Republicans are worried that a corporate backlash stirred by the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection could crimp a vital stream of campaign cash, complicating the party’s prospects of retaking the Senate in the next election.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fulton County Did NOT Defy Court Order Against Blocking Credentialed Republican Poll Monitors From Viewing Absentee Ballots In Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff
Did the Fulton County Board of Elections defy a judge's order to remove barriers that prevented credentialed Republican poll monitors from viewing absentee ballots in the Senate runoff election in Georgia? No, that's not true: In a Januar
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 32,000 Votes Did NOT ‘Disappear’ From U.S. Senate Candidate Perdue Live On CNN And ABC — A Typo Was Corrected
Did 32,000 votes "disappear" from Georgia Senate runoff candidate David Perdue live on CNN and ABC? No, that's not true: Video from January 5, 2021, of the coverage of the runoff Senate races in Georgia showed the vote tally for David Per
Snopes→ Warnock Makes History with Georgia Senate Win
Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats’ reach.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Despite Claims In Georgia Senate Hearing, Dominion Voting Machines Were NOT Hacked Because They Don’t Have Modems
Did someone hack into the electronic voting system being used in Georgia for the January 5, 2020, U.S. Senate runoff races? No, Georgia election officials say that's not true: The digital poll book was not even in use on December 30, 2020
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Despite Claims In Georgia Senate Hearing, Dominion Voting Machines Were NOT Hacked Because They Don’t Have Modems
Did someone hack into the electronic voting system being used in Georgia for the January 5, 2020, U.S. Senate runoff races? No, Georgia election officials say that's not true: The digital poll book was not even in use on December 30, 2020
Snopes→ Why Trump’s Senate Supporters Can’t Overturn Electoral College Results
In his refusal to concede, Trump is pressuring VP Mike Pence and Republicans in Congress to delay or oppose certification.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ FactChecking the Georgia Senate Runoffs
https://www.factcheck.org/2021/01/factchecking-the-georgia-senate-runoffs/ Two months after Election Da
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-checking Trump’s campaign rally for the Georgia Senate races
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/05/fact-checking-trumps-campaign-rally-georgia-senate-races/
Snopes→ Decision Day in Georgia with Senate Majority at Stake
The results of the runoff will determine control of the Senate for the start of Joe Biden's term as president.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking Trump’s campaign rally for the Georgia Senate races
In his rally in Georgia, Trump offered a litany of previously-debunked claims about the presidential election he lost. Here's a guide to 18 false claims.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Georgia Senate Runoffs
Two months after Election Day, control of the U.S. Senate in the 117th Congress comes down to two races in Georgia on Jan. 5. None of the four candidates on the ballot garnered 50% of the vote on Nov. 3, which forced separate runoffs. In one of the con
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: Stakes High for U.S. Senate Runoffs in Georgia
Here's a look at how two key Georgia elections pushed into 2021, who's running and more.
Snopes→ Senate GOP Blocks Swift Vote on Trump’s $2K Checks
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked Democrats' push to immediately bring President Donald Trump's demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote, saying the chamber would “begin a process” to address the issue.
Snopes→ Fate of Trump’s $2,000 Checks Now Rests with GOP-Led Senate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has declined to publicly address how he plans to handle the issue.
Snopes→ House Approves Trump’s $2K Checks, Sending to GOP-Led Senate
The House voted overwhelmingly to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger payments and sending the bill to the GOP-controlled Senate, where the outcome is uncertain.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Political Ad Showing Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock Saying ‘God Damn America’ Leaves Out Context
Does a political ad showing Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock saying "God damn America" present the video in context? No, it does not: When Rev. Warnock uttered the controversial phrase, he was discussing the use of those words in
Snopes→ Senate Sends Trump Defense Bill He Has Vowed to Veto
The Senate has approved a wide-ranging defense policy bill, sending it to President Donald Trump, despite his threat to veto the bill because it does not clamp down on big tech companies he claims were biased during the election.
Snopes→ Could Write-In Ballots for Trump in Georgia Runoffs Elect Him to US Senate?
Social media posts urged conservatives to vote for U.S. President Donald Trump in races in which he wasn't a candidate.
TruthOrFiction→ Zuckerberg Doubles Down on Not Banning Steve Bannon in Senate Hearing
Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has claimed in testimony to federal lawmakers that far-right broadcaster and Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s recent call for the decapitation of federal officials did not warrant being banned
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: It Is NOT Unusual For House, Senate And Presidential Results To Arrive Out Of Sync
Is there something suspicious about House, Senate and Presidential winners not being identified all at the same time even though voters use just one ballot to vote in all those contests? No, that is not true. While voters use just one bal
Snopes→ Did Biden Use Racial Slurs in the Senate?
Social media users twisted Biden's words from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 1985 by omitting their context.
Snopes→ GOP-Led Senate Panel Advances Barrett Despite Dems’ Boycott
Never has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court nominee so close to a presidential election.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ What we know about claims about Hunter Biden and the Senate GOP report that helped fuel them
Hunter Biden, the youngest son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has become a familiar name in the 2020 presidential campaign. His ties to Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, have inspired regular attacks from President Donald Trump and hi
Liste→ This footage shows Barrett being sworn in before her confirmation hearing in the US Senate
A video of Judge Amy Coney Barrett swearing an oath has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Twitter, Weibo and Facebook alongside a claim that Barrett has been sworn in as a justice on the US Supreme Court. The claim is false: the footage in fact
Snopes→ Senate Judiciary Sets Oct. 22 Vote on Barrett’s Nomination
Sen. Lindsey Graham pushed past Democratic objections to set the panel's Oct. 22 vote on recommending her confirmation even before final witnesses testify before and against her nomination.
Snopes→ Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg Say the Senate Was Obligated to Assess Merrick Garland’s Qualifications?
The late Supreme Court justice said in 2016 of court nominee Garland that “nothing in the Constitution” says “the president stops being president in his last year.”
Snopes→ Trump to Senate: Vote ‘Without Delay’ on His High Court Pick
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed hours after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died to call a vote for whomever the U.S. president nominated.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: John Brennan, Jim Comey, James Clapper And 12 Others Were NOT Subpoenaed By Department Of Justice And AG Barr — Senate Homeland Security Committee Approved Subpoenas
Did John Brennan, Jim Comey, James Clapper and 12 others get subpoenaed by the Department of Justice and Attorney General William Barr? No, that's not true. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved subpoena
Snopes→ Did Biden Twice Vote To Tax Social Security While in the Senate?
A meme circulating on social media lacked historical context.
FactCheck.org→ Unproven Nepotism Allegation in Montana Senate Race
Republican ads aimed at Facebook users in Montana make the unsubstantiated claim that Gov. Steve Bullock “steered 14.3 million Montana dollars to his brother’s company.” William Bullock sold his shares in Pioneer Technical Services fo
Snopes→ Postmaster to Testify in Senate on Disruptions in Mail Delivery
The outcry over mail delays and warnings of political interference have put the Postal Service at the center of the nation's tumultuous election year.
Snopes→ Senate Panel Concludes Russia Interfered in 2016 US Election
The report from the Republican-led panel lays out significant contacts between associates of President Donald Trump and Russian officials.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Yet another GOP Senate candidate uses ‘Ranger’ label despite Army caveat
John James, running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, took a Ranger course, but he did not serve in the elite Army Ranger unit.
WaPo Fact Checker→ GOP Senate candidate’s claims about his foundation for ‘inner city’ kids don’t add up
In the first 10 years, only one student received funds, tax records show. So did the elite school that Corky Messner’s sons attended.
WaPo Fact Checker→ GOP Senate hopeful says he’s an ‘Army Ranger,’ but Army says he’s ‘Ranger-qualified’
Corky Messner, running for Senate in New Hampshire, took a Ranger course, but he did not serve in the elite unit.
Snopes→ Senate Democrats Seek Aid for Black Americans in Virus Bill
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said he wants to shift $350 billion to help Black Americans and other people of color during the pandemic and beyond.
WaPo Fact Checker→ Campaign for Senate hopeful from N.H. uses photo trickery to hoodwink reporters
Don Bolduc fought in Afghanistan in 2001, but he was not part of the 12-man team of "horse soldiers" lionized in a Hollywood movie
Snopes→ House Adopts Bill to Make DC 51st State; Senate GOP Opposes
D.C.'s population is larger than those of Wyoming and Vermont, said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the district's non-voting representative in Congress.
FactCheck.org→ Dueling Ads in the Kentucky Senate Race
The Kentucky Senate race — likely pitting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell against Democratic challenger, and former Marine fighter pilot, Amy McGrath — is playing out on the airwaves. But the recent TV ads don’t always square w