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Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 30, 2023 a tweet
"(Ron) DeSantis' bill would remove: background checks, instruction, training and oversight."
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • February 6, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 4, 2023 an Instagram post
A vigilante “shot down the Chinese spy balloon in an extraordinary act.”
False
February 6, 2023
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X posts
stated on January 25, 2023 a tweet
“Female student-athletes in Florida need to provide their schools with detailed information about their periods.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 3, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 a House committee hearing
Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2023
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on January 23, 2023 a tweet
"Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 3, 2023
Devin LeMahieu
Devin LeMahieu
stated on January 3, 2023 Senate address
"In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion."
Mostly True
By Vanessa Swales • February 3, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on January 31, 2023 tweets
President Joe Biden said, “The idea that we’re going to send in tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”
False
February 2, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2023 a video on Facebook
Pregnancy tests include a “hidden Plan B” pill.
False
By Sara Swann • February 2, 2023
Peggy Hubbard
Peggy Hubbard
stated on January 30, 2023 a Facebook post
“More classified documents (were) found at the University of Delaware,” the “equivalent of a tractor trailer worth.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 2, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2023 a Facebook post
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."
False
February 2, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2022 Twitter
“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2023 a post
The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 2, 2023
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on January 27, 2023 an interview with reporters
“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2023
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 29, 2023 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
"I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 27, 2023 an Instagram post
"Doctors say colon cancer is on the rise due to toxins absorbed while cooking food (in) the microwave.”
False
February 1, 2023
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Viral image
stated on January 28, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.
False
January 31, 2023
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Viral image
stated on January 30, 2023 an Instagram post
The government caused a fire at Hillandale Farms in Connecticut “so that they can force us into eating their fake GMO meats, or starve us into compliance.”
False
January 31, 2023
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Viral image
stated on January 30, 2023 an Instagram post
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted that Instagram needs to “TERMINATE…a right-wing media page posting CONSERVATIVE content.”
False
January 31, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 29, 2023 a Facebook post
“BREAKING GOP approves resolution to expel Omar from Congress! It’s over for her!”
False
January 31, 2023
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Viral image
stated on January 25, 2023 a Facebook post
The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.
False
January 31, 2023
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