Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 11, 2024 Interview
Says opponent Eric Hovde “supports a $4 trillion tax plan that would disproportionately advantage the well-off and profitable corporations”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • October 24, 2024
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stated on October 22, 2024 posts on X
A photo shows The Atlantic published a story headlined “Trump is Literally Hitler.”
False
By Madison Czopek • October 23, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 Instagram posts
Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.
False
October 23, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on October 18, 2024 an X post
"Reports from Whitfield County, GA that Dominion machines are flipping votes. This is exactly the kind of fraud we saw in 2020."
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • October 23, 2024
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stated on October 19, 2024 a post
Michigan has “more registered voters than eligible citizens. This creates a huge risk of election fraud.”
False
By Sara Swann • October 23, 2024
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Threads posts
stated on October 21, 2024 a post
“Breaking: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says Dominion voting systems will NOT operate in the state of Florida. ”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 23, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on October 20, 2024 an Instagram post
If an election worker writes anything on your ballot before you put it in the voting machine, “your ballot could be disqualified.”
False
By Mia Penner • October 23, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 14, 2024 an Instagram post
The Oregon secretary of state “removed” former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. JD Vance from “the official state website.”
False
October 22, 2024
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Threads posts
stated on October 21, 2024 a Threads post
Donald Trump offered “food for everyone” at his McDonald’s press conference and then left without paying.
False
October 22, 2024
Progress 2028
Progress 2028
stated on October 21, 2024 a Facebook post
A pro-Kamala Harris website shows she supports a mandatory gun buyback program.
False
By Grace Abels • October 21, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 13, 2024 an Instagram post
“GA election official Gabriel Sterling says audits will take place after election day because it’s ‘nerve-racking’ to count ballots in front of poll watchers.”
False
October 21, 2024
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Instagram posts
stated on October 18, 2024 an Instagram post
As part of his “charitable donations,” in 1990 Donald Trump “chartered a private plane to get Nelson Mandela to America when the U.S. government wouldn't help."
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 19, 2024
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on October 10, 2024 a photo
“Trump's convictions have all been overturned and he is getting his $500,000,000.00 back!”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 18, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 16, 2024 an Instagram post
Vice President Kamala Harris commented on President Joe Biden’s “mental fitness,” saying, “he’s not stable” and “we should all be concerned.”
Pants on Fire!
October 18, 2024
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X posts
stated on October 15, 2024 an X post
Detroit’s Oct.15, 2024, absentee ballot return rate proves election fraud.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 17, 2024
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X posts
stated on October 13, 2024 a post
Screenshots of documents show a former student of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has lodged sexual abuse allegations against him.
Pants on Fire!
By Sara Swann • October 17, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on October 16, 2024 a campaign event
Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2024
Dan Bongino
Dan Bongino
stated on October 12, 2024 a Facebook post
CBS exposed “the fact” that Kamala Harris’ crowd sizes are inflated because her campaign bused hundreds of attendees to her New Hampshire rally.
Mostly False
October 16, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on October 13, 2024 social media posts
Video shows former Vice President Mike Pence endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 15, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2024 a Truth Social post
“It has just come out that Democrats in Washington and the Democrat Governor’s Office of North Carolina (Roy Cooper) were blocking people and money from coming into North Carolina.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Paul Specht • October 12, 2024
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