Was Joe Biden silent on the 4 million people without power due to a February 2021 winter storm? No, that's not true. The president did not appear on camera to address the situation, but he made several public statements about the storm an
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FactCheck.org→ Graham Twists Facts on Harris Support for Protesters
Last year, before she was vice president, Kamala Harris used her social media accounts to encourage donations to a Minnesota nonprofit “to help post bail” for individuals arrested in the state while protesting the death of George Floyd.
Snopes→ What Smartmatic’s $2.7B Lawsuit Against Fox Hosts and Giuliani Says
"The Earth is round. Two plus two equals four. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election for President and Vice President of the United States."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe Biden’s Inauguration Was NOT Pre-Recorded
Was the Biden inauguration pre-recorded? No, that's not true: Joe Biden's inauguration was a live event that took place on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C., at the Capitol Building. Conspiracy theorist Charlie Ward provides no eviden
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Inauguration Was NOT A ‘Movie’ With ‘Bad Actors’
Were there inconsistencies in the broadcast of the inauguration of President Joe Biden, which demonstrate that the event was a staged production and not a live event? No, that's not true: The two points cited as evidence by the narrator o
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: List Of Questions About Biden’s Inauguration Is Mix Of Myths And Falsehoods
Does a list of questions about Joe Biden's inauguration contain only accurate and factual statements? No, that's not true: The rhetorical questions, posed to imply that Biden is not really president, are a mix of myths, falsehoods and sta
FactCheck.org→ Viral Meme Strips Context from Lawmakers’ Quotes on Protests
Quick Take A viral meme presents quotes from some Democratic lawmakers to misleadingly suggest they were advocating violence. They were supporting protests over various issues. Full Story Days after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Will NOT Be Sworn In On March 4, 2021, As The 19th President Of The United States Of America
Will Donald Trump be sworn in on March 4, 2021, as the 19th president of the United States of America? No, that's not true: Joe Biden is president. He took office on January 20, 2021, and is expected to serve for four years. Biden is the
FactCheck.org→ False Claim of ‘No Flag’ Above White House
Quick Take Before President Joe Biden’s inauguration, social media users shared a false claim that there was no flag flying over the White House — suggesting it was a sign that the military had taken control of the government. In fact, the
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Biden’s Inaugural Address
Returning to a time when inaugural addresses promised unity and hope, but few facts, the newly sworn-in President Joe Biden delivered a traditional speech at his inauguration that offered little for fact-checkers. When he did offer us some facts to
FactCheck.org→ What President Biden Inherits
Summary As President Joe Biden takes office, he inherits: The worst disease outbreak in over a century, which is spreading faster and killing more people in the U.S. than at any time since it began one year ago. Highly effective vaccines that so far h
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Doctored Video Does NOT Show That Joe Biden ‘Has No Idea Where Or Who He Is’
Does this video show Joe Biden confused and not knowing where he was at the end of an event? No, that's not true: The edited excerpt from a video of the president-elect announcing members of his Science Team shows him pausing and looking
FactCheck.org→ Bogus Claim Swirls Ahead of Biden Inauguration
Quick Take A bogus headline on social media claims that President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration has been cancelled and that major TV networks are set to “lose” their “licenses.” The falsehood relies on a debunked post wro
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AOC Did NOT Tweet A Call For A ‘Purge’ To Round Up ‘Conservative Traitors’ And Making ‘Auschwitz Look Like A Picnic’
Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez post a congratulatory tweet to President-elect Joe Biden, calling on him to begin a "Purge," rounding up "all conservative traitors" and making "Auschwitz look like a picnic"? No, that's not true: It's a
Snopes→ Harris Team Says It Was Blindsided by VP-Elect’s Vogue Cover
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says there's a problem: the shot of the country's soon-to-be No. 2 leader isn't what both sides had agreed upon.
AFP Fact Check→ Pence still follows Trump on Twitter
Social media posts shared after supporters of Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol claim Vice President Mike Pence unfollowed the president and changed his Twitter banner to an image of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, signaling a rebuke for the White Ho
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Chuck E Cheese Issue a Statement on the Capitol Riots?
On January 7 2021 a statement on the Capitol riots, attributed to the family-themed restaurant chain Chuck E Cheese, began circulating on Twitter: Thank you, Chuck E Cheese. pic.twitter.com/ZaOAk47n4b — Queen LaDeefa (@It_Aint__ME) January 7,
Truth or Fiction?→ Georgia Republican’s Photograph Brings Back Concern Over ‘White Power’ Gesture
Heading into one of two Senate runoff elections in Georgia, a photograph of right-wing incumbent Sen. David Perdue — and the purported intent behind it — received newfound attention in January 2021, including a side debate over whether it
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Frontline Medical Workers Were NOT Chosen As Time Magazine’s Person of The Year
Did Time Magazine select the frontline medical workers during the coronavirus pandemic as the person of the year? No, that's not true: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were announced as Time's person of the year on December 10, 2020. The claim
AFP Fact Check→ Online posts falsely portray Pope Francis and other world leaders as making “devil horns” gesture
Images showing religious leaders and US politicians, including President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, have circulated in numerous social media posts claiming they all are flashing "devil horns", which some consider to be Sat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden and Friends Did NOT Party and Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ Without Social Distancing In 2020
Did Joe Biden have a big birthday party on Friday, November 20, 2020, where friends gathered close and sang "Happy Birthday" to him without masks? No, that's not true: The video purportedly showing the maskless celebration happened on Nov
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Biden Administration: Report’
On November 9 2020, Daily Wire appeared to publish (and then delete) an article headlined, “Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Biden Administration: Report”: Mitt Romney Asked To Lead Health And Human Services In Bide
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
Snopes→ How White Became the Color of Suffrage
During her victory speech, Kamala Harris, the first woman to be elected vice president of the United States, paid tribute to women activists not only in her words, but also in her appearance.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Hunter Biden Was NOT arrested for possession of Child Porn
Was Hunter Biden arrested for possession of child porn? No, that's not true: The claim provides none of the public documents that accompany an arrest and was made in a story from a fake news website published in Canada. The story originat
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Bogus Claim of ‘Election Interference’ and More
In addition to baseless allegations of “illegal votes” in swing states, President Donald Trump used his relatively brief remarks — just 16 minutes long — during a Nov. 5 public appearance at the White House press room to make fa
AFP Fact Check→ Posts use photos to inaccurately compare campaign events
Social media posts claims photos of two political events are a reason not to trust national polls showing a healthy lead for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. But one photo shows a rally for President Donald Trump and the other shows an event in which n
FactCheck.org→ Closing Arguments of the Presidential Campaign
After months of campaigning, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made their final pitches to voters at campaign rallies in key swing states and on TV airwaves. Here we fact-check claims the candidates made in rallies on
FactCheck.org→ A Guide to the Candidates’ Claims
Throughout the presidential campaign we have assessed the accuracy of the claims and assertions of President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. Here are some of our articles that first appeared at important campaign junctures. Click
Snopes→ Harris Target of More Misinformation Than Pence, Data Shows
Long before Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced her as his running mate, Kamala Harris was the target of widespread online misinformation.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Misleading Attacks on Biden Over Fracking
President Donald Trump and his allies continue to ignore Joe Biden’s written plan to only prohibit permits for new oil and gas drilling on federal land and waters. That plan would allow for extraction methods, such as fracking, to continue under
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Call For The Assassination Of His Political Opponent
Did President Trump call for the assassination of his political opponent, Joe Biden? No, that's not true: While it may have been a poor choice of words, President Trump's comments in a speech Tuesday, October 27, 2020, in which he suggest
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Over 220 Million Americans Have NOT Died From COVID-19 In The Last Several Months
Did over 220 million Americans die in the last several months from COVID-19? No, that's not true: That number is way too high. According to data provided by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Johns Hopkins University
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate
Summary President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in the final presidential debate of the campaign. We found: Trump accused Biden of receiving “$3.5 million from Russia.” There’s no evidence of that. Biden said there
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Three Red Lines On Biden-Harris Campaign Logo Are NOT A Reference To Chinese Socialism
Do the three red lines in the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris logo refer to a Chinese campaign involving building socialism? No, that's not true: It's just a coincidence, and one of the designers of the logo said the stripes have a far differ
FactCheck.org→ Trump on the Stump
We reviewed all of President Donald Trump’s speeches at campaign rallies over five days, from Oct. 12 to Oct. 16. There were six speeches and combined, Trump spoke for more than eight hours, averaging about one hour and 20 minutes per speech. Bel
AFP Fact Check→ Video misleads on Harris rally crowd size
A video of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris waving from a platform is circulating in Facebook posts claiming that virtually nobody showed up to her recent rally in Florida. The video is misleading; the rally was a drive-in event and
Truth or Fiction?→ Fayette County, Pennsylvania Billboard: ‘Biden’s Dimensia is Getting Worse’
On October 17 2020, photographs of a billboard with the claim that Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden suffered from “dimensia” began appearing on Twitter: This is real. NOT Photoshop. A actual billboard outside of Pittsbur
Truth or Fiction?→ Fayette County, Pennsylvania Billboard: ‘Biden’s Dimensia is Getting Worse’
On October 17 2020, photographs of a billboard with the claim that Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden suffered from “dimensia” began appearing on Twitter: This is real. NOT Photoshop. A actual billboard outside of Pittsbur
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Projection Of The Biden-Harris Logo On A Harley-Davidson Building Was NOT An Endorsement By The Business
Did the large image of the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris logo projected onto a Harley-Davidson location in Milwaukee indicate the motorcycle manufacturer's endorsement of the Democratic presidential nominee? No, that's not true: Harley-Davi