Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 in the Democratic debate in Washington D.C.:
Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 11, 2020 in a White House speech:
The health insurance industry has “agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • March 12, 2020
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stated on March 9, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC:
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2020 in a tweet:
Video shows Joe Biden saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina:
“I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
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stated on March 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
In 1962, Joe Biden “worked with segregationists,” Elizabeth Warren “debated as a pro-Vietnam conservative” while Bernie Sanders “organized against segregation and Vietnam war”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
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stated on March 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 29, 2020 in a speech at CPAC:
Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.”
False
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2020 in a CNN town hall:
Says Democratic members of Congress who represent Cuban Americans in Florida and have been critical of Sanders “just so happen to be supporting other candidates.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Fact: Mike Bloomberg spent $12 million to re-elect a Senate Republican (Toomey) in 2016. Toomey beat the Dem (McGinty) by 1.5 points. If McGinty had won, Ds would have controlled the Senate after Doug Jones won and could have blocked Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2020
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on February 25, 2020 in a television ad attacking Joe Biden:
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 19, 2020 in the Las Vegas debate:
“Mayor Bloomberg was busy blaming African Americans and Latinos for the housing crisis in 2008.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 15, 2020 in a speech in Nevada:
Says Mike Bloomberg is “a candidate who in 2015 stated, and I quote: ‘I, for example, am not in favor, have never been in favor of raising the minimum wage.’”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2020
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stated on February 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
After pushing through a red flag law in the New Mexico Senate, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham “has had the firearms of her guards and household seized.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on January 17, 2020 in No, Trump didn’t sign a bill returning prayer to schools:
“President Trump signs bill returning prayer in schools.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on February 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Mitt Romney’s father “U.S. Senator George Romney, was a liberal Republican who had ties to Saul Alinsky, yes, the same dude who wrote the book, Rules For Radicals and dedicated to Satan.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2020
Brandon Morse
Brandon Morse
stated on February 5, 2020 in a tweet:
Says a video proves Pelosi “was planning” to rip up President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address “from the start.”
False
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 in the State of the Union:
“I have also overseen historic funding increases for high-quality child care, enabling 17 states to help more children, many of which have reduced or eliminated their waitlists altogether.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 5, 2020
Val Demings
Val Demings
stated on January 29, 2020 in the impeachment trial:
“All of the aid has not arrived” to Ukraine.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2020
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 in a TV ad in Iowa:
"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020
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