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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 16, 2020 a statement
“Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 23, 2020
Lovely Warren
Lovely Warren
stated on April 8, 2020 a press conference
Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
Half-True
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • April 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2020 an image
The Gates Foundation "has the patent for this coronavirus."
False
By Daniel Funke • April 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post
Trey Gowdy said, “I’m not saying COVID-19 isn’t real…. But pay attention folks, there’s much more going on here than what meets the eye.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 23, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on April 22, 2020 a YouTube video
“Breaking news Kim Jong Un has pass(ed) away.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 22, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 19, 2020 a Facebook post
Nigerians are “burning Chinese stores.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 22, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on April 10, 2020 a radio interview.
Virginia has “lagged behind other states when it comes to (covid-19) testing.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 15, 2020 comments at a virtual town hall meeting
“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”
True
By Victoria Knight • April 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Kennedy Center, PBS donated to Democrats after getting COVID-19 stimulus money.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2020 a Facebook post
Joe Diffie’s death was labeled “as a COVID-19 death and it wasn’t!”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 22, 2020
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on April 20, 2020 a public forum
Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”
Mostly True
By Haley BeMiller • April 22, 2020
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on April 20, 2020 a press conference
"Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • April 22, 2020
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 21, 2020 a joint statement
Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Democrats are on vacation until May 4 and “refuse to come back” to sign a bill to help small businesses.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 19, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo taken by a journalist showing a beach in Jacksonville, Fla., isn't from after the government reopened the beach as news reports have claimed.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 21, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 19, 2020 a Facebook post
“My wife is suffering from coronavirus and she is pregnant. The doctor said she won’t survive it.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 21, 2020
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on April 19, 2020 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 17, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Wisconsin’s in-person election has caused a “surge” in new coronavirus cases
False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2020
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