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Fact-checks (3093)

Ted Cruz stated on June 04, 2022 in a tweet:
"The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."
By Nusaiba Mizan• June 21, 2022
Facebook posts stated on July 17, 2022 in a screenshot of a tweet:
In its July “red alert” for extreme heat, the U.K.'s Met Office warned that high temperatures could cause blood clotting.
By Kristin Hugo• July 29, 2022
Tucker Carlson stated on June 28, 2021 in a show:
“In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission."
By Brandon Mulder• July 9, 2021
Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet:
“In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
By Chris Nichols• August 18, 2020
Viral image stated on July 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A car flooded in Germany had a sticker critical of Greta Thunberg.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2021
Viral image stated on November 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows a pack of wolves walking in a single line in the snow being led by the sick.  
By Samantha Putterman• November 20, 2019
Greg Abbott stated on February 03, 2022 in a press conference:
"As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity."
By Nusaiba Mizan• April 4, 2022
Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat:
“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2023
Freedom Daily stated on September 06, 2017 in a blog post:
"Muslims’ disturbing plan comes out after grocery stores go bare to prepare for Irma."
By Miriam Valverde• September 12, 2017
Al Gore stated on June 04, 2017 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
"70 percent of Florida is in drought today."
By Amy Sherman• June 5, 2017
Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Bill Gates is behind the monkeypox outbreaks.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 24, 2022
Lois Kolkhorst stated on September 23, 2012 in a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Says that according to "many reports and even our own data," the state of Texas spent more through Medicaid on orthodontia than all other states combined.
By W. Gardner Selby• January 4, 2013
League of Conservation Voters stated on August 13, 2022 in Twitter:
Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”
By Laura Schulte• August 19, 2022
Al Gore stated on October 11, 2016 in a speech:
Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster,  . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."
By Joseph Cariz• October 28, 2016
Jim Spencer stated on June 18, 2018 in a news blog post:
Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.
By W. Gardner Selby• June 20, 2018
Facebook posts stated on October 05, 2022 in a video:
“Norway readies its military to counter Biden.”
By Andy Nguyen• October 7, 2022
Ken Cuccinelli stated on January 17, 2011 in a speech to Tea Party activists.:
"[Tailpipe emissions rules], if fully implemented with all the regulations that go with it, they will keep the temperature from rising nearly five one-hundredths of a degree Fahrenheit. By 2050."
By Jacob Geiger• January 28, 2011
Steve Doocy stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends.":
"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."
By Jon Greenberg• June 25, 2014
Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted.”
By Madison Czopek• August 19, 2022
Marco Rubio stated on May 20, 2014 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
By Louis Jacobson• May 27, 2014

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Fact-checking recent claims about climate change

By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2014

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