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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 8, 2021 a post on Trending Politics:
“Schumer and Pelosi sneak funding into COVID bill.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 6, 2021 a tweet:
“Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 6, 2021 a tweet:
In rejecting his amendment, “Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2021 Facebook posts:
Says Donald Trump will be re-inaugurated as president on March 4, 2021.
Pants on Fire!
By Noah Y. Kim • March 3, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 a speech at CPAC:
HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 1, 2021 an interview with CBS News:
The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2021
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on February 22, 2021 a tweet:
Says the American Civil Liberties Union opposes H.R. 1 on grounds that “it threatens our freedom of speech.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2021
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 24, 2021 a Senate floor speech:
In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2021
Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
stated on February 22, 2021 a speech:
“We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • February 25, 2021
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on January 25, 2021 YouTube videos:
Nancy Pelosi explains how Democrats demonize political opponents through the “wrap-up smear.”
Pants on Fire!
By Noah Y. Kim • February 25, 2021
Students for Trump
Students for Trump
stated on February 16, 2021 a Tweet:
“Joe Biden is handing our power grid to the Chinese Communist Party.”
False
By Noah Y. Kim • February 23, 2021
Steve Scalise
Steve Scalise
stated on February 21, 2021 an interview on ABC News' This Week:
“There's over a trillion dollars of money unspent from previous (coronavirus) relief bills ... still sitting in a bank account.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 19, 2021 a speech:
“The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2021 a text post:
Donald Trump's second impeachment "cost $33 million."
False
By Daniel Funke • February 19, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.:
“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021
Michael van der Veen
Michael van der Veen
stated on February 12, 2021 a speech at the U.S. Senate:
After the Capitol insurrection, “one of the first people arrested was a leader of antifa."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • February 12, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 5, 2021 an interview on CBS:
“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 6, 2021 Facebook posts:
“Biden’s Air Force One is not the same as Trump’s Air Force One,” which indicates Biden is not the real president.
Pants on Fire!
By Noah Y. Kim • February 9, 2021
DCCC
DCCC
stated on February 2, 2021 an attack ad:
Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 1, 2021 a press release:
States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2021
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