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Matthew Rosendale
Matthew Rosendale
stated on September 22, 2020 a campaign ad
Says he "fights for everyone with a preexisting condition.”
Mostly False
By Alex Sakariassen • October 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 in comments during the first presidential debate
“There's 100 million people that have preexisting conditions.”
Mostly True
By Victoria Knight • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2020 an executive order
“For example, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, my Administration implemented a program to provide any individual without health-insurance coverage access to necessary COVID‑19‑related testing and treatment.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • October 1, 2020
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on September 15, 2020 a tweet
Says he authored legislation “to guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions -- no matter what happens to Obamacare.”
False
By Julie Appleby • September 18, 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
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on August 17, 2020 a tweet
“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”
Mostly False
By Michelle Andrews • August 24, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 10, 2020 during a televised roundtable discussion on education
“The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”
Mostly True
By Phil Galewitz • August 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2020 a post on Facebook
“As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2020
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 17, 2020 a campaign ad
“[Steve] Bullock’s health care plan will force rural hospitals to close. Medicare as we know it will change, replaced by a government-run program with fewer doctors and longer wait times.”
False
By Victoria Knight • August 17, 2020
Brett Giroir
Brett Giroir
stated on July 26, 2020 an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”
“Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • August 4, 2020
Eric Esshaki
Eric Esshaki
stated on July 10, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • August 3, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 21, 2020 a campaign speech
On home health workers’ low pay and limited benefits, “40% are still on SNAP or Medicaid.”
True
By Stephanie Stapleton • July 28, 2020
Alex Azar
Alex Azar
stated on July 9, 2020 comments made during a virtual summit sponsored by The Hill newspaper
“First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.”
Mostly False
By Julie Rovner • July 14, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 23, 2020 a widely-circulated social media post
COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are.
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • July 1, 2020
Martha McSally
Martha McSally
stated on June 22, 2020 a campaign ad
“Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.”
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 25, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2020 remarks during a roundtable discussion
“If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any.”
Pants on Fire!
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 17, 2020
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on May 19, 2020 in a TV and digital ad
Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • May 29, 2020
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 11, 2020 a Team Trump Facebook Live
“Clearly, the Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this.”
Pants on Fire!
By Victoria Knight • May 14, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2020 comments in the Rose Garden
“Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people, which, frankly, to me, that's perhaps the most important number there is.”
False
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • May 13, 2020
Gary Kelly
Gary Kelly
stated on May 3, 2020 an interview on CBS
Regarding the risks of coronavirus transmission on an airplane, “It’s as safe as an environment as you’re going to find.”
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • May 11, 2020
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