Latest Fact Checks By Jon Greenberg

Rubio takes Democratic school reopening vote out of context

By Jon Greenberg

March 9, 2021

In rejecting his amendment, “Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.”

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GOP treats Trump-era projects in pandemic bill as Democratic pork

By Jon Greenberg

March 2, 2021

The $1.9 trillion relief package is “about a bridge for Chuck Schumer, a tunnel for Nancy Pelosi.”

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Budd says 9% of stimulus targets COVID, the rest is ‘not even’ related

By Jon Greenberg , Paul Specht

March 1, 2021

“There’s about 9% of (the American Rescue Plan) actually going to COVID, meaning 91% of it is not even COVID-related.”

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How much goes to COVID-19 vaccines in the stimulus bill?

By Jon Greenberg

February 26, 2021

In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”

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Has $1 trillion in COVID-19 relief gone unspent?

By Jon Greenberg

February 23, 2021

“There's over a trillion dollars of money unspent from previous (coronavirus) relief bills ... still sitting in a bank account.”

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Joe Biden exaggerates support among economists for his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan

By Jon Greenberg

February 18, 2021

“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.

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Democratic ad goes too far in tying Penn. Congressman to Trump and QAnon

By Jon Greenberg

February 5, 2021

Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.”

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Sen. Rick Scott misrepresents COVID-19’s toll on state finances

By Jon Greenberg

February 5, 2021

States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California,…

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No, study didn’t prove that masks have negative effects on 68% of children

By Jon Greenberg

January 29, 2021

Masks have negative impacts on 68% of children.

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Joe Biden: Clean energy to provide 84% of new electric power this year

By Jon Greenberg

January 29, 2021

“84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.”

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Is the Paris Climate Agreement easier on China and India than on the US?

By Jon Greenberg

January 26, 2021

The Paris Climate Agreement is “bad for America,” because it "does nothing to hold real polluters, like Communist China and India, accountable."

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Black Lives Matter protests faced a more militarized response than Capitol mob

By Jon Greenberg

January 11, 2021

Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the…

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