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Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on July 16, 2024 in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee
“Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • July 17, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 14, 2024 a post on Threads
Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.”
False
By Ranjan Jindal • July 16, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on July 13, 2024 una publicación en X
Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 15, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2024 a statement to the media
“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on July 13, 2024 social media posts
Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 14, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 30, 2024 an Instagram post
The city of San Francisco posted street signs warning that “stolen goods must remain under $950.”
False
July 2, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 18, 2024 a Facebook post
“Justin Timberlake allegedly had traces of molly, poppers, Truvada, and coke in his bloodstream following his DWI arrest in New York.”
False
June 21, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 remarks in Detroit
Crime statistics “no longer include data from 30% of the country including the biggest and most violent cities.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2024 a campaign email
"The last administration oversaw the largest increase in murders ever recorded."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2024 comments to reporters
Joe Biden “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 2, 2024 an interview with Fox
Speaking about Hillary Clinton: “I didn’t say, ‘Lock her up.’ ”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 29, 2024 social media posts
Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 15, 2024 a speech at a police memorial service
“Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2024 una publicación en Facebook
“Lo vuelve hacer… se escapa” Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera “El Chapo”.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 16, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 30, 2024 a Facebook post
Hacker Hamza Bendelladj was executed.
False
May 3, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 29, 2024 a Facebook post
Photos show the scene of an accident that left an unidentified woman in a coma after a “hit and run incident.”
False
April 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 15, 2024 a moderated conversation
“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on April 11, 2024 a post on X
An X post that said, “I did it” was “the last thing O.J. Simpson tweeted before he passed.”
False
By Madison Czopek • April 12, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2024 a speech
"Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they're taking their gangs and their criminals and depositing them very nicely into the United States.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 10, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 5, 2024 a statement on his website
On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2024
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