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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 11, 2021 an Instagram post
Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 24, 2021 a Senate floor speech
In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2021
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 17, 2021 a speech
“For the month of February, Illinois has been the vaccination leader among the 10 most populous states in the country.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 25, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 2, 2021 a press conference
The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • February 23, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 on social media
“COVID-19 infections down 61% from Trump’s last day. COVID-19 vaccinations up 85% from Trump’s last day. Competence Matters.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2021
Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise
stated on February 21, 2021 an interview on ABC News' This Week
“There's over a trillion dollars of money unspent from previous (coronavirus) relief bills ... still sitting in a bank account.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 19, 2021 a speech
“The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2021
Buck Sexton
Buck Sexton
stated on February 8, 2021 a blog item posted on Facebook
The science says “open the schools, stop wearing masks outside, and everyone at low risk should start living normal lives."
False
By Victoria Knight • February 19, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.
“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021
Billboard
Billboard
stated on February 13, 2021 a billboard
“Gov Roy Cooper does not consider Type 1 diabetes an under lying health issue!”
False
By Paul Specht • February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 9, 2021 a Facebook post
Says death reports in federal database show the fatal risk of COVID-19 vaccines.
Mostly False
February 16, 2021
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on February 8, 2021 a TV segment
“You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • February 15, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 11, 2021 a fundraising email
Says Joe Biden “is trying to shut FL’s border.”
False
February 12, 2021
Dan O'Donnell
Dan O'Donnell
stated on February 3, 2021 in a commentary
November election data shows a “stunning anomaly in the rejection rate of absentee ballots.”
False
By Eric Litke • February 12, 2021
Illinois Republican Party
Illinois Republican Party
stated on February 5, 2021 social media posts
“Pritzker’s Hierarchy of Vaccine Priorities” puts prisoners, politicians and college students ahead of “individuals with high-risk health factors, and everyone else.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 12, 2021
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on February 5, 2021 TV interview
“We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."
True
By Haley BeMiller • February 12, 2021
Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on February 2, 2021 an interview on the “The Ingraham Angle”
South Dakota "did have tragedies and we did have losses. But we also got through (the pandemic) better than virtually every other state."
Mostly False
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez • February 12, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 6, 2021 a video on Facebook
Doctors and nurses who administer the coronavirus vaccine can be "tried as war criminals."
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • February 11, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on January 12, 2021 Twitter
"The committee that advises @GovEvers and his department tasked with leading during this pandemic is recommending allowing prisoners to receive the vaccine before 65 year old grandma?”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 9, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.
False
February 10, 2021
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