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Kimberly Klacik
Kimberly Klacik
stated on October 5, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"It's been confirmed that the Pfizer” COVID-19 “vaccine isn't guaranteed after six months."
Mostly False
October 8, 2021
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on September 17, 2021 in a radio interview:
Ted Budd’s family used AgriBioTech money to help “give donations to these Washington special interest groups that are running negative ads against me in the Senate race.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“There are now 56 cargo freighters anchored off the coast of California from Oakland to Long Beach in what can only be considered a manufactured supply-chain halt.”
Mostly False
By Isabella Fertel • October 1, 2021
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on September 29, 2021 in an exchange between CNN hosts:
Says Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are Republicans … Just look at the way they vote.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 26, 2021 in an Instagram post:
The government pays out "$2,125/month in refugee benefits to refugees resettled in the United States," while Social Security recipients “who have paid into the system their whole lives receive $1,400/month on average."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 28, 2021 in an Instagram post:
The audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Ariz., “cost the taxpayers $6 million.”
Mostly False
September 30, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.”
Mostly False
September 29, 2021
Common Sense Leadership Fund
Common Sense Leadership Fund
stated on September 17, 2021 in an attack ad:
Democrats “want to tax your retirement funds to pay for their new trillion dollar power grab.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2021
FreedomWorks
FreedomWorks
stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.”
Mostly False
September 29, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2021 in posts on social media:
A funeral home used a truck to advertise the message "Don't get vaccinated."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2021
Madison Cawthorn
Madison Cawthorn
stated on September 14, 2021 in a speech to the Johnston County school board:
Children and teen suicide attempts “skyrocketed 250% in 2020” according to “one study done by a hospital.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 28, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on August 26, 2021 in a TikTok video:
"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
Mostly False
September 27, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 23, 2021 in an op-ed:
“Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2021
India Walton
India Walton
stated on September 9, 2021 in a debate:
Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 in News release:
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021
Infowars
Infowars
stated on September 13, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600.
Mostly False
September 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 4, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Stunning report: nearly 15 million mail-in ballots were not counted in the 2020 election.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 31, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"Japan says goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin."
Mostly False
By Andy Nguyen • September 14, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 31, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 31 blocked members of Congress from reading aloud on the House floor the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan.
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • September 9, 2021
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