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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 4, 2024 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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, Jeff Cercone • May 21, 2024
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on May 8, 2024 a press conference:
“The millions (of immigrants) that have been paroled can simply go to their local welfare office or the DMV and register to vote.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 20, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 4, 2024 a post on Facebook:
“Voter fraud investigations are being banned by Michigan lawmakers!”
False
By Madison Czopek • May 16, 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 4, 2024 a Facebook post:
“There is no campaigning going on, none whatsoever.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 13, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 26, 2024 a Facebook post:
President Joe Biden “can suspend presidential elections ‘if’ a new pandemic hits the U.S.” under Executive Order 14122.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 7, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 3, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:
Más de 2 millones de personas se han registrado para votar en lo que va de año sin una identificación con foto en Texas, Pensilvania y Arizona.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • May 1, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2024 a Facebook post:
Photo shows Hillary Clinton holding an anti-Donald Trump T-shirt.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • April 26, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2024 a Facebook post:
Photo shows former President Barack Obama wearing an anti-Donald Trump T-shirt.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • April 25, 2024
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