Tim Walz

Did Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz break the law by helping his son vote? No, that's not true: It is not against state law for a candidate in an election to help a voter who has requested voting assistance at the polls. A representative from the Minnesota secretary of state's office told Lead Stories the restriction had been "struck from the…

Does an online video prove door-to-door canvassers for the Kamala Harris campaign stole mail in Erie, Pennsylvania? No, that's not true: There's nothing in the clip to establish the address, nor that the canvassers deprived the homeowner of their mail. The clip shows a woman wearing a Harris/Walz sticker on her blouse and a "volunteer" lanyard around her neck, accompanied…

Does an authentic video show former Minnesota high school student "Matthew Metro" alleging that Tim Walz sexually assaulted him? No, that's not true: According to multiple AI video and audio detection tools, the video circulating on social media of "Matthew Metro" was AI generated. There's no credible evidence or verified reports supporting the allegation that the Minnesota governor and Democratic…

Did a video show former Republican Vice President Mike Pence endorsing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for the 2024 U.S. presidential elections? No, that's not true: The video was edited to make it sound like Pence endorsed Harris and Walz, the Democratic presidential ticket. In the original footage of Pence's remarks, he stated that he could not vote for Harris…

Did Tim Walz say "We can't have four more years of this" about the Biden-Harris administration? No, that's not true: The full video of his remarks at a campaign rally shows that he was speaking about Donald Trump receiving another four-year term as president. The six-second video posted on social media does not include his mentions of Trump. The longer…

Did Tim Walz's school board meet to discuss any alleged sexual relationship with a male student, as a post by @DocNetyoutube on X claimed? No, that's not true: There's no credible evidence or verified reports that the Alliance Public Schools Board of Education in Nebraska, where Walz taught in the 1990s, ever met to discuss any allegations of sexual abuse…

Do X posts by the account @DocNetyoutube provide screenshots of authentic emails to prove a former student has alleged Tim Walz sexually abused him at a 1995 Indigo Girls concert? No, that's not true: There's strong evidence the screenshots are counterfeit such as inconsistencies in date formats which also don't match the one actually used by Proton, the email provider…

Does the "fine print" on Kamala Harris' plan of $25,000 for first-time homeowners say a person is not eligible if they have a relative who has ever owned a home? No, that's not true: There is no proof that the plan has restrictions on people whose mother, father, brother or sister have ever owned a home. Her campaign website states…

Did Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff get their orders for free from an Arizona cafe, as implied by a video on X? No, that's not true: A cafe manager told Lead Stories that the group's tab was "paid by phone." Furthermore, in the posted video footage, Walz's daughter, Hope Walz, acknowledged the tab, saying,…

Did the Kamala Harris campaign release a video ad depicting a boy in makeup, necklace and dress trashing his home as part of the campaign's efforts to push abortion rights? No, that's not true: The video was produced three years ago for a U.K. home-insurance company's marketing campaign and has nothing to do with Kamala Harris or abortion. The company…