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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Putin humiliatingly blows up all weapons and facilities" on Snake Island by retreating Russian troops.
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • July 12, 2022
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family
stated on June 28, 2022 in ads:
Abortion is available at any point of pregnancy and for any reason in Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont.
Mostly False
July 12, 2022
Liberal Groups
Liberal Groups
stated on June 2, 2022 in Public statement:
"Milwaukee’s hotels and restaurants are already filled during the summer. The RNC convention will simply replace those who normally visit our city."
Mostly False
By Vanessa Swales • July 12, 2022
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on June 28, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Charlie Crist is pro-life.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • July 5, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 27, 2022 in a post:
Planned Parenthood clinics are “closing down all over the country” because Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Mostly False
July 5, 2022
Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Whitmer
stated on June 2, 2022 in a tweet:
“Since I took office, Michigan has added more than 25,000 auto jobs.”
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • July 1, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:
"The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • June 30, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on May 25, 2022 in a tweet:
Recent research suggests that 15% of abortions are the result of coercion.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • June 24, 2022
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
stated on June 17, 2022 in an interview with Barron's:
“When you have unemployment below 4% and inflation above 4%, recession always follows within two years.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 23, 2022
Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on June 14, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Zach Nunn took money from Adventureland’s CEO, then sponsored legislation to loosen amusement park safety rules. A child died. Zach Nunn put his big donor first, ahead of the safety of Iowa families.”
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • June 18, 2022
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 in News release:
Republican politicians are pushing a plan "that could raise taxes on almost one in three Wisconsinites and sunset Social Security and Medicare in five years."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • June 15, 2022
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on June 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Americans aren’t required to show IDs to vote.
Mostly False
June 13, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Baby boomers didn’t have autism, seizures, allergies and other ailments when they were kids.
Mostly False
June 9, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on June 6, 2022 in a television ad:
Cheri Beasley tossed the conviction of a man seeking sex with a boy online and “set free” a child porn offender.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2022
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 25, 2022 in a press conference:
"We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis."
Mostly False
By Analisa Trofimuk • June 3, 2022
Mark Brnovich
Mark Brnovich
stated on May 23, 2022 in a tweet:
Increased encounters at the southwest border in April 2022 compared to April 2020 are attributable to changes in border policy.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 2, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 11, 2022 in News release:
In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • May 31, 2022
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 in Newsletter:
On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media:
The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • May 24, 2022
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on May 10, 2022 in an ad:
"David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof."
Mostly False
May 19, 2022
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