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Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
If protesters blocking the road “start banging on your windows, threatening you and trying to get in your vehicle,” it is legal to “hit the gas and plow through them.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says “a rioter accidentally dropped” a riot manual with detailed instructions.
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Venezky • June 2, 2020
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Viral image
stated on June 2, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo shows Adolf Hitler holding a Bible like Donald Trump.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 2, 2020
Erin Burnett
Erin Burnett
stated on June 1, 2020 remarks on her CNN show
If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2020
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stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
Zoo animals were released during protests in Chicago.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Video shows Seattle police in uniform “vandalizing” a building “to frame protesters.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says President Trump tweeted that he spoke with George Floyd’s family and said they were “honored” to hear from him.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • June 2, 2020
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stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
“Rocks being dropped off in cages in LA for rioters. Compliments of George Soros.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 2, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on June 1, 2020 a hashtag
Says officials in Washington, D.C., are “jamming all communications.”
False
By Daniel Funke • June 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
BLM Fresno riots will begin at 4 p.m. in River Park on 06/02/20
False
By Madison Czopek • June 2, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 13, 2020 a story
Says Nancy Pelosi tried “once again” to include abortion funding in the latest coronavirus bill.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • June 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 31, 2020 an image
“Antifa is warning that tonight they're moving out of the cities - and into residential areas to 'take what's ours.'”
False
By Daniel Funke • June 1, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 31, 2020 a story
Says ex-Minneapolis officer accused of killing George Floyd commits suicide in prison cell.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • June 1, 2020
Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on May 27, 2020 a tweet
“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
True
By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 30, 2020 a tweet
During protests outside the White House, Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn't let the D.C. Police get involved."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • June 1, 2020
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stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests were planned to introduce martial law and “purge” the United States.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2020 a statement
Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • June 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 22, 2020 an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show
“The NAACP has endorsed me every time I've run.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 1, 2020
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on May 28, 2020 a Tweet
Says George Soros is "funding the chaos" in Minneapolis via his Open Society Foundations.
False
By Emily Venezky • June 1, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 12, 2020 a press conference
“With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
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