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Colion Noir
Colion Noir
stated on March 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"90% of Americans do not support universal background checks."
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 15, 2021
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Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden executive orders caused price increases of 50 cents in gas and 10% in food.
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2021
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Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says the Atlanta mayor is “shutting the city down for” the NBA All-Star Game weekend.
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 1, 2021
James Gallagher
James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 in a tweet:
“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
False
By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 18, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Texas has “lower taxes and less regulations than anywhere else in the U.S.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • October 23, 2020
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on August 17, 2020 in an interview:
Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 19, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi “made millions in coronavirus insider trading.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 2020
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Viral image
stated on June 23, 2020 in a viral image:
If you are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, wearing a face covering for coronavirus "removes your conceal carry ability."
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2020
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
stated on June 15, 2020 in an Instagram post:
While in prison, boxer Jack Johnson invented and patented the first wrench, and white people insulted him by calling it a “monkey wrench.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
$100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 15, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2020
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2019 in an interview:
"To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 21, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on June 4, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "a government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 6, 2019
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Viral image
stated on April 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill de Blasio is "banning hot dog sales to stop climate change."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 7, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet:
California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 9, 2019
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 30, 2018 in Laura Ingraham's radio show:
Says Andrew Gillum has a "far left socialist platform."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on May 30, 2018 in radio interview:
Says Heidi Heitkamp has "never been interested in" regulatory relief "until all of a sudden I become a candidate for the Senate and put pressure on."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 4, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview:
The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 22, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall:
Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 20, 2017
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