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Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on April 5, 2022 in a letter to President Joe Biden:
“While the initial increase in oil prices resulted in a near instantaneous increase in gas prices for consumers, the subsequent decrease in crude oil prices has failed to meaningfully provide relief for Georgia's families at the pump.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on April 5, 2022 in a TV ad:
“Joe Biden’s open border” means that there are “more Democrat voters pouring into this country."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2022
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on March 25, 2022 in a radio interview:
The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2022
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on March 21, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing:
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia:
Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Facebook video shows “counting Biden’s votes at 2 a.m.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech:
The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • March 9, 2022
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 25, 2022 in a speech at the 2022 CPAC meeting in Florida:
The 2020 election “was stolen from Donald J. Trump.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2022
Gary Chambers Jr.
Gary Chambers Jr.
stated on February 9, 2022 in a campaign video:
"One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 15, 2022
Jesse Haw
Jesse Haw
stated on February 2, 2022 in a Facebook ad:
“Nevada ranks 50th in election integrity ratings.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2022
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 8, 2022 in a Facebook post and article:
Arizona House bill to “decertify” 2020 results “could effectively recall the Biden electors.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2022
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on January 31, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
“In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 31, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Pennsylvania had 2.6 million mail in votes that the court of appeals of PA held to be unconstitutional. Umm that alone means Biden lost PA.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2022
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 19, 2022 in in a Senate hearing:
The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.”
False
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2022 in a Facebook video:
“The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.”
False
By Amy Sherman • January 14, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech on voting rights in Georgia:
“In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 7, 2022 in an email:
Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 11, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 14, 2021 in an interview:
People vaccinated for COVID-19 “do not spread the disease to anyone else.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 22, 2021
Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee
Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee
stated on December 13, 2021 in a billboard:
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., is a communist
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 15, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 18, 2021 in a speech:
The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2021
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