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Latest Fact-Checks By Tom Kertscher

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2023 a Facebook post:
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 an Instagram post:
“NASA stopped exploring the ocean.”
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • January 30, 2023
Scott Adams
Scott Adams
stated on January 23, 2023 an Instagram post:
People not vaccinated against COVID-19 “came out the best."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 26, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 15, 2023 an Instagram post:
"New government-funded 'food pyramid' says Lucky Charms are healthier than steak."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 13, 2023 a post:
“MRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 23, 2023
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on January 12, 2023 a Facebook post:
"Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 18, 2023
John Rich
John Rich
stated on January 5, 2023 a Facebook post:
Cellphone data used to arrest the Idaho quadruple-murder suspect proves that criticism of the “2000 Mules” movie’s use of cell data is unfounded.
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2023
Robert Malone
Robert Malone
stated on January 3, 2023 a video shared on Instagram:
COVID-19 vaccines "provide zero benefit relative to risk for the young and healthy."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 10, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 16, 2022 a speech:
Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 20, 2022
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on December 12, 2022 an interview:
The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.”
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2022
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on December 8, 2022 a statement:
Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 14, 2022
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 29, 2022 an interview:
In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on November 16, 2022 an ad:
“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 29, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2022 a speech:
"They say the ocean will rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 200 to 300 years."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on November 11, 2022 an interview:
Raphael Warnock "believes in no cash bail" and "letting people out of prison that are going to make us prisoners in our own home."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 8, 2022 a Truth Social post:
In Detroit, “people are showing up to vote only to be told, ‘sorry, you have already voted.’”
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 9, 2022
Liquid Death
Liquid Death
stated on October 27, 2022 an ad:
In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison."
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 8, 2022
America First Legal
America First Legal
stated on November 1, 2022 an ad:
“Kamala Harris said disaster aid should go to non-white citizens first."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 5, 2022
Georgia Gun Owners
Georgia Gun Owners
stated on October 30, 2022 an ad:
"Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams are radical communists and, if they get their way, gun owners here in Georgia will be completely disarmed."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2022
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on October 28, 2022 an ad:
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2022
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