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Publication: 2018 midterms
Snopes→ Did 33 Republicans Who Voted to Repeal Obamacare Lose Their Congressional Seats?
Voting to repeal Obamacare may or may not have doomed the re-election chances of many Republicans in Congress.
Snopes→ Were Democrats Allowed to Vote Twice in Maryland’s Midterm Election?
A caller on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Internet talk show claimed he overheard poll workers encouraging voters to vote a second time.
Truth or Fiction?→ Hundreds of Wrapped Voting Machines Discovered in a Georgia Warehouse?
The American midterm elections on November 6, 2018 transformed what is normally a relatively sleepy affair that receives little coverage into a bitter, heavily-tracked series of races around the country punctuated by scandals, violence, and unexpected
Snopes→ Many Red State Voters Embrace Liberal-Backed Ballot Measures
One of the strongest messages emerging from the results is that voters are eager to make the political process, including voting itself, fairer and more accessible.
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a CNN Reporter Assault a White House Employee?
The morning after a hotly-contested midterm election resulted in Republicans resoundingly losing control of the House, United States President Donald Trump held a rambling, bizarre press conference in which he alternately took credit for Republicans ma
Snopes→ Broken Voting Machines, Long Lines Under Scrutiny in Georgia
Multiple lawsuits have been filed in the contentious race.
Snopes→ Added Democratic Ranks Pose Threat to Trump Governing Agenda
The new Democratic House majority will end Republican dominance in Washington for the final two years of Trump's first term with major questions looming about health care, immigration and government spending.
Snopes→ Democratic House Victory Could Echo from Moscow to Riyadh
The Democratic leaders of many House committees will have subpoena powers enabling them to obtain documents, emails and testimony.
Snopes→ GOP Keeps Senate Control for 2 More Years, Triumph for Trump
The significance of the Republican victory in the Senate was magnified because Democrats wrested House control from the GOP.
Snopes→ Voters Give House Democrats a Check on Trump
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who is seeking to reclaim the gavel as House speaker, called it a "new day in America."
Snopes→ Democrats Seize House Control, but Trump’s GOP Holds Senate
The results were more mixed deeper into Trump country.
Snopes→ Despite House Loss, Trump Still Sees Midterms Success
Trump spent election night watching returns with family and friends at the White House, his shadow looming large over the results.
Snopes→ Did Armed Black Panthers Lobby and Intimidate on Behalf of Stacey Abrams?
Misinformation runs rampant during election time, either through deliberate campaigns or inadvertent error.
Snopes→ Election Pits Trump’s Brute Strength vs Dems’ Resistance
Democrats need to pick up two dozen seats on Tuesday to seize the House majority and two seats to control the Senate.
Snopes→ Election Day to Test Democratic Resistance in Trump Era
With voters going to the polls Tuesday, nothing is certain.
Snopes→ National Voting System Faces Test on Election Day
Early voting leading revealed a wide variety of concerns with voting and registration systems around the country — from machines that changed voter selections to registration forms tossed out because of clerical errors.
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show Democrats Campaigning in the Nude?
This is neither a typical nor an established way of getting more party supporters to the polls.
Truth or Fiction?→ Was a Large ‘Make the Gospel Great Again’ Billboard Put Up in Missouri?
On November 3th, 2018, just days before the United States held hotly-contested midterm elections, rumors appeared of a billboard by the side of a Missouri interstate that featured United States President Donald Trump’s face with a strange, slight
Snopes→ ‘Everything’s at Stake’ on Eve of First Trump-Era Elections
The day of reckoning for American politics has nearly arrived.
Snopes→ Did the UN Declare War on America and Order Trump to Let the Migrant Caravan In?
Junk news and mendacious memes falsely reported the United Nations had declared "war" on the United States.
Were Seven Children Rescued From Smugglers Embedded in a ‘Migrant Caravan’ in Guatemala?
On October 25th, 2018, as bots and paid trolls pushed talking points on social media about a caravan of people from Honduras on their way to Mexico’s border with the United States to turn themselves in to seek asylum, the Judicial Watch blog published a shocking story about seven children who were saved from human […]
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Connecticut GOP Sends Mailer Showing Jewish Candidate Grinning at Fistful of Money
In late October 2018, just days after a gunman — reportedly encouraged by racist political rhetoric — slaughtered eleven people during a service at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, Connecticut’s Republican candidate for a state senate seat sent out a flyer that showed his Democratic opponent Rep. Matthew Lesser (who is Jewish) grinning over a fistful […]
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