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Search results for "Trump endorsed face masks in 2020"

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Fact-checks (12823)

Michael Schraa stated on July 24, 2020 in Interview:
Says wearing masks has been “proven ineffective.”
By Madeline Heim• July 30, 2020
Instagram posts stated on June 23, 2020 in an image:
A “face mask exempt card” allows you to cite the ADA and not wear a mask.
By Daniel Funke• June 26, 2020
Darren Jackson stated on May 27, 2020 in a tweet:
“Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump not wearing a face mask in public.”
By Paul Specht• June 1, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2024 in a post on Facebook:
“Taylor Swift is doing satanic rituals during her shows.”
By Madison Czopek• April 17, 2024
Marco Rubio stated on April 20, 2020 in a New York Times op-ed:
“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”
By Amy Sherman• April 23, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
The CDC recommends that only people with COVID-19 symptoms should wear masks.
By Tom Kertscher• May 1, 2020
Marco Rubio stated on December 27, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March.”
By Jon Greenberg• December 28, 2020
Pat Toomey stated on March 28, 2020 in a video on Twitter:
“My mask will keep someone else safe and their mask will keep me safe.”
By Jessica Calefati, Daniel Funke• April 1, 2020
Instagram posts stated on June 02, 2021 in an Instagram post:
An email from Dr. Anthony Fauci shows "everyone was lied to" about wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
By Tom Kertscher• June 2, 2021
Tucker Carlson stated on October 13, 2020 in a TV segment:
According to a recent CDC report, "almost everyone — 85% — who got the coronavirus in July was wearing a mask, and they were infected anyway. So clearly (wearing a mask) doesn’t work the way they tell us it works.”
By Bill McCarthy• October 15, 2020
Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2020 in a campaign ad:
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said of Trump’s pandemic response, “I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more.”
By Bill McCarthy• October 11, 2020
Instagram posts stated on September 17, 2020 in an Instagram post:
“CDC Director Robert Redfield says healthy people should NOT wear masks.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 18, 2020
Viral image stated on March 04, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Video shows someone wearing an Anthony Fauci mask.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 5, 2021
Donald Trump stated on April 06, 2020 in a White House briefing:
The Obama administration left Trump with a “stockpile with a cupboard that was bare.”
By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2020
Instagram posts stated on April 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Dr. Anthony Fauci “admits that mask mandates were a broad spectrum failure.”
By Tom Kertscher• April 26, 2023
Diamond and Silk stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says science shows the physiological effects of wearing masks include hypoxemia, hypercapnia, shortness of breath, toxicity and increased muscle tension.
By Tom Kertscher• April 16, 2021
Ralph Northam stated on May 01, 2020 in a news conference.:
Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.”
By Warren Fiske, Shefali Luthra• May 12, 2020
DeAnna Lorraine stated on October 02, 2020 in a tweet:
“No prominent Democrats have had the virus but the list of Republicans goes on and on.”
By Daniel Funke• October 2, 2020
Stella Immanuel stated on July 27, 2020 in a press conference:
“This virus has a cure. It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. I know you people want to talk about a mask. Hello? You don’t need (a) mask. There is a cure.”
By Daniel Funke• July 28, 2020
Dan Forest stated on July 04, 2020 in an interview:
Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”
By Paul Specht• July 9, 2020

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By Madison Czopek• May 2, 2023

Mask skeptics ask questions. PolitiFact answers

By Noah Y. Kim• March 16, 2021

Lie of the Year: Coronavirus downplay and denial

By Daniel Funke, Katie Sanders• December 16, 2020

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

By Jon Greenberg• July 14, 2020

Censorship or misinformation? DeSantis and YouTube spar over COVID roundtable takedown

By Victoria Knight• April 21, 2021

The race for the Nevada Senate seat: A guide

By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2022

Fact-checking the first 2020 presidential debate, Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

By PolitiFact Staff • September 30, 2020

6 things we’ve learned from one year of coronavirus misinformation

By Daniel Funke• March 12, 2021

Hospital demand for masks is soaring. Here’s how hospitals use them against coronavirus

By Jon Greenberg• April 1, 2020

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ABC News town hall

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• September 16, 2020

Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before

By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2025

Are homemade face masks effective against COVID-19?

By Daniel Funke• April 1, 2020

Ad Watch: Joe Biden’s Spanish-language ad says Donald Trump lacks coronavirus plan

By Miriam Valverde• September 16, 2020

Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’

By Tom Kertscher• July 10, 2020

Fact-checking Joe Biden’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2020

Licensed doctors who spread COVID-19 disinformation face no consequences, report shows

By Victoria Knight• September 22, 2021

The week in fact-checking: Biden's accuser, coronavirus testing

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 1, 2020

Fact-checking a California reopen protest video

By Daniel Funke• May 14, 2020