Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2021 in an interview on Fox News:

“There were no guns whatsoever” at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.

By Gabrielle Settles • July 13, 2021

Republican National Committee
stated on June 29, 2021 a tweet:

"Crime is escalating to a level we haven’t seen in decades as a direct result of Democrats’ defund the police movement and Biden-Harris open-border policies."

By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2021

Lori Lightfoot
stated on June 28, 2021 remarks at a press conference:

Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 4, 2021

TikTok posts
stated on May 19, 2021 a TikTok video:

“There is a place in the U.S. where murder is legal.”

By Madison Czopek • June 4, 2021

Viral image
stated on May 24, 2021 a Facebook post:

The mother of a missing boy in Nebraska confessed to killing him.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 26, 2021

John Cox
stated on May 4, 2021 a campaign press conference:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “just let 76,000 inmates out of jail."

By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2021

Viral image
stated on April 26, 2021 a Facebook post:

Says the Memphis Police Department “will no longer respond” to crimes including larceny, breaking and entering, and motor vehicle theft.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 27, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2021 a Facebook post:

By clicking on a link from a fake USPS text message, “you are sending your precise location to sex traffickers in your local area” so they can kidnap you.

By Gabrielle Settles • April 26, 2021

Viral image
stated on April 15, 2021 a Facebook post:

Police say there is a suspected serial killer in Baton Rouge.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 16, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2021 a Facebook post:

A serial killer is targeting women in Hot Springs, Ark.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 13, 2021

Viral image
stated on April 11, 2021 a Facebook post:

“George Floyd’s younger brother, Dejywan Floyd, has been arrested in North Carolina for a ‘road rage’ shooting of a white couple, killing the mother of six sitting in the passenger seat.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 12, 2021

Katie Pavlich
stated on April 1, 2021 a TV segment:

“The Biden administration is engaging in human trafficking because they are enabling this to happen” at the southern border.

By Bill McCarthy • April 6, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2021 Facebook posts:

The “president of Drag Queen Story Hour” was “arrested, charged with child pornography.”

By Noah Y. Kim • March 24, 2021

Jeanine Pirro
stated on March 20, 2021 a TV segment:

The southern U.S. border “is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 23, 2021

X posts
stated on March 16, 2021 in a tweet:

“Black Lives Matter of Atlanta Charged with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Allegedly Using almost 500k in Donations For Personal Use.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 19, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2021 a Facebook post:

The Atlanta shooting suspect wrote an anti-China post on Facebook prior to the shootings.

By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2021

Tom Cotton
stated on February 26, 2021 a CPAC speech:

The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."

By Miriam Valverde • February 26, 2021

Tucker Carlson
stated on February 22, 2021 a TV segment:

"There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 23, 2021

Greg Kelly
stated on February 8, 2021 a Newsmax TV segment:

“Only one person died on that day” during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

By Bill McCarthy • February 9, 2021

Marco Rubio
stated on January 27, 2021 remarks:

"Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders.”

By Miriam Valverde • January 29, 2021

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