Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post:
The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2023
Kat Cammack
Kat Cammack
stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:
The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2023
Tina Lambert
Tina Lambert
stated on February 20, 2023 in a statement of purpose about a bill:
Student ID cards are a “source of fraud” at the polls.
False
By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on February 14, 2023 in an announcement video:
On running against Donald Trump for president.
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook:
"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 10, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2023 in an ad:
President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2023
Lauren Boebert
Lauren Boebert
stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet:
Joe Biden closed schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
False
By Amy Sherman • February 8, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing:
Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 26, 2023 in a page about elections in his Rescue America plan:
Same-day voter registration "does not allow election officials to verify the validity and accuracy of voter information."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2023
Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2023
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on January 9, 2023 in in a broadcast:
The election in Brazil “was very clearly a rigged election.”
False
By Amy Sherman • January 12, 2023
Scott Perry
Scott Perry
stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview:
"Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Kari Lake’s lawsuit “exposes Arizona used no signature verification.”
False
By Amy Sherman • December 15, 2022
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 11, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
“We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 13, 2022
Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Loeffler
stated on December 6, 2022 in a tweet:
On the day of the Dec. 6 runoff, “armed groups of Black Panthers” were “reportedly patrolling certain voting locations” in Georgia.
False
By Amy Sherman, Gabrielle Settles • December 8, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2022 in a Truth Social post:
“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on November 28, 2022 in a statement on a website:
Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 1, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on November 19, 2022 in a speech:
Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 15, 2022 in a post:
Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of “Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • November 17, 2022
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