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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2021 a post on Facebook:
“If you make $50,000/year, $36 of your taxes goes to food stamps. $4,000 goes to corporate subsidies.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 19, 2021
Elaine Luria
Elaine Luria
stated on January 31, 2021 a campaign finance report.:
On accepting corporate PAC donations
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • February 5, 2021
Christina Blackcloud
Christina Blackcloud
stated on January 23, 2021 a tweet:
The school voucher bill the Iowa Legislature is considering would "give your education tax dollars to corporations."
Mostly True
By Seth Taylor • February 4, 2021
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on December 15, 2020 an ad:
Says Kelly Loeffler supports "raising taxes on Georgia's middle class."
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 a Facebook post:
“NIKE has stated, ‘We’re a $76 billion dollar company that can afford to let go of all ‘Make America Great Again’ customers.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi passed a bill awarding a $9 billion contract to her husband’s company.
Pants on Fire!
By Noah Y. Kim • August 26, 2020
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos
stated on July 29, 2020 a congressional hearing:
“The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.”
Half-True
By Emily Venezky • August 6, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 2, 2020 an Instagram post:
“Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • June 22, 2020
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on June 11, 2020 a tweet:
“According to its website Black Lives Matter, Inc is NOT a charity. It is a full-fledged corporation that does NOT have any locations.”
False
By Daniel Funke • June 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post:
“The owner of Taco Bell said them animals need to be shot (black ppl)!”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Donald Trump would receive $17 million for three hotels closed for four days under Republican bill! How in the hell is this right?!”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 26, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on February 20, 2020 a tweet:
Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*"
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 9, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Starbucks CEO Has Admitted She Doesnt Like White People”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 6, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Nike pays factory workers, 80% of whom are women, "20 cents an hour" and has them work "70 to 80 hours a week."  
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet:
 "Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 21, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 14, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Chick-fil-A funds the National Christian Foundation, which "paid a preacher to go to Uganda and help their lawmakers" with a bill that would impose the death penalty for homosexuality.
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • October 25, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 27, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post:
"We lag behind many other developed nations in connectivity and speed, while also paying more for that service."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says every time someone purchases a Bang energy drink, a portion of the money is donated to help re-elect Donald Trump and "goes to the fund campaign for MAGA!"
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 13, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 17, 2019 a tweet:
Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • June 21, 2019
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