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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 a speech
“I am not banning fracking.”
Mostly True
By Jessica Calefati • September 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2020 a tweet
“If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be no Kenosha right now.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • September 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 29, 2020 a Facebook post
“If you go to Antifa.com, it takes you directly to Joe Biden’s webpage...what’s that tell ya…try it yourself.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • September 1, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 31, 2020 social media posts
California voters who go to the polls to vote in person will be “TURNED AWAY & CANNOT VOTE” unless they change their voting preference to “NO to mail in voting.”
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • September 1, 2020
Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise
stated on August 30, 2020 a video
Says Ady Barkan asked Joe Biden, “Do we agree that we can redirect some of the funding for police?”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • August 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview.
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 31, 2020 images
The CDC “adjusted the US Covid deaths from 153,504 to 9,210.”
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • August 31, 2020
Robocaller
Robocaller
stated on August 27, 2020 a robocall
“If you vote by mail, your personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debt. The CDC is even pushing to use records for mail-in voting to track people for mandatory vaccines.”
Pants on Fire!
By Clara Hendrickson, Dave Boucher • August 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2020 Facebook post
Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured.
False
By Madeline Heim • August 31, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 18, 2020 a press conference
Says crime is on the rise in Austin and a new study showed that it “is the No. 1 city in America in the year-to-year percentage increase in murders, with a percentage increase of more than 64% for the first half of this year.”
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 31, 2020
John James
John James
stated on August 26, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is "known for doing nothing. … (Peters) skipped 84% of small business hearings (and) skipped 89% of hearings on China."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2020
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on August 18, 2020 a tweet
Says Mark Kelly wants to “defund the police.”
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 20, 2020 a Facebook post
“If I mail in my ballot on Sunday and show up to the polling station on Tuesday, they won’t know if I’ve already voted or not. That, my friends, is a serious concern for all of us.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 31, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 a speech
“Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 a rally
Says Joe Biden “abandoned Scranton.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jessica Calefati • August 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings”
True
By Eric Litke • August 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 27, 2020 a post on Facebook
“At 17 years old Kyle (Rittenhouse) was perfectly legal to be able to possess that rifle without parental supervision.”
False
By Daniel Funke • August 28, 2020
Howard Marklein
Howard Marklein
stated on August 25, 2020 News release
Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • August 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 19, 2020 a Facebook post
“Two mail in ballots in PA (were) sent to the same person with their names on both a week and a half apart.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • August 28, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post
Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020
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