Fact Check Posts – Page 64

Facebook posts
stated on June 23, 2020 Facebook on June 23:

Says Taylor Swift wants to remove the Statue of Liberty

By Sophie Austin • July 2, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on June 20, 2020 a campaign rally:

“Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.”

By Sophie Austin • June 23, 2020

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on June 18, 2020 an episode of Triggered with President Donald Trump:

Says Osama bin Laden endorsed Joe Biden

By Jon Greenberg • June 19, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on June 17, 2020 an interview with the Wall Street Journal:

Says before he planned a rally on June 19 “nobody had ever heard of” Juneteenth.

By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2020

Desiree Rogers
stated on June 10, 2020 an interview on CNN:

In COVID-19 crisis, “only 20% of African Americans had jobs where they could work from home.”

By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 10, 2020 a Facebook post:

Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.”

By Jon Greenberg • June 12, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 3, 2020 Facebook post:

“It wasn't a big deal when Bill Clinton held up the Bible in front of the same exact church (as Donald Trump).”

By Eric Litke • June 11, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 5, 2020 a Facebook post:

“More than 20 police officers are dead now because of the riots.”

By Emily Venezky • June 10, 2020

William Barr
stated on June 7, 2020 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:

“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”

By Jon Greenberg • June 8, 2020

Kayleigh McEnany
stated on June 3, 2020 a White House press briefing:

“No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”

By Jon Greenberg • June 4, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 30, 2020 a tweet:

During protests outside the White House, Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn't let the D.C. Police get involved."

By Bill McCarthy • June 1, 2020

Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on May 5, 2020 a radio interview:

“For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.”

By Jessica Calefati • May 30, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet:

“Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a fact-check label to Trump’s tweet.

By Bill McCarthy • May 27, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 25, 2020 a tweet:

“[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”

By Jessica Calefati • May 27, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet:

There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.

By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 remarks at a public event in Des Moines:

"Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."

By Julia Shanahan • May 22, 2020

Bloggers
stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post:

“The House Democrats snuck a provision into their $3 trillion bailout bill today that would keep the house in recess until July 21.”

By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2020 an interview on MSNBC:

The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.”

By Jon Greenberg • May 21, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on May 19, 2020 remarks to reporters at the Capitol:

“If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.”

By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on May 11, 2020 a Facebook post:

“Gov. Wolf is not allowing companies that distribute U.S. flags to ship out orders to be placed at veteran’s graves for Memorial Day.”

By Jessica Calefati • May 19, 2020

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