Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Miami-Dade person registers to vote 10-6-20

Donald Trump distorts Florida elections bill in attacking Ron DeSantis

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…

Tennessee House expulsions, outside House floor, 4-10-2023

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

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.

Ron DeSantis in Iowa, 3-10-2023

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

April 11, 2023

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

Trump in Georgia 1-4-21

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

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…

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

April 3, 2023

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

Florida's Brandon High School closed in 2020

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

April 3, 2023

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

Makeshift memorial, The Convenant School in Nashville, 3-28-2023

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

March 29, 2023

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

Dekalb County, Georgia, poll workers, 11-24-20

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

March 15, 2023

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

Police officer memorial Washington, 5-15-2022

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

March 15, 2023

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

Car being filled with gas

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

March 13, 2023

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

Donald Trump in California

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

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.”

Protest of mask mandate at education meeting in Baton Rouge 8-18-21

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

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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