Trump falsely said El Paso "used to have extremely high rates of violent crime -- one of the highest in the entire country," but now it is "one of the safest cities" because of a border wall. In fact, it was already among the safest cities before wall.
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ICYMI: Trump repeatedly claimed that when Biden was spearheading the 1994 crime bill, he called African Americans “super-predators, and they’ve never forgotten it.” Actually, that was a phrase famously uttered by Hillary Clinton — not Biden. ow.ly/V8e130rcDts #Debate2020
Kamala Harris, former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate, is eligible to serve as U.S. president, contrary to the false claims of viral posts on Facebook. Her mother is from India and her father from Jamaica — but Harris was born in Oakland.
There is no evidence that “unindicted co-conspirators” mentioned in federal indictments related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack are undercover FBI agents or informants, as conservative outlets have claimed or suggested.
Trump said Ambassador Stevens sent 600 requests for help. That's false. #debate
Trump again repeats his false claim that he built the "greatest economy” in history. Over the last 39 years, the real GDP has reached or exceeded Trump’s peak year of 3% a total of 17 times. ow.ly/qnWI30rctkd #Debate
Biden is right that FBI Director Christopher Wray called antifa more of an ideology, than an organization. ow.ly/pJT530rctBY #Debate
Elizabeth Warren claimed that Amy Klobuchar's health care plan is two paragraphs long. Warren is wrong. ow.ly/GtWK30qjbEA #DemDebate
A baseless conspiracy theory claims that a secret supercomputer was used to switch votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Experts — and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — have said the theory is a hoax.
"Hoax" is trending on Twitter, since President Trump tested COVID-19 positive and some tweets claim Trump once called the virus a hoax. Here's what we wrote about Trump's "new hoax" remarks.
President Trump tweets today that Comey "leaked CLASSIFIED information." There is no support for that claim, as we wrote once before.
Audits of ballots and voting equipment found no problems with the 2020 results in Maricopa County. But debunked claims about voter fraud are flowing again on social media amid a Republican-led audit in Maricopa.
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Trump exaggerates the amount of voter fraud via mail-in ballots:
Trump falsely claimed that Biden called Blacks “super-predators.” Actually, that was a phrase famously uttered by Hillary Clinton about some “gangs of kids.” ow.ly/ZEdg30rctsO #Debate
A viral deception on social media falsely claims a Biden campaign official was arrested in an illegal ballot-harvesting scheme in Texas. He has not been charged or arrested. The false claim stems from unverified allegations in an unsuccessful GOP lawsuit. ow.ly/GblE30rkt1Y
On Fox News, White House press aide Raj Shah misrepresented the special counsel's indictment last week against the Russians. Shah said it proved that Russia's meddling was "not about supporting one candidate over the other." That's false. ow.ly/3iYj30iuO4j
Viral Deception Alert: A fictitious tweet attributed to Rep. Ilhan Omar is circulating on social media. The congresswoman didn’t write that the “time for violence is now” over her disagreement with President Donald Trump’s actions on Iran. ow.ly/ydOk30q896l
Trump claims mail-in ballots are rife with fraud while absentee ballots — which he has used — require a voter to go through “a very strict process" that's "sometimes better" than a voting machine. In fact, the verification process is the same for both.
Trump said "more women in the workforce than ever before." True, but that has been the case every month for years before Trump took office. ow.ly/9D4o30nAY6N
Scott Pruitt: “Coal sector” added 7K jobs in May & “almost 50K" since last year. BLS: 400 in May & 1.3K since Dec.
Unsubstantiated posts spreading on Facebook and Twitter claim that Biden “got tonight’s debate questions in advance” and that he will be wearing an earpiece. There is no evidence for either assertion. ow.ly/Tqj130rcs1M #FactCHAT
At campaign rallies and in tweets, Trump falsely said the World Health Organization changed its position and “admitted that Donald Trump was right” about lockdowns. But the agency has said no such thing. ow.ly/5jA530rf0zR #FactCHAT
A CDC document reviews the challenges of using a “shielding” approach to protect high-risk people living in places such as refugee camps from COVID. But Candace Owens falsely claimed it meant the agency was proposing putting high-risk Americans into camps. bit.ly/3AKPC59
Sen. Joe Manchin, who opposes raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, wrongly said “very few … if any” states have a minimum wage at the federally mandated $7.25 per hour. In fact, 21 states do. ow.ly/UDk930rA09r
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Trump said he is "reversing decades of calamitous trade policies." Not yet. During a 12-month ending in October, the trade deficit was $604 billion. That’s an increase of $102 billion, or 20.2 percent, compared with 2016.
Cory Booker said “raising the minimum to $15 an hour … would put more money in people’s pockets than giving them $1,000 a month” under Andrew Yang’s plan. But the minimum wage bill phases in over 6 years & doesn't raise everyone's income. ow.ly/sKpy30pJ3RR #DemDebate
Sen. Sanders claimed there was a “huge voter turnout” among young caucusgoers in Iowa this year, saying the turnout was “even higher than Obama’s extraordinary victory in 2008.” In fact, about 10,300 fewer young voters turned out this year than in 2008. ow.ly/sUbZ30qgSYM
In Wisconsin, Trump falsely claimed the state’s dairy farms were “decimated” under the Obama/Biden administration but “now … are doing very well,” and he greatly overstated the potential impact of the USMCA trade pact. ow.ly/F2OA30rhOTp #FactCHAT
Trump is wrong that many people saw bombs all over the apartment floor in San Bernardino terror attack case. #debate
The NIH did not admit it funded gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in China, and the NIH-funded experiments conducted by EcoHealth Alliance could not have led to SARS-CoV-2.
In calling for a border wall, Trump talked about "lethal drugs that cross our border and flood into our cities." However, the vast majority comes through legal ports of entry in cars and trucks.
Trump Jr said Clinton ignored requests for help on the night of Benghazi attacks. Congressional investigators found no evidence of that.
Several of President Trump’s supporters have claimed or suggested — without providing evidence — that a substantial number of votes were fraudulently cast by “dead people” in Pennsylvania.
Facebook posts falsely suggest that envelopes used for mail-in ballots in general elections reveal party affiliation. Voting experts say they don’t know of any such labels in general elections — only on envelopes during primary elections.
Trump says Clinton will raise "everybody's taxes massively." In fact, 95% of taxpayers will see little or no change. ow.ly/zb5H3050Jbv
Trump implies there isn’t much to learn from his tax returns. Tax experts disagree. factcheck.org/2016/05/trumps #debatenight
A conspiratorial video circulating on Facebook misleadingly edits Bill Gates’ Ted Talk to suggest his “wish” was to depopulate the planet through vaccines. #scicheck
President Trump falsely claimed that he “never said Russia did not meddle in the election.” He did. Numerous times. We list them.
In apology, Trump says "we are losing our jobs." In fact there are 10.7M more jobs since Jan2009: ow.ly/Wckp304YX7I #ObamasNumbers
Trump said "more people are working now than at any time in our history –- 157 million." That's a fairly meaningless stat. As the population rises, the number US workers has increased fairly steadily for as long as such figures have been tracked. #SOTU
Romney says he will pay for $5T tax cut without raising deficit or raising taxes on middle class. Experts say that's not possible....
Viral posts wrongly claim that a painting depicting children in face masks was created as a mural for the Denver airport in 1994 — and baselessly suggest the COVID-19 pandemic was planned. The painting is not at the airport and not from 1994.
In outlining steps his administration would take on gun regulations, President Joe Biden misstated the facts on three existing policies. ow.ly/i6hG30rDT0I
The president keeps tweeting about ballots being "found" and "counted" in swing states, repeating his false claims from the early morning WH speech. The ballots are being counted because they are legally cast ballots and that's how the process works.
GOP Rep. Doug Collins - ranking member of the Judiciary Committee - quotes Pelosi as saying "it would be dangerous to leave it to voters to determine whether President Trump stays in office." That's not what she said.
Viral stories falsely claim a “Stanford study” showed that face masks are unsafe and ineffective. But the paper is not a study and not written by anyone at Stanford. #scicheck
Trump says poll watchers are being blocked from observing early voting in Philly. He’s wrong. -- Philadelphia Inquirer ow.ly/llts30rctP1 #Debate
Trump says Bill Clinton signed NAFTA. Bush41 signed it; Clinton signed implementing legislation. ow.ly/oKLj304ALKU #debatenight
Trump falsely said Biden wants to get rid of 180 million private insurance plans and go to socialism. Biden has opposed M4A ow.ly/tIXn30rctdl #Debate
Trump says "ISIS was formed" when US troops left Iraq. That's not what experts say: ow.ly/zSOm304AOkJ #debatenight
Trump says illegal drugs "will be cut by a number that nobody will believe" if a wall is built on the southern border. But, as we wrote, most illegal drugs comes through legal ports of entry.
Trump vows "we will again build the greatest economy in history." He didn't build the "greatest economy in history" - as we have written multiple times, including last night. #RNC2020
In his remarks yesterday, Trump repeated his false claim that "80% of spending is coming to the NATO from the United States." It's 22%, as we wrote before.
Trump falsely claimed "we all laughed together" when in 2016 he said, “Russia, if you’re listening, find her [Clinton’s] emails.” Watch for yourself. ow.ly/eZtu30rclrK #FactCHAT
When discussing the tax cut bill he signed, Trumped said "We passed a massive tax cut for working families." An analysis by the Tax Policy Center found most of the benefits of the tax cut go to the top 1 percent. ow.ly/6XkJ30nAYQL #SOTU
This week's fact-checking video is on President Trump's baseless claim that Hillary Clinton "lied many times to the FBI," but was treated differently than Michael Flynn. factcheck.org/2017/12/video-
No #FakeNewsAwards yet? While you wait, here's our partial list of times when labeled accurate reporting as “fake news” or spread false information, while at the same time accusing the media of being “fake” or “dishonest.”
A Trump tweet & White House press release say today's indictment indicates there was “no collusion” between Russians and the Trump campaign, and that “the results of the election were not impacted.” But the indictment did not go that far on either count.
Trump said, "We have now completed over 100 miles" of "a long, tall, and very powerful wall." Only one mile is new; the 99 other miles replaced existing barriers. #StateOfTheUnion
Trump counts on 3% GDP growth to both balance the budget AND replace lost tax revenues. That's double counting: ow.ly/ARlF30c0w0C
Former President Trump and the GOP Senate candidate in New Hampshire both resurrected a zombie claim that has been *repeatedly* debunked about busloads of people coming from out of state to vote illegally in New Hampshire. #NHSen ow.ly/4VNo50Lv5ES
Trump said a priority for him is "to protect patients with pre-existing conditions." However, his administration is siding with plaintiffs in a lawsuit that, if successful, would end ACA protections for those with preexisting conditions.
. tweetstorm about the video did on M4A as part of our fact-checking collaboration with was more misleading spin from the senator.
Trump doubled down on his claim that "3000 people did not die" in PR as a result of Maria, retweeting a claim that researchers "threw out science and statistics" to make Trump look bad. Two experts we interviewed said the methodology was sound.
Trump says he got small loan from his father. He got more help than that: ow.ly/egXO304ALyG #debatenight
The latest video in our collaboration with looks at Trump’s misleading statements on Michael Flynn. ow.ly/bxjx3097YMp
Trump yesterday said he inherited "an economy that was going down." In fact, the economy had added 11.6 million jobs over Obama's 8 years and gained jobs for 75 straight months – the longest streak on record at the time. ow.ly/Ft0A30kCquT ow.ly/UZn230kCqvO
Trump says he opposed going into Iraq. Here’s what he said before and after war started: ow.ly/ogzl304AOs0 #debatenight
Trump claimed Fauci said masks are "not good." This is misinformation that is also being spread on social media. ow.ly/Ew3V30rctj7 #Debate
Biden's statement that 1 in 1,000 African Americans died of COVID-19 is correct: ow.ly/amxl30rcttq #Debate
Pence said Russia investigation found "no obstruction" of justice by President Trump. That’s not at all what the Mueller report says. ow.ly/GmYD30rdT8q #VPDebate
ICYMI: The CDC hasn't "reduced" COVID-19 death count, contrary to false claims on social media. ow.ly/NWS530qDZCv
Tom Cotton said Biden opposed the mission to kill Osama bin Laden. As we wrote last night, Biden has said he wanted to delay the mission to seek stronger confirmation that bin Laden was at the Pakistani compound. ow.ly/soHS30r6IGT #RNC2020
Trump boasts about Ford, Fiat & others creating jobs since election. The moves are unrelated to him: ow.ly/Fioi309sue5 #JointSession
Trump repeats misleading $800Bn figure for U.S. trade deficit. It's not quite that high. The facts: ow.ly/JfdL304AMJc #debatenight
Biden criticizes the cost of Medicare for All. The plan would require an increase in federal taxes, but it also would also eliminate or reduce health care spending by other payers, such as employers and individuals. ow.ly/gAGK30qfZFN #DemDebate
Farmers have NOT done poorly for 15 years. They had their best years from 2011 thru 2014. And tariffs are not "destroying their businesses." U.S. agricultural exports were up 30% last year. Get the facts: bit.ly/2N4qUUw
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In this week's fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at a false claim Rudy Giuliani made about the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya and Trump campaign officials.
Cruz says “Obamacare is discouraging people from going to medical school.” But enrollment is at an all-time high. ow.ly/8TtH308TFQA
Ronna McDaniel said Biden will "raise taxes on 82% of Americans." We wrote about Biden's tax plan. #RNC2020
Pence said “that’s nonsense” after Kaine claimed Trump proposed a “deportation force." But that's what Trump said. bit.ly/2drwiVu
Trump says Bill Clinton signed NAFTA. Bush41 negotiated & signed it; Clinton signed implementing bill. ow.ly/ry2o305lVW4 #debatenight
On , Trump continues to push the debunked conspiracy theory about Ukraine. He said: "They gave the server to CrowdStrike -- or whatever it is called – which is a company owned by a very wealthy Ukrainian. And I still want to see the server." None of that is true.
Harris says Trump called the coronavirus a “hoax.” That’s a matter of dispute. Trump says he was referring to Democrats finding fault with his administration’s response to coronavirus, not the virus itself. ow.ly/f9z930rdSOT #VPDebate
On Fox, Trump said, "I was in Louisiana opening up a $10 billion LNG plant that would’ve never been approved under another type of administration, never." False. The Cameron liquefied natural gas exporting plant was approved by the Obama administration. ow.ly/k1eK30oMwdh
Trump refers to "American carnage" when talking about crime. Here's the murder rates since 1960. ow.ly/Uhfs308ch0j
Trump says illegal immigration at the border is a crisis. Apprehensions on the Southwest border peaked in FY2000 at 1.64 million and have generally declined since, totaling 396,579 in FY2018. ow.ly/IjZ430neXoe
President Trump claims Roger Stone did “nothing” wrong and “nobody even can define what he did.” Stone was convicted on seven counts for crimes that are clearly defined in the U.S. criminal code. We review each of them. ow.ly/GQAi30qhVRn
Trump claimed ex-Clinton campaign manager confirmed that Clinton camp spread birther rumors in 08. He twists facts: ow.ly/hxKi304ANSC
Trump today tweeted that Mueller lied when he testified "to Congress that he did not see me to become the FBI Director." But, as we wrote, Bannon told FBI investigators that Mueller “did not come in looking for the job."
Pence said Biden would "ban fracking." Biden's plan will not permit new fracking on federal land - but there is no ban in the plan. Most fracking is done on private or state-owned land. ow.ly/7B3u30rdSTw #VPDebate
Our WikiLeaks story & what Clinton said about "open borders." She was talking about trade not people: ow.ly/TeGn305lVj6 #debatenight
At press conference, Trump said he won "by a very, very large Electoral College vote." He ranked 46th out of 59: ow.ly/go74308Y4cL
Georgia State Sen. Vernon Jones said "mass incarceration of Black people" was "caused by no other than Joe Biden." Experts say the 1994 crime bill didn't cause mass incarceration, but some of its provisions exacerbated the trend. ow.ly/20oc30r64MH #RNC2020
Pence misleadingly claimed Biden opposed the mission to take out Osama bin Laden. Biden said only that he wanted further confirmation that bin Laden was actually present at the compound in Pakistan. ow.ly/RbFk30rdSWC #VPDebate
