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Latest Fact-Checks In Pennsylvania

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Viral image
stated on October 28, 2024 in a Facebook post:
A Pennsylvania TV station aired the 2024 presidential election results early.
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 30, 2024
Pennsylvania Values PAC
stated on June 21, 2024 in an ad:
Former President Donald Trump is “against mail in voting.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Mia Penner • June 26, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2022 in a screenshot shared on Instagram:
Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots.
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • October 28, 2022
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 11, 2022 in an ad:
A dog endured “unimaginable pain and suffering” during heart research experiments, “just one of 300 killed in (Dr. Mehmet) Oz’s lab.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2022
Planned Parenthood Votes
stated on June 30, 2022 in an ad:
Mehmet Oz “wants to make abortion a crime in Pennsylvania.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 18, 2022
Our American Century
stated on May 13, 2022 in an ad:
Kathy Barnette “pretends she’s America First, but repeatedly attacked President Trump.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on April 14, 2022 in a speech at North Carolina A&T State University:
“For four years, I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2022
Carla Sands
stated on January 19, 2022 in an ad:
Joe Biden’s “$4 trillion” Build Back Better bill is “the largest expansion of welfare programs in 60 years.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2022
X posts
stated on November 3, 2020 in tweets:
Poll watchers in Philadelphia prevented from entering polling places.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 3, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on September 29, 2020 in a text post:
Says Joe Biden “made it clear..No More Coal Fired Power Plants!! So, No More Coal!! Wake Up WV, PA,OH, KY”
Half-True
By Hayat Norimine • October 2, 2020
Viral image
stated on June 19, 2020 in a viral image:
NFL player “stood alone” while his whole team stayed in the locker room during the national anthem, “a real American patriot!”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 1, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on May 14, 2020 in a speech:
“You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor wants] to keep them closed.”
Half-True
By Jessica Calefati • May 18, 2020
Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview:
“In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.”
Half-True
By Jessica Calefati • April 16, 2020
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on March 23, 2020 in comments he made on the radio:
“We’ve got to give the American public a rough estimate of how long we think this is going to take, based mostly on the South Korean model, which seems to be the trajectory that we are on, thankfully, and not the Italian model.”
Half-True
By Jessica Calefati • April 1, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Fact: Mike Bloomberg spent $12 million to re-elect a Senate Republican (Toomey) in 2016. Toomey beat the Dem (McGinty) by 1.5 points. If McGinty had won, Ds would have controlled the Senate after Doug Jones won and could have blocked Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2020
Tom Wolf
stated on March 23, 2018 in Campaign video:
“Pennsylvania (is) the only state in the country not to tax drillers.”
Half-True
By Colin Deppen • March 30, 2018
Scott Wagner
stated on August 2, 2017 in a campaign video.:
Eighty percent of the school tax bills in the state of Pennsylvania went up over last year.
Half-True
By Anna Orso • August 9, 2017
Paul Mango
stated on July 24, 2017 in a Facebook post:
“As Governor, Wolf has already proposed more than $8B in tax increases.”
Half-True
By Sarah Anne Hughes • August 2, 2017
Pat Toomey
stated on June 25, 2017 in On "Face The Nation":
“Remember, Obamacare created a new category of eligibility. Working-age, able-bodied adults with no dependents for the first time became eligible for Medicaid if their income is below 138 percent of the poverty level. We’re going to continue that eligibility. No one loses coverage.”
Half-True
By Mark Dent • June 27, 2017
Michael Untermeyer
stated on May 10, 2017 in a campaign ad.:
“Michael Untermeyer has been a Democrat for more than 40 years.”
Half-True
By Anna Orso • May 12, 2017
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