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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
By Noah Y. Kim • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2019
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