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Darren Jackson
Darren Jackson
stated on May 27, 2020 in a tweet:
“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
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By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says gloves shouldn’t be worn in public because “if you are wearing the same set of gloves all over town you are only spreading germs everywhere you go.”
True
By Eric Litke • May 13, 2020
American Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
stated on April 27, 2020 in a news report:
“New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.”
True
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • May 8, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on April 6, 2020 in an email:
Says it’s illegal to hold an absentee-only election or mail ballots to every registered voter
True
By Haley BeMiller • May 8, 2020
Jamie Nadler
Jamie Nadler
stated on April 14, 2020 in a newspaper interview:
“Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”
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By Julia Schneider • April 29, 2020
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on April 22, 2020 in an interview:
Says Texas “either is near the bottom or at the very bottom when it comes to testing per capita.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • April 24, 2020
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 10, 2020 in an op-ed:
North Carolina is "in the small minority of states that requires an absentee ballot to be signed by two witnesses or a notary public."
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By Paul Specht • April 23, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on April 10, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Virginia has “lagged behind other states when it comes to (covid-19) testing.”
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By Warren Fiske • April 22, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 15, 2020 in comments at a virtual town hall meeting:
“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”
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By Victoria Knight • April 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The poor are, ironically, the most likely to be employed in the industries deemed ‘essential’ while their upper-class peers are freed to bunker down for weeks until the first death wave passes.”
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By Jessica Calefati • April 21, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 14, 2020 in a news conference:
“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.”
True
April 16, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 in his online video endorsement of Joe Biden for president:
Republicans “have shown themselves willing to cut millions off their health insurance and eliminate preexisting condition protections for millions more, even in the middle of this public health crisis."
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 16, 2020
Jack Whitver
Jack Whitver
stated on April 7, 2020 in an email newsletter:
Before COVID-19, “Iowa had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and many employers were scrambling to find qualified employees to fill their job openings.”
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By Caleb McCullough • April 14, 2020
John Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards
stated on April 5, 2020 in a CNN interview:
Says of the coronavirus threat, “there was not a single suggestion by anyone, a doctor, a scientist, a political figure, that we needed to cancel Mardi Gras.”
True
By Miriam Valverde • April 8, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows a crowded New York City subway train during stay-at-home order.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“On February 7, the WHO warned about the limited stock of PPE. That same day, the Trump administration announced it was sending 18 tons of masks, gowns and respirators to China.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • April 2, 2020
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on March 28, 2020 in a video on Twitter:
“My mask will keep someone else safe and their mask will keep me safe.”
True
By Daniel Funke, Jessica Calefati • April 1, 2020
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
stated on March 13, 2020 in a tweet:
Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus.
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 23, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 17, 2020 in a news conference:
“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 20, 2020
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