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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 3, 2024 in a post on Threads:
CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 9, 2024
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union:
“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 2, 2024
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 in Public appearance:
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 28, 2024 in a video:
CNN's David Chalian referred to Michelle Obama as "Big Mike" on air during presidential debate coverage.
False
By Mia Penner • June 28, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on June 27, 2024 in an X post:
“CNN will implement a 1-2 minute delay for tonight’s presidential debate instead of the standard 7-second delay, potentially allowing time to edit parts of the broadcast.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • June 28, 2024
Pennsylvania Values PAC
Pennsylvania Values PAC
stated on June 21, 2024 in an ad:
Former President Donald Trump is “against mail in voting.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Mia Penner • June 26, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2024 in Public appearance:
Says he “saved Kenosha” and the “governor wouldn’t move” on sending the National Guard.
Pants on Fire!
By Hope Karnopp • June 21, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on June 8, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Trump can’t be on the Texas ballot because of our state constitution.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2024 in remarks to reporters:
“Congo, Africa, just released a lot of people, a lot of people from their prisons and jails and brought them into the United States of America.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 12, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2024 in comments to reporters:
Joe Biden “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 4, 2024 in a speech:
“Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • June 5, 2024
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 19, 2024 in TV interview:
Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were "wildly incorrect, all three times."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • June 5, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 2, 2024 in an interview with Fox:
Speaking about Hillary Clinton: “I didn’t say, ‘Lock her up.’ ”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 30, 2024 in posts on X:
Photo shows the judges who will hear the appeal of former President Donald Trump’s criminal conviction.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 31, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 30, 2024 in a post:
Under federal law, former President Donald Trump’s “felony convictions mean he can no longer possess guns.”
True
By Sara Swann • May 31, 2024
Jason Pizzo
Jason Pizzo
stated on May 30, 2024 in a post on X:
“Trump can’t vote for himself in the November election.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 31, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Joe Biden told West Point graduates that “he is not planning to accept the results of the 2024 election” and he wants them to “stand back and stand by” to ensure Donald J. Trump doesn’t win.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • May 30, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 25, 2024 in a photo:
Noncitizens in Washington, D.C., “can vote in federal elections.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • May 30, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • May 24, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 21, 2024 in 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!
By Jeff Cercone • May 23, 2024
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