Our latest quarterly report on various statistical indicators comes less than three weeks before Election Day.
Issues: Guns
FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Biden’s Numbers, July 2024 Update
FactChecking Biden’s State of the Union
Biden’s Numbers, January 2024 Update
Biden’s Numbers, October 2023 Update
Biden’s Numbers, July 2023 Update
Posts Misleadingly Equate Gun Case Against Hunter Biden With Rapper Kodak Black
Hunter Biden, who has no prior criminal history, has reached a plea deal that would avoid jail time for a gun-related charge. Some conservative commentators claim the president’s son is getting special treatment, misleadingly equating his case with one involving a rapper who had a criminal record before getting a 46-month sentence for two gun-related charges.
Biden’s Numbers, April Update
Posts Mislead on Rules for Guns at NRA Convention, Utah GOP Event
The three-day National Rifle Association convention in Indianapolis allowed attendees to carry firearms, except for a two-hour period when former President Donald Trump and other leaders spoke in a hall secured by the Secret Service. Yet, social media posts from a Democratic advocacy group misleadingly claimed that “guns were BANNED at the NRA convention.”