Latest Fact-Checks By Gabrielle Settles

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TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 30, 2021 in a TikTok video:
If you get the COVID-19 vaccine, you can't donate blood or plasma "because it's completely tainted."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • May 4, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 22, 2021 in viral image on Instagram:
60% of new COVID-19 patients are people who received the vaccine.
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • April 29, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
By clicking on a link from a fake USPS text message, “you are sending your precise location to sex traffickers in your local area” so they can kidnap you.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 26, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 22, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says Joe Biden said, “This country is doomed, not just because of African Americans, but because by 2040 this country is going to be minority white European."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 23, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 21, 2021 in a TikTok video:
Derek Chauvin’s attorney said that space aliens “inhabited the body of Derek Chauvin and caused this death.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 3, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Pete Buttigieg’s dog and pony show. He gets out of [the] car to ride his bike a few feet, pretending to save energy.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 6, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 1, 2021 in a TikTok video:
“As of today, no one has the right to film or photograph Mr. Biden as he climbs the flight of stairs. New White House spokesman orders!!?”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • April 2, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 29, 2018 in a Facebook post:
“The tax deadline is April 18th. Do your taxes soon.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • April 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A map shows “all the cargo ships backed up by the Suez Canal. Get ready for shortages and prices to skyrocket.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • March 31, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert are “still not doing Biden jokes."
False
By Gabrielle Settles • March 30, 2021
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
stated on March 22, 2021 in remarks in a Senate hearing:
“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”
Mostly True
By Gabrielle Settles, Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
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