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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots
False
By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 15, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says Kanye West got 40,000 votes in the presidential election in Kentucky.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Jaime Harrison is being left off of South Carolina ballots”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 30, 2020 in a TV ad:
“Hoadley called women ‘breeders.’... wanted to learn about crystal meth and wrote that his sexual partners were his victims. Hoadley even wrote about a four year-old wearing a thong.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • October 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2020 in a speech:
“We’re putting our great coal miners back to work.”
Mostly False
By Jessica Calefati • October 14, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Your ballot could be disqualified if it is written on” in Haltom City, Tex.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden took a knee during the national anthem.
False
By Hayat Norimine • October 13, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 1, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
Image quotes Sen. Ted Cruz as saying, “In the last election, 54 million evangelical Christians stayed home. If Christians will simply show up and vote our values, we’ll turn this country around.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • October 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 12, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 in Speech:
“All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • October 12, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News:
The Commission on Presidential Debates wrote a letter after the 2016 presidential debates apologizing to Donald Trump.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 9, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 4, 2020 in Newsletter:
Says the U.S. House’s COVID-19 relief bill, advanced by Democrats, “strips states of their right to administer elections.”
False
By Haley BeMiller • October 9, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in a debate:
Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.
False
By Eric Litke • October 9, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“Shredded Pennsylvania Mail in ballot Applications were discovered in a trailer. The applications were for @realDonaldTrump.”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“The Rock has lost 48 million followers on his IG and YouTube after coming out for Biden.”
False
By Madison Czopek • October 7, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in Debate:
“I brought back Big Ten football.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 6, 2020
Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment
Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment
stated on August 31, 2020 in an ad:
Approving the constitutional amendment on Illinois' November ballot “would let the politicians immediately implement their plan to increase taxes on small businesses, farmers and large employers.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2020
Jason MIller
Jason MIller
stated on October 4, 2020 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Joe Biden stays in his basement.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 4, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 in a speech:
“If you just count all the deaths in the red states, we are number two in the world in deaths, just behind Brazil.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2020 in a tweet from @TrumpWarRoom:
"Last week Joe Biden flashed the ‘white power’ sign. President Trump condemned white supremacists yesterday. Why hasn't Joe Biden?”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 1, 2020
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