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Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 28, 2025 in an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan:
“Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on March 15, 2025 in a post on Threads:
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that, “After I’ve annexed Greenland and making it the 52nd State, I will annexe Alaska.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 19, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on March 4, 2025 in a Fox Nation interview:
“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 19, 2025
Brooke Rollins
Brooke Rollins
stated on March 7, 2025 in an X post:
A $600,000 federal grant went to study “menstrual cycles in transgender men.”
False
By Grace Abels • March 19, 2025
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on February 20, 2025 in a TikTok video:
“Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1. … We need to stand up to these Medicare cuts.”
Half-True
By Suz Redfearn • March 18, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 17, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2025 in Facebook posts:
DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 17, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2025 in a post:
Elon Musk “launches a public campaign to terminate ‘The View.’”
False
By Grace Abels • March 17, 2025
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on March 11, 2025 in a podcast episode:
Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”
False
By Sara Swann • March 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2025 in a post on Facebook:
The Department of Government Efficiency “found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity on The View.’”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 14, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 25, 2025 in a post:
Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • March 14, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows “Stacey Abrams admits the $2 billion Joe Biden’s EPA gave her was used to buy votes of people in Georgia by purchasing them new appliances.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 14, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2025
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on February 6, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda.
False
By Madeline Heim • March 13, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 10, 2025 in a speech:
“Under the previous administration … the cost of a median-price home in America more than doubled, and that was just in four years.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 9, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on March 7, 2025 in on social media:
During President Joe Biden’s four years in office, “31% of U.S. job growth” came from public-sector jobs.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
El 3 de marzo del 2025 falleció el presidente Donald Trump en un accidente de helicóptero.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • March 11, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2025 in a speech to Congress:
"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2025
A Better Wisconsin Together
A Better Wisconsin Together
stated on February 24, 2025 in Social media ads:
“71 out of 72 Wisconsin counties filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma. Brad Schimel refused to join them.”
Half-True
By Hope Karnopp • March 11, 2025
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