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Katie Britt
Katie Britt
stated on March 7, 2024 the Republican response to the State of the Union address:
President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”
Mostly True
By Loreben Tuquero • March 8, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on March 4, 2024 Campaign website:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “was one of the staunchest supporters of the Iran deal which sent billions of dollars and plane loads of cash to Iran.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • March 8, 2024
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 3, 2024 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this country illegally."
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 8, 2024
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 26, 2024 an X post:
Democrats don’t deport undocumented migrants “because every illegal is a highly likely vote at some point.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 6, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 4, 2024 an Instagram post:
Texas wildfires are a “deliberate” attack on U.S. food supply.
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 22, 2024 in a campaign reception:
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 12, 2024 a speech to county officials:
The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act “attracted $640 billion in private companies’ investments.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 29, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2024 a Facebook post:
Donald Trump called his wife "Mercedes" instead of Melania.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 28, 2024
Sean Parnell
Sean Parnell
stated on February 19, 2024 an Instagram post:
Nevada database glitch showing voters cast ballots when they didn’t is evidence that voting by mail is “the largest source of potential voter fraud.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2024
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 16, 2024 a post:
There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression and triples risk of suicide.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 23, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 1, 2024 Facebook post:
“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 19, 2024 an Instagram post:
Cloud seeding program connected to recent California storms.
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2024 a Fox News town hall:
Donald Trump’s fine in the New York fraud case “is a form of Navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2024 a Facebook post:
Photo shows Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison posing at “Defund the Police” event.
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 21, 2024
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on February 1, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
“Bidenomics is costing the typical American household over $11,400 more a year to buy the basics.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • February 21, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2024 a statement to the media:
President Joe Biden “directed New York AG Witch Hunt” into Donald Trump’s real estate.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 12, 2024 an Instagram post:
"Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 16, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 15, 2024 an Instagram post:
Because “17 million immigrants” were “let in” the U.S, “ foot and mouth disease is back. We got rid of that fifty years ago.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 16, 2024
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on February 11, 2024 an interview:
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2024
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 8, 2023 TikTok posts:
An 1871 law made the United States government a for-profit corporation.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • February 12, 2024
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