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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2020 a headline in a Facebook post
“Beachgoers trash Florida beaches with 13,000 pounds of litter after beaches reopen.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on May 8, 2020 a video
Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 7, 2020 a Facebook post
“The CDC has recommended mail in voting. That’s what this whole pandemic is about: the election!”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 29, 2020 a Facebook post
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “mandates restaurants reopen”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 8, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 5, 2020 an interview on ABC
Models projecting COVID-19 deaths “are talking about without mitigation.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2020 a Facebook post
“The flu killed 80,000 people in the U.S. last year”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“Pelosi was in (Wuhan) China 6 days after the impeachment HOAX failed.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post
Mosquitoes can transfer COVID-19 “from person to person”
False
By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post
During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2020
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 20, 2020 a New York Times op-ed
“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 21, 2020 a tweet
“The Trump Administration promised 27 million tests by the end of March. As of now, only 4 million have been completed.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2020
Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Whitmer
stated on April 15, 2020 an April 15, 2020 press conference
“During the flu pandemic of 1918, some cities lifted social distancing measures too fast, too soon, and created a second wave of pandemic.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 14, 2020 an April 14, 2020 press briefing
“Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 13, 2020 in a White House briefing
Says as president he has “total” authority to re-open states amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 14, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 13, 2020 a tweet
"It is the decision of the President," not governors, to "open up the states."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 13, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 6, 2020 a White House briefing
The Obama administration left Trump with a “stockpile with a cupboard that was bare.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 1, 2020 in a White House briefing
“Now, they’re doing tests on airlines — very strong tests — for getting on, getting off. They’re doing tests on trains — getting on, getting off.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2020
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 19, 2020 a tweet
For coronavirus cases “in the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2020 a Facebook post
In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
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