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Latest Fact-Checks By Bill McCarthy

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2021 a Facebook post
Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • January 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 6, 2021 a Facebook post
A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned fur cap is an “Antifa thug.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • January 7, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2021 a tweet
"They just happened to find 50,000 ballots (in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections) late last night."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • January 6, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2021 a phone call with the George secretary of state
After a “major water main break,” Georgia election workers counted “18,000 ballots, all for Biden” that they pulled from suitcases and with no election observers present.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • January 4, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on December 16, 2020 a Facebook post
“CDC COVID-19 survival rates” are 99.997% for people ages 0 to 19, 99.98% for people ages 20 to 49, 99.5% for people ages 50 to 69, and 94.6% for people over 70.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 17, 2020 a Facebook post
Chief Justice John Roberts visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 21, 2020
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on December 15, 2020 a radio show segment
The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2020 a Facebook post
An optional microchip for COVID-19 vaccines “would give officials information on who has and has not been vaccinated” and “tracks the location of the patient.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 15, 2020
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on December 8, 2020 a TV handoff
"You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that."
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 3, 2020 Facebook posts
Video footage from Georgia shows suitcases filled with ballots pulled from under a table and illegally counted after election observers were told to leave.
False
By Bill McCarthy • December 4, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 16, 2020 a blog post
The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • December 2, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 18, 2020 a virtual roundtable
“666,000 teachers have been laid off already since March."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • November 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2020 a tweet
"Big victory moments ago in the State of Nevada. The all Democrat County Commissioner race, on same ballot as President, just thrown out because of large scale voter discrepancy."
False
By Bill McCarthy • November 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 11, 2020 a tweet
“Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our poll watchers and/or vote observers to watch or observe.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • November 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2020 a Facebook post
“Biden lead disappears in NV, AZ, GA, PA.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • November 11, 2020
Matt Schlapp
Matt Schlapp
stated on November 8, 2020 a Fox News appearance
As an example of voter fraud, “we have literally 9,000 people who voted in this election (in Nevada) who don’t live in Nevada.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • November 11, 2020
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 5, 2020 a Fox News interview
Philadelphia is “clouding the vote counting in a shroud of darkness.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • November 6, 2020
Eric Trump
Eric Trump
stated on November 4, 2020 a tweet
A person is on film “burning 80 Trump ballots.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • November 4, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on November 4, 2020 a tweet
Says Joe Biden received a sudden influx of 138,339 votes in Michigan while Donald Trump received none.
False
By Bill McCarthy • November 4, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on November 3, 2020 a tweet
A poll worker in Erie County, Pa., threw out over 100 ballots for Donald Trump.
False
By Bill McCarthy • November 3, 2020
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