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Latest Fact-Checks By Bill McCarthy

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Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 21, 2020 a post on Facebook
Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • November 3, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 31, 2020 a rally
"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • October 31, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on October 29, 2020 a Fox News appearance
The number of coronavirus deaths is “almost nothing.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • October 30, 2020
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on October 27, 2020 a video on YouTube
A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early.
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • October 29, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 the final 2020 presidential debate
“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2020 a campaign rally
"We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 26, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 22, 2020 the final 2020 presidential debate
As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reforms, “38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 21, 2020 an ad
Says Joe Biden repeatedly told Americans he's going to raise their taxes.
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 17, 2020 a Facebook post
Says NBC News’ Kristen Welker “gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat & her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 20, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on October 13, 2020 a TV segment
According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden said, “You know, we have to come together. That’s why I’m running. I’m running as a proud Democrat for the Senate. So vote! Vote!”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 14, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 10, 2020 a comment to reporters
Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2020 an article
Video from 2019 shows Kamala Harris “caught in a major lie” about fracking during the 2020 vice presidential debate.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 12, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2020 a campaign ad
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said of Trump’s pandemic response, “I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 11, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 the first 2020 presidential debate
Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • October 1, 2020
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
stated on September 28, 2020 a radio show
President Donald Trump’s tax returns show “what any wealthy person's tax history is, if you can believe it — which is good years and bad years, years of immense taxes and years of almost no taxes at all because you carry over losses.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • September 30, 2020
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on September 23, 2020 an Instagram post
Kamala Harris “has not formally taken questions from the press a single time” since she was announced as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 25, 2020
Bob Good
Bob Good
stated on September 9, 2020 a debate.
“82% of Americans...would experience a tax increase if Biden were elected.”
False
By Bill McCarthy, Warren Fiske • September 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 20, 2020 a speech
“The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 17, 2020 a CNN town hall
"If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data."
False
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2020
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