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Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2021 in on social media:
“70% of Americans don't believe a word the mainstream media puts out,” so “everyone who thinks Biden won are only 30% of the population.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2021 in a press conference:
“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”
False
By Brandon Mulder, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 6, 2021 in an interview with The Grio:
“There is racism physically built into some of our highways.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2021
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on April 11, 2021 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
“Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 7, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2021 in a speech:
“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on April 4, 2021 in remarks on "Fox News Sunday":
The proposal by President Joe Biden would put the U.S. “No. 2 in the world” for the highest corporate tax rate.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on April 4, 2021 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":
President Joe Biden’s corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram:
HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2021 in an online video:
If the voting bill H.R. 1 is passed, “absentee ballots would be mailed out to anyone without proof of the voter’s identity.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2021
James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on March 25, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC:
"There are 43 states that have now passed voter suppression laws."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
stated on March 22, 2021 in remarks in a Senate hearing:
“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”
Mostly True
By Gabrielle Settles, Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on March 21, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Under H.R. 1, the Federal Election Commission “for the first time ever, instead of being an equal number of Republicans and Democrats (would be) three of one side and two of the other."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2021
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
The Republican tax bill passed in 2017 "gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1%."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2021
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on March 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“The filibuster was never an idea of the founding fathers.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2021
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 3, 2021 in an op-ed in the Daily Signal:
The voting bill known as H.R. 1 "would force states to adopt universal mail-in ballots.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2021 in remarks with Mexico's president:
"The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on February 24, 2021 in statements at a confirmation hearing:
“I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 in on social media:
“COVID-19 infections down 61% from Trump’s last day. COVID-19 vaccinations up 85% from Trump’s last day. Competence Matters.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2021
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