The process of certifying Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States occurred in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, after being disrupted by rioters and delayed by Republicans who repeated false and misleading claims about the election results.Six Republican senators and more than 100 GOP House members to the election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania in a failed final attempt to keep President Donald Trump in office.Here we review some of the claims they made during the debate:False Claims About Arizona Ballot ReviewsDuring the floor debate on whether to accept Arizona’s...…The process of certifying Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States occurred in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, after being disrupted by rioters and delayed by Republicans who repeated false and misleading claims about the election results.Six Republican senators and more than 100 GOP House members to the election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania in a failed final attempt to keep President Donald Trump in office.Here we review some of the claims they made during the debate:False Claims About Arizona Ballot ReviewsDuring the floor debate on whether to accept Arizona’s...WW…

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff’s production company received payments from a Hong Kong media company and Al Jazeera for the rights to air investigative pieces, but a Republican TV ad misleadingly claims Ossoff got cash from “Chinese communists and terrorist sympathizers.”The group behind the ad, , further claims that such “dirty money” for Ossoff includes a “bankrolling” by “corporate PAC donations funneled through national liberals,” adding the Democratic candidate had “lied.” Ossoff pledged to not accept corporate PAC money; the ad instead refers to leadership PACs, set up...…Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff’s production company received payments from a Hong Kong media company and Al Jazeera for the rights to air investigative pieces, but a Republican TV ad misleadingly claims Ossoff got cash from “Chinese communists and terrorist sympathizers.”The group behind the ad, , further claims that such “dirty money” for Ossoff includes a “bankrolling” by “corporate PAC donations funneled through national liberals,” adding the Democratic candidate had “lied.” Ossoff pledged to not accept corporate PAC money; the ad instead refers to leadership PACs, set up...WW…

In a campaign rally in Wisconsin, President Donald Trump falsely claimed the state’s dairy farms were “decimated” under the Obama/Biden administration but “now … are doing very well,” and he greatly overstated the potential impact of the new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.Dairy and agricultural market experts told us changes in the industry, including in milk prices, overproduction and consolidation, under both administrations largely have been due to market forces., a professor emeritus of agricultural economics at Cornell University, said that cyclical milk prices, which hit a...…In a campaign rally in Wisconsin, President Donald Trump falsely claimed the state’s dairy farms were “decimated” under the Obama/Biden administration but “now … are doing very well,” and he greatly overstated the potential impact of the new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.Dairy and agricultural market experts told us changes in the industry, including in milk prices, overproduction and consolidation, under both administrations largely have been due to market forces., a professor emeritus of agricultural economics at Cornell University, said that cyclical milk prices, which hit a...WW…

In the swing state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump repeatedly rattled off false and misleading claims about ballots and voting in arguing to his supporters “the only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.”On Oct. 26, Trump spoke in , and , Pennsylvania.InBecause of the surge of mail-in ballots, and a state law that prevents election officials from counting the ballots until Election Day, that the winner in Pennsylvania may not be known on election night.Republicans in Pennsylvania the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear a case on the deadline in the state for accepting mail-in...…In the swing state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump repeatedly rattled off false and misleading claims about ballots and voting in arguing to his supporters “the only way we can lose, in my opinion, is massive fraud.”On Oct. 26, Trump spoke in , and , Pennsylvania.InBecause of the surge of mail-in ballots, and a state law that prevents election officials from counting the ballots until Election Day, that the winner in Pennsylvania may not be known on election night.Republicans in Pennsylvania the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear a case on the deadline in the state for accepting mail-in...WW…

In early October, about 2,100 voters in Los Angeles County accidentally received mail-in ballots that were missing the presidential race entirely. The county sent corrected ballots to them. But President Donald Trump appears to have twisted the episode to claim the ballots “had everything on it” except “my name.”Trump made the claim in two campaign rallies. He a crowd in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 20 about “phony fake ballots,” saying: “How about the ones that were printed without my name on it, right? They had everything on it. They had every race, they had everything. You had the Senate,...…In early October, about 2,100 voters in Los Angeles County accidentally received mail-in ballots that were missing the presidential race entirely. The county sent corrected ballots to them. But President Donald Trump appears to have twisted the episode to claim the ballots “had everything on it” except “my name.”Trump made the claim in two campaign rallies. He a crowd in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 20 about “phony fake ballots,” saying: “How about the ones that were printed without my name on it, right? They had everything on it. They had every race, they had everything. You had the Senate,...WW…

President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements in an attempt to contrast his stance on law enforcement with that of Joe Biden, his Democratic opponent in the presidential race:Trump made his claims from a White House balcony, on the South Lawn, in the event by the conservative group Blexit, which calls for Black Americans to exit the Democratic Party. And he repeated some of the claims in in Florida. The Biden campaign also in a statement in June that Biden supports more money for initiatives that would strengthen the relationship between the police and the community and...…President Donald Trump made false and misleading statements in an attempt to contrast his stance on law enforcement with that of Joe Biden, his Democratic opponent in the presidential race:Trump made his claims from a White House balcony, on the South Lawn, in the event by the conservative group Blexit, which calls for Black Americans to exit the Democratic Party. And he repeated some of the claims in in Florida. The Biden campaign also in a statement in June that Biden supports more money for initiatives that would strengthen the relationship between the police and the community and...WW…

On Sept. 26 and 27, President Donald Trump spoke for about two hours and 15 minutes in five appearances — including one campaign rally in Middletown, Pennsylvania. We’ve compiled many of the president’s false and misleading claims from those remarks.By contrast, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke for less than 45 minutes in a few appearances. We wrote about Biden’s claims in “.”We examined the two candidates’ weekend remarks in the run-up to the .On Saturday, Sept. 26, Trump made remarks in Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court, the White House on Marine...…On Sept. 26 and 27, President Donald Trump spoke for about two hours and 15 minutes in five appearances — including one campaign rally in Middletown, Pennsylvania. We’ve compiled many of the president’s false and misleading claims from those remarks.By contrast, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke for less than 45 minutes in a few appearances. We wrote about Biden’s claims in “.”We examined the two candidates’ weekend remarks in the run-up to the .On Saturday, Sept. 26, Trump made remarks in Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court, the White House on Marine...WW…

Continuing a yearslong trend, President Donald Trump made false and misleading comments about new auto plants in Michigan, and the industry at large — boasting in recent campaign rallies about accomplishments that aren’t true.The number of motor vehicle and parts manufacturing jobs in Michigan has gone down — not up — under Trump, even before the coronavirus pandemic caused economic shutdowns.Auto InvestmentsIn a rally in and another in , Trump told a story about asking Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (who ) for Japanese car companies to build plants in the U.S., claiming, “Next...…Continuing a yearslong trend, President Donald Trump made false and misleading comments about new auto plants in Michigan, and the industry at large — boasting in recent campaign rallies about accomplishments that aren’t true.The number of motor vehicle and parts manufacturing jobs in Michigan has gone down — not up — under Trump, even before the coronavirus pandemic caused economic shutdowns.Auto InvestmentsIn a rally in and another in , Trump told a story about asking Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (who ) for Japanese car companies to build plants in the U.S., claiming, “Next...WW…

In campaign rallies in Nevada, President Donald Trump twisted remarks made by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and gave a disputed description of comments by Biden’s former chief of staff.Trump made his claims in campaign rallies in Nevada on and .Law Enforcement QuoteTrump distorted Biden’s quote on law enforcement. The former vice president’s full comments show he was talking about the perception of law enforcement in a community if police show up in military armored vehicles.Here are Biden’s in a July 8 interview with activist Ady Barkan. Biden rattled off several policing...…In campaign rallies in Nevada, President Donald Trump twisted remarks made by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and gave a disputed description of comments by Biden’s former chief of staff.Trump made his claims in campaign rallies in Nevada on and .Law Enforcement QuoteTrump distorted Biden’s quote on law enforcement. The former vice president’s full comments show he was talking about the perception of law enforcement in a community if police show up in military armored vehicles.Here are Biden’s in a July 8 interview with activist Ady Barkan. Biden rattled off several policing...WW…

President Donald Trump has falsely claimed his administration invested “$2.5 trillion in all of the greatest equipment in the world” for the military. That’s approximately the total for defense budgets from 2017 to 2020, but the cost of purchasing new military equipment was 20% of that.It’s true the passed under Trump — which total $2.9 trillion, in inflation-adjusted dollars, actually — have been larger than they were in the latter years of his predecessor. In the last four years under then-President Barack Obama, the defense budgets, in inflation-adjusted dollars, totaled $2.7 trillion,...…President Donald Trump has falsely claimed his administration invested “$2.5 trillion in all of the greatest equipment in the world” for the military. That’s approximately the total for defense budgets from 2017 to 2020, but the cost of purchasing new military equipment was 20% of that.It’s true the passed under Trump — which total $2.9 trillion, in inflation-adjusted dollars, actually — have been larger than they were in the latter years of his predecessor. In the last four years under then-President Barack Obama, the defense budgets, in inflation-adjusted dollars, totaled $2.7 trillion,...WW…