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Michele Bachmann

stated on May 9, 2022 in an interview on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast

“The Biden administration is bringing amendments that would propose that all nations of the earth cede their sovereignty over national health care decisions to the WHO.”

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stated on May 5, 2022 in a TV interview:

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger used "$50 million of Zuckerberg money" in 2020 to "tip the scales."

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Instagram posts

stated on May 18, 2022 in a post:

"In Iran, if a 12-year-old girl is raped and impregnated by her father, she must carry the baby to term, or be thrown in prison for life. Wait, sorry, no, That's Alabama."

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stated on May 13, 2022 in an interview with WLBB:

Agriculture “is still the No. 1 sector of the economy” in Georgia.

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stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."

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stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet:

“79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."

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stated on May 13, 2022 in a Facebook post

A Mars Rover photo captured by NASA shows a doorway, suggesting extraterrestrial life.

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stated on May 22, 2022 in a Facebook post

Video shows a “Russian pilot” escaping from jets and a Russian aircraft getting hit by a missile.

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stated on May 21, 2022 in an interview with Breitbart

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.”

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stated on May 13, 2022 in a radio interview

In 2020, when Raphael Warnock ran a campaign ad featuring himself with a beagle, “that wasn’t his dog.”

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stated on May 21, 2022 in a Facebook post

A 2021 article about monkeypox that used a photo of a shingles rash proves the monkeypox virus is a hoax.

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stated on May 19, 2022 in a video

“Americans can get up to $50k in relief” from a “new benefit that just got released last week."

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stated on May 21, 2022 in a Facebook post

Photos of monkeypox lesions prove the current virus outbreak is a hoax.

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Winsome Earle-Sears

stated on May 12, 2022 in a TV interview.

Merrick Garland “sicced the police on parents when they were at the school boards simply trying to be heard for the safety of their children.”

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stated on October 10, 2020 in a Facebook post

“Indiana woman charged for mail in voter fraud, delivered 400 ballots with Democrat box pre-checked.”

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stated on May 6, 2022 in a tweet

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni posted a photo of themselves enjoying a $5,135 bottle of wine “as American women despair about abortion rights being taken away from them.”

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Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often

Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over ‘great replacement theory,’ despite talking about it often

By Bill McCarthy • May 19, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: What can parents do if they can't find baby formula in stores?

Ask PolitiFact: What can parents do if they can't find baby formula in stores?

By Samantha Putterman • May 18, 2022

Elise Stefanik’s Facebook ads examined after Buffalo shooting

Elise Stefanik’s Facebook ads examined after Buffalo shooting

By Jeff Cercone • May 17, 2022

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

By Bill McCarthy • May 16, 2022

Is it legal to protest outside justices’ homes? The law suggests no

Is it legal to protest outside justices’ homes? The law suggests no

By Sara Swann • May 13, 2022

A voter guide to North Carolina’s Senate primaries

A voter guide to North Carolina’s Senate primaries

By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2022

Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you?

Should you worry about data from your period-tracking app being used against you?

By Victoria Knight • May 12, 2022

Wild GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania coming to a close

Wild GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania coming to a close

By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2022

How a rumor about Justice Alito in 'hiding' jumped to primetime TV

How a rumor about Justice Alito in 'hiding' jumped to primetime TV

By Bill McCarthy • May 11, 2022

Why it’s not ‘grooming’: What research says about gender and sexuality in schools

Why it’s not ‘grooming’: What research says about gender and sexuality in schools

By Madison Czopek • May 11, 2022

Work to codify Roe v. Wade

Block new fracking on federal lands, but not ban all fracking

Nominate the first Black woman to U.S. Supreme Court

Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

Add 150,000 community health workers

stated on May 5, 2022 in a TV interview

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger used "$50 million of Zuckerberg money" in 2020 to "tip the scales."

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Instagram posts

stated on May 18, 2022 in a post

"In Iran, if a 12-year-old girl is raped and impregnated by her father, she must carry the baby to term, or be thrown in prison for life. Wait, sorry, no, That's Alabama."

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false

stated on May 13, 2022 in an interview with WLBB

Agriculture “is still the No. 1 sector of the economy” in Georgia.

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false

stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post

"Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."

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stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet

“79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."

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Joe Biden

Donald Trump

Dominion defamation lawsuits against Giuliani, Powell are ongoing

By USA Today • May 23, 2022

No, manufactured and homemade baby formula are not the same

By USA Today • May 23, 2022

Fact-checking an ad that parallels Schmidt, Brownback

By KWCH-TV (Wichita) • May 22, 2022

False claim about 'domestic supply of infants' and draft Supreme Court abortion opinion

By USA Today • May 22, 2022

Ron Johnson’s flimsy evidence that Democrats seek to ‘change the electorate’

By Washington Post FactChecker • May 21, 2022

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