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Dane Eagle
Dane Eagle
stated on June 22, 2020 a social media ad:
Antifa “are killing our police. Looting our businesses. Assaulting the elderly and burning our churches.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Daniel Funke • June 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 a Facebook post:
A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 9, 2020 Facebook videos:
Videos show President Donald Trump saying “I can’t breathe.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2020
J. Christian Adams
J. Christian Adams
stated on June 3, 2020 a House judiciary hearing:
In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2020 a Facebook post:
“According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from COVID-19 and 5,185 from pneumonia. Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 22, 2020 an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show:
“The NAACP has endorsed me every time I've run.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post:
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 16, 2020 a tweet:
“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2020 a tweet:
“Rogue” Michigan official sent absentee ballots to 7.7 million people “illegally and without authorization” ahead of the primaries and general election.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2020
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
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