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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2020 a Tweet
Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 posts on social media
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
False
By Emily Venezky • March 11, 2020
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on February 14, 2020 a tweet
Says President Donald “Trump promised 13,000 new jobs to the people of #Wisconsin. 3 years later, we’re still waiting…”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • March 11, 2020
Dr. Drew Pinsky
Dr. Drew Pinsky
stated on February 3, 2020 a Daily Blast Live segment
“You’re more likely to die of influenza right now” than the 2019 coronavirus.
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • March 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 an interview on MSNBC
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2020 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted in the loss of 160,000 jobs here in Michigan."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 6, 2020 a story
Says Nancy Pelosi delayed coronavirus funding so “Dems could campaign on it.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2020 a Facebook post
“President Trump has come into contact with a potential coronavirus sufferer!”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on February 19, 2020 a YouTube post
“The coronavirus was invented and patented in the USA and then planted in China.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“People Of Color May Be Immune To The Coronavirus Because Of Melanin.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2020 a story
Says “Joe Biden mistakes Idaho for Iowa in visit to Boise fundraiser.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 10, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on February 1, 2020 a House Special Committee hearing on Criminal Justice
“In Boone County (Missouri) with a 1.7% unemployment rate, we can’t find enough people, we can’t fill all the job openings.”
Mostly True
By Sean Na • March 10, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 4, 2020 a news conference
"If you look at California, if you look at people of color in general, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, we won that big time. Big time. Not even close.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2020 a Facebook post
The coronavirus is “simply the common cold.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 7, 2020 a tweet
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 9, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on February 20, 2020 a tweet
Bernie Sanders has “never taken corporate lobbyist money in his *entire political career.*"
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“Coronavirus Hoax: Fake Virus Pandemic Fabricated to Cover-Up Global Outbreak of 5G Syndrome.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2020 a tweet
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2020
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 4, 2020 an interview
Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.”
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2020
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