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Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on December 4, 2022 a tweet.
“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 3, 2022 an Instagram post
Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68.
Pants on Fire!
December 6, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on October 31, 2022 a campaign rally,
In his election as governor, “We won cities that no Republican had ever won.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 11, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 24, 2022 a gubernatorial debate
It's not true that "the United States was built on stolen land."
Pants on Fire!
By Yacob Reyes • November 3, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 7, 2022 an Instagram post
Antarctica has “an entrance to a different world” — a “mythic land” with green forests, giant animals, and “extraterrestrial technologies.”
Pants on Fire!
July 26, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 12, 2022 a Facebook post
Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising.
False
By Madison Czopek • July 20, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on July 9, 2022 a Twitter post
There are no artifacts to prove that slave ships existed.
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • July 13, 2022
Monica Crowley
Monica Crowley
stated on June 12, 2022 an interview with Fox News
Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 11, 2022 a Facebook post
The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.”
False
By Madison Czopek • May 19, 2022
USA Freedom Fund
USA Freedom Fund
stated on May 11, 2022 an attack ad
“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2022 a press conference
“You couldn’t buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed."
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 12, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 1, 2022 a Facebook post
John D. Rockefeller coined the term “fossil fuel” to trick people into thinking that his product was scarce and drive up the price when fossil fuels are actually “the second most abundant liquid on the planet.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2022 a Facebook post
In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • March 29, 2022
Iowa House Democrats
Iowa House Democrats
stated on February 10, 2022 a tweet
"According to Republican Rep. Jeff Shipley, teachers should not receive a pay raise if they teach American history that Republicans don’t agree with."
Mostly True
By Meg Doster • March 2, 2022
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on February 22, 2022 a tweet
“NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • February 28, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2021 Facebook posts
Says Thomas Jefferson said, “If serving in an elected office ever becomes a career, corruption will surely follow.”
False
February 23, 2022
Dmitry Peskov
Dmitry Peskov
stated on February 20, 2022 an interview with a Russian TV network
“Russia has never attacked anyone throughout its history.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 6, 2022 a Facebook post
President John F. Kennedy “was planning to end the Federal Reserve.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 21, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on January 31, 2022 a TV segment
"The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • February 1, 2022
Thomas Massie
Thomas Massie
stated on January 30, 2022 a tweet
Says Voltaire said, “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 31, 2022
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