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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 29, 2024 an Instagram post
The FBI admitted that Venezuela emptied its prisons and sent the inmates to the U.S.
False
April 4, 2024
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on March 30, 2024 a post on X
“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 7, 2024 Public appearance
“We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”
True
By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 3, 2024 an Instagram post
A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.
Mostly True
By Grace Abels • March 11, 2024
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on February 11, 2024 an interview
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to “a 12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2024
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on February 1, 2024 Public appearance
Minnesota incarcerates “about a third of what Wisconsin does.”
True
By Laura Schulte • February 14, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 8, 2024 a statement to the media
“I cooperated far more” than Joe Biden in the classified documents investigations.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 4, 2024 an Instagram post
“Epstein List” shows 166 people connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • February 1, 2024
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on January 8, 2024 a press release
Police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway
False
By Paul Specht • January 19, 2024
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on November 18, 2023 a social media post
Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on December 6, 2023 the Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama
“Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 7, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 19, 2023 a statement on X
In Florida, “any woman who has an abortion after six weeks — and any doctor who gives her care — will be guilty of a felony.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2023
Clay Higgins
Clay Higgins
stated on November 15, 2023 a congressional hearing
A "ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • November 21, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 9, 2023 a Facebook post
“There is a serial killer in Cincinnati.” Seven bodies were found “chopped up.”
False
November 10, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 3, 2023 a video
An ABC News headline said, “Journalist covering the Hunter Biden case dies after being shot 7 times.”
False
By Grace Abels • October 6, 2023
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on June 27, 2023 Interview
China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”
Half-True
By Sophia Voight • October 6, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 5, 2023 an Instagram post
“California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.”
False
By Sara Swann • September 19, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2023 una publicación en Facebook
La Proposición 47 en California dice "cualquier persona que trate de robar artículos con un valor menos de $950 no serán llevados a la cárcel, ni serán penados por ningún tipo de ley".
False
By Maria Briceño • August 30, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2023 an Instagram post
Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California.
False
August 29, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2023 a Truth Social post
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump.’”
False
By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2023
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