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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2020 Facebook post
Says Kamala Harris wants to eliminate beef.
False
By Sophie Austin • August 14, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 29, 2020 an email
The Trump administration “added over 209,000 jobs, including 16,000 new manufacturing jobs, to Pennsylvania over the last three years.
False
By Jessica Calefati • August 14, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 9, 2020 an Instagram post
Says Donald Trump “just promised that if he wins reelection, he’ll gut Social Security and Medicare.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 13, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 2, 2020 a TV interview
“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”
Mostly True
By Nusaiba Mizan • 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2020 press briefing in Bedminster, N.J.
“The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.”
False
By Sophie Austin • August 13, 2020
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 30, 2020 an interview
Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • 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
Social Security Works
Social Security Works
stated on August 11, 2020 a Facebook post
"Donald Trump says he will ‘terminate’ Social Security if re-elected."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 12, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 6, 2020 a Facebook post
Video shows missile attack in Beirut explosion.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 5, 2020 a Facebook post
Say “Sam Hyde identified as perpitrator (sic) of Beirut explosion”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 5, 2020
Brett Giroir
Brett Giroir
stated on August 2, 2020 an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
“There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • 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
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on July 21, 2020 an interview
Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”
Mostly True
By Jessica Calefati • August 4, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2020 a tweet
Under an executive order, “expensive insulin went from big dollars to virtual pennies … especially (for) our seniors.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 a SEIU roundtable discussion
“McDonald’s (makes) you all sign noncompete contracts that you cannot go across town to try to get a job at Burger King.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2020 a speech
“Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • July 24, 2020
Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly
stated on July 14, 2020 a campaign call
Says Joe Biden proposed “killing over 600,000 jobs supported by fracking.”
False
By Jessica Calefati • July 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 a press conference in the Rose Garden
“Joe Biden wants to end school choice.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 14, 2020 White House Rose Garden
Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.”
False
By Sophie Austin • July 17, 2020
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