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Social Security Works
Social Security Works
stated on August 11, 2020 a Facebook post
"Donald Trump says he will ‘terminate’ Social Security if re-elected."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 5, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.”
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By Madison Czopek • August 12, 2020
Casey Askar
Casey Askar
stated on July 21, 2020 in an ad
“When Byron Donalds wanted a state job, he lied, claiming he wasn’t a felon despite convictions for drugs and felony theft.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 6, 2020
Linda Sánchez
Linda Sánchez
stated on July 29, 2020 a press conference
“The average cost of child care in this country is more than what it costs to send a child to college for one year.”
Mostly False
By Sophie Austin • August 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 23, 2020 a Facebook post
“California has six extra” congressional representatives “because illegals are counted” in the census.
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August 6, 2020
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on July 31, 2020 a tweet
“Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.”
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By Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 1, 2020 a Facebook post
Photo shows “7 Marines killed in training exercise yesterday.”
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August 4, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 28, 2020 an MSNBC interview
“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2020
Eric Esshaki
Eric Esshaki
stated on July 10, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • August 3, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2020 a tweet
Under an executive order, “expensive insulin went from big dollars to virtual pennies … especially (for) our seniors.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!”
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By Bill McCarthy • July 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people.
Mostly False
July 31, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 a Facebook post
The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.”
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By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 19, 2020 posts on Facebook
Michigan House “passes bill to ‘voluntarily’ begin placing human implantable microchips into the bodies of all state government employees”
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By Madison Czopek • July 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2020 a White House briefing
“We're setting record job numbers.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 23, 2020 a TV aad
The estate tax "would punish family farms and small businesses, forcing them to be sold off instead of passed on to the next generation.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • July 23, 2020
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 20, 2020 an MSNBC interview
Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”
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By Miriam Valverde • July 23, 2020
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on June 18, 2020 an attack ad
Says John James "wants to allow insurance companies to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • July 22, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 a press conference in the Rose Garden
“Joe Biden wants to end school choice.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2020
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on July 10, 2020 an email
Says Wisconsin Republicans “pushed for long lines and polls open for one day only.”
Mostly False
By Lawrence Andrea • July 17, 2020
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