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Latest Fact-Checks By Madison Czopek

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Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on August 22, 2024 a speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention
“Prices are up because these corporations are scheming to drive them up.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • August 28, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 16, 2024 a post on X
“Kamala Harris wants to give $25,000 to illegal aliens to buy American homes.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 22, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 4, 2024 an Instagram post
“The NFL will now use facial recognition at every stadium to verify the identity of everyone at the game.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 16, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 12, 2024 a post on Facebook
Dr. Leo Ferreira, a cancer researcher shown in a video clip, was on the plane that crashed in Brazil on Aug. 9.
False
By Madison Czopek • August 15, 2024
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on August 6, 2024 a segment on "Jesse Watters Primetime"
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “forced schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms.”
Mostly False
By Madison Czopek • August 13, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 11, 2024 a post on Truth Social
Photo of Kamala Harris’ Aug. 7 rally near Detroit was AI-generated and “there was nobody there.” Attendees pictured “didn’t exist.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • August 12, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 27, 2024 a post on X
Video shows that “JD Vance endorses Project 2025.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 31, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on July 22, 2024 a post on X
The death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, six days after the Trump rally shooting was linked to her “oversight of the Secret Service.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 24, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 21, 2024 a post on Instagram
“The state of Washington has already sent out their ballots” for the 2024 presidential election.
False
By Madison Czopek • July 23, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 14, 2024 an Instagram post
A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 15, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2024 a speech in Washington D.C.
In 2020, “only nine NATO allies were spending 2%” of their GDP on defense. “This year, 23 will spend at least 2%.”
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • July 12, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on July 3, 2024 a post on Threads
CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.”
False
By Madison Czopek • July 9, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 5, 2024 a video on Facebook
Video shows tornado caused by Hurricane Beryl in July 2024.
False
By Madison Czopek • July 9, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 18, 2024 an Instagram post
The Gates Foundation “awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 28, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 23, 2024 a post on Facebook
“Starting from June 2024, the United States will provide a six-month free CDL course.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 27, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 22, 2024 an Instagram post
Video shows a banner with Iran’s supreme leader displayed at the Brooklyn Museum.
False
By Madison Czopek • June 24, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2024 a post on Facebook
“Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 20, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 12, 2024 a post on Facebook
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals “just ruled Covid vax mandates unconstitutional.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 18, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 30, 2024 posts on X
Photo shows the judges who will hear the appeal of former President Donald Trump’s criminal conviction.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 31, 2024
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on May 28, 2024 a segment of "Jesse Watters Primetime" on Fox News
Judge Juan Merchan “overrules every objection from the defense and sustains every objection from the prosecution” during former President Donald Trump’s New York trial.
False
By Madison Czopek • May 31, 2024
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