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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 19, 2020 a speech:
“On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 14, 2020 an interview with Fox Business:
Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
"Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • May 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 14, 2020 a speech:
“You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor wants] to keep them closed.”
Half-True
By Jessica Calefati • May 18, 2020
Jay Ashcroft
Jay Ashcroft
stated on April 14, 2020 a radio interview:
“When you look at Wisconsin, in their largest city they normally have roughly 500 polling places. They just had their election a week ago, and they had five. That is ludicrous.”
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By Sara Dingmann • May 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2020 a Facebook post:
“It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.”
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By Tom Kertscher • May 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2020 a Facebook post:
Joe Biden said, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • May 12, 2020
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on May 1, 2020 a news conference.:
Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.”
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra, Warren Fiske • May 12, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 3, 2020 a tweet:
“Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • May 7, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 23, 2020 a news conference:
“At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 5, 2020
Paul Farrow
Paul Farrow
stated on April 30, 2020 online post:
Says a meat shortage is “not expected”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 5, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 a briefing:
Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
Half-True
By Rachel Kimmel, John Pullano • April 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2020 comments made during a White House media briefing on the coronavirus:
“We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.”
Half-True
By Shefali Luthra • April 29, 2020
Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
stated on April 14, 2020 a radio interview.:
Dr. Anthony “Fauci told us there’s nothing to worry about. That’s his quote, ‘There’s nothing to worry about.’”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • April 29, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 4, 2020 an interview:
Says as Assembly Speaker he is a "constitutional officer" of Wisconsin.
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • April 28, 2020
Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
stated on April 17, 2020 a Facebook post:
Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 24, 2020
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 20, 2020 news release:
“We are currently using only around 20% of our testing capacity.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 24, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 21, 2020 a tweet:
“The Trump Administration promised 27 million tests by the end of March. As of now, only 4 million have been completed.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 16, 2020 a statement:
“Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 23, 2020
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