Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Bling News
Bling News
stated on July 9, 2018 in a headline:
"In 1984, the New York Times said Trump would be our BEST president."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2018
YourNewsWire.com
YourNewsWire.com
stated on July 3, 2018 in a headline:
"Broward County Sheriff fired for lying about Parkland."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2018
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 10, 2018 in an interview on MSNBC:
Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
For Our Future PAC
For Our Future PAC
stated on July 2, 2018 in a website:
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act — and with it, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion — could cost Ohio more than 81,000 jobs, jeopardize nearly 1 million Ohioans’ health care coverage, and leave more than 220,000 Ohioans with mental illness or substance use disorders without insurance."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on July 2, 2018 in a headline:
"Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on June 28, 2018 in a Fox News Debate:
Says Ron DeSantis "voted in an agricultural bill to give food stamps to illegal immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • June 29, 2018
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on June 12, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Sherrod Brown in 1978 "voted for stricter removal standards (for voter registration) and then enforced them as Secretary of State."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 29, 2018
The Houston Post
The Houston Post
stated on June 26, 2018 in a headline:
"Red Hen owner just issued sick threat to Sarah Sanders"
False
By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2018
Twentyeightmay
Twentyeightmay
stated on June 23, 2018 in a story:
Kurt Russell said that celebrities shouldn't "get political" when it comes to Donald Trump.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2018
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 21, 2018 in a headline:
"Migrant mother and ‘crying girl’ on Time cover never separated."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2018
Brad Parscale
Brad Parscale
stated on June 20, 2018 in a tweet:
"Fact: Over 90,000 kids were detained under Obama. And no one cared."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2018
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 9, 2018 in a headline:
"Trump approval rating better than Obama and Reagan at same point in their presidencies."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 18, 2018
Newsflash
Newsflash
stated on June 10, 2018 in a headline:
"Breaking: Shep Smith to be canned because he can’t control his hate for Donald Trump."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2018
Red State Wave
Red State Wave
stated on June 11, 2018 in a headline:
"Breaking: Mike Huckabee just fired!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on June 4, 2018 in an event in Springfield:
On Mike DeWine's record as attorney general: "Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on May 17, 2018 in a tweet:
"Ohio's (payday lending) laws are now the worst in the nation. Things have gotten so bad that it is legal to charge 594 percent interest on loans."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 18, 2018 in a TV ad:
"Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress" and "voted to make it easier for lobbyists to hold key government positions and harder to investigate conflicts of interest."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet:
"Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages."
True
By Amy Sherman • May 29, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 22, 2018 in a headline:
"USA: Mysterious Nazi submarine from WWII discovered in Great Lakes!"
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2018
Conservative Stories
Conservative Stories
stated on May 21, 2018 in a headline:
"Just in: John Kerry facing prison."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2018
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