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JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on March 17, 2020 remarks at a press conference
Says it was “unquestionably” not within his “legal authority” to postpone Illinois’ primary election by changing the date or shifting to vote-by-mail.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 24, 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2020 a Facebook post
"U.S. deaths since 1/22 (2020): COVID-19: 27, flu, 4,700; abortion: 118,000."
Mostly False
March 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2020 a Facebook post
Quotes Joe Biden as saying “people who have never died before are now dying from coronavirus.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 24, 2020
Chain message
Chain message
stated on March 23, 2020 a Snapchat screenshot
Says "special military helicopters will spray pesticide against the Corona virus in the skies all over the country."
False
By Daniel Funke • March 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a Facebook post
Says businesses will give you free baby formula during the coronavirus outbreak.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 a Facebook post
"Huge! Results From Breaking Chloroquine Study Show 100% Cure Rate For Patients Infected With The Coronavirus."
False
March 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • March 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“Go to 2020census.gov and fill out this census form so you can get your stimulus check.”
False
March 23, 2020
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
stated on March 13, 2020 a tweet
Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 a Facebook post
“Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.”
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • March 20, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 17, 2020 a news conference
“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 20, 2020
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 19, 2020 a tweet
For coronavirus cases “in the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2020
Chain message
Chain message
stated on March 19, 2020 a text
The federal government is “preparing to mobilize the national guard,” “dispatch them across the US with military” and “announce a nationwide 1 week quarantine for all citizens.”
False
By Daniel Funke • March 20, 2020
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on March 16, 2020 a tweet
“Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)”
False
By Paul Specht • March 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 an infographic
2019 coronavirus can live for "up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.”
Mostly True
By Daniel Funke • March 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2020 a Facebook post
“People are going door to door in Colorado Springs stating they are COVID testing so they can rob people!!!!”
False
March 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2020 a post
Says "there is no" COVID-19 virus.
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • March 19, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 14, 2020 a news conference
Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record."
Half-True
March 19, 2020
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on March 15, 2020 a tweet
Says coronavirus is just “the damn flu.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • March 19, 2020
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