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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in a presidential debate:
Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”
False
By Jessica Calefati • October 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“9,871,525 is the number of registered voters in AZ according to FB. AZ population is 7,270,000.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 28, 2020 in Facebook post:
“A federal judge just ordered Wisconsin must have all ballots counted by 8 p.m. on the day of the election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Laura Schulte • September 30, 2020
Kelley Dragoo
Kelley Dragoo
stated on August 27, 2020 in a YouTube video:
Ranked-choice voting “increases voter turnout and voter engagement."
Mostly False
By Noah Crider • September 29, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 27, 2020 in a campaign ad:
The typical elementary school teacher pays $7,239 in federal income taxes, and firefighters pay $5,328, while Donald Trump paid $750.
Half-True
By Noah Y. Kim • September 29, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says over 1,000 mail in ballots were found in a dumpster in California.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2020 in Speech:
Says under U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal, “Cows are out.”
False
By Laura Schulte • September 28, 2020
Fred Upton
Fred Upton
stated on September 8, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says House candidate Jon Hoadley voted to defund the police
False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 28, 2020
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 17, 2020 in Campaign mailer:
"At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2020 in a speech:
Says Joe Biden's plan for net-zero emissions "would instantly shut down all fracking and all mining immediately in Pennsylvania."
False
By Jessica Calefati • September 25, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2020 in an Instagram post:
A clip of Joe Biden shows him reading a response to an interview question from a teleprompter, saying “I lost that line.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 22, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 19, 2020 in a statement:
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • September 22, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 19, 2020 in interviews:
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • September 22, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on September 2, 2020 in a CNN interview:
“We indicted someone in Texas, 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 16, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“PHIL MURPHY ONLY ALLOWING IN PERSON VOTING ON Election Day AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK NJ - Calling it a #SuperPollingStation”
Mostly False
By Hayat Norimine • September 21, 2020
Paul Junge
Paul Junge
stated on September 11, 2020 in an interview on 'Detroit Today':
"Candidate Slotkin had presented herself as a moderate and as someone who’d be independent-minded, but her time in office was making it increasingly clear that no, she was very partisan, voting 96% of the time with Speaker Pelosi."
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 21, 2020
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook video:
"There are hit squads being trained all over this country” to violently oppose a second term for President Donald Trump.
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
If Joe Biden steps down, Nancy Pelosi will become vice president.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 1, 2020 in a television interview:
“There was tremendous cheating in New York”
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 11, 2020
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