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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 12, 2019 a Facebook post
“The KKK officially endorses Trump 2020.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump just cut the scheduled federal pay raise, stating that he can’t do it now because of ‘serious economic conditions’ in America.”
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2020
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stated on January 11, 2018 a Facebook post
"Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews & Blacks."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2020
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stated on February 9, 2020 a Facebook post
“This is a 1927 News Article showing America was sold to five Billionaires The Rothschild’s, Rockefellers, DuPont’s, Harriman’s and Warburg’s.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2020
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stated on December 15, 2018 a Facebook post
Says Maxine Waters said: “I say, we knock off Trump and then, go after Pence. We have the power.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 6, 2020 a social media post
“Chinese people eat human baby soup to improve health.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2020
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stated on January 30, 2020 an Instagram post
Says John F. Kennedy “smoked cannabis in the White House, while president, because he suffered from severe back pain and Addison's disease."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2020
Organizers for Bernie 2020
Organizers for Bernie 2020
stated on February 4, 2020 a tweet
Says Democrats "blocked the Iowa poll" and "blocked the Iowa caucus."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 22, 2020 a Facebook post
"Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense."  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 24, 2020 a website post
"CORONAVIRUS: Reports of 10,000 DEAD in Wuhan, China."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 20, 2019 a Facebook post
"If Trump is impeached in the house & not senate, he can run 2 more times."  
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • 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 13, 2020 a Facebook post
"Twitter is banned in Iran."
True
By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2020
Paul Maner
Paul Maner
stated on January 20, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Jordan Davis, son of Georgia Congresswoman Lucy McBath, was killed in "a drug deal gone bad."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on January 22, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a coronavirus patent expired just as there is a "sudden outbreak" and, despite "media fear-mongering," there is already a vaccine available.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a campaign speech
Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2020 a Facebook post
In 1988, in response to Iran’s attack on the U.S.S. Samuel Roberts, President Ronald Reagan "destroyed half of Iran’s Navy."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • January 15, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on August 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the Japanese military did not invade the mainland United States after Pearl Harbor because "they know that almost every home had guns and the Americans knew how to use them."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2020 a Facebook post
"If you’ve been exposed to the stomach flu," you can avoid getting it if you "drink 3 glasses of 100% grape juice a day for 3 days. It changes the acidity in your stomach. ...This really works!!"
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2020
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