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  • Fact Check: White House Did NOT Pick 'Satan Worshipper' to 'Oversee American Health'

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    Did President Joe Biden choose a "Satan worshipper" to oversee the health of Americans? No, that's not true: Biden picked Dr. Demetre Daskalakis to serve as the deputy coordinator of a national health response team for a single disease, monkeypox. Daskalakis does have a tattoo of a pentagram -- a symbol that some associate with Satan and the occult --…

    • Nov 30, 2022
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: White House Did NOT Pick 'Satan Worshipper' to 'Oversee American Health' Not A Satanist
  • Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Advise Americans To Get COVID Vaccine Ahead Of Hurricane Ian

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    Did President Joe Biden tell Americans to get COVID vaccinations as Hurricane Ian was bearing down on Florida in late September 2022? No, that's not true: A post suggesting he did uses a video recorded in August 2021, not on the eve of Ian's landfall. Biden made no mention of vaccines when he spoke about Hurricane Ian at the White…

    • Sep 28, 2022
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Joe Biden Did NOT Advise Americans To Get COVID Vaccine Ahead Of Hurricane Ian 2021 Advice
  • Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Deport Reporter Who Ambushed Her With Tough Question At The Border

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    Did Vice President Kamala Harris order the deportation of a reporter who asked her a tough question during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border? No, that's not true: The reporter, identified in the video making the claim as FOX News White House correspondent Peter Doocy, is an American citizen born in Washington, D.C., and he cannot be deported from the…

    • Jun 27, 2021
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Kamala Harris Did NOT Deport Reporter Who Ambushed Her With Tough Question At The Border No Deportation
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Nancy Pelosi Was Drunk When She Told A Story About A 'Magic Word -- Open Biden'

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    Was Nancy Pelosi drunk on vodka or "losing it" when she declared, "In order to open these doors, we do not say, 'Open Sesame.' We say 'Open Biden'"? No, that's not true: Pelosi staff and family members have publicly declared the House Speaker does not drink alcohol and no publicly available evidence disproves them. The claim, which provides no evidence…

    • Mar 8, 2021
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Prove Nancy Pelosi Was Drunk When She Told A Story About A 'Magic Word -- Open Biden' Not Drunk
  • Fact Check: Crowd Photo Does NOT Show People Gathered At A Trump Rally In Tulsa

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    Was this photo taken outside a rally for Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19 or 20, 2020? No, that's not true: This photo shows the staging area for the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally for POW/MIAs. Pictured is the north parking lot at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, before June 2019. The claim began appearing on social media…

    • Jun 22, 2020
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Crowd Photo Does NOT Show People Gathered At A Trump Rally In Tulsa RollingThunder
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