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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Remove The Title ‘President Elect’ From Joe Biden’s Page
Did Facebook remove the title "President Elect" from the @joebiden Facebook page, and then only identify President-elect Joe Biden as a politician? No, that's not true: a database of screenshots of the @joebiden Facebook page, for more th
Snopes→ Pennsylvania Certifies Biden As Winner of Presidential Vote
The Pennsylvania State Department “certified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States,” Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, tweeted.
Liste→ Nigeria did not give US President Donald Trump a deadline to concede the election or face sanctions
Multiple posts making the rounds on Facebook claim the Nigerian government gave US President Donald Trump 72 hours to concede the 2020 presidential election to former vice-president Joe Biden. This is false; Nigeria rejected the statement attributed to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s Older Sister, Elizabeth Trump Grau, Did NOT Tweet In Support Of The President
Did Donald Trump's older sister, Elizabeth Trump Grau, tweet in support of the president? No, that's not true. The "tweet" was created on a parody account. It's not real. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) by President Trump on
Liste→ Hoax tweets falsely claim support from Biden, Obama for Ugandan presidential challenger
A Facebook post shared more than a hundred times claims to show tweets from US president-elect Joe Biden and former president Barack Obama calling for the release of Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine who was detained on November 18, 2020. Howe
Snopes→ President Trump Invites Michigan GOP Leaders to White House
President Donald Trump summoned Michigan's Republican legislative leaders to the White House for a meeting amid a longshot GOP push to overturn the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory.
Top Fact Checks→ President Trump secretly watermarked mail-in ballots to prove some ballots were fraudulent.
Federal agencies do not print electoral ballots. This theory originated from QAnon affiliated accounts
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Wayne County, Michigan, Board Of Canvassers Did NOT ‘Refuse’ To Certify The Results Of The Presidential Election — First They Deadlocked, Then They Certified The Votes
Did the Wayne County, Michigan, Board of Canvassers "refuse" to certify the presidential election results? No, that's not true: First, the board of four deadlocked in a 2-2 tie over certifying the votes. Then a couple hours later, the boa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Mobster ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino Was NOT Behind President-elect Joe Biden’s Win In Philadelphia
Did mob boss Joey Merlino, also known as "Skinny Joey," help Joe Biden win Philadelphia by getting him 300,000 fraudulent votes? No, that's not true: The Philadelphia City Commissioners, a bi-partisan body that supervises elections, say t
Top Fact Checks→ Seven Milwaukee wards report more 2020 presidential votes than registered voters.
This claim is false and misleading, there were not more ballots than registered voters inMilwaukee.
Top Fact Checks→ Joe Biden isn’t President-Elect until Trump concedes the election.
The winner of a presidential election is conventionally known as President-Elect. A concession is not required for the title to be used.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Congress Did NOT Make An Official Statement Saying There Is Currently No President-Elect
Did Congress make an official statement saying there is currently no president-elect? No, that's not true: One of the 535 members of Congress -- Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. -- sent a letter to the administrator of the General Services Administr
Liste→ This video shows an incident when Macron was running for French president in 2017
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter alongside a claim it shows French President Emmanuel Macron being hit on the forehead by an egg after he “insulted the Prophet Muhammad”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Remove The Title ‘President’ From Donald Trump’s Personal Page
Did Facebook remove the title "President" from the @DonaldTrump Facebook page? No, that's not true: a database of screenshots of the @DonaldTrump Facebook page, going back several months, shows that the page never contained the title "Pre
FactCheck.org→ Biden Did Not Invent the ‘Office of President-Elect’
Quick Take Social media posts falsely claim that former Vice President Joe Biden “invented the Office of President-elect.” Donald Trump and Barack Obama also used the term during their transitions to the presidency. Full Story On Nov. 7, f
Top Fact Checks→ Dominion voting system deleted 2.7 million votes for President Trump nation wide.
The Dominion software was used in only two of the five counties that had problems in Michigan and Georgia. Those issues were not related to software.
TruthOrFiction→ Did Facebook Remove the Title of ‘President’ from Donald Trump and Designate Him as a ‘Political Candidate’?
On November 13 2020, pundit Dinesh D’Souza asserted on Twitter that Facebook had “removed” the designation of “President” from Donald Trump’s verified Facebook page, downgrading him instead to a mere “politica
Top Fact Checks→ Georgia announces a hand recount of the state’s 2020 Presidential Election results.
To protect the integrity of the election and to build confidence in the state, Brad Raffensperger declared recounting of ballots manually in Georgia.
Liste→ This video actually shows Los Angeles County staff collecting mail-in ballots so they could be counted in the US presidential election
A video has been viewed thousands of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows postal ballot fraud in the US during the 2020 presidential elections. The claim is false; this video shows Los Angeles County staff collecting
Liste→ Misleading claim circulates online about Supreme Court warning to Philippine Vice President Robredo over poll dispute case
Multiple Facebook posts shared in November 2020 claim that the Philippine Supreme Court has warned Vice President Leni Robredo to stop publicly discussing a poll dispute case filed against her by losing opponent Bongbong Marcos. The posts are misleadin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Facebook Did NOT Prevent Users From Sharing A Map From A Presidential Election
Did Facebook prevent users from posting a photo of an electoral map from a presidential election? No, that's not true: Facebook officials say the company is not prohibiting users from posting this image. The claim appeared in a Facebook
Snopes→ RUMOR ALERT: A California Woman’s Dog Voted in the 2020 Presidential Election?
Posting a video to social media does not make its content authentic.
Snopes→ Georgia Audit to Trigger Hand Tally of Presidential Vote
Georgia’s secretary of state announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin is so tight.
TruthOrFiction→ Joe Biden, Arrogation, and ‘The Office of the President-Elect’
On November 10 2020, disinformation purveyors began pushing memes containing claims that the transition team for Joe Biden — the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections — invented the “Office of the President-Elect,” and
Liste→ This video shows the funeral of former Nigerian leader Yar’Adua – not President Buhari, who is alive
A video showing a body wrapped in a Nigerian flag and carried by military officers through a crowd has been shared thousands of times online, with claims that it documents the funeral of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. This is false; the footage c
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Is Dick Cheney Advising President-Elect Biden?
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Top Fact Checks→ Every United States presidential election has been won either by the Republican or the Democratic party since 1852.
Millard Fillmore, a member of the Whig party was the last President (1850-1853) to not be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 10,000 Dead People Did NOT Vote In The Presidential Election In Michigan, Officials Say
Did 10,000 dead people vote in Michigan in the November 3, 2020, presidential election? No, that's not true: Election officials in Michigan call it a baseless claim and say it is impossible for dead people to vote in their state. The clai
Snopes→ Did Biden Create ‘Office of the President Elect’ To Undermine Trump?
Not everything U.S. President-elect Joe Biden does is a scheme against the current president.
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did the Washington Times Run a ‘President Gore’ Cover the Day After the 2000 Election?
On Sunday, shortly after it was announced that Joe Biden defeated President Trump in the 2020 election, Tim Murtaugh, communications director for Trump’s re-election campaign, tweeted a photo of what appears to be the front page of the Washington
Snopes→ Was Trump First US President To Lose Popular Vote, Get Impeached, Then Lose Reelection?
The 45th president made history, both good and bad, in the 2020 election.
FactCheck.org→ Image of Newspaper Doctored to Show ‘President Gore’ Headline
Quick Take President Donald Trump’s campaign pushed an altered image of a Washington Times front page to cast doubt on the 2020 election calls made by news outlets. The newspaper never ran the purported front page, declaring Al Gore the winner of
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Washington Times Did NOT Run A ‘PRESIDENT GORE’ Headline Following The 2000 Election
Did The Washington Times publish a "PRESIDENT GORE" front page headline on November 8, 2000, following the highly-contested and drawn-out 2000 election in which Democratic candidate Al Gore ended up losing to George W. Bush? No, that's no
Top Fact Checks→ Joe Biden is the president-elect.
Democrat candidate, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump and is the President-Elect by securing more than 270 votes.
Snopes→ Was a ‘President Gore’ Headline Published by Washington Times in 2000?
Beware of headlines from an alternative history.
Snopes→ Will Kamala Harris Be the First POC as Vice President?
Kamala Harris will be the first woman and the first woman of color to serve as vice president, but not the first person of color.
Snopes→ Was Trump Golfing When the 2020 Presidential Election Was Called?
On an historic day in America, rumors held that the incumbent president spent the key moment on a golf course.
Snopes→ Text of Statement from President Donald Trump on Election Result
“We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him ..."
Snopes→ Biden Is 46th President After Pennsylvania Win
Democrat Joe Biden has won Pennsylvania, surpassing the 270 electoral vote threshold to take the White House and become the 46th president of the United States.