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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 15, 2020 an image
"COVID-19 started because we eat animals."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • March 18, 2020
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on March 16, 2020 a TV segment
“Now, as it stands, our health care system has adequate ventilators, ICU beds, medical professionals.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a screenshot
Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • March 17, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 a Democratic primary debate
The World Health Organization offered the testing kits that they have available and to give it to us now. We refused them. We did not want to buy them.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Victoria Knight • March 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet
Says Joe Biden “was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic which killed thousands of people. The response was one of the worst on record. Our response is one of the best, with fast action of border closings & a 78% Approval Rating, the highest on record. His was lowest!"
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 15, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 11, 2020 a television ad attacking Joe Biden
Says Joe Biden "has advocated cutting Social Security for 40 years"
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2020
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2020 a tweet
Says North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “has seen his approval rating plummet”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 12, 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
March 10, 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
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
Rush Darwish
Rush Darwish
stated on March 3, 2020 a tweet
Says U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski “voted against the DREAM Act, supports separating families and banning Muslims.”
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Says of the Milwaukee mass shooter: "Supposedly he is black. A noose was hung on his locker and he addressed the issue and he was fired! So he returned the next work day and killed who he all thought were involved."
Mostly False
March 5, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2020 a Facebook post
In 1962, Joe Biden “worked with segregationists,” Elizabeth Warren “debated as a pro-Vietnam conservative” while Bernie Sanders “organized against segregation and Vietnam war”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 27, 2020 a Facebook post
“The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.”
Mostly False
March 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2020 a Facebook post
“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 25, 2020 a debate
“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”
Mostly False
By Haley BeMiller • March 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 1, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says the CEO of Camping World told Trump supporters “Frankly, don’t shop at my business.”
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • February 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Says former congressman Keith Ellison “beats his girlfriend and Democrats make him the deputy chair of the DNC.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020
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