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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2021 a Facebook post
Says El Chapo testified in court that he paid off Nancy Pelosi to keep the U.S.-Mexico border open for drug cartels.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 12, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on February 10, 2021 Twitter
"Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 5, 2021
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 10, 2021 Twitter
“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 5, 2021
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on January 22, 2021 a tweet
“President Biden is raising the prices of insulin and Epi-Pens on those with high costs and the uninsured.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht, Samantha Putterman • February 12, 2021
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet
Insulin prices have "gone THRU THE ROOF for patients/taxpayers bc of manufacturer, health plan & PBM biz practices."
True
February 2, 2021
David Rouzer
David Rouzer
stated on December 3, 2020 a tweet
The National Institutes of Health “states that regular marijuana use can reduce IQ by 8 points.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 8, 2020
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on December 3, 2020 a radio interview.
“People of color and those of not, they use marijuana at the same rate. People of color are three times more likely to get arrested and convicted.”
True
By Warren Fiske • December 3, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 2, 2020 a Fox News broadcast
“When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2020
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 19, 2020 an interview with the Washington Examiner
“Now with the COVID-19 … more people are dependent on drugs or alcohol.”
Mostly True
By Delaney Geiger, Julia Maltby • October 28, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 22, 2020 the final 2020 presidential debate
As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reforms, “38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 23, 2020
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on September 9, 2020 a tweet
"Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.”
Mostly True
By Camren Gandee, Julia Manley • October 15, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 25, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Sri Kulkarni attended “notorious desert drug parties” and was arrested for cocaine.
Half-True
October 6, 2020
Ryan Holets
Ryan Holets
stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the Republican National Convention
“Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • August 27, 2020
Duty and Honor
Duty and Honor
stated on August 7, 2020 a campaign ad
Sen. Steve Daines “voted to give billions in tax breaks to big drug companies even as they raised prices.”
Half-True
August 25, 2020
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 30, 2020 a tweet
“In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
Mostly True
By Patrick Orsagos • August 19, 2020
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on July 13, 2020 a TV ad
Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.
Mostly False
August 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine.
Pants on Fire!
By Patrick Orsagos • August 13, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2020 a tweet
Under an executive order, “expensive insulin went from big dollars to virtual pennies … especially (for) our seniors.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2020
Public Citizen
Public Citizen
stated on June 29, 2020 a tweet
“Taxpayers spent $70,000,000 to develop this drug ( remdesivir)."
True
By Madeline Heim • July 23, 2020
Monica Wallace
Monica Wallace
stated on June 8, 2020 a newspaper interview
Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.
True
By John Pullano • June 18, 2020
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