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stated on January 19, 2022 in a post

"If the FAA is worried about what the 5G deployment will do to the planes, what do you think it will do to our bodies?"

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stated on January 16, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“People are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation.”

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stated on January 19, 2022 in a news conference:

“This country’s working people actually got a raise.”

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stated on January 9, 2022 in Public statement:

On not seeking a third term.

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stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech in Atlanta:

As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.

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stated on January 10, 2022 in a White House press briefing:

“You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die.”

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stated on January 19, 2022 in a post

"If the FAA is worried about what the 5G deployment will do to the planes, what do you think it will do to our bodies?"

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Instagram posts

stated on January 7, 2022 in a post

Image from news broadcast shows a hospital in France trying to pass off a mannequin as a COVID-19 patient.

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stated on January 14, 2022 in a Facebook post

COVID-19-induced pneumonia is "is actually mast cell degranulation of the lungs," a type of allergic reaction.

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stated on January 21, 2022 in a Facebook post

“All communications to families from the US Navy have been halted.”

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stated on January 22, 2022 in a Facebook post

President Joe Biden gave Congress an exemption from vaccine mandate

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stated on January 22, 2022 in a Facebook post

Says Louie Anderson was flying to appear on Conan O’Brien’s show when he became ill a few weeks after receiving his third vaccine dose.

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stated on January 22, 2022 in a Facebook post

Says Chuck Norris recorded a video in response to the Biden administration saying, “Our great country and freedom are under attack.”

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stated on January 22, 2022 in a YouTube video

"Total deaths from COVID MUCH LOWER than reported.”

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stated on January 22, 2022 in a post

A German doctor discovered the COVID-19 vaccines include graphene oxide or graphene hydroxide, and the full list of ingredients is secret because of the emergency use authorization.

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stated on January 11, 2022 in a tweet

“From 1917 to 1994, half of the bills that were successfully filibustered in the Senate were civil rights legislation.”

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New GOP canvassers in Michigan who embrace election myths raise prospect of chaotic certification

New GOP canvassers in Michigan who embrace election myths raise prospect of chaotic certification

By Clara Hendrickson • January 24, 2022

More research needed on early Benadryl, COVID-19 lab results

More research needed on early Benadryl, COVID-19 lab results

By Samantha Putterman • January 21, 2022

In context: What Joe Biden said about George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis

In context: What Joe Biden said about George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis

By Jeff Cercone • January 20, 2022

WATCH: Flurona isn’t a combination strain of COVID and the flu. What is it?

WATCH: Flurona isn’t a combination strain of COVID and the flu. What is it?

By Gabrielle Settles • January 20, 2022

Same-day voter registration is on the Democrats’ wishlist. Why do some Republicans oppose it?

Same-day voter registration is on the Democrats’ wishlist. Why do some Republicans oppose it?

By Amy Sherman • January 19, 2022

Hospitalization data is being used to claim that the pandemic is overblown. Here's why that's wrong

Hospitalization data is being used to claim that the pandemic is overblown. Here's why that's wrong

By Samantha Putterman • January 18, 2022

How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory

How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory

By Bill McCarthy • January 18, 2022

Tracking Biden's campaign promises, one year in

Tracking Biden's campaign promises, one year in

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2022

What patients can learn with confidence from 1 rapid test (hint: very little)

What patients can learn with confidence from 1 rapid test (hint: very little)

By Julie Appleby • January 14, 2022

Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. Yes, but it could take a while.

Fauci said all you have to do is ask for his financial disclosure. Yes, but it could take a while.

By Jon Greenberg • January 13, 2022

Add 150,000 community health workers

Create a Public Health Jobs Corps

Expand broadband, or wireless broadband via 5G, to every American

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

Establish new fuel economy standards

stated on January 16, 2022 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

“People are 7% poorer now because of Biden inflation.”

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barely-true

stated on January 19, 2022 in a news conference

“This country’s working people actually got a raise.”

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barely-true

stated on January 9, 2022 in Public statement

On not seeking a third term.

true

full-flop

stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech in Atlanta

As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.

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false

stated on January 10, 2022 in a White House press briefing

“You are 17 times more likely to go to the hospital if you’re not vaccinated, 20 times more likely to die.”

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Joe Biden

Donald Trump

McConnell’s flub on Black voters misstated the facts, too

By Washington Post FactChecker • January 25, 2022

Fact Check: Are vaccine incentives for kids illegal?

By WHEC-TV (Rochester, N.Y.) • January 25, 2022

Fact checking Ron Johnson's 'COVID-19: A Second Opinion' panel

By Medill News Service • January 25, 2022

Claim that Americans need 'papers to eat in a restaurant' is missing context

By USA Today • January 24, 2022

Vaccine mandate protesters in New York City arrested for trespassing, not protest

By USA Today • January 24, 2022

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