left off of South Carolina ballots”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2020 a rally:
Says Joe Biden is a socialist.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 a debate:
“With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2020
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