3 People 14855 Fact-checks 6350 Articles People (3) Fact Check Florida Clackamas County Commission Texas Veterans Commission Fact-checks (14855) Instagram posts stated on December 05, 2021 in a post: “SHOCKING: In the wake of Austria’s drastic lockdown of unvaccinated people, EU chief calls for throwing out Nuremberg Code.” By Monique Curet• December 7, 2021 Daily Mail stated on June 24, 2016 in a headline: "Google search spike suggests many people don’t know why they voted for Brexit." By Allison Graves• July 1, 2016 Tim Kaine stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave." By Lauren Carroll• June 26, 2016 Viral image stated on May 07, 2019 in a Facebook post: An app called Talking Angela asks children personal questions and takes their photo. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2019 Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video: Video shows “Italians take down an EU flag and replace it with an Italian flag” after the 2022 national election. By Andy Nguyen• September 28, 2022 John Boehner stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview: "We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day." By Sabrina Eaton• September 26, 2011 Instagram posts stated on April 06, 2023 in an Instagram post: Cash App founder Bob Lee’s death is connected to FedNow. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 14, 2023 Rob Portman stated on September 07, 2011 in a news conference: "In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those are our farmers and our service providers who are suffering." 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Instagram posts stated on December 05, 2021 in a post: “SHOCKING: In the wake of Austria’s drastic lockdown of unvaccinated people, EU chief calls for throwing out Nuremberg Code.” By Monique Curet• December 7, 2021 Daily Mail stated on June 24, 2016 in a headline: "Google search spike suggests many people don’t know why they voted for Brexit." By Allison Graves• July 1, 2016 Tim Kaine stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave." By Lauren Carroll• June 26, 2016 Viral image stated on May 07, 2019 in a Facebook post: An app called Talking Angela asks children personal questions and takes their photo. By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2019 Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video: Video shows “Italians take down an EU flag and replace it with an Italian flag” after the 2022 national election. By Andy Nguyen• September 28, 2022 John Boehner stated on September 19, 2011 in a television interview: "We have 10,000 baby boomers retiring every day." By Sabrina Eaton• September 26, 2011 Instagram posts stated on April 06, 2023 in an Instagram post: Cash App founder Bob Lee’s death is connected to FedNow. By Ciara O'Rourke• April 14, 2023 Rob Portman stated on September 07, 2011 in a news conference: "In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those are our farmers and our service providers who are suffering." By Sabrina Eaton• September 21, 2011 Vicky Hartzler stated on September 09, 2019 in a congressional newsletter: "Statistics indicate Americans have experienced 29.3 (billion) illegal robocalls so far this year, marking a 64 percent increase since 2016." By Libby Stanford• September 20, 2019 Akbar Al Baker stated on March 16, 2015 in an interview: The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old. By Nancy Badertscher• May 19, 2015 Threads posts stated on July 05, 2023 in a Threads post: Elon Musk tweeted that he “just downloaded Threads” and it “sucks.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 6, 2023 Elon Musk stated on October 02, 2024 in a post on X: With U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CBP One app, it “takes less than 5 minutes and zero documentation to get approved as an illegal immigrant and be flown to the United States with air tickets paid for by the American taxpayer.” By Jeff Cercone, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 4, 2024 Nick Myers stated on September 12, 2022 in a debate: Federal aid to tribal governments is “foreign aid.” By Chad Bradley• October 17, 2022 Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2023 in an Instagram reel: Video shows a missile hitting the Pentagon on 9/11. By Sara Swann• September 12, 2023 Viral image stated on April 07, 2022 in a Facebook post: Ukraine is the “money laundering and child sex trafficking capital of the world!” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 12, 2022 Tim Ryan stated on July 19, 2022 in an ad: Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.” By Tom Kertscher• July 27, 2022 X posts stated on February 16, 2024 in a post on X: The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.” By Madison Czopek• February 23, 2024 Instagram posts stated on May 31, 2023 in an Instagram post: "The European Union is now warning pregnant women not to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to the possibility of infertility and miscarriage.” By Jeff Cercone• June 1, 2023 Rick Perry stated on June 27, 2017 in a White House briefing: France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power." By W. Gardner Selby• June 30, 2017 Peter King stated on August 31, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": The United States had "allies lined up" for air strikes in Syria and then Obama "pulled the rug out." By Steve Contorno, Jon Greenberg• August 31, 2014
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