Latest Fact-checks Jon Stewart stated on July 16, 2024 in TV appearance: Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’” Kari Lake stated on July 16, 2024 in in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee: “Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.” Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a post: The Secret Service staged the July 13 shooting at Trump rally. X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a video: Video shows Donald Trump sleeping at the Republican National Convention’s first night. Threads posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows that two days after former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, the top part of his ear “grew back.” Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Instagram posts: The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.” Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in social media posts: Photos show former President Donald Trump golfing after being shot. Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2024 in an Instagram post: Switzerland banned mammograms. Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post on Threads: Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.” Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.” Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.” X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in X posts: Video shows Trump gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks yelling “slash Republican throats” Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post: Photo shows Barron Trump on July 13, 2024, at Butler, Pennsylvania, rally. Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post: Thomas Crooks “was a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton and Biden.” Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Threads posts: Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt. X posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en X: Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania. Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in una publicación en redes sociales: Estas imágenes muestran a Thomas Matthew Crooks, el sospechoso del tiroteo en el mitin de Donald Trump. Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in a July 14, 2024, post: A photo from viral social media posts shows Trump rally shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks. Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts: Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Instagram posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: “El que disparo Donald Trump, Mark Violets ha sido asesinado.” Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Butler Police confirm the shooter’s name is Mark Violets. He is a known Antifa extremist.” Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Threads post: “Trump rally shooter has been identified as 32-year-old California resident, Hank Pecker.” Joe Biden stated on May 16, 2024 in News release: "The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn." Threads posts stated on July 7, 2024 in a Threads post: "Project 2025 eliminates OSHA and overtime wages.” Donald Trump stated on June 8, 2024 in a Truth Social post: Lower insulin prices were the work of the Trump administration, not “Crooked Joe Biden. He had NOTHING to do with it.” Social Media stated on July 11, 2024 in social media posts: BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].” D.L. Hughley stated on July 7, 2024 in a post: “Anyone on Social Security or Disability should know, Project 2025 totally eliminates all benefits.” Threads posts stated on July 8, 2024 in a Threads post: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. Instagram posts stated on July 9, 2024 in an Instagram video: CNN producer “caught on hot mic” commenting on Maxine Waters’ “wig problem.”
Jon Stewart stated on July 16, 2024 in TV appearance: Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’” Kari Lake stated on July 16, 2024 in in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee: “Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.” Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a post: The Secret Service staged the July 13 shooting at Trump rally. X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a video: Video shows Donald Trump sleeping at the Republican National Convention’s first night. Threads posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows that two days after former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, the top part of his ear “grew back.” Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Instagram posts: The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.” Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in social media posts: Photos show former President Donald Trump golfing after being shot. Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2024 in an Instagram post: Switzerland banned mammograms. Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post on Threads: Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.” Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.” Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.” X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in X posts: Video shows Trump gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks yelling “slash Republican throats” Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post: Photo shows Barron Trump on July 13, 2024, at Butler, Pennsylvania, rally. Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post: Thomas Crooks “was a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton and Biden.” Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Threads posts: Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt. X posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en X: Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania. Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.” Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in una publicación en redes sociales: Estas imágenes muestran a Thomas Matthew Crooks, el sospechoso del tiroteo en el mitin de Donald Trump. Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in a July 14, 2024, post: A photo from viral social media posts shows Trump rally shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks. Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts: Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Instagram posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: “El que disparo Donald Trump, Mark Violets ha sido asesinado.” Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Butler Police confirm the shooter’s name is Mark Violets. He is a known Antifa extremist.” Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Threads post: “Trump rally shooter has been identified as 32-year-old California resident, Hank Pecker.” Joe Biden stated on May 16, 2024 in News release: "The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn." Threads posts stated on July 7, 2024 in a Threads post: "Project 2025 eliminates OSHA and overtime wages.” Donald Trump stated on June 8, 2024 in a Truth Social post: Lower insulin prices were the work of the Trump administration, not “Crooked Joe Biden. He had NOTHING to do with it.” Social Media stated on July 11, 2024 in social media posts: BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].” D.L. Hughley stated on July 7, 2024 in a post: “Anyone on Social Security or Disability should know, Project 2025 totally eliminates all benefits.” Threads posts stated on July 8, 2024 in a Threads post: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. Instagram posts stated on July 9, 2024 in an Instagram video: CNN producer “caught on hot mic” commenting on Maxine Waters’ “wig problem.”
Jon Stewart stated on July 16, 2024 in TV appearance: Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”
Kari Lake stated on July 16, 2024 in in a speech at RNC in Milwaukee: “Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”
Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a post: The Secret Service staged the July 13 shooting at Trump rally.
X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a video: Video shows Donald Trump sleeping at the Republican National Convention’s first night.
Threads posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows that two days after former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, the top part of his ear “grew back.”
Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Instagram posts: The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.”
Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in social media posts: Photos show former President Donald Trump golfing after being shot.
Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post on Threads: Trump campaign rally gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was “arrested more than once.”
Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post: A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.”
Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.”
X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in X posts: Video shows Trump gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks yelling “slash Republican throats”
Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post: Photo shows Barron Trump on July 13, 2024, at Butler, Pennsylvania, rally.
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a post: Thomas Crooks “was a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton and Biden.”
Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in Threads posts: Photo shows Secret Service agents smiling while escorting Donald Trump offstage after assassination attempt.
X posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en X: Donald Trump escenificó el tiroteo en su mitin en Butler, Pensilvania.
Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media: “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”
Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in una publicación en redes sociales: Estas imágenes muestran a Thomas Matthew Crooks, el sospechoso del tiroteo en el mitin de Donald Trump.
Social Media stated on July 14, 2024 in a July 14, 2024, post: A photo from viral social media posts shows Trump rally shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts: Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Instagram posts stated on July 13, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram: “El que disparo Donald Trump, Mark Violets ha sido asesinado.”
Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Butler Police confirm the shooter’s name is Mark Violets. He is a known Antifa extremist.”
Threads posts stated on July 13, 2024 in a Threads post: “Trump rally shooter has been identified as 32-year-old California resident, Hank Pecker.”
Joe Biden stated on May 16, 2024 in News release: "The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn."
Threads posts stated on July 7, 2024 in a Threads post: "Project 2025 eliminates OSHA and overtime wages.”
Donald Trump stated on June 8, 2024 in a Truth Social post: Lower insulin prices were the work of the Trump administration, not “Crooked Joe Biden. He had NOTHING to do with it.”
Social Media stated on July 11, 2024 in social media posts: BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].”
D.L. Hughley stated on July 7, 2024 in a post: “Anyone on Social Security or Disability should know, Project 2025 totally eliminates all benefits.”
Threads posts stated on July 8, 2024 in a Threads post: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes.
Instagram posts stated on July 9, 2024 in an Instagram video: CNN producer “caught on hot mic” commenting on Maxine Waters’ “wig problem.”