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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 17, 2021 a story's headline
“World Health Organization wants to BAN all women aged 18-50 from drinking alcohol.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 22, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 18, 2021 a Facebook post
Poll shows that men are more likely to do chores than women in U.S. households.
False
May 19, 2021
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 23, 2021 an interview with WNYC
“We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year” and “we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate.”
Mostly True
By Landon Allison, Cassidey Kavathas • March 25, 2021
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on February 24, 2021 statements at a confirmation hearing
“I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2021
Jennifer Boysko
Jennifer Boysko
stated on January 18, 2021 a committee debate.
“The United States is the only industrialized, modernized country that does not already have a paid family medical leave program in place.”
True
By Warren Fiske • January 28, 2021
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on January 9, 2021 Twitter
“It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.”
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • January 15, 2021
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on October 20, 2020 a debate.
“The majority of minimum wage workers...are mothers.”
False
By Warren Fiske • October 30, 2020
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
United Association’s Union Plumbers and Pipefitters Vote! PAC
stated on September 15, 2020 a TV ad.
Nick Freitas “voted to let businesses discriminate and fire expecting mothers for no other reason but their pregnancy. ”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“Amy Coney Barrett has said that a woman should not be able to own property, buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.”
False
September 30, 2020
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 24, 2020 a speech
Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 27, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 a rally
Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 12, 2020 a web post
Says Joe Biden "tells men to marry into families ‘with 3 or 4 sisters.’"
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2020
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 29, 2019 a Facebook post
Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 3, 2019
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet
"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 27, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet
"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 23, 2019 a Facebook post
Says that in 1770 "British parliament banned lipstick, saying it had the power to seduce men into marriage, which was classified as witchcraft."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2019 an ABC News interview
"Well, I got 52% (of women voters). And I will tell you — in my opinion I might have won women. ... Hey, Hillary Clinton focused on women, and I did phenomenally well."
Mostly False
By Stefanie Pousoulides • June 20, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 9, 2019 in a tweet
"Turns out the critics of the Texas maternal mortality rate were just lying. It’s less than half of what the critics said. It’s about 1/10 of 1%."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • June 11, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 22, 2019 an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019
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