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stated on February 16, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Says Luigi Mangione posted on X, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“The media is showing how Obama’s birth certificate was changed! He was never born in the U.S. so he was never a real president!”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk
stated on February 20, 2025 in a speech at CPAC:
President Joe Biden’s immigration policy was “a giant voter importation scam.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
El congresista Adriano Espaillat muestra “La nueva bandera que están promoviendo para República Dominicana que se va a llamar 'DominicoHaiti'”.
False
By Maria Briceño • February 21, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 7, 2025 in a post:
“US Debt Clock” numbers prove “DOGE has saved taxpayers $64 billion dollars in just 17 days.”
False
By Sara Swann • February 21, 2025
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Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying Americans can get $4,800 subsidy because Department of Government Efficiency cuts found “extra money.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 21, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 16, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Says Barron Trump posted on X, “We’re on the brink of uncovering a dark legacy in this country that’s been hidden for far too long.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2025
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stated on February 17, 2025 in a Threads post:
Says Elon Musk said on X, “Spoiled crybabies across the country are protesting against America’s golden age. Brats like them should go to prison.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“The very LIBERAL 9th Circuit Court has ruled that 84 of Biden's last-minute pardons are unconstitutional.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2025
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Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Barron Trump singing on “America’s Got Talent.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 21, 2025
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on February 20, 2025 in an X post:
“You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options.”
False
By Grace Abels • February 21, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on February 18, 2025 in a Threads post:
A photo shows Jonathan Simpson, the pilot of “Delta’s crash in Toronto, Canada.”
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • February 20, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on February 16, 2025 in a post:
“Elon Musk just ordered all federal workers to be tested for drugs and those that fail have 30 days to retest clean or be fired.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2025 in remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
Pants on Fire!
By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 19, 2025
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Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“Barack and Michelle Obama locked in bombshell divorce of the century.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • February 19, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 18, 2025 in social media posts:
“An ICE minivan was reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 19, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2025 in a post:
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I told President (Donald) Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in the U.S. is for their citizens to stop electing them.”
False
By Sara Swann • February 19, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 in a post:
Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”
False
By Claire Cranford • February 19, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 17, 2025 in Facebook posts:
Video shows X owner Elon Musk promoted a “bedtime trick” to cure diabetes.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 19, 2025
Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on February 9, 2025 in TV interview:
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
True
By Hope Karnopp • February 19, 2025
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