Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Viral image
stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.

By Bill McCarthy • November 3, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on October 31, 2020 in a rally:

"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 31, 2020

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on October 29, 2020 in a Fox News appearance:

The number of coronavirus deaths is “almost nothing.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 30, 2020

YouTube videos
stated on October 27, 2020 in a video on YouTube:

A Detroit TV station aired the election results a week early.

By Bill McCarthy • October 29, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate:

“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 27, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally:

"We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."

By Bill McCarthy • October 26, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate:

As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reforms, “38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 23, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 21, 2020 in an ad:

Says Joe Biden repeatedly told Americans he's going to raise their taxes.

By Bill McCarthy • October 21, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says NBC News’ Kristen Welker “gave thousands of dollars to Obama, Clinton and Biden, is registered as a Democrat & her family spent Christmas with the Obamas at the White House.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 20, 2020

Tucker Carlson
stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment:

According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 15, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden said, “You know, we have to come together. That’s why I’m running. I’m running as a proud Democrat for the Senate. So vote! Vote!”

By Bill McCarthy • October 14, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on October 10, 2020 in a comment to reporters:

Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."

By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2020

Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2020 in an article:

Video from 2019 shows Kamala Harris “caught in a major lie” about fracking during the 2020 vice presidential debate.

By Bill McCarthy • October 12, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said of Trump’s pandemic response, “I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 11, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate:

Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 1, 2020

Hugh Hewitt
stated on September 28, 2020 in a radio show:

President Donald Trump’s tax returns show “what any wealthy person's tax history is, if you can believe it — which is good years and bad years, years of immense taxes and years of almost no taxes at all because you carry over losses.”

By Bill McCarthy • September 30, 2020

Dinesh D'Souza
stated on September 23, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Kamala Harris “has not formally taken questions from the press a single time” since she was announced as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.

By Bill McCarthy • September 25, 2020

Bob Good
stated on September 9, 2020 in a debate.:

“82% of Americans...would experience a tax increase if Biden were elected.”

By Bill McCarthy, Warren Fiske • September 22, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on September 20, 2020 in a speech:

“The Trump campaign asked that I release the list (of potential Supreme Court nominees) only after (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) passed away.”

By Bill McCarthy • September 22, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall:

"If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data."

By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2020

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