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stated on April 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The flu killed 80,000 people in the U.S. last year”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2020
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on April 29, 2020 in an interview on CapRadio's Insight program.:
“The flu killed 80,000 Americans last year according to the CDC.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2020
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on April 26, 2020 in a TV interview:
Wisconsin has “no tracing program going on that we can speak of."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • May 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“New York Times editor admits Biden sexual assault story was censored at behest of Biden campaign.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 4, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment:
“The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2020 in Facebook post:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers “wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • April 30, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Trump and McConnell are blocking stimulus checks for Americans married to immigrants.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 29, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 27, 2020 in a screenshot:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “has just been stripped of her emergency coronavirus powers by her state legislature.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • April 29, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Sweden has zero lockdown” and “is in no worse shape than Denmark or Norway,” which are in lockdown.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 20, 2020 in a daily coronavirus press briefing:
“Hundreds and hundreds of labs are ready, willing, and able.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2020
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Viral image
stated on April 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Pick up a product. Look at the barcode. If the first 3 numbers are 690 or 691 or 692, the product was made in China.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • April 23, 2020
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 20, 2020 in a New York Times op-ed:
“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2020
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 21, 2020 in a joint statement:
Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • April 21, 2020
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on April 6, 2020 in a tweet:
NC liquor stores were deemed essential “because we have a lot of people who are chemically dependent on alcohol and if we suddenly cut off their access they would go into withdrawal and flood the emergency rooms.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • April 17, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says all Vegas hotels but Trump’s have donated food, rooms in COVID response.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 16, 2020
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 13, 2020 in on CNN:
"The president looks like he was ahead of the curve – as you know, he talks about this all the time – on shutting down travel from China."
Mostly False
By Jessica Calefati • April 14, 2020
DeAnna Lorraine
DeAnna Lorraine
stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet that was retweeted by President Donald Trump:
Says of COVID-19 that Dr. Anthony Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Robin Vos wore protective gear that “election workers he forced to work … do not have.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • April 10, 2020
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Instagram posts
stated on March 18, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • April 9, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 17, 2020 in social media posts:
“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos • April 9, 2020
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