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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2024 a press conference
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • August 9, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 2, 2024 a video
In Pompano Beach, Florida, Somali immigrants illegally in the U.S. were in line to get driver’s licenses and “all you need to vote is a driver's license.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 7, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 27, 2024 a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota
During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2024 a rally in Atlanta
Kamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina
Kamala Harris “wants to defund the police.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina
Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.”
False
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 22, 2024 an Instagram post
There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Ranjan Jindal • July 23, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 17, 2024 a campaign video
"Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 18, 2024
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on July 16, 2024 in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee
“Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • July 17, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2024 a statement to the media
“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2024
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on June 16, 2024 an interview on CNN's State of the Union
“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 2, 2024
Pennsylvania Values PAC
Pennsylvania Values PAC
stated on June 21, 2024 an ad
Former President Donald Trump is “against mail in voting.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Mia Penner • June 26, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on June 8, 2024 a Threads post
“Trump can’t be on the Texas ballot because of our state constitution.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 14, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2024 remarks to reporters
“Congo, Africa, just released a lot of people, a lot of people from their prisons and jails and brought them into the United States of America.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 12, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2024 comments to reporters
Joe Biden “is letting millions of people from jails, from prisons, from insane asylums, from mental institutions, drug dealers pour in.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 4, 2024 a speech
“Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • June 5, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 2, 2024 an interview with Fox
Speaking about Hillary Clinton: “I didn’t say, ‘Lock her up.’ ”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2024
Jason Pizzo
Jason Pizzo
stated on May 30, 2024 a post on X
“Trump can’t vote for himself in the November election.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 31, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on May 29, 2024 social media posts
Judge Juan Merchan told New York jurors the verdict in Donald Trump’s trial does not need to be unanimous.
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 6, 2024 an X post
Fired Milwaukee election leader “printed 64,000 ballots in a back room at City Hall in Milwaukee and had random employees fill them out,” giving Joe Biden the lead.
False
By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2024
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