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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 3, 2021 in a tweet:
“The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities.”
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By Brandon Mulder • March 11, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote
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By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2021 in a blog post:
“Biden is making ‘maternity flight suits’ so pregnant women can fight in the military.”
Mostly False
March 10, 2021
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall
stated on March 1, 2021 in an op-ed:
A study “suggests that even after two years of hormone therapy, biological boys still maintain significant advantages over girls, including being 12% faster on the 1.5-mile run.”
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 9, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 2, 2021 in a news conference:
“When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America.”
Mostly False
By Victoria Knight • March 5, 2021
Karen Brinson Bell
Karen Brinson Bell
stated on February 25, 2021 in an appearance before a committee:
Says the NC elections board “did not change state law."
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By Paul Specht • March 5, 2021
National Association for Gun Rights
National Association for Gun Rights
stated on March 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."
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March 4, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2021 in remarks with Mexico's president:
"The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC:
HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 1, 2021 in an interview with CBS News:
The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2021
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on February 27, 2021 in a press release:
“More than 91% of the spending in this $1.9 trillion package is not used for pandemic relief.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 1, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter:
“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 1, 2021
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mostly False
By John Pullano • February 26, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.
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By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.”
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February 25, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Monticello power plant just outside of Pittsburg TX has been closed since 2018 because of renewable energy.”
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February 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Heidi Cruz, Ted’s wife, is managing director of Goldman Sachs. They oversee the Texas utilities.”
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February 23, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on February 2, 2021 in a press conference:
The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • February 23, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 in a tweet:
Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
Mostly False
By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider • February 18, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.:
“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021
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