Claim: U.S. oil production is at a record high, the Department of Energy claimed following a meeting between executives of U.S. petroleum refiners and Secretary Jennifer Granholm. âAt a time when the U.S. is achieving record oil production under the Biden administration, and President Biden is taking historic actions to add to that supply including…
NFL Publishes Map Falsely Showing Taiwan as Part of China
The National Football League (NFL) published a map on social media Thursday incorrectly depicting the sovereign nation of Taiwan as part of China. The map was meant to illustrate the debut of âInternational Marketing Areasâ for different teams; the Los Angeles Rams were designated to promote their brand in China. As American football is largely…
Biden State Department Falsely Denies Taliban, Terrorist Haqqani Network Ties
The Biden State Department made the astounding claim Friday that the Taliban and its brother organization, the Haqqani Network, are âseparate entities.â In truth, the two are tightly linked, and many of the top Haqqani leaders â including self-described âKabul chief of securityâ Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani â are also high-ranking Taliban officials. Terrorism experts were…
Fact Check: Cher Falsely Claims GOP Only Allows White People to Vote
CLAIM: Left-wing Hollywood star Cher claimed in a tweet Friday that Republicans only allow white people to vote, adding that the GOP doesnât understand why âblack, brown, and native Americansâ are allowed to vote in elections. VERDICT: FALSE. The modern Republican party has never put forth legislation that limits voting rights to only white people.…
Robocall Smears Texas Republican Candidate Susan Wright, Falsely Alleges She Killed Her Late Husband
Texas Republican Susan Wright, who is running for Congress to fill her late husband Rep. Ron Wrightâs (R-TX) vacant seat, notified local and federal law enforcement Friday about an anonymous robocall circulating that falsely accuses Wright of killing her husband. The Wright campaign alerted the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Tarrant County Sheriffâs Office,…
Fact Check: President Biden Falsely Claims Trump Did Not Condemn Proud Boys
CLAIM: âIÂ asked him to condemn the Proud Boys. He wouldnât do it. He said stand by, stand ready or whatever.â VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. Trumpâs âstandâ language followed the prompt of the moderatorâs question. He later clarified that he condemned the group. President Joe Biden appeared at a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday…
Chaos in the Senate: Democrat Impeachment Managers Withdraw Statements Falsely Attributed to Sen. Mike Lee After Schumer Intervention
Chaos erupted at the end of the second day of the second impeachment trial of now former President Donald Trump as House Democrats were forced to withdraw from the record a statement a GOP senator said was falsely attributed to him after Senate Democrats lost control of the proceedings while they sought to wrap up…
Fact Check: Debra Messing, Democrats Falsely Accuse David Perdue of Flashing ‘White Power’ Sign
CLAIM: Hollywood star Debra Messing alleged in a tweet that incumbent Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) flashed a âwhite powerâ hand sign for the camera during an October rally in Georgia. VERDICT: False. The photo shows Sen. Perdue with two teenage Republican interns, each holding up three fingers. They were holding up three fingers because the…
FAKE NEWS: CNN Falsely Claims There Aren’t 13 Democrats On The Mueller Probe.
Chris Cillizza, editor-at-large for CNN, fact-checked a series of âuntruthsâ and âexaggerationsâ tweeted by President Donald Trump Sunday. In one of those tweets, Trump claimed that there are â13 Angry and Heavily Conflicted Democratsâ on special counsel Robert Muellerâs team of lawyers. Cillizza disputed the tweet. âTrumpâs claim that there are 13 Democrats on Muellerâs […]
Leaked DNC Files: Dems Planned to Hit Trump With Widely Discredited Hit Piece Falsely Accusing Him of Rape
Top allies of Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton planned to falsely accuse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump of rape, a leaked file from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) shows. The table of contents of the file shows that midway through the Democratsâ anti-Trump document is the supposed revelation that âTrumpâs ex-wife accused him of rape.â […]