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Publication: 2020 election
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bogus Swing State Claim
At a rally in Georgia, President Donald Trump continued to make baseless claims about the 2020 election being “rigged,” drawing false comparisons at one point between President-elect Joe Biden’s performance in swing states and that of
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of ‘Seized’ Voting Machines in Georgia
Quick Take Viral posts falsely claim that Dominion voting machines were “seized” in Ware County, Georgia, and that votes were found to have been “switched” for Joe Biden. No such seizure occurred and there was no such finding, a
Snopes→ A Tea-Party Group Is Fundraising Off Their Call for Martial Law. Where’s That Money Going?
Snopes did a little digging into the We The People Convention and learned it has donated a significant amount of money to a PAC run by the Convention’s own president. Why is that?
Snopes→ Was a Bus Full of Missing Voting Machines Found in Buckeye, Arizona?
Both local police and an attorney general's office have investigated the claim.
FactCheck.org→ Primer on Trump’s Visit to Georgia
For the first time since Election Day, President Donald Trump will stage a political rally — traveling to Valdosta, Georgia, to campaign on Dec. 5 for the state’s two Republican senators. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler were unable to
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia
The Trump campaign is falsely claiming that surveillance camera footage captured election workers in Georgia adding thousands of illegal ballots that were brought into an Atlanta facility in suspicious “suitcases” on election night. The campaign p
Snopes→ Did Georgia Poll Workers Hide ‘Suitcases’ of Ballots From Republican Observers?
The Trump campaign alleged the nefarious scheme unfolded around midnight on Nov. 3 in Atlanta's State Farm Arena, and was captured on video.
FactCheck.org→ NRSC’s Dual Attack on Warnock and Ossoff
A TV ad from a Republican group accuses the Democratic candidates in Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections of having “radically dangerous” ideas on the criminal justice system and the environment. But there’s more to their positions than wh
Snopes→ Is It Illegal for USPS Deliverers To Use Personal Vehicles?
A now-viral photo purportedly shows a service deliverer illegally transporting election mail in a personal vehicle.
Snopes→ Biden or Trump: Who Had All-Women Press Team First?
Members of Trump's communication team sparred with reports acknowledging Biden's female hires.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s ‘Most Important’ Speech Was Mostly False
In what he billed as perhaps “the most important speech I’ve ever made,” President Donald Trump continued his attempt to deceive the American public into believing the election was “rigged.” Trump has presented no evidence for
Poynter→ 12 recommendations to address the information dystopia
Lee en español A Forum of Information and Democracy working group released a list of 250 solutions to address the global threat of both mis- and disinformation. Forum chair Christophe Deloire said the November report demonstrates “that a structural
FactCheck.org→ Video Doesn’t Show Election Fraud in Georgia
Quick Take Conspiracy theorists falsely claimed that a video of an election worker during the Georgia machine recount revealed fraud in the 2020 election. All it showed was an election worker performing a routine part of the process, according to elect
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.
FactCheck.org→ A Misleading Dark Money Attack on Ossoff
A Republican TV ad falsely suggests that “liberal megadonors” are spending $1 billion in “dark money” to help Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s Senate runoff race. That’s how much multiple experts estimate may be spent on
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Twitter Suspend Bobby Piton, an ‘Election Whistleblower,’ to Prevent People ‘Understanding His Testimony’?
On November 30 2020, the name “Bobby Piton” became a trending topic on social media following a “hearing” at an Arizona Hyatt hotel about Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Piton was not mentioned by
Snopes→ Did Trump Lose Twitter Followers for the First Time After 2020 Election?
U.S. President Donald Trump indeed lost followers after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Repeats Baseless, False Claims About the Election
In his first interview since Election Day, President Donald Trump recapped baseless, false and misleading claims he has made before of a “rigged” election. Trump spoke by phone with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Nov. 29. In the intervi
Snopes→ Debunking Trump Tweets: Should Georgia Conduct a Ballot Signature Audit?
It’s unlikely the Georgia Secretary of State’s office will further examine absentee voter signatures or alter their state's ballot totals in 2020.
Snopes→ Did Detroit Record More Votes Than Eligible Voters in 2020?
A repeated election fraud claim by Trump about the number of voters in Detroit bears no relationship to reality.
FactCheck.org→ Baseless Conspiracy Theory Targets Another Election Technology Company
Quick Take An unfounded conspiracy theory of widespread election fraud claims that an election technology company called Smartmatic switched votes in the 2020 election. But Smartmatic provided ballot-marking machines to only one U.S. county in the elec
FactCheck.org→ Ad Links Warnock to ‘Defunding the Police’
A conservative group’s deceptive TV ad suggests that Democrat Raphael Warnock supports defunding the police. He has said multiple times that he doesn’t. The ad, from the American Crossroads super PAC, features Harris County, Georgia, Sherif
FactCheck.org→ Checking the Facts in the World of Trump
I guess I picked the right year to take up fact-checking. I had been in journalism for a very long time. I had run a national magazine, overseen news operations at newspapers in many cities, covered Washington during the Watergate era, written columns
Snopes→ Did Jeff Foxworthy Make a Joke About Democrat Governors and Trump?
It was the latest in a long litany of quotations falsely attributed to the famous Georgia comedian.
Snopes→ Does GSA’s Approval of Transition Process Mean Trump Conceded Defeat to Biden?
Losing candidates are not required to acknowledge defeat in order for a U.S. presidential transition to begin.
FactCheck.org→ Meme Misrepresents Old Inauguration Photo
Quick Take A popular meme on Facebook falsely purports to show a photo of Joe “Biden’s Inaugural stage” being built outside the White House. The photo shows the reviewing stand for the inaugural parade at Bill Clinton’s inaugu
Truth or Fiction?→ Do Only 3 Percent of Trump Voters Believe Joe Biden is the ‘Legitimate Winner’ of the 2020 Election?
On November 24 2020, Breitbart.com published an article headlined, “Nolte: Only 3% of Trump Voters Believe Joe Biden Is Legitimate Winner,” which began: We all need to keep in mind that, except for a handful of pollsters, polling is irretr
Snopes→ Did Trump Say the Stock Market Would ‘Crash’ If Biden Won Election?
The stock market soared as the Biden administration's transition officially got underway.
FactCheck.org→ No ‘Landslide’ for Biden, Either
Provided President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College margin of victory holds — and we have seen no reason so far to believe it will not — it will be the same margin won by Donald Trump in 2016. That would leave Biden (as it did Trum
Truth or Fiction?→ Did a Majority of Americans in a Poll Say Trump Should Concede?
On November 23 2020, social media posts indicated that a then-new poll revealed a majority of Americans believed that U.S. President Donald Trump should concede the election to President-Elect Joe Biden — that majority being 58 percent of all vo
FactCheck.org→ Website Concocts False Story of Soros Arrest
Quick Take A bogus social media story uses a doctored image of an indictment to falsely claim George Soros has been arrested in the U.S. “for election interference.” The actual charges are against six Russian nationals for cyberattacks. Fu
Snopes→ Did Trump Pardon a Turkey That ‘Refused To Concede’ an Election?
The annual presidential Thanksgiving tradition in 2018 eerily foreshadowed the real 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Snopes→ Is Trump Selling Tickets to His 2021 Inauguration?
The Trump campaign has been raising money to fight the results of the 2020 election.
Snopes→ No, George Soros Wasn’t Arrested in Philadelphia for Election Interference
An indictment against Russian hackers was altered to support the false claim that the financier had been arrested for "election interference."
Snopes→ Did Ted Cruz Say Democrats Would Lift COVID Restrictions a Week After the Election?
The U.S. senator from Texas was spectacularly wrong in his "guarantee" about what would happen immediately after the 2020 election.
Snopes→ Was Trump ‘Never Given an Orderly Transition of Power’?
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany's comment was contradicted by several statements the president made after the 2016 election.
Snopes→ Were Millions of Mail-in Ballots Wrongly Sent to People Who Didn’t Request Them?
Some states automatically send mail-in ballots to all registered voters ... because they registered to vote.
FactCheck.org→ The Facts on Trump’s Post-Election Legal Challenges
On Nov. 19, President Donald Trump’s legal team spouted a gusher of false and unfounded allegations of voter fraud at a 90-minute press conference. We could fact check it, but we’re not going to. We’re not going to fact check Rudy Giu
Snopes→ Did Fox News Map Mislabel Michigan as Canada?
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is, believe it or not, in Michigan.