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Sofia Bliss Carrascosa was an intern for PolitiFact in summer 2023 from Duke University.

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Kamala Harris
stated on July 20, 2023 in a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority:

Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 24, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 17, 2023 in an Instagram video:

Video shows Neil deGrasse Tyson describing how NASA faked the moon landing.

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 17, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 3, 2023 in a video.:

“French President Macron has declared a total ban on social media reporting of events in France.”

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 14, 2023
Fox News Channel
stated on July 5, 2023 in a chyron:

Gender Queer on NEA Summer Reading List for Kids.

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 11, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 4, 2023 in a Facebook video.:

President Joe Biden died and Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn into office.

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 6, 2023
Sid Miller
stated on June 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Garth Brooks played to a “half-empty arena” in Illinois.

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 30, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2023 in a Facebook video:

Video showing someone in military gear outside a Georgia Waffle House proves that Donald Trump is president.

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 28, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on June 18, 2023 in an interview with "Fox News Sunday":

“Young Americans across this country are no longer proud to be American.”

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 28, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on June 14, 2023 in a speech:

"We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean."

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 22, 2023