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stated on January 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows Ilhan Omar without a head scarf.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 20, 2020
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stated on January 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Epstein’s recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell gave Mitt Romney his first $2M investment and started him in business.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2020
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stated on November 12, 2017 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows Joe Biden groping a woman.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 14, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 7, 2020 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
“Everyone on this stage except Amy (Klobuchar) and me is either a billionaire or is receiving help from PACs that can do unlimited spending.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2020
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on January 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black “is Romney’s national security advisor” and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2020
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stated on January 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Say Nancy Pelosi’s net worth is $196,299,990.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2020
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stated on January 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden talked about eating wooden corn dog sticks.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 22, 2020
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stated on November 25, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows Donald Trump kissing Ivanka Trump on the lips.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 15, 2020
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stated on December 2, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows Barack Obama looking through binoculars the wrong way.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 7, 2020
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stated on December 27, 2019 in social media posts:
Says that four Democrats — Sheila Jackson Lee, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — made specific, suspect remarks about such topics as the Constitution, abortion and guns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2019 in a rally in San Antonio, Texas.:
"I (found) the Republican votes for the Recovery Act, Obamacare, help us from falling into a Great Depression."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2019
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stated on November 24, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2019
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stated on December 7, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the NAACP endorsed Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2019
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stated on December 4, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Elizabeth Warren tweeted, "Looks like I’m the last woman of color left in this race."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 9, 2019
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stated on November 17, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi and Bernie Sanders have passed six bills in a combined 67 years.
False
By Daniel Funke • November 21, 2019
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stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Chris Wallace tweeted to Donald Trump, "You’re a fraud. A charlatan. A thug. A loser. A trust fund baby."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 21, 2019
Kay Hoflander
Kay Hoflander
stated on October 11, 2019 in a fundraising email:
"All signs seem to point to Hillary (Clinton) laying the groundwork to run for president again."
False
By Madison Czopek • November 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2019 in a fundraising email:
Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2019
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on November 8, 2019 in a Facebook ad:
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview:
"When it comes to electability, every single time my party has won the presidency in the last 50 years, it’s been with a candidate who was new on the national scene, hadn’t spent a lot of time in Washington, and represented a new generation of leadership."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 5, 2019
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