Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2020 in a headline in a Facebook post:
Sen. Kamala Harris “may have broken laws” when she visited a voting site in Ohio
False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2020 in a rally:
“In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump “voted twice” in the Nov. 3, 2020 election
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2020 in a rally in Erie, Pa.:
“Phony” ballots “were printed without my name on it.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2020
Emails
Emails
stated on October 20, 2020 in email threat to Florida Democrats:
Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 19, 2020 in an Instagram post:
“15 days left to vote BUT if you are voting by mail, you need to vote TODAY. USPS says it needs a 14 day roundtrip to be counted on election day.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 18, 2020 in a thread on 4chan:
If you know someone's name and date of birth you can change their votes on Oregon’s voting website.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Pennsylvania rejected 372,000 mail-in ballots
False
By Amy Sherman • October 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Jaime Harrison is being left off of South Carolina ballots”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2020 in a rally:
Says Joe Biden is a socialist.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 in a debate:
“With regard to hurricanes, the National Oceanic (and Atmospheric) Administration tells us that actually, as difficult as they are, there are no more hurricanes today than there were 100 years ago.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2020
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 8, 2020 in a tweet:
During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 9, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:
During the Obama/Biden administration “18,000 people got clemency.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 5, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:
The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists.
True
By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on October 2, 2020 in a screenshot:
Says Donald Trump’s reelection campaign emailed supporters to “donate to help him recover from” COVID-19.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Daniel Funke • October 2, 2020
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on September 17, 2020 in a campaign website:
Says Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez “approved a 67% pay raise for himself and increased his own pension. He makes $250,000 a year, more than almost every big-city Mayor in the country. He also kept his taxpayer-funded Mercedes-Benz after slashing $400 million in government jobs and spending.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 15, 2020 in a speech at a Florida event:
“24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“In 1983, Joe Biden voted in favor of taxing 50% of Social Security” and in 1993, Biden “was the deciding vote in raising the percentage taxed on Social Security from 50% to 85%.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2020 in a press conference:
Election officials are “sending 80 million ballots all over the country. Eighty million ballots, non-requested. I call them ‘unsolicited ballots.’”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
More than 500,000 mail in ballots in Virginia and 200,000 in Nevada were sent to dead people or pets
False
By Amy Sherman • September 9, 2020
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