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Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing:
The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”
Half-True
By Jeff Cercone • January 30, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 27, 2025 in a Threads post:
Says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on X, “I’m committed to eliminating income taxes, replacing them with a fair consumption tax, and adopting gold-backed currency.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 30, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 28, 2025 in an Instagram post:
A video shows “people around the world” who are “protesting because Donald Trump is the president.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 24, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“Biden pardons are unconstitutional! 7th Circuit Court Judge Joseph Barron ruled that there is no provision to pardon someone who hasn’t been formally charged.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 30, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2025 in Facebook posts:
“Pfizer just released its list of side effects of its COVID-19 vaccine.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on January 30, 2025 in an X post:
“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 28, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Image shows immigration officers arresting someone wearing a “Latinos for Trump 2024” shirt in 2025.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 30, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Images show a “beautiful baby boy, estimated to be between 7 months to a year old … found dumped by the roadside” in January 2025.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 30, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”
Half-True
By Sara Swann • January 30, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on January 28, 2025 in a press conference:
“DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.”
False
By Caleb McCullough, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 30, 2025
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok:
“JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.”
False
By Madison Czopek • January 30, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 24, 2025 in a Threads post:
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina:
"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • January 29, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 27, 2025 in an Instagram post:
Says Eric Trump post on X, “Any and all who dare to defy the American Golden Age, heed this warning: You WILL lose. Tow the line, or we WILL run you down!”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on December 3, 2024 in comments to reporters:
North Carolina Republicans “took money out of western North Carolina” with Hurricane Helene relief bill.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • January 29, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on January 21, 2025 in a post:
“Under Trump's executive order, every single person in America is now legally classified as female.”
False
By Grace Abels • January 29, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 25, 2025 in a Facebook post:
“President Trump just announced full nationwide concealed carry reciprocity.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2025
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 27, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Image shows President Donald Trump’s response “to Selena Gomez’ meltdown.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 28, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 23, 2025 in a Threads post:
“The Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police union in the country, just released a statement rescinding their endorsement of President Trump.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 28, 2025
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