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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate:
“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2020 in a tweet:
“CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE? ... The answer in most states is YES.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally:
"We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 26, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation:
"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate:
As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reforms, “38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 23, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden owns four $3 million -$7.5 million homes on a $200,000 salary.
Mostly False
By Hayat Norimine • October 23, 2020
Lucy McBath
Lucy McBath
stated on September 28, 2020 in an ad:
Says Karen Handel "slashed the Centers for Disease Control's ability to fight diseases, cutting millions in research funding."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate:
“When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 8, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Biden said, "The day after I’m elected I will let you know what I stand for, bc if I tell you now it will be all over the news."
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • October 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Kamala Harris’ husband said, “I am married to the next president of the United States.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 22, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.:
“Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 in a town hall on NBC News:
“We saved 2 million people” from dying of COVID-19.
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • October 21, 2020
Eric Trump
Eric Trump
stated on October 17, 2020 in a tweet:
A mansion in photo is Joe Biden’s house.
Mostly False
By Hayat Norimine • October 20, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 30, 2020 in a press call:
"We're No. 46 out of 50 states... we're 46th in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2020 in a text post:
Says Joe Biden’s “capital gains tax means that when you sell your home you’ll owe taxes of 40% of your profit!”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • October 16, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 30, 2020 in a TV ad:
“Hoadley called women ‘breeders.’... wanted to learn about crystal meth and wrote that his sexual partners were his victims. Hoadley even wrote about a four year-old wearing a thong.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • October 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech:
“We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.”
Mostly False
By Jessica Calefati • October 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden said, “You know, we have to come together. That’s why I’m running. I’m running as a proud Democrat for the Senate. So vote! Vote!”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 14, 2020
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on October 7, 2020 in Video interview:
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 14, 2020
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