Sarah Sanders, the White House Press Secretary falsely claimed that CNN’s White House correspondent Jim Acosta put his hands on a female intern, attempting to justify the White House’s decision to revoke…
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Fact Check: Donald Trump Falsely Claims He Never Offered $1 Million After Elizabeth Warren’s DNA Test Shows Native American Ancestry
President Donald Trump falsely claimed that he never offered $1 million to Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, if she took a DNA test and it proves that she had Native American ancestry. This…
Fact Check: Ed Whelan Falsely Claims Ford Could Be Mistaken On Kavanagh, Blames Senator Feinstein For His Implicating Of An Innocent Man
Ed Whelan, the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, started a long thread on Twitter in which he suggested that Christine Blasey Ford could have mistaken now-Judge Brett Kavanaugh with a…
Fact Check: President Trump Falsely Claims That Democrats Lie About His Administration’s Handling of Disasters
President Trump falsely claimed on Twitter that Democrats always lie about his administration’s handling of natural disasters, raising unfounded concerns that Democrats will complain about his administration’s handling of Hurricane Maria. Right…
Fact Check: Donald Trump Falsely Claims Peter Strzok and Lisa Page Text Messages, Plus No Evidence Of Collusion Before The Appointment Of The Special Counsel, Are Evidence Of A Conspiracy Against Him
Donald Trump falsely claims that text messages sent Between Former FBI Agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, and that the fact that Lisa Page stated that the FBI had no evidence of…
Fact Check: President Trump Falsely Claims Investigation Into Russian Interference Is Illegal And Clinton Campaign Colluded With Russia
President Trump falsely claimed that the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference is illegal and that the Clinton campaign colluded with Russia, on top of false claims that he had made previously….
Fact Check: President Trump Falsely Claims That “Fake News Media” Had Very Little Mention Of President Obama’s “57 States” Mistake
President Trump incorrectly stated that there was very little mention in the “fake news media” about President Obama mistakenly stating that he had been “57 states”. When President Obama said that he…
Fact Check: Senator Jeff Merkley Correctly States That 10 Million Dollars Were Transferred From FEMA to ICE
Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Ohio, correctly stated that 10 million dollars were transferred from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs…
Fact Check: President Trump Falsely States That Democrats Want Open Borders
President Trump has falsely claimed that Democrats are playing Republicans over border security and Trump’s proposed border wall along the Mexican border because Democrats want open borders. When will Republican leadership learn…
Fact Check: Donald Trump Jr. Falsely States Obama’s Policies Led To The Worst Recovery In Our Country’s History
On Saturday, Donald Trump Jr. was interviewed by Breitbart, wherein he falsely claimed that President Obama’s policies led to the worst recovery in our country’s history. “The biggest joke I’ve seen in the…