Latest Fact-Checks By Daniel Funke

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Facebook posts
stated on August 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says the Philadelphia shootings were "fake" and that police officers sprayed "fake blood on themselves."

Pants on Fire!

By Daniel Funke • August 19, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has been "arrested 23 times" and is the "daughter of (a) Somali terrorist."

False

By Daniel Funke • August 14, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2019 in Facebook posts:

The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state."

Pants on Fire!

By Daniel Funke • August 5, 2019

X posts
stated on July 23, 2019 in a tweet:

"Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion."

Mostly True

By Daniel Funke • July 29, 2019

Bloggers
stated on April 3, 2019 in an article:

"George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man."

False

By Daniel Funke, Volodymyr Solohub • July 25, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Rep. Ilhan Omar "voted yes" to "provide further funding for the 9/11 First Responders Victims Fund" while Sen. Rand Paul "voted no."

True

By Daniel Funke • July 24, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2019 in a speech:

"I know that we’ve been blocked. People come up to me and they say, ‘Sir, I can’t get you — I can’t follow you. They make it impossible.’"

False

By Daniel Funke • July 17, 2019

Turning Point USA
stated on July 1, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"San Francisco has spent $72.5 million this fiscal year cleaning up human waste and drug paraphernalia" and "there are more drug users on their public needle program than high school graduates."

False

By Daniel Funke • July 16, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on July 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Former President Barack Obama gave Presidential Medals of Freedom to Bill Cosby, Anthony Weiner and Harvey Weinstein.

Pants on Fire!

By Daniel Funke • July 16, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Migrants at the U.S. border are "able to pay cell phone bills" after a "two-month excursion across four separate countries."

Mostly False

By Daniel Funke • July 10, 2019

Big League Politics
stated on June 26, 2019 in a web post:

"Texas medical professional: Migrants quarantined with UNKNOWN disease."

False

By Daniel Funke • July 3, 2019

Viral image
stated on July 3, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak."

Half-True

By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2019

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