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All Fact-checks for Alcohol

stated on August 30, 2023 in A post on X.

"(President Joe) Biden is trying to limit you to two beers per week.”

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Instagram posts

stated on May 16, 2023 in an Instagram Post

Bud Light billboard says “lol CRYBABIES”

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stated on April 6, 2023 in a photo on Facebook

“Anheuser-Busch CEO resigns” after Bud Light partners with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

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stated on March 26, 2023 in a tweet

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in a covered-up DUI accident

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stated on June 28, 2022 in Twitter

"Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive."

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stated on June 17, 2021 in a story's headline

“World Health Organization wants to BAN all women aged 18-50 from drinking alcohol.”

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stated on April 6, 2020 in a tweet

NC liquor stores were deemed essential “because we have a lot of people who are chemically dependent on alcohol and if we suddenly cut off their access they would go into withdrawal and flood the emergency rooms.”

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stated on March 30, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says certain states are banning the sale of alcohol.

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stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post

Says Nancy Pelosi was "asked to leave a children’s benefit after drunken outburst."

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stated on October 19, 2019 in a tweet

"One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder."

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stated on August 29, 2019 in a Facebook post

Says a photo shows a driver and passengers wearing moose heads in a truck with a man strapped to the roof that caused 16 accidents on I-35.

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stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post

Says a photo shows Beto O’Rourke "in college drunk and pissing his pants."

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stated on April 11, 2019 in a legislative debate

"Over 30 states passed the legislation to ban powdered alcohol," and Missouri is not one of them

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stated on August 12, 2018 in a video

"We need an ID" to "buy a beer."

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stated on March 31, 2017 in an op-ed

House Bill 991 "could lead to the opening of as many as 2,000 new liquor stores."

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Your Choice Colorado

stated on March 16, 2016 in a TV ad

Expanding the sale of full-strength beer and wine to grocery stores is "good for everybody."

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State Public Service Announcement

stated on December 28, 2015

By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.

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Viral media reports

stated on November 9, 2015 in social media and in print

Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

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Slice & Pint brewpub

stated on September 24, 2015 in the fall menu

Brewpubs can't sell growlers of their beer to customers.

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stated on March 23, 2015 in subcommittee hearing

By allowing brewpubs to sell beer, Georgia could become like Mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market.

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Why false claims about Nancy Pelosi being drunk keep going viral — even though she doesn’t drink

Why false claims about Nancy Pelosi being drunk keep going viral — even though she doesn’t drink

By Daniel Funke • August 3, 2020