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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Biden is “funding every angle” of the Israel-Hamas war.
Mostly False
October 13, 2023
Rebecca Cooke
Rebecca Cooke
stated on September 1, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
"Derrick Van Orden is one of the only members of Congress who participated in the deadly January 6th insurrection. He now serves in the building he tried to burn down."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on October 7, 2023 in a post on X:
The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2023
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
West Virginia University Faculty Senate
stated on September 6, 2023 in a no-confidence resolution:
E. Gordon Gee’s university projects have increased “WVU’s debt load by 55%.”
Mostly False
By Cody Matorin • October 10, 2023
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on August 25, 2023 in an interview with The Daily Athenaeum:
“Fewer than 2% of students are impacted whatsoever by the decisions we're making” to cut the budget.
Mostly False
By Griff Bihun • October 10, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on September 15, 2023 in tweets:
1,609 scientists signed a declaration saying “There is no climate emergency.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 9, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 29, 2023 in a speech:
Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 4, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Si ganas menos de $50,000 al año” puedes calificar para un crédito de salud y usarlo para “lo que sea”.
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • September 28, 2023
Unleash Prosperity Now
Unleash Prosperity Now
stated on August 13, 2023 in a political ad:
“Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 21, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 25, 2023 in an ad:
Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 19, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 23, 2023 in a social media post:
“Norway, Finland, Sweden, Holland, and the UK have now banned gender transition surgery for minors.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • September 6, 2023
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on August 22, 2023 in campaign website:
Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 5, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 23, 2023 in a Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee:
"I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference:
“After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 22, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2023 in a speech in Milwaukee:
“A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 21, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 12, 2023 in an Instagram post:
While nearly naked, a member of Mexico’s congress said, “You are ashamed to see me naked, but you are not ashamed to see your people in the streets naked.”
Mostly False
August 15, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2023 in a town hall:
“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 14, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 30, 2023 in a post:
"Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers."
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Nuria Diaz Muñoz • August 11, 2023
Citizens Against Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste
stated on August 7, 2023 in a political ad:
A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders would “increase government control” of pharmacy benefit managers and is a “radical health care takeover.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 11, 2023
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 2, 2023 in a video:
Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”
Mostly False
August 9, 2023
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