Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

Donald Trump distorts Florida elections bill in attacking Ron DeSantis

By Amy Sherman

May 3, 2023

A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper…

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Why it’s wrong to call the Tennessee state representatives insurrectionists

By Amy Sherman , Louis Jacobson

April 13, 2023

Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

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Ron DeSantis falsely said migrants deported from Martha’s Vineyard within 24 hours

By Amy Sherman

April 11, 2023

When migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, “They called out the National Guard and deported them within 24 hours.”

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Trump’s Pants on Fire comment about the Georgia election phone call

By Amy Sherman

April 5, 2023

Regarding Trump’s January 2021 telephone call with Georgia election officials, “nobody found anything wrong with that perfect call until a book promotion tour many months…

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Biden said you can’t own a machine gun. You can in most states, but there are restrictions.

By Amy Sherman

April 3, 2023

In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”

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Did Donald Trump tell governors to close states during the pandemic? The answer is complicated

By Amy Sherman

April 3, 2023

Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Gun violence surpasses car accidents as the leading cause of death for people ages 1 to 19

By Amy Sherman

March 29, 2023

“Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”

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Grant to Georgia’s DeKalb County doesn’t amount to an elections ‘takeover’

By Amy Sherman

March 15, 2023

A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.”

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Joe Biden says domestic violence calls prompt most police deaths; data lists likelier causes

By Amy Sherman

March 15, 2023

“More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”

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Nikki Haley overreaches with attack on Democrats over gasoline cars, gas stoves

By Amy Sherman

March 13, 2023

Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”

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In swipe at Fox News, Trump misleads about Los Angeles County election

By Amy Sherman

March 9, 2023

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.”

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At CPAC 2023, Florida congresswoman repeats false claim about DOJ labeling parents ‘terrorists’

By Amy Sherman

March 2, 2023

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

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