Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2020 a Facebook post

An image shows “what appears to be an official ballot box being taken away from a polling location by an unidentified civilian.”

By Amy Sherman • November 4, 2020

X posts
stated on November 3, 2020 a tweet

“Only sign outside Bucks County voting place. Democrats shown, republicans blurred out. … More scamming in Pennsylvania!”

By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2020

X posts
stated on November 3, 2020 a tweet

A poll worker in Erie County, Pa., threw out over 100 ballots for Donald Trump.

By Bill McCarthy • November 3, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on November 1, 2020 a Facebook post

Says President Trump’s Oct. 31 rally in Butler, Pa., drew over 57,000 people.

By Samantha Putterman • November 2, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on October 30, 2020 a Facebook post

Says the toddler shown in a photo clinging to a police officer was found wandering, alone and barefoot, looking for his mother amid protests in Philadelphia.

By Samantha Putterman • October 31, 2020

Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2020 a post on Instagram

Says someone tried to suppress votes by disguising trash cans as ballot boxes.

By Hayat Norimine • October 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2020 a rally

“Joe Biden confirmed his plan to abolish the entire U.S. oil industry.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 28, 2020

Scott Perry
stated on October 17, 2020 an interview

The coronavirus "was constructed in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”

October 26, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2020 a rally

Pennsylvania “never opened.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 23, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2020 a town hall

“The boilermakers union has endorsed me because I sat down with them and went into great detail with leadership [about] exactly what I would do.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 21, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on October 18, 2020 a Facebook post

Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots

By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2020

Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2020 a post on Facebook

“Shredded Pennsylvania Mail in ballot Applications were discovered in a trailer. The applications were for @realDonaldTrump.”

By Aaron Sharockman • October 8, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 a presidential debate

Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 1, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2020 a speech

Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania."

By Jessica Calefati • September 25, 2020

Scott Perry
stated on August 31, 2020 an ad

Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Eugene DePasquale support "socialized medicine," the Green New Deal and defunding the police.

September 10, 2020

Mike Pence
stated on July 29, 2020 an email

The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years.

By Jessica Calefati • August 14, 2020

Mike Kelly
stated on July 14, 2020 a campaign call

Says Joe Biden proposed “killing over 600,000 jobs supported by fracking.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 21, 2020

Jim Bognet
stated on June 12, 2020 a press release

U.S. Rep. Matt “Cartwright proposes to defund the Wilkes-Barre police.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 9, 2020

Mike Turzai
stated on May 9, 2020 a video

“Guess what, [children are] not at risk unless they have an underlying medical issue.”

By Jessica Calefati • May 14, 2020

Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 a debate

"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

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