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WATCH: Betty White did not get a COVID-19 booster right before her death

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Josie Hollingsworth

By Josie Hollingsworth January 7, 2022

Betty White did not say "I just got boosted today" days before she died. The quote circulating on social media is fake, her agent confirmed to PolitiFact.

Did Betty White say she got her COVID-19 booster days before she died? No, the quote is fake

stated on September 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Tom Hanks was photographed wearing a T-shirt with progressive slogans on it.

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Mark Pocan
stated on March 27, 2024 in Public appearance:

“We passed 27 bills last year, which is the fewest since the Depression.”

By Laura Schulte • April 17, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2024 in Facebook posts:

The day after the total solar eclipse, 85-foot waves traveled from Antarctica to South Africa.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 16, 2024
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stated on April 13, 2024 in a video:

The Sydney mall attacker is a “Zionist” who targeted Jewish people so that people would think the attacker was Muslim.

By Maria Briceño • April 16, 2024
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stated on April 14, 2024 in an X post:

Donald Trump violated the Logan Act by resharing 2018 Iran tweet on Truth Social.

By Jeff Cercone • April 16, 2024
Marco Rubio
stated on April 11, 2024 in an interview with Fox News:

“It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the last three years."

By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2024 in a post:

“You’ve probably heard that Taylor Swift is endorsing Joe B."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 16, 2024
Lisa Subeck
stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.”

By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on April 1, 2024 in TV interview:

In 2020, Trump “did much better” in the Wisconsin election than 2016, and “after the wrongdoing was found, people said, ‘Well, he actually did win.’”

By Hope Karnopp • April 16, 2024
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stated on March 31, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“ULEZ protesters covering cameras with bat boxes. Authorities not allowed to remove under their own law.”

By Loreben Tuquero • April 15, 2024
Threads posts
stated on April 13, 2024 in a post on Threads:

President Joe Biden “will address the nation from the Oval Office” on April 13, “following Iran’s attack on Israel.”

By Madison Czopek • April 15, 2024