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Latest Fact-Checks By Victoria Knight

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National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 a campaign ad:
“[Steve] Bullock’s health care plan will force rural hospitals to close. Medicare as we know it will change, replaced by a government-run program with fewer doctors and longer wait times.”
False
By Victoria Knight • August 17, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 23, 2020 a widely-circulated social media post:
COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are.
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • July 1, 2020
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on May 19, 2020 in a TV and digital ad:
Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • May 29, 2020
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 11, 2020 a Team Trump Facebook Live:
“Clearly, the Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this.”
Pants on Fire!
By Victoria Knight • May 14, 2020
Gary Kelly
Gary Kelly
stated on May 3, 2020 an interview on CBS:
Regarding the risks of coronavirus transmission on an airplane, “It’s as safe as an environment as you’re going to find.”
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • May 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2020 a viral image circulating on social media attributing comments to Barack Obama:
Says President Barack Obama "signed the medical appliance tax bill that forced companies to outsource manufacturing of masks, gowns, gloves and ventilaors [sic] to China, Europe and Russia to avoid the tax.”
Pants on Fire!
By Victoria Knight • May 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 15, 2020 comments at a virtual town hall meeting:
“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”
True
By Victoria Knight • April 22, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a screenshot:
Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • March 17, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 a Democratic primary debate:
The World Health Organization offered the testing kits that they have available and to give it to us now. We refused them. We did not want to buy them.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Victoria Knight • March 16, 2020
Chad Wolf
Chad Wolf
stated on February 25, 2020 an exchange during a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing:
The mortality rate for the flu is “right around” that of the new coronavirus: “It’s right around 2%.”
False
By Victoria Knight • March 2, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 26, 2020 a CNN town hall:
Says of President Donald Trump’s actions on the coronavirus: “No. 1, he fired the pandemic team two years ago. No. 2, he's been defunding the Centers for Disease Control.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • February 28, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 19, 2020 comments during the February Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas:
“From the moment we passed that signature legislation, Mike (Bloomberg) called it a disgrace.”
True
By Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • February 20, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2020 campaign talking points issued days before the New Hampshire primary:
“Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.”
Half-True
By Victoria Knight • February 19, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 26, 2020 comments made while campaigning in Davenport, Iowa.:
 "The president of the United States already has the legal authority to reduce the price of many commonly used prescription drugs."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • January 29, 2020
Better Future Michigan
Better Future Michigan
stated on December 16, 2019 a television advertisement.:
Says Gary Peters "supports ‘Medicare for All,’ siding with radical liberals."
False
By Victoria Knight • January 27, 2020
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on December 19, 2019 comments during the December Democratic presidential primary debate.:
"If you're a black woman, you're 320% more likely to die from complications in childbirth."
True
By Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • December 20, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 20, 2019 comments made during the November Democratic presidential primary debate.:
"The fact is that right now the vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All."
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • November 26, 2019
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