The panel is investigating McCarthy’s conversations with then-President Donald Trump the day of the attack and meetings the four other lawmakers had with the White House.
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PolitiFact→ Wild GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania coming to a close
Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick have beat each other up in the GOP primary for a key U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Now, as the campaign draws to a close, a third MAGA candidate, Kathy Barnette, is gaining ground.
Snopes→ Senate Bid To Save Roe V. Wade Falls to GOP-Led Filibuster
The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster.
Snopes→ No, GOP Senator Didn’t Say Saving Fetus Is Worth Losing Mother’s Life
The statement attributed to Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, spread widely on social media in May 2022.
AllSides→ 20 GOP Attorneys General Threaten Legal Action Over ‘Un-American’ Disinformation Board
https://www.dailywire.com/news/20-gop-attorneys-general-threaten-lawsuit-over-un-american-disinformation-board
Snopes→ Election 2022: JD Vance Wins Ohio’s GOP Senate Primary
The author was buoyed by Donald Trump’s endorsement in a race widely seen as an early test of the former president’s hold on his party as the midterm season kicks into high gear.
FactCheck.org→ Context for Ohio GOP Senate Race Spat on Taxes
In the crowded Republican primary field for a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, candidate Mike Gibbons charges in a TV ad that his cohorts have taken his words on taxes “out of context” — but his ad leaves out context and stretches the facts
PolitiFact→ Mehmet Oz – Dr. Oz misses the facts in calling GOP Senate rival McCormick liberal and supportive of Biden, China
Dave McCormick is "liberal, pro-Biden, pro-China."
AllSides→ Fact check: Misleading claims in attack ads against Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidates Oz and McCormick
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/fact-check-oz-mccormick-attack-ads-pa-senate/index.html Pennsyl
PolitiFact→ Marjorie Taylor Greene – Greene twists logic and facts in pedophilia charge against GOP senators
Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”
PolitiFact→ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – Democratic ad exaggerates GOP embrace and scope of Scott's proposal on Social Security, Medicare
“Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare."
AllSides→ Fact Checking Claims About GOP Senators Being ‘Loyal’ To Putin
https://thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-claims-about-gop-senators?s=r A viral tweet claims to show a Ru
The Dispatch→ Fact Checking Claims About GOP Senators Being ‘Loyal’ To Putin
A viral tweet claims to show a Russian TV show noting eight American politicians as being particularly “loyal” to Vladimir Putin.Humberto @Humbert76773864Most watched Russian TV show discussing which American politicians are most loyal to P
PolitiFact→ Mike Gibbons – In Ohio, GOP candidate falsely says more votes than registered voters in 2020 election
According to the Census Bureau, “5 million more people voted than were registered to vote” in the 2020 election.
PolitiFact→ Mehmet Oz – Dr. Oz claimed that GOP Senate rival McCormick ‘bragged’ about offshoring jobs. That lacks evidence
"David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia."
PolitiFact→ Eli Bremer – A GOP Senate candidate’s muddled claim about windmills and greenhouse gas emissions
“If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a GOP Senator Say the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Have ‘Weighed In’ on Interracial Marriage?
Right-wing Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana (R) quickly backtracked on March 22 2022 after offering interracial marriage as an example of issues that the Supreme Court, in his opinion, should leave up for individual states to decide. Braun made the remark to
PolitiFact→ Voting by mail has been popular in Arizona for decades. Now the state GOP wants to ban it
Arizona has had expansive voting by mail since 1991. Following Trump’s falsehoods about voting by mail, the Arizona Republican Party has sued to get rid of it.
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake – Arizona GOP candidate Kari Lake wrongly says Jan. 6 defendants are in prison without charges
Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
PolitiFact→ Mehmet Oz – No proof for Dr. Oz’s claim that Pa. GOP Senate rival Dave McCormick ‘paid for attacks’ on Trump
"David McCormick paid for attacks on Donald Trump."
Snopes→ How Trump is Carving His Name Into the 2022 GOP Primaries
From the sidelines, the former president is pulling strings and serving up revenge.
PolitiFact→ VoteVets – Trump acts not treason and GOP platform, reducing Ukraine support, doesn’t officially appease Putin
"Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position."
Snopes→ Court Rejects GOP Redistricting Plans in NC, Pennsylvania
The justices are allowing maps selected by each state's Supreme Court to be in effect for the 2022 elections.
PolitiFact→ Evan McMullin – Evan McMullin ad portraying GOP Utah Sen. Mike Lee as pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine is Mostly False
“As the world rallies around Ukraine, Mike Lee was one of only two senators to oppose sanctions on Putin. Then he flew to the Kremlin and discussed dropping sanctions. Lee even opposed arming Ukrainians fighting for their lives.”
PolitiFact→ Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee – Democratic group’s false attack on Wis. GOP Sen. Ron Johnson over outsourcing to China
Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”
PolitiFact→ Sen. Rick Scott says his GOP agenda didn’t call for a tax increase. Experts think it did.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said his GOP plan calling for “all Americans” to “pay some income tax" isn’t a proposal to increase taxes. Experts wonder: What else could it be?
PolitiFact→ Bloggers – GOP lawmaker’s proposal to decertify Arizona election won’t change anything about 2020
Arizona House bill to “decertify” 2020 results “could effectively recall the Biden electors.”
PolitiFact→ Kevin Nicholson – Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Kevin Nicholson jumps gun on calling ballot drop boxes illegal
"The use of ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting is illegal.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a GOP Lawmaker Accuse Nancy Pelosi of Having a ‘Gazpacho Police’?
Conspiracy-theory-slinging Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) bungled her latest attempt to paint Democrats as tyrants in a rant that spread online on February 9 2022. The conservative group The Republican Accountability Project captured Greene
PolitiFact→ Ronna McDaniel – GOP chair McDaniel’s false claim about ‘persecution’ and ‘legitimate political discourse’
"We've had two members engage in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse.”
PolitiFact→ Mauro Garza – GOP Texas House candidate repeats false claim that FBI agents instigated Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
“They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?"
PolitiFact→ Republicans facing off in 2022 GOP primaries are running ads claiming the 2020 election was stolen
Republicans who are running against fellow Republicans in 2022 primary elections are running ads claiming that the 2020 election was stolen.
PolitiFact→ Iowa Republican Party – Iowa GOP deceptively edits Abby Finkenauer's comments on Build Back Better
When asked if she supports the Build Back Better bill, Abby Finkenauer said that she didn’t know what was in it.
PolitiFact→ Jim Lamon – GOP Ariz. Senate hopeful Lamon falsely claims that Biden wants to give ‘illegal immigrants’ $450,000
The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
PolitiFact→ New GOP canvassers in Michigan who embrace election myths raise prospect of chaotic certification
Some new Mich. GOP canvassers questioned results of the 2020 election, and say they say they’re not sure they’ll sign off on future ones.
PolitiFact→ America First Political Committee – Attack that calls GOP House member a socialist is wrong that a bill would create a tracking database
Carlos Gimenez “wants a national database to track you and discriminate against you.”
Snopes→ 1/6 Panel Requests Interview from GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy
The chairman requested that McCarthy provide information to the panel regarding the violence that took place last January and his communications with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in the days prior to the attack.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘In The [One] Year Since the [1/6/2021] Insurrection, [the GOP] Has Introduced 550+ Bills To Restrict The Vote …’
On January 6 2021, an Imgur user shared a screenshot of the following tweet, which appears to describe the legislative aftermath of the January 6 2021 insurrection: In the 1 year since the Jan 6 insurrection, GOP has introduced 550+ bills to restrict
PolitiFact→ Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee – A Florida county GOP says a Tampa Democrat is a communist. That’s bogus.
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla. is a communist
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Why the GOP talking point about ‘government takeover’ of child care is wrong
The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”