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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 16, 2022 in a press release:
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann • August 17, 2022
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on August 10, 2022 in an interview on Fox News:
“The Congressional Budget Office says 90% of the revenue generated from the new IRS agents will come from people making less than $200,000 … and the revenue generated will be $300-plus billion.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 3, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • August 16, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Empty store shelves at a Walmart in South Carolina were because of a meat shortage.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 16, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement to the media:
"President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • August 12, 2022
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2022 in Email:
"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 9, 2022 in a tweet:
“Democrats' new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 11, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2022 in a statement:
On taking the Fifth Amendment
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Former President Donald Trump asked “for troops around the Capitol to make sure everyone is safe,” on Jan. 6, 2021, but was “turned down by the Democrats.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 10, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on July 17, 2022 in Debate:
“We have more oil and gas permits than ever before right now.”
Mostly True
By Kelly Smits • August 9, 2022
Tomi Lahren
Tomi Lahren
stated on July 25, 2022 in a tweet:
“Biden wants to give illegals ID cards so they can start collecting American benefits.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 5, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 3, 2022 in an image on Facebook:
The CDC has classified monkeypox as an airborne form of herpes that can lead to paralysis.
False
By Madison Czopek • August 5, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Synthetic cyanide-based B12 is a "toxic ingredient in your kids vitamins."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 2, 2022
Blake Masters
Blake Masters
stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona:
Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2022
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on July 22, 2022 in a headline:
In 2020, “250,000 ballots were manufactured” in Georgia and “Biden was given win” by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Supreme Court FINALLY signs VERDICT to IMPEACH Speaker Pelosi as Hunter’s Laptop IMPLICATES her.”
Pants on Fire!
By Andy Nguyen • July 26, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 9, 2022 in a rally:
Ranked choice voting in Alaska is a “total rigged deal.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 14, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Third grade reading scores in the USA help correctional institutions predict how many beds they'll need in the future."
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • July 20, 2022
Catherine Glenn Foster
Catherine Glenn Foster
stated on July 14, 2022 in a congressional hearing:
"If a 10-year-old became pregnant as a result of rape and it was threatening her life, then that’s not an abortion."
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 15, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 14, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Video shows Biden giving the "same exact speech" months apart.
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 15, 2022
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