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Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 21, 2022 an Instagram post:
“Congress just voted to exempt themselves from IRS auditing of their personal finances.”
False
By Sara Swann • August 23, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2022 una publicación en Facebook:
“El congreso acaba de aprobar un reciente proyecto de ley para todos los que tengan más de $10,000 de deuda”.
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2022 a Facebook post:
"The IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • August 18, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 16, 2022 a press release:
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann • August 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2022 a Facebook post:
“Liz Cheney cries like kids after loses in ‘primary’ against Trump’s pick,” two days before the primary election.
Pants on Fire!
By Andy Nguyen • August 16, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 4, 2022 interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News:
The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 12, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 28, 2022 an Instagram post:
Nancy Pelosi and Democrats "want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight" with HR 1808.
False
By Andy Nguyen • August 3, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 31, 2022 a post:
“China threatens to shoot Nancy Pelosi’s plane down if she visits Taiwan.”
False
By Monique Curet • August 2, 2022
Facebook posts
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
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
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
Viral image
stated on July 17, 2022 a Facebook post:
Jim Jordan told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “You’re just dumb.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 19, 2022
Val Demings
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
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
Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2022 a Facebook post:
House Democrats have kicked Rep. Ilhan Omar out of Congress
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • July 11, 2022
Ron DeSantis
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
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
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
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
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
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