Fact Check Posts – Page 44

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 8, 2020 a tweet

"Marquette University threatened to rescind student’s admission over pro-Trump TikTok video."

By Eric Litke • July 16, 2020

Alex Azar
stated on July 9, 2020 comments made during a virtual summit sponsored by The Hill newspaper

“First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.”

By Julie Rovner • July 14, 2020

Tucker Carlson
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment

“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."

By Bill McCarthy • July 13, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 7, 2020 a Facebook post

Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”

July 13, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 a speech

On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 11, 2020

Mike Pence
stated on July 9, 2020 a speech

“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2020

Gwen Moore
stated on June 12, 2020 a TV interview

Says police unions have it “written into a contract that (officers) are not going to be accountable” for misconduct.

By D.L. Davis, Eric Litke • July 10, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 26, 2020 a Facebook post

A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”

July 9, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 6, 2020 a post on Facebook

Quotes LeBron James as saying, “I don’t want nothing to do with white people. I don’t believe they want anything to do with me. I don’t want no (white) friends. It’s me and my boys.”

By Patrick Orsagos • July 9, 2020

Viral image
stated on July 5, 2020 a Facebook post

Photo shows Raz Simone, “the alleged leader of CHAZ crying after Seattle police arrested him.”

July 8, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2020 Facebook post

“Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.”

By Sophie Austin • July 8, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 4, 2020 a Facebook post

"China has been stealing our manufacturing, costing Wisconsin almost 90,000 jobs."

By Lawrence Andrea • July 2, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 23, 2020 a Facebook post

Video of man using an air-quality monitor proves that people are “not getting enough oxygen” while wearing masks

By Emily Venezky • July 2, 2020

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on June 18, 2020 a news release

Says Donald Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies."

By Eric Litke • July 2, 2020

Viral image
stated on April 23, 2020 a widely-circulated social media post

COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are.

By Victoria Knight • July 1, 2020

Rick Scott
stated on June 28, 2020 an interview

Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”

By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2020

Glenn Grothman
stated on June 16, 2020 a tweet

Says as a state lawmaker a bill he sponsored would have made “it easier to get rid of bad cops”

By Lawrence Andrea • June 26, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 16, 2020 a Facebook post

Says America’s most violent cities are that way because of their Democratic politics

By Eric Litke • June 24, 2020

Instagram posts
stated on June 17, 2020 an Instagram post

A bar graph compares homicides for various racial groups

By Daniel Funke • June 23, 2020

Instagram posts
stated on June 2, 2020 an Instagram post

“Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.”

By Miriam Valverde • June 22, 2020

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