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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2020 a tweet
Goodyear Tires “announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS…This is what the Radical Left Democrats do.”
Mostly False
August 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Mike Pence “said he won’t debate Kamala Harris.”
False
August 19, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on August 15, 2020 a tweet
“8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!”
Pants on Fire!
By Clara Hendrickson • August 18, 2020
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 17, 2020 a Democratic convention speech
“In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2020
Eva Longoria Baston
Eva Longoria Baston
stated on August 17, 2020 the Democratic National Convention
"Social Security beneficiaries count on the post office to get their checks.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • August 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a picture of stacked mailboxes is proof of voter suppression in Wisconsin
False
By Eric Litke • August 17, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 29, 2020 a Tweet
“New York Mail-In voting is in a disastrous state of condition. Votes from many weeks ago are missing - a total mess. They have no idea what is going on. Rigged Election.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 15, 2020
Gene Wu
Gene Wu
stated on August 7, 2020 an interview
Says in Texas the “average age of the Republican voter is like 20 years older than the average Democrat.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 14, 2020
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on August 11, 2020 a tweet
Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.”
Mostly False
August 14, 2020
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 10, 2020 a public forum
GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.
Mostly False
By Lawrence Andrea • August 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2020 a Facebook post
An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times.
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 13, 2020
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on August 6, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 13, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 11, 2020 an Instagram post
Says Kamala Harris called Joe Biden “a racist” during a Democratic presidential debate.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2020 a Facebook post
If Joe Biden can’t serve his full term, Kamala Harris “cannot by constitutional law become president.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 6, 2020 an Instagram post
"Third party votes only siphon from (Democrats).”
False
By Eric Litke • August 10, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 5, 2020 a tweet
"The GOP lawyer who helped Kanye West get on the ballot in Wisconsin is actively working for Donald Trump's campaign."
True
By Haley BeMiller • August 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2020 a Facebook post
“At John Lewis funeral Obama told a room full of people that rooms full of people is too dangerous so we must mail in vote.”
False
August 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 20, 2020 Campaign ad
Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.”
False
By Laura Schulte • August 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 30, 2020 a press conference
Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.
False
By Amy Sherman, Chris Nichols, Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2020
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