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Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 17, 2020 an interview with the Wall Street Journal
Says before he planned a rally on June 19 “nobody had ever heard of” Juneteenth.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2020
Desiree Rogers
Desiree Rogers
stated on June 10, 2020 an interview on CNN
In COVID-19 crisis, “only 20% of African Americans had jobs where they could work from home.”
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 12, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on June 7, 2020 an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation
“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 8, 2020
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on June 3, 2020 a White House press briefing
“No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 4, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2020 a tweet
There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
“The House Democrats snuck a provision into their $3 trillion bailout bill today that would keep the house in recess until July 21.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2020 an interview on MSNBC
The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.”
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 19, 2020 remarks to reporters at the Capitol
“If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2020
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on May 7, 2020 an interview with Mother Jones
“Since the reopening of (Georgia), we’ve seen our COVID rate skyrocket by 40%.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 15, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 23, 2020 a post on TikTok
“It’s not the coronavirus that’s killing people. It is the economy.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on May 10, 2020 a tweet
Barack Obama “is the first ex-president to ever speak against his successor.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2020
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on April 26, 2020 a tweet
"Why did the US (NIH) in 2017 give $3.7m to the Wuhan Lab in China? Such grants were prohibited in 2014. Did Pres. Obama grant an exception?"
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 22, 2020 a post on Facebook
“President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 30, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 22, 2020 a post on Facebook
“People defying stay-at-home order fill Arizona beaches.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 20, 2020 a daily coronavirus press briefing
“Hundreds and hundreds of labs are ready, willing, and able.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2020
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on April 6, 2020 a tweet
“Everyone is only dying of coronavirus now.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2020 a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing
Says fired inspector general Michael Atkinson brought a “terrible, inaccurate whistleblower report” to Congress.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 27, 2020 a virtual town hall on CNN
“There was no effort” to get American experts into China after it announced the coronavirus, and “we had one person in-country (and Trump) pulled him out of the country.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 3, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 30, 2020 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
“We inherited a broken test” for COVID-19.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • March 31, 2020
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