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Alma Adams
Alma Adams
stated on February 9, 2021 a tweet
“Almost 40% of borrowers with student loan debt didn't finish their degree.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • February 12, 2021
Michael van der Veen
Michael van der Veen
stated on February 12, 2021 a speech at the U.S. Senate
After the Capitol insurrection, “one of the first people arrested was a leader of antifa."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • February 12, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 11, 2021 a fundraising email
Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • February 12, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 24, 2021 a tweet
“Innocent lives will be saved” by ending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
False
By Brandon Mulder • February 12, 2021
Dan O'Donnell
Dan O'Donnell
stated on February 3, 2021 in a commentary
November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.”
False
By Eric Litke • February 12, 2021
Illinois Republican Party
Illinois Republican Party
stated on February 5, 2021 social media posts
“Pritzker’s Hierarchy of Vaccine Priorities” puts prisoners, politicians and college students ahead of “individuals with high-risk health factors, and everyone else.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 12, 2021
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on February 5, 2021 TV interview
“We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."
True
By Haley BeMiller • February 12, 2021
Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on February 2, 2021 an interview on the “The Ingraham Angle”
South Dakota "did have tragedies and we did have losses. But we also got through (the pandemic) better than virtually every other state."
Mostly False
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez • February 12, 2021
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on January 22, 2021 a tweet
“President Biden is raising the prices of insulin and Epi-Pens on those with high costs and the uninsured.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht, Samantha Putterman • February 12, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 9, 2021 an article
“Manipulated Video used in House Impeachment Looks to Have VIOLATED House Rules”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • February 11, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 6, 2021 a video on Facebook
Doctors and nurses who administer the coronavirus vaccine can be "tried as war criminals."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • February 11, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on January 12, 2021 Twitter
"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on February 9, 2021 a press release
Raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.”
False
By Chris Nichols • February 11, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet
“No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.”
Mostly True
By Cassidey Kavathas, Hannah Roesch • February 11, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 4, 2018 a Facebook post
"The Clinton Foundation folded.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 10, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Gorilla Glue tweeted, “Do not use our products on your f------ hair.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2021 a Facebook post
"The Biden family is so heavily invested in oil and energy in other countries."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2021 an image
“Not one court has looked at the evidence and said that Biden legally won” the presidential election.
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • February 10, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 5, 2021 an interview on CBS
“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 9, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 10, 2021
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