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In Context: A look back at Fauci’s coronavirus comments

stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”

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stated on July 7, 2020 in an image:

Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”

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stated on July 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”

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stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech:

On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.”

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stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech:

“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”

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stated on July 14, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says FEMA is giving essential workers $1,000.

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stated on June 26, 2020 in a Facebook post

“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”

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stated on July 8, 2020 in on social media

Only 56 coronavirus deaths a day was enough to collapse the world economy, even though thousands of people die daily from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and other diseases.

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stated on July 9, 2020 in a post on Facebook

“No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.”

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stated on July 9, 2020 in comments made during a virtual summit sponsored by The Hill newspaper

“First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.”

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stated on July 12, 2020 in a Facebook post

Photo shows “Wayfair president of operations Bill Hutcherson with Ghislaine Maxwell.”

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stated on July 3, 2020 in a Facebook post

“Weis Food stores will no longer sell anything with the American flag and their employees can no longer wear anything with the flag.”

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stated on July 13, 2020 in a video on Facebook

“Registered Republican not allowed to vote.”

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Republican Party of Wisconsin

stated on July 7, 2020 in a tweet

Says “Democratic Mayors in some of Wisconsin's largest cities closed voting locations in April to cause chaos.”

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stated on July 4, 2020 in a Facebook post

Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers.

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Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

Conspiracy theories aside, what contact tracers really do

By Julie Appleby • July 16, 2020

The legal challenge to Michigan's authority to mail absentee ballot applications, explained

The legal challenge to Michigan's authority to mail absentee ballot applications, explained

By Clara Hendrickson • July 16, 2020

How the Wayfair child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory went viral

How the Wayfair child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory went viral

By Daniel Funke • July 15, 2020

In Context: As Trump criticizes, a look back at Fauci’s early coronavirus statements

In Context: As Trump criticizes, a look back at Fauci’s early coronavirus statements

By Jon Greenberg • July 14, 2020

Fact-checking 4 claims from the White House on Roger Stone’s commutation

Fact-checking 4 claims from the White House on Roger Stone’s commutation

By Bill McCarthy • July 14, 2020

Questions and answers about President Trump’s Roger Stone commutation

Questions and answers about President Trump’s Roger Stone commutation

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2020

A coronavirus vaccine: Where does it stand?

A coronavirus vaccine: Where does it stand?

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2020

The week in fact-checking: Trump’s ‘defunding the police’ ad

The week in fact-checking: Trump’s ‘defunding the police’ ad

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 11, 2020

The Stump Speech Analyzer: Biden rolls out plan for economy, attacks Trump’s divisive rhetoric

The Stump Speech Analyzer: Biden rolls out plan for economy, attacks Trump’s divisive rhetoric

By Sophie Austin • July 10, 2020

Key questions for reopening schools under COVID-19

Key questions for reopening schools under COVID-19

By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2020

stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post

Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”

true

barely-true

stated on July 7, 2020 in an image

Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”

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stated on July 9, 2020 in a Facebook post

“The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”

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stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech

On COVID-19, Donald Trump said that “maybe if you drank bleach you may be okay.”

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stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech

“And I heard that just yesterday, Joe Biden said that well-armed police in his words ‘become the enemy’ and he said that he would ‘absolutely cut funding for law enforcement.’”

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Joe Biden

Donald Trump

ADA does not provide blanket exemption from face mask requirements

By USA Today • July 15, 2020

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein did not say all vets are mentally ill

By USA Today • July 15, 2020

Trump’s Misleading Comments on Biden and the Coronavirus

By FactCheck.org • July 15, 2020

DeVos’ Outdated Statistic on School Efforts

By FactCheck.org • July 15, 2020

GOP senators in close races mislead on preexisting conditions

By Washington Post FactChecker • July 15, 2020

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