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stated on August 23, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would raise the federal income tax rate for a person with a bi-weekly gross salary of $3,000 to 39.6%, costing “nearly half your paycheck.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 26, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 a Facebook post
Clicking on this link in a text message lets sex traffickers track you.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 26, 2020
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 25, 2020 a speech at the RNC
Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2020 an interview with ABC News
Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2020
Patricia McCloskey
Patricia McCloskey
stated on August 24, 2020 a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention
Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 25, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 21, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Michelle Obama said, “Vote Democrat or the riots and violence will continue.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 25, 2020
Duty and Honor
Duty and Honor
stated on August 7, 2020 a campaign ad
Sen. Steve Daines “voted to give billions in tax breaks to big drug companies even as they raised prices.”
Half-True
By Noah Y. Kim • August 25, 2020
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 24, 2020 a Republican convention speech
Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“Melania dug up the WH Rose Garden, removing roses from every First Lady since 1913.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 24, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on July 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted against condemning cyber attacks by the Chinese Communist Party on American organizations developing COVID-19 treatments.”
False
By Clara Hendrickson • August 24, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 21, 2020 a radio segment
Says Joe Biden’s Democratic National Convention speech “had to be taped in segments, and the segments had to be edited together.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2020
Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld
stated on August 20, 2020 a TV segment
“QAnon violence! There is none.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2020
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on August 13, 2020 a tweet
Says a video shared to his social media shows vehicles with broken windows in a parking garage used by state agencies in Texas on “the same night the City of Austin voted to cut $150 million” from the police department.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 24, 2020
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on August 17, 2020 a tweet
“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”
Mostly False
By Michelle Andrews • August 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 8, 2020 a Facebook post
"In 3 months, Melania took 21 trips to NY, to get her hair done, at taxpayer cost of $675,000 or $32,143/trip."
False
By Noah Y. Kim • August 24, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 comments in Scranton, Pa.
“So this is just a way they’re trying to steal the election, and everybody knows that. Because the only way they’re going to win is by a rigged election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2020
Eugene DePasquale
Eugene DePasquale
stated on August 8, 2020 a tweet
Says Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars during tax season and could potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 24, 2020
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 20, 2020 News release
Kanye West’s access to Wisconsin’s ballot was “denied by liberals.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • August 21, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2020 a Facebook post
Photos show former President Barack Obama acting inappropriately with a child.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 21, 2020
Peggy Hubbard
Peggy Hubbard
stated on August 20, 2020 a Facebook post
“The DNC omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • August 21, 2020
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