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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 the final presidential debate
“When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate
“We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2020
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 25, 2020 a speech at the RNC
Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 22, 2020 a viral image
Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son.
False
July 28, 2020
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 20, 2020 an MSNBC interview
Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 23, 2020
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade
stated on July 2, 2020 an episode of "Fox & Friends"
The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 7, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 28, 2020 an interview
Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 24, 2020 an ad
“Trump lost a trade war that he started.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2020
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on May 7, 2020 a letter to the president
"Right now, China controls 80% of all ingredients and raw materials going into our generic prescription drugs."
Mostly False
By Anna Peterson • May 28, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 23, 2020 social media posts
“Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2020 a CNN town hall
Says Democratic members of Congress who represent Cuban Americans in Florida and have been critical of Sanders “just so happen to be supporting other candidates.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 social media
“Bernie Sanders voted in favor of every war during his tenure.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2020
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on January 15, 2020 a tweet
“As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, (the Confucius Institute) presented security risks for students & university as a whole.”
Mostly False
By Tyler Messner • February 28, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on February 22, 2020 a tweet
"Not once in his entire career in Washington, D.C., which started way back in 1991, has Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders ever voted yes on sanctions against Russia."
Half-True
February 27, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 8, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says Bernie Sanders “collaborated with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, Nicaragua and Cuba.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2020 an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes"
“When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 24, 2020
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on January 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Mitt Romney voted against convicting President Donald Trump because Burisma board member Joseph Cofer Black “is Romney’s national security advisor” and because of ties to Obama CIA director John Brennan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2020
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on January 29, 2020 the impeachment trial
“All of the aid has not arrived” to Ukraine.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 a TV ad in Iowa
"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020
Jay Sekulow
Jay Sekulow
stated on January 22, 2020 the Senate impeachment trial
Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the  fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 28, 2020
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