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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on March 17, 2020 in remarks at a press conference:
Says it was “unquestionably” not within his “legal authority” to postpone Illinois’ primary election by changing the date or shifting to vote-by-mail.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 24, 2020
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on March 4, 2020 in a television commercial:
"Nate McMurray wants to reward illegals with amnesty."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 24, 2020
Brad Parscale
Brad Parscale
stated on February 25, 2020 in a Tweet:
“Did you see President Trump’s RECORD TURNOUT? Iowa - 32,389 Republicans.”
Half-True
By Rylee Wilson • March 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says 93,000 blacks didn’t vote in Milwaukee (in 2016)
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • March 19, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 in a debate:
Because the Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates to near 0%, “the Fed will be of little consequence now. They’ve already used what leverage they have.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 18, 2020
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2020 in a tweet:
Says North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper “has seen his approval rating plummet”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 28, 2020 in posts on social media:
“Every election year has a disease” ... SARS in 2004; avian flu in 2008; swine flu in 2010; MERS in 2012; Ebola in 2014 and 2018; Zika in 2016 and the coronavirus in 2020.
False
By Emily Venezky • March 11, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 7, 2020 in a tweet:
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 9, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2020 in a tweet:
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2020
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview:
Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.”
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2020
MSNBC
MSNBC
stated on March 5, 2020 in an MSNBC segment:
“Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 6, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Bernie Sanders “only had 3,444 votes” in Nevada.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 6, 2020
William Barber
William Barber
stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “every time" the DSCC endorsed someone in North Carolina's U.S. Senate primary, "and the person they didn’t support was black, the candidate they picked ended up losing."
False
By Paul Specht • March 5, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 24, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
"Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 26, 2020 in a CNN town hall:
“I certainly supported Barack Obama and Joe Biden. ... I was there both times for them.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 3, 2020
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on February 25, 2020 in a television ad attacking Joe Biden:
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2020
Jane O’Meara Sanders
Jane O’Meara Sanders
stated on January 26, 2020 in a tweet:
"@BernieSanders receives strong support from the conservative & most rural part of Vermont."
True
By Kit Norton • February 21, 2020
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on December 27, 2019 in a press release:
Says the photo ID law passed by North Carolina lawmakers is “one of the nation’s most lenient voter ID laws."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 12, 2019 in a Facebook post:
“The KKK officially endorses Trump 2020.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2020
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