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Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on October 3, 2024 in a Threads post:
The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 9, 2024
Americans for Prosperity Action
Americans for Prosperity Action
stated on September 4, 2024 in a Meta ad:
The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • September 26, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad:
“Kamala Harris has promised amnesty for the 10 million illegals she allowed in as border czar, making them eligible for Social Security. Studies warn this will lead to cuts in your Social Security benefits."
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 18, 2024
Tim Sheehy
Tim Sheehy
stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post:
The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Kamala Harris voted in favor of passing a law in 2022 to tax tips.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • August 15, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2024 in a post on Facebook:
“Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 20, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2024 in an interview with Yahoo Finance:
Inflation “was 9% when I came to office.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia:
"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 20, 2024 in Instagram posts:
Migrants in New York City are receiving prepaid debit cards with up to $10,000 and no restrictions.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 22, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 5, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
“El nuevo Programa de Alivio de Impuestos está ayudando a miles de hispanos a que por fin puedan liquidar sus impuestos de una vez por todas”.
False
By Maria Briceño • January 17, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 6, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Macaulay Culkin’s “Home Alone” shopping trip that cost $19.83 in 1990 would cost $72.28 today, up from $44.40 in 2022.
False
By Sara Swann • December 14, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows Black Friday shoppers “in Biden’s thriving economy.”
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By Jeff Cercone • November 30, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok:
The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Any American who needs $2,000 a month can get it now” thanks to a new government program.
False
By Maria Briceño • November 20, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2023 in a speech in Michigan:
When I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2023 in a speech in South Carolina:
“During Biden’s first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on May 14, 2023 in a TikTok post:
This video shows empty shelves at a Florida grocery store because truckers said “they were not delivering anything to Florida !!!”
False
By Maria Briceño • May 18, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:
FedNow is a new “monetary system” that’s “going to cost you.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • May 17, 2023
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