Latest Fact-Checks By Bill McCarthy

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Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on September 17, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:
"We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 4, 2019
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet:
"Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 3, 2019
Kaya Jones
Kaya Jones
stated on October 1, 2019 in a tweet:
"If the impeachment reaches the house and passes to the senate and isn’t passed the first term is nullified and Trump can run two more terms."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • October 2, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2019 in a retweet from his account:
Says Ilhan Omar "partied" on the anniversary of 9/11.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • September 19, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 16, 2019 in a viral meme:
Says Elizabeth Warren "was paid $400,000 to teach one class."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2019
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on September 10, 2019 in a TV segment:
Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • September 13, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 9, 2019 in a rally in Fayetteville, N.C.:
China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • September 10, 2019
Samuel Sinyangwe
Samuel Sinyangwe
stated on August 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors."
True
By Bill McCarthy • September 6, 2019
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on September 3, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View":
"The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work."
True
By Bill McCarthy • September 5, 2019
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on August 15, 2019 in a tweet:
Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 2019
Rob Schmitt
Rob Schmitt
stated on August 14, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends First" discussion:
Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • August 15, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 11, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying in front of Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago."
True
By Bill McCarthy • August 13, 2019
Nicolle Wallace
Nicolle Wallace
stated on August 5, 2019 in on MSNBC:
Says President Donald Trump is "talking about exterminating Latinos."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • August 8, 2019
Stephanie Ruhle
Stephanie Ruhle
stated on August 5, 2019 in on MSNBC:
Says Walmart is "one of the largest sellers of assault-style weapons."
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 7, 2019
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Handler
stated on August 2, 2019 in a tweet:
"Elijah Cummings’ house was broken into after Trump publicly attacked him on Twitter."
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 31, 2019 in a Democratic presidential primary debate:
Says Kamala Harris oversaw a police department that was "abusing people’s rights" and that she did not "disclose to defense attorneys" when there was exculpatory evidence: "She didn't do that. She never did it. And so, what happened? Along came a federal judge and said enough, enough, and he freed 1,000 of these people."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2019
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on July 28, 2019 in an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation":
"We are the only advanced industrialized nation that bases our educational funding on property taxes."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • July 31, 2019
Roland Martin
Roland Martin
stated on July 21, 2019 in a panel on ABC's "This Week":
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • July 25, 2019
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Fox ‘News’ just announced that they will not air Mueller’s testimony about his report, which they claim ‘exonerates’ Trump."
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 23, 2019
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 12, 2019 in a "Fox & Friends" appearance:
"Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census.
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 15, 2019
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