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Latest Fact-Checks In Congress

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Donald Trump
stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief:
On banning TikTok
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman, Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman • January 16, 2025
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 2, 2025 in a statement to the media:
H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on January 7, 2025 in a press conference:
“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
False
By Amy Sherman • January 7, 2025
Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:
Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024
Department of Government Efficiency
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:
Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”
False
By Madison Czopek • December 19, 2024
Social Media
stated on December 7, 2024 in posts:
“Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was set to testify against Nancy Pelosi for insider trading.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • December 10, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 3, 2024 in a video:
A “no-strings-attached $1,000 stimulus” check has been approved for “every U.S. resident” ahead of Donald Trump’s presidency.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 10, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 24, 2024 in a Threads post:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said “if every member of Congress had to resign for doing what Matt Gaetz has been accused of, Democrats would have a supermajority.’”
False
By Jeff Cercone • November 27, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 19, 2024 in a Threads post:
“The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • November 20, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post:
“AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?”
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • October 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • October 29, 2024
JD Vance
stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event:
Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2024
Robert Reich
stated on October 8, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2024
Kari Lake
stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X:
Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”
False
By Mia Osmonbekov • September 19, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 11, 2024 in an interview on CNN State of the Union:
Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 16, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video:
“Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 election.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 18, 2024
Social Media
stated on June 10, 2024 in a post:
Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi “takes responsibility for not having the National Guard” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
False
By Sara Swann • June 13, 2024
TikTok posts
stated on June 5, 2024 in a TikTok video:
Audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur leaked.
False
By Jeff Cercone • June 7, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on May 9, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:
“La Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos acaba de aprobar… el proyecto Antisemitismo que propone eliminar parte de la biblia”.
False
By Maria Briceño • May 17, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on May 9, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“The House of Representatives in the U.S. just passed … the Antisemitism Act that proposes to eliminate part of the Bible.”
False
By Maria Briceño • May 16, 2024
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