Police Officers’ Testimony Refutes Right Wing Capitol Riot Disinformation The claim that the right-wing mob "backs the blue" was exposed in a House committee meeting.
Conspiracy-Slinging Lawmaker Caught Encouraging Parkland Shooting ‘False Flag’ Lie Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) encouraged claims that a local official was paid off to remain silent about the fatal attack -- among other weaponized conspiracy theory narratives.
Did ‘4 GOP Senators’ Self-Quarantine After Voting Against the Coronavirus Relief Bill? A meme making the rounds on social media criticizing Republicans contains several factual errors.
Was Rep. Bobby Rush Removed From the House Floor for Wearing a Hoodie? The Illinois Democrat rebuked his Florida colleague, Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, for seemingly making light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Did House Democrats Vote Against Shutdown Back Pay in January 2019? On January 22 2019, Rep. Dan Crenshaw tweeted: The depicted tweet said: Big deal that never got reported: Last week, House GOP voted to pay federal employees their 1st paycheck of 2019, despite shutdown. Only 6 Dems voted with us. It failed. Dem priority is not paying workers or opening gov’t. It is opposing Trump. […]
Maxine Waters: Next Supreme Court Justice Should Be an Illegal Immigrant-Fiction! False claims that Maxine Waters called for an 'illegal immigrant' to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court are based on a digitally-altered image.
Bill Clinton's 1996 Immigration Law Behind Child Separations-Fiction! Bill Clinton's 1996 immigration law changed procedures for immigrants seeking asylum, but it did not require the prosecution or separation of families that crossed the border.
Trump Administration Holding Immigrant Children in Cages-Mostly Truth! & Misleading! At least one U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility for child immigrants uses fence-like enclosures. But the facility has been in use since 2014, and other CBP facilities operate as licensed child care providers.
House Democrats Draft Bill Making Eating at Chick-fil-A a Hate Crime-Fiction! A website that publishes works of "Christian news satire" is behind false reports that House Democrats introduced a bill making it a hate crime to eat at Chick-fil-A because of the chain's conservative views.
Illinois Resident Patty Nye Blasts Senator Dick Durbin for Calling Seniors "Greediest Generation"-Fiction! False claims that Illinois woman Patty Nye blasted Sen. Dick Durbin for calling seniors the greediest generation ever are based on an earlier (and unproven) rumor involving a woman named Patty Myers and Sen. Alan Simpson.
