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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Facebook posts
stated on January 28, 2020 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
February 18, 2020
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stated on November 12, 2017 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Joe Biden groping a woman.
False
February 14, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 7, 2020 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 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2020 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 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden talked about eating wooden corn dog sticks.
Pants on Fire!
January 22, 2020
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stated on November 25, 2018 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Donald Trump kissing Ivanka Trump on the lips.
False
January 15, 2020
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stated on December 2, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Barack Obama looking through binoculars the wrong way.
Pants on Fire!
January 7, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on December 27, 2019 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 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 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.
Pants on Fire!
December 10, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 7, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the NAACP endorsed Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
December 10, 2019
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stated on December 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Elizabeth Warren tweeted, "Looks like I’m the last woman of color left in this race."
Pants on Fire!
December 9, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on November 17, 2019 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 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!
November 21, 2019
Kay Hoflander
Kay Hoflander
stated on October 11, 2019 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 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 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 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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Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2019 a Facebook post
"Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2019
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