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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 12, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game
True
By Eric Litke • June 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 17, 2020 a Facebook post
Former slave Nancy Green, the first Aunt Jemima model, died “as one of America’s first black millionaires.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2020
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on June 17, 2020 an ad
“As a lawyer working in Korea, Nate McMurray helped send American jobs to Asia”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 20, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on June 18, 2020 an episode of Triggered with President Donald Trump
Says Osama bin Laden endorsed Joe Biden
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 19, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2020 a Tweet
CNN aired a video of a toddler running away from another toddler with the headlines “Terrified toddler runs from racist baby” and “Racist baby probably voted for Trump.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • June 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 12, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 19, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on June 10, 2020 a campaign website
“Even so-called moderate Democrats like Joe Biden have endorsed a ban on fracking, which would eliminate 516,000 Michigan jobs and reduce the state’s gross domestic product by $159 billion over five years.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • June 19, 2020
Jeanette Kowalik
Jeanette Kowalik
stated on June 14, 2020 an appearance on WISN-TV's "UpFront"
"Our health department, our city and our county declared racism as a public health crisis last year.”
True
By Lawrence Andrea • June 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 17, 2020 an interview with the Wall Street Journal
Says before he planned a rally on June 19 “nobody had ever heard of” Juneteenth.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 6, 2020 a social media post
California’s registered independent voters “will not be able to vote republican come 2020.”
False
By Chris Nichols • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 14, 2020 a Facebook post
“Antifa now banging on residents’ doors in Seattle, demanding food & supplies. If they don’t get it, the house gets vandalized.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2020 a speech
“President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says these “elite” figures are on house arrest with ankle monitors “due to child trafficking crimes.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • June 18, 2020
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on June 13, 2020 remarks in a debate
Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Julia Schneider • June 18, 2020
Monica Wallace
Monica Wallace
stated on June 8, 2020 a newspaper interview
Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.
True
By John Pullano • June 18, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 12, 2020 an article
“163 paid protesters just filed a lawsuit against George Soros for not paying their bail.”
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump administration just FIRED 54 scientists & cut off 77 grants at Fauci's NIH for not disclosing their ties to Communist China!”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 18, 2020
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
stated on June 15, 2020 an Instagram post
While in prison, boxer Jack Johnson invented and patented the first wrench, and white people insulted him by calling it a “monkey wrench.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 14, 2020 an image
Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts."
False
By Daniel Funke • June 18, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 15, 2020 a blog post
“Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • June 18, 2020
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