Latest Fact-checks by Miriam Valverde Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: An episode of “The Simpsons” showed Donald Trump in a coffin. Brit Hume stated on September 29, 2020 in a Fox News interview: “I don’t think there’s any doubt (Joe) Biden’s senile.” Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has a medical device implanted in his skull so he can hear someone give him answers to questions. Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.” Charles Schumer stated on September 18, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year. NumbersUSA stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.” Mark Kelly stated on September 2, 2020 in campaign website: Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.” Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in a speech in Michigan: Says Joe Biden “will destroy your protections for pre-existing conditions.” Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech: "When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump." Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview. Martha McSally stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: Says Mark Kelly wants to “defund the police.” Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.” Rand Paul stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.” Martha McSally stated on July 31, 2020 in a tweet: “Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.” Charles Schumer stated on July 28, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.” Stacey Abrams stated on July 23, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities, they’re behind by 10%.” Hillary Clinton stated on July 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.” Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2020 in an Instagram post: “Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.” Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.” Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed: “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.” Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.” Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.” Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.” Instagram posts stated on May 19, 2020 in an Instagram post: “A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!” Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Pelosi’s new coronavirus bill allows illegals to receive billions in relief funds in past, current, and future payments.” Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump and McConnell are blocking stimulus checks for Americans married to immigrants.”
Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: An episode of “The Simpsons” showed Donald Trump in a coffin. Brit Hume stated on September 29, 2020 in a Fox News interview: “I don’t think there’s any doubt (Joe) Biden’s senile.” Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has a medical device implanted in his skull so he can hear someone give him answers to questions. Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.” Charles Schumer stated on September 18, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year. NumbersUSA stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.” Mark Kelly stated on September 2, 2020 in campaign website: Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.” Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in a speech in Michigan: Says Joe Biden “will destroy your protections for pre-existing conditions.” Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech: "When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump." Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview. Martha McSally stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: Says Mark Kelly wants to “defund the police.” Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.” Rand Paul stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.” Martha McSally stated on July 31, 2020 in a tweet: “Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.” Charles Schumer stated on July 28, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.” Stacey Abrams stated on July 23, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities, they’re behind by 10%.” Hillary Clinton stated on July 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.” Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.” Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2020 in an Instagram post: “Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.” Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.” Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed: “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.” Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.” Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.” Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.” Instagram posts stated on May 19, 2020 in an Instagram post: “A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!” Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Pelosi’s new coronavirus bill allows illegals to receive billions in relief funds in past, current, and future payments.” Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump and McConnell are blocking stimulus checks for Americans married to immigrants.”
Facebook posts stated on October 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: An episode of “The Simpsons” showed Donald Trump in a coffin.
Brit Hume stated on September 29, 2020 in a Fox News interview: “I don’t think there’s any doubt (Joe) Biden’s senile.”
Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has a medical device implanted in his skull so he can hear someone give him answers to questions.
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2020 in a campaign ad: Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Charles Schumer stated on September 18, 2020 in a tweet: On confirming a Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
NumbersUSA stated on September 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans want to reduce legal immigration from 1 million per year down to 500,000 or less.”
Mark Kelly stated on September 2, 2020 in campaign website: Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.”
Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in a speech in Michigan: Says Joe Biden “will destroy your protections for pre-existing conditions.”
Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech: "When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump."
Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview.
Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”
Rand Paul stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”
Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”
Martha McSally stated on July 31, 2020 in a tweet: “Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.”
Charles Schumer stated on July 28, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”
Stacey Abrams stated on July 23, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: “Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities, they’re behind by 10%.”
Hillary Clinton stated on July 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview: Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in a White House speech: Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”
Instagram posts stated on June 2, 2020 in an Instagram post: “Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.”
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2020 in a speech: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this (police reforms) during their eight-year period.”
Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2020 in a USA Today op-ed: “Today, the gap between African American and white homeownership is larger than it was in the late 1960s.”
Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”
Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”
Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
Instagram posts stated on May 19, 2020 in an Instagram post: “A lot of people can get an additional $2,400” from the CARES Act “and they can do it every month!”
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Pelosi’s new coronavirus bill allows illegals to receive billions in relief funds in past, current, and future payments.”
Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Trump and McConnell are blocking stimulus checks for Americans married to immigrants.”
