Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2021 a Facebook post
"The Texas power grid is not part of the US power grid because they wanted to avoid federal regulation.”
True
February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2021 a Facebook post
“The United States was energy independent in 2019 for the first time since 1957. In just 10 days we are sent back 50 years.”
Mostly False
February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 28, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden’s order stopping the Keystone pipeline “made oil more expensive for us to use.”
Mostly False
February 15, 2021
James Gallagher
James Gallagher
stated on December 3, 2020 a tweet
“Government imposed lockdowns do NOT reduce [COVID-19] cases or stop spikes.”
False
By Chris Nichols • December 16, 2020
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 18, 2020 a tweet
Says Texas has “lower taxes and less regulations than anywhere else in the U.S.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • October 23, 2020
Tommy Tuberville
Tommy Tuberville
stated on August 17, 2020 an interview
Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.”
False
August 19, 2020
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on July 13, 2020 a TV ad
Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.
Mostly False
August 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Nancy Pelosi “made millions in coronavirus insider trading.”
False
June 30, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 23, 2020 a viral image
If you are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, wearing a face covering for coronavirus "removes your conceal carry ability."
False
June 29, 2020
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
stated on June 15, 2020 an Instagram post
While in prison, boxer Jack Johnson invented and patented the first wrench, and white people insulted him by calling it a “monkey wrench.”
False
June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 20, 2020 a Facebook post
Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
False
May 29, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 17, 2020 various statements
On keeping inspectors general independent of the president
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2020 a Facebook post
$100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.”
False
May 15, 2020
Liberty Counsel
Liberty Counsel
stated on May 1, 2020 a blog post
Under the mayor’s COVID-19 order, Kansas City “churchgoers must register with the government.”
Mostly False
May 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit.
False
April 15, 2020
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
stated on March 13, 2020 a tweet
Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 23, 2020
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2019 an interview
"To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns."
False
October 21, 2019
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on September 22, 2019 a TV interview
Universal background checks involve asking people "to submit the serial numbers to their guns to a state or federal official," and that violates the Second Amendment.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • October 4, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "a government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 6, 2019
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
stated on May 19, 2019 an interview
"We beat the NRA with tough, tough gun laws" in Colorado.  
True
May 30, 2019
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