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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 5, 2020 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 in the Democratic debate in Washington D.C.:
Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 11, 2020 in a White House speech:
The health insurance industry has “agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Shefali Luthra • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC:
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2020 in a tweet:
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2020
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