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X posts
stated on May 25, 2022 a tweet:
ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 25, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on May 24, 2022 a tweet:
ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.”
False
By Nusaiba Mizan • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 Facebook post:
This image shows the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 25, 2022
Steve Kerr
Steve Kerr
stated on May 24, 2022 remarks to the media:
“90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2022
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on May 24, 2022 an interview:
“50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 25, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 24, 2022 an interview with CNN:
“Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 a Facebook post:
Photos of a person in a skirt show the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 foto publicada en Facebook:
Esta imagen muestra a las víctimas del tiroteo en la escuela en Uvalde Texas.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 a post:
The Uvalde, Texas, mass shooter was an “illegal alien.”
False
By Monique Curet • May 25, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on April 9, 2022 TV interview:
In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department "collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • May 24, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on May 14, 2022 Twitter posts:
The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • May 18, 2022
Ohio Gun Owners
Ohio Gun Owners
stated on April 21, 2022 an ad:
Matt Dolan sponsored Michael Bloomberg's “red-flag gun confiscation law, letting the people reporting your social media posts send SWAT teams to your house to take your guns."
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 2, 2022
Dave McCormick
Dave McCormick
stated on April 4, 2022 an ad:
Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2022 a Facebook post:
The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 14, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2022 a press conference:
“You couldn’t buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed."
False
By Yacob Reyes • April 12, 2022
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on February 2, 2022 Public statement:
"48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 18, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 7, 2022 an ad on Facebook:
“Joe Biden uses the ATF to illegally track your gun transactions.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 10, 2022
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on November 19, 2021 Twitter:
Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.
False
By Laura Schulte • November 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 a post on Facebook:
“500 National Guardsmen being called to Kenosha ahead of the Rittenhouse verdict. Had they done this in the first place, there wouldn’t have been a trial.”
False
By Monique Curet • November 17, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post:
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2021
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