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2020 election falsehoods thrive amid Arizona ballot review

stated on June 1, 2021 in a tweet:

Says Anthony Fauci will make millions off new book.

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stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview with WINK TV:

Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations."

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Terry McAuliffe

stated on June 10, 2021 in a tweet.:

“I inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.”

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Sherri Tenpenny

stated on June 8, 2021 in an Ohio House hearing:

The COVID-19 vaccines make people "magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them, and they can stick."

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stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed:

The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”

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stated on June 17, 2021 in Facebook post

A heat wave melted turbine blades at a Texas wind farm.

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stated on June 15, 2021 in a Facebook post

Photo shows a semi-truck that crashed with a Chevy pickup that cut in front of it.

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stated on June 20, 2021 in a Facebook post

AstraZeneca means “weapon that kills.”

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stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview

“We see an uncompleted wall that was duly appropriated dollars during the Trump days to build over 700 miles. Only 150 miles were constructed.”

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Diamond and Silk

stated on June 17, 2021 in a Facebook post

It was “the left” that “finally” made Juneteenth a national holiday.

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stated on June 15, 2021 in a Facebook post

“Coolmath Games is being taken down cause it was run by the Mexican drug cartel?”

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stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference

“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”

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stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter

“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”

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stated on June 8, 2021 in Twitter

“We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.”

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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.”

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Iowa’s newest election laws, explained

Iowa’s newest election laws, explained

By Lauren White • June 21, 2021

Trump lost. Yet the 2020 election falsehoods live on in Arizona

Trump lost. Yet the 2020 election falsehoods live on in Arizona

By Amy Sherman • June 21, 2021

How should top-tier sports be handling the coronavirus?

How should top-tier sports be handling the coronavirus?

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2021

Why the new false flag conspiracy theory that FBI orchestrated Capitol attack is wrong

Why the new false flag conspiracy theory that FBI orchestrated Capitol attack is wrong

By Samantha Putterman • June 18, 2021

Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history

Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history

By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2021

Explaining what Rand Paul said about vaccines for people who had COVID-19

Explaining what Rand Paul said about vaccines for people who had COVID-19

By Victoria Knight • June 17, 2021

NIH helped fund research involving donated fetal tissue, but Fauci was not directly involved

NIH helped fund research involving donated fetal tissue, but Fauci was not directly involved

By Madison Czopek • June 17, 2021

Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA, again

Supreme Court declines to overturn ACA, again

By Julie Rovner • June 17, 2021

How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts

How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts

By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: What is China's Belt and Road Initiative, and why is Joe Biden concerned?

Ask PolitiFact: What is China's Belt and Road Initiative, and why is Joe Biden concerned?

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2021

Award federal contracts to companies that make all products in US

Eliminate the federal death penalty

Offer universal preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds

Resume ties with the Palestinian Authority

Increase COVID-19 testing

stated on June 1, 2021 in a tweet

Says Anthony Fauci will make millions off new book.

true

false

stated on June 9, 2021 in an interview with WINK TV

Gov. Ron DeSantis “signed a $1 billion tax increase on the people of our state, on our consumers, yet gave a $500 million tax break to our corporations."

true

barely-true

Terry McAuliffe

stated on June 10, 2021 in a tweet.

“I inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.”

true

pants-fire

Sherri Tenpenny

stated on June 8, 2021 in an Ohio House hearing

The COVID-19 vaccines make people "magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them, and they can stick."

true

false

stated on June 7, 2021 in an op-ed

The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”

true

false

Joe Biden

Donald Trump

False rumor that QAnon supporters buying tickets for Trump inauguration

By USA Today • June 21, 2021

Image claiming to show Joe Biden sleeping at G-7 Summit is altered

By USA Today • June 21, 2021

What do we know about the coronavirus delta variant?

By Deutsche-Welle • June 21, 2021

Gas prices are high. But is Biden to blame like Grassley claims?

By The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) • June 21, 2021

COVID-19 vaccines are not ‘cytotoxic’

By Reuters • June 21, 2021

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