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Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros
stated on January 29, 2020 a meeting
Says San Antonio has “the lowest per capita income of any major Texas city.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 7, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 7, 2020 a comment to reporters
"I thought it was a terrible thing when (Nancy Pelosi) ripped up the speech. First of all, it's an official document. You're not allowed. It's illegal what she did. She broke the law."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • February 7, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on January 25, 2020 a YouTube post
Says a video shows a fox allowing itself “to feed koala babies in Australia.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden’s campaign told an Iowa library where Jill Biden was holding an event “to remove the American flag as they did not want to say the pledge of allegiance.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 30, 2020 an Instagram post
Says John F. Kennedy “smoked cannabis in the White House, while president, because he suffered from severe back pain and Addison's disease."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a public forum
“Very close to 160 million people are now working in the United States. Nobody's ever even come close to that number.”
Mostly True
By Haley BeMiller • February 7, 2020
Brandon Morse
Brandon Morse
stated on February 5, 2020 a tweet
Says a video proves Pelosi “was planning” to rip up President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address “from the start.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 5, 2020 a CNN town hall
“We have an America where … hard-working families have flat wages.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 the State of the Union
“Under my administration, 7 million Americans have come off of food stamps, and 10 million people have been lifted off of welfare.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 a tweet
Says the USMCA is the “biggest trade deal ever made.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 6, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on January 22, 2020 a YouTube video
Says it shows a “DNC Group” teaching “ILLEGAL VOTING in Arizona.”
False
By Daniel Funke • February 6, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 14, 2020 a blog post
Says Patrick Mahomes said, “I believe George Zimmerman is innocent.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 6, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 5, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Patrick Mahomes wearing a shirt that says, “The Great State of Kansas.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020
"Years of economic decay are over" because Trump "reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2020
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on January 9, 2020 public comments
National polls have “never predicted who will be president from our party. Carter was in the single digits a few months before caucuses. Bill Clinton was. Obama — 20 points behind in the national polls roughly.”
True
By Brooklyn Draisey • February 6, 2020
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on January 29, 2020 a press release
Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten “demanded the impeachment of the Republican President before the Mueller report was even released.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 6, 2020
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on February 4, 2020 a tweet
"Nancy Pelosi may have just committed a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2071, Section 2071 (a) when she ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union address. This violation is punishable by up to three years in prison.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • February 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 the State of the Union
“I have also overseen historic funding increases for high-quality child care, enabling 17 states to help more children, many of which have reduced or eliminated their waitlists altogether.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 5, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says the coronavirus isn’t new because “Lysol has it listed as one of the viruses that it kills.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his 2020 State of the Union address
“In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • February 5, 2020
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