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Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2022 a Facebook post

“Supreme Court FINALLY signs VERDICT to IMPEACH Speaker Pelosi as Hunter’s Laptop IMPLICATES her.”

Pants on Fire!

By Andy Nguyen • July 26, 2022

Donald Trump
stated on July 9, 2022 a rally

Ranked choice voting in Alaska is a “total rigged deal.”

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on July 19, 2022 an Instagram post

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “faking being arrested” during an abortion-rights protest outside the Supreme Court.

False

By Bill McCarthy • July 20, 2022

Viral image
stated on July 17, 2022 a Facebook post

Jim Jordan told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “You’re just dumb.”

False

July 19, 2022

Val Demings
stated on July 13, 2022 a campaign ad

Sen. Marco Rubio has "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."

Mostly True

By Yacob Reyes • July 14, 2022

Lauren Boebert
stated on July 11, 2022 a podcast

U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores is “the first Mexican-born member of Congress.”

False

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 13, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2022 a Facebook post

House Democrats have kicked Rep. Ilhan Omar out of Congress

Pants on Fire!

July 11, 2022

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 30, 2022 a press release

The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory.

False

By Yacob Reyes • July 8, 2022

Jim Lamon
stated on June 2, 2022 a statement posted on Twitter

Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.”

Half-True

By Ellie Borst • June 16, 2022

Matt Gaetz
stated on June 7, 2022 a podcast episode

“Bennie Thompson actively cheer-led riots in the ’90s.”

False

By Yacob Reyes • June 13, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on June 7, 2022 an Instagram post

"Gavin Newsom reportedly intervened at the request of Nancy Pelosi and directly ordered the California Highway Patrol to drop all charges" against Paul Pelosi for his DUI arrest.

False

By Andy Nguyen • June 10, 2022

House Republican Conference
stated on June 9, 2022 a tweet

“Bennie Thompson objected to the 2004 Presidential election.”

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2022

Ted Cruz
stated on May 26, 2022 an interview with Fox News

In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2022 a national address from the White House.

"When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • May 25, 2022

Steve Kerr
stated on May 24, 2022 remarks to the media

“90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.”

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2022

Mike Franken
stated on May 5, 2022 a tweet

“Senator Grassley hopped off the Finance Committee, where he could be helpful to Iowa and the nation, in favor of the Judiciary Committee"

False

By Lyle Muller • May 9, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on April 4, 2022 a tweet

Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022

Sarah Palin
stated on March 25, 2022 a Facebook post

The Biden administration is attempting “to criminalize free speech.”

False

March 31, 2022

David Perdue
stated on March 25, 2022 a radio interview

The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on March 14, 2022 a post

Members of Congress gave themselves a 21% pay raise

False

By Monique Curet • March 16, 2022

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