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Latest Fact-Checks By Samantha Putterman

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Ashley Moody
Ashley Moody
stated on January 30, 2025 a hearing
The National Human Trafficking Hotline “in the last four years decided that they would no longer report tips to law enforcement, that they would take a more victim-centered approach.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 4, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 22, 2025 an interview
The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2025 remarks
The United States is the only country with unrestricted birthright citizenship.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 21, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 27, 2024 a U.S. Supreme Court brief
On banning TikTok
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman • January 16, 2025
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
stated on December 5, 2024 remarks to reporters
About 1% of federal employees are “actually working in the office.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 8, 2024 an Instagram post
"BREAKING: Zillow CEO just said on CNBC Trump's deportation plan will help with housing affordability.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 12, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on November 6, 2024 a Threads post
“Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 11, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 23, 2024 a video
Kamala Harris imprisoned a woman for three years for praying.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 27, 2024 un anuncio de campaña
El expresidente Donald Trump quiere eliminar la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 23, 2024 a post on X
Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • October 24, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 27, 2024 a campaign ad
Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 24, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 30, 2024 an X post
Photo shows President Joe Biden lounging on the beach "while towns all over America were being wiped out” by Hurricane Helene.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2024
Vote No on 3
Vote No on 3
stated on September 7, 2024 a TV ad
Florida’s Amendment 3 is “the monopoly amendment.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 27, 2024
Vote No on 4
Vote No on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 a TV ad
“Unlike other amendments, Amendment 4 has no definitions. … Without definitions these words can mean almost anything.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 21, 2024 a video
Sen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 22, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on September 20, 2024 an X post
First lady Jill Biden led a Cabinet meeting for President Joe Biden and her signature appears on presidential stationery.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 21, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on September 14, 2024 a speech
“In Project 2025, you’re going to have to register with a new federal agency when you get pregnant.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 17, 2024
Yes on 4
Yes on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 a TV ad
Florida’s six-week abortion law has “no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 13, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 28, 2024 an ad
Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • September 6, 2024
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 25, 2024 an interview
“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”
True
By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024
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