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stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
If protesters blocking the road “start banging on your windows, threatening you and trying to get in your vehicle,” it is legal to “hit the gas and plow through them.”
False
June 3, 2020
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stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
Zoo animals were released during protests in Chicago.
Pants on Fire!
June 2, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Video shows Seattle police in uniform “vandalizing” a building “to frame protesters.”
False
June 2, 2020
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stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
“Rocks being dropped off in cages in LA for rioters. Compliments of George Soros.”
False
June 2, 2020
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stated on May 30, 2020 a Facebook post
Protesters “broke into the White House.”
False
May 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet
There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 28, 2019 a Facebook post
Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 21, 2020
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post.
“VA Democrats authorized for early release over 4,000 inmates, 60% of which are incarcerated for violent offenses.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 20, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 a Facebook post
If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.
False
May 19, 2020
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stated on May 12, 2020 a Facebook post
A girl was “decapitated” in front of her parents by a Somali migrant. Media “covered up” the murder.
Mostly False
May 15, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“Joe Biden was involved in a plot to kidnap JFK Jr. according to the just declassified FBI files, and also made several threats."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • April 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a rally
Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child
Half-True
By Mica Soellner • April 17, 2020
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stated on April 5, 2020 a Facebook post
People are handing out masks “doused with chemicals which knocks you out cold” so they can rob you.
False
April 9, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“In Chicago, Covid-19 actually LOWERED the death rate.”
False
By Haley BeMiller • April 3, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 a Facebook post
Says imposters in hazmat suits are going door to door in Stockton, Calif., saying they are checking residents for fever or COVID-19, but they “will enter your home and physically attempt robbery.”
False
March 30, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2020 a Facebook post
"If you are in Las Vegas and you get a knock on your door from NV Power, 2020 Census or CVD-19 testers, do not open your door. They are robbing people at gunpoint."
False
March 25, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 19, 2020 news release
“Car thefts (are) increasing in 8 of the 10 most populous (Wisconsin) counties.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2020
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stated on February 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."
Mostly False
March 5, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on November 22, 2019 a Facebook post
Says white vans with external locks are “utilized for sex trafficking.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on January 15, 2020 a Facebook post
Sex traffickers are using a zip-tie contraption on the door handles of vehicles “to trick females into looking down and digging for something in their purse to cut with ... Once they’re distracted, boom! They are quickly forced into another vehicle, never to be seen again by their people.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 29, 2020
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