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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 19, 2022 in a Senate hearing
The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.”
False
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 19, 2022 a news conference
“This country’s working people actually got a raise.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 9, 2022 Public statement
On not seeking a third term.
Full Flop
By Vanessa Swales • January 14, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 a speech on voting rights in Georgia
“In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2022 a Facebook post
“The CDC director just said that 75% of ‘Covid deaths’ occurred in people with at least four comorbidities.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 12, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 7, 2022 an email
Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 11, 2022
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
stated on January 4, 2022 a segment
A law backed by Virginia Democrats barred local sheriffs from having military equipment that “would have come in very helpful” with the I-95 traffic jam.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 31, 2021 an Instagram post
Tylenol "ruins your ability to kill” COVID-19.
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 5, 2022
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on December 7, 2021 Twitter
Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • January 4, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 14, 2021 an interview
People vaccinated for COVID-19 “do not spread the disease to anyone else.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 22, 2021
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on December 20, 2021 a radio interview
The expanded child tax credit in the Build Back Better Act has “no means testing,” so people making $200,000 and $400,000 would get “the same as someone making” $70,000.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 4, 2021 a Facebook post
Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 17, 2021
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on December 12, 2021 an interview on Fox News Sunday
“The CBO says (the Build Back Better Act) is $3 trillion of deficit spending.”
False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2021
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on December 6, 2021 a meeting with Louisiana lawmakers
The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 10, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 7, 2021 a press release
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 7, 2021 an Instagram post
Says Vice President Kamala Harris called the unvaccinated “dirty Trump people.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 8, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 30, 2021 a conversation at a technical college in Minnesota
“I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 a speech
The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2021
Tate Reeves
Tate Reeves
stated on November 28, 2021 an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
“39 out of 42 (countries) in Europe have more restrictive abortion laws” than Mississippi.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2021
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on November 19, 2021 Twitter
Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.
False
By Laura Schulte • November 26, 2021
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