Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

Group makes bogus attack on HR 1 over congressional salaries

By Amy Sherman

February 25, 2021

HR 1 will allow members of Congress to draw a second salary “worth an estimated $600,000 per year!”

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Do a majority of Republicans support Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan?

By Amy Sherman

February 22, 2021

“The vast majority of the American people” support Biden’s $1.9 trillion rescue plan, “including a majority of Republicans.”

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Beto O’Rourke said Texas was warned for years about power grid

By Amy Sherman

February 19, 2021

“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”

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Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about $15 minimum wage and poverty

By Amy Sherman

February 10, 2021

“If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”

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How many DACA recipients are essential workers amid COVID-19 pandemic?

By Amy Sherman

February 9, 2021

“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”

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Trump vaccine plan left logistics to states, but it did exist

By Amy Sherman

January 27, 2021

"The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when…

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Claim that inauguration canceled, Trump to remain president is bogus

By Amy Sherman

January 16, 2021

“Inauguration Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office.”

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Nunes falsely claims ‘Republicans have “no way to communicate” without Parler

By Amy Sherman

January 13, 2021

“Republicans have no way to communicate” after tech companies cut off Parler.

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Fact-checking Hawley’s claim about Pennsylvania’s election law

By Amy Sherman

January 8, 2021

“Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”

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Joe Biden is right that more than 60 of Trump’s election lawsuits lacked merit

By Amy Sherman , Miriam Valverde

January 8, 2021

In more than 60 cases, judges “looked at the allegations that Trump was making and determined they were without any merit.”

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Bogus analysis leads to ridiculous claim about Biden votes

By Amy Sherman

December 23, 2020

"‘Simple math’ shows Biden claims 13 million more votes than there were eligible voters who voted in 2020 election.”

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Don’t fall for the fake post that Trump will hold an inauguration at Mar-a-Lago

By Amy Sherman

December 18, 2020

President Donald Trump will hold his inauguration for a second term at Mar-a-Lago

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