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Emily Tian is a contributing writer for PolitiFact. She also works at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and has previously reported for The Toledo Blade. She is a student of literature and philosophy at Yale.

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stated on July 29, 2021 in an image:

“It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”

By Emily Tian • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports.

By Emily Tian • August 25, 2021
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stated on April 3, 2020 in a viral image:

“Alert: Law enforcement and the Red Cross have advised that there are people going door to door indicating that they are authorized to do testing for Coronavirus.”

By Emily Tian • July 29, 2021
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 16, 2021 in a video on Facebook:

Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.

By Emily Tian • July 23, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on June 25, 2021 in a post on Facebook:

“Coca-Cola has lost $4 bil in market value as people are boycotting Coke for their ‘try to be less White’ statement.”

By Emily Tian • July 23, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on June 29, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome “is absolutely a side effect of vaccination.”

By Emily Tian • July 12, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on September 4, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Charcoal activated tablets “will counteract most date rape drugs.”

By Emily Tian • July 9, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on June 10, 2021 in a post:

Says Eric Trump said he “raised nearly $30 million for children dying of cancer at St. Jude before the age of 30.”

By Emily Tian • June 25, 2021
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stated on May 30, 2021 in a Twitter post:

“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”

By Emily Tian • June 18, 2021
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stated on May 26, 2021 in post on Instagram:

"You will be 'vaccinated' regardless of whether you receive the shot or not.”

By Emily Tian • June 1, 2021