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stated on June 28, 2022 in Facebook post:
Esta grabación muestra una llamada al 911 de los migrantes atrapados en un camión en San Antonio, Texas.
False
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Joe Biden just resigned from the White House.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 28, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 24, 2022 in a speech:
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights.
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek, Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2022 in post on Facebook:
Justin Bieber’s Ramsay Hunt syndrome and Hailey Bieber’s blood clot were caused by COVID-19 vaccines.
False
By Jeff Cercone • June 15, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian helicopters.
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 6, 2022
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 25, 2022 in a floor speech:
“The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 4, 2022
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media:
“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”
False
By Madison Czopek • May 26, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:
“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • May 6, 2022
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin
stated on May 2, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
“There has never been a leak anything like this” draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “There’s never been a leak of a vote — much less an actual opinion, much less in a case of this significance.”
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • May 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Fires at food processing plants are an “attempt to starve us.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • April 26, 2022
Jane Timken
Jane Timken
stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 20, 2022
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on April 8, 2022 in a radio interview.:
“They’re going to be giving these people who come across the border, giving them smartphones.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen, Warren Fiske • April 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"Joe Biden is giving smartphones away to illegal border crossers.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • April 14, 2022
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on April 8, 2022 in in a Twitter post:
The chairman of Virginia’s Republican Party made a “shockingly racist post” about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 12, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Poland palace that Biden visited is fake.
False
By Jeff Cercone • April 12, 2022
Penn Progress
Penn Progress
stated on April 5, 2022 in an ad:
"John Fetterman's a self-described democratic socialist."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2022
Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan
stated on March 3, 2022 in an op-ed:
“New York state has already lost 99% of its historic freshwater wetlands.”
Mostly False
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 29, 2022
Mick McGuire
Mick McGuire
stated on March 24, 2022 in an ad:
Ketanji Brown Jackson has "a weak record — defund police, abolish ICE and now a completely open border policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • March 25, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • March 24, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 8, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Volodymr Zelenskyy singing “Endless Love” with his wife.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 10, 2022
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