Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Iowa GOP state legislators
stated on February 2, 2021 comments to the press

Tenured professors are guaranteed a job.

March 15, 2021

National Association for Gun Rights
stated on March 1, 2021 a Facebook post

"Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."

March 4, 2021

Cory Booker
stated on February 9, 2021 a statement

“There is a direct connection between discriminatory policies within the USDA and the enormous land loss we have seen among Black farmers over the past century."

By Miriam Valverde • February 22, 2021

Raphael Warnock
stated on December 6, 2020 a debate

Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”

December 9, 2020

Jim Oberweis
stated on September 18, 2020 an ad

Says U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood described riots as “beautiful protests.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on September 25, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Kamala Harris said there will be “a federal tax on your home for reparations.”

October 7, 2020

William Barr
stated on September 16, 2020 a speech at a Hillsdale College event

“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."

By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2020

Karen Handel
stated on August 24, 2020 an ad

Says Lucy McBath "is supporting those who attack the police."

September 14, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post

Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.

By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2020 a Wall Street Journal op-ed

“For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”

By Chris Nichols • August 17, 2020

Nancy Mace
stated on August 11, 2020 a tweet

Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.”

August 14, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 25, 2020 a Facebook post

Black Lives Matter "injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage."

August 7, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 5, 2020 a Facebook post

Photo shows Bill Clinton among others not wearing a mask at John Lewis’ funeral.

August 7, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2020 a Facebook post

"Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization."

July 30, 2020

Viral image
stated on July 20, 2020 a viral image

Says Barack Obama "signed the law authorizing federal agents to snatch protesters off the streets” in Portland, Ore.

July 22, 2020

Instagram posts
stated on July 18, 2020 an image

“Since Trump labeled ANTIFA a terrorist organization their rights were stripped by the Patriot Act which states if someone is labeled a terrorist they are not afforded due process.”

By Daniel Funke • July 21, 2020

Viral image
stated on July 17, 2020 a viral image

Nine “antifa members arrested” in Portland, Ore.

July 21, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 a Facebook post

Black Lives Matter demonstrators attack “elderly man wearing oxygen.”

July 7, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 29, 2020 a viral image

Lawyer-couple who pointed guns at protesters are Black Lives Matter backers, Democrats and represent a police brutality victim.

July 1, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 23, 2020 a viral image

If you are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, wearing a face covering for coronavirus "removes your conceal carry ability."

June 29, 2020

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