Latest Fact Checks By Bill McCarthy

Facebook post misleads on congressional health care, benefits

By Bill McCarthy

February 1, 2021

Congressional benefits include “free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days.”

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Social media users push evidence-free claim that Joe Biden repeated instructions from earpiece

By Bill McCarthy

January 22, 2021

Video shows Biden saying “salute the Marines” after hearing the words in an earpiece before his inauguration.

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No evidence lawmakers forced National Guard into parking garage

By Bill McCarthy , Samantha Putterman

January 22, 2021

“Democrats forced our GREAT troops to sleep on the ground of a PARKING garage after dragging them to DC for photo ops!"

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On Inauguration Day, Rush Limbaugh falsely claims Joe Biden didn’t ‘legitimately’ win

By Bill McCarthy

January 21, 2021

Says Joe Biden and Democrats "have not legitimately won" the presidency.

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Minimum wage increases and the myth of the $38 burrito

By Bill McCarthy

January 20, 2021

A $15-per-hour minimum wage would raise the price of a Taco Bell burrito to $38.

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Trump spokesman falsely claims Trump ‘can’t say anything’ on Capitol riot without social media

By Bill McCarthy

January 18, 2021

President Donald Trump “can’t say anything (about the U.S. Capitol riot) because the platforms have removed him.”

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Image of Pramila Jayapal without mask is out of context

By Bill McCarthy

January 14, 2021

Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob.

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Newsmax host recycles out-of-context clip in call for Joe Biden’s impeachment

By Bill McCarthy

January 12, 2021

Says Joe Biden is on video "admitting to" election fraud in a "confession."

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Facebook posts wrongly claim left-wing activist, antifa ‘incited’ US Capitol mob

By Bill McCarthy

January 9, 2021

Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.”

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Face-painted man in horned fur cap at Capitol riot supports Trump and QAnon, not antifa

By Bill McCarthy

January 7, 2021

A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned fur cap is an “Antifa thug.”

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No evidence Georgia ‘happened to find’ ballots to hurt Republicans in Senate runoff, as Trump claims

By Bill McCarthy

January 6, 2021

"They just happened to find 50,000 ballots (in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections) late last night."

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Trump rehashes debunked claim about ‘suitcases’ of ballots in Georgia phone call

By Bill McCarthy

January 4, 2021

After a “major water main break,” Georgia election workers counted “18,000 ballots, all for Biden” that they pulled from suitcases and with no election observers…

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