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Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on February 2, 2020 a tweet
Says "EIGHT Iowa counties have more adults registered to vote than voting-aged adults living there.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2020 a Facebook post
Say Nancy Pelosi’s net worth is $196,299,990.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 a TV ad in Iowa
"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 28, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a "Clorox bottle claimed it could kill (the 2019 coronavirus)... before it was developed."
False
By Daniel Funke • January 30, 2020
Erica Smith
Erica Smith
stated on September 1, 2019 a tweet
Says she hasn’t taken corporate PAC money “since 2016.”
False
By Paul Specht • January 30, 2020
Mike Pompeo
Mike Pompeo
stated on January 24, 2020 an NPR interview
When asked if he’s defended former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, "I've defended every single person on this team."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 29, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 27, 2020 a story
An MSNBC reporter was fired for using a racial slur while covering the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 13, 2018 a Facebook post
Says the Democratic Party "took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it" and "eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 29, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 25, 2020 an article
Says the Chinese Communist Party "will finally admit that the real source of the coronavirus is from ‘a lab in Wuhan’ linked to its covert biological weapon programs."
False
By Daniel Funke • January 28, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 26, 2020 an article
Says China "stole Coronavirus from Canada and weaponized it into a Bioweapon."
False
By Daniel Funke • January 28, 2020
Better Future Michigan
Better Future Michigan
stated on December 16, 2019 a television advertisement.
Says Gary Peters "supports ‘Medicare for All,’ siding with radical liberals."
False
By Victoria Knight • January 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2020 a tweet
"The Democrat controlled House never even asked John Bolton to testify."
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 27, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 26, 2020 a post on Facebook
"NEW INFO SAYS KOBE BRYANT AND ALL 4 OF HIS DAUGHTER HAVE DIED FROM HELICOPTER CRASH."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Says former NBA player Rick Fox was also on board with Kobe Bryant
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2020 a Facebook post
 Says Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were both born Aug. 23.
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 social media posts
"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on January 22, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says President Donald Trump this week will sign an executive order creating term limits for Congress.
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 24, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 7, 2020 a press gaggle
The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Aaron Hernandez' daughter is, by Massachusetts law, entitled to the remainder of his $15 million NFL contract because he committed suicide during his appeal, making his conviction "null and void."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 23, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 22, 2019 a Facebook post
Says an image shows a paralyzed groom being held up by his groomsmen so he could kiss his bride.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 22, 2020
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