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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 a presidential debate:
Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”
False
By Jessica Calefati • October 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 28, 2020 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 the first 2020 presidential debate:
Says Joe Biden “had 308,000 military people dying because you couldn’t provide them proper healthcare in the military.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 30, 2020
Todd Starnes
Todd Starnes
stated on September 29, 2020 a tweet:
“Word on the street is that Joe Biden got tonight’s debate questions in advance.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • September 30, 2020
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 17, 2020 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
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 22, 2020 an Instagram post:
Like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, Amy Coney Barrett has said her “end goal is to end the separation of church and state & build a ‘Kingdom of God’ in the United States.”
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2020 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2020 a series of images:
A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • September 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 17, 2020 a Facebook post:
"Biden wants to end Shareholder Capitalism.. that's your 401k..your pensions.. your retirement.. are you voting for that???"
Mostly False
By Noah Y. Kim • September 23, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 15, 2020 a speech at a Florida event:
“24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on September 16, 2020 a speech at a Hillsdale College event:
“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 20, 2020 a speech:
“The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 22, 2020
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on September 19, 2020 a tweet:
On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.
Full Flop
By Jon Greenberg • September 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 16, 2020 a Facebook post:
"This Is Real: Biden Waves To An Empty Field."
False
By Noah Y. Kim • September 21, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 17, 2020 a CNN town hall:
"If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data."
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 13, 2020 an op-ed on the CNN website:
“Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2020
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on September 13, 2020 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2020 a pair of tweets:
Says Joe Biden played N.W.A.’s “F--- Tha Police” during an event in Florida.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • September 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows an ambushed Los Angeles police officer and that the NFL intends to “honor and praise the organization” that stood outside of the hospital chanting, “We hope she dies.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 a Facebook post:
“In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2020
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