On Day 1, Republicans made numerous false and misleading claims on tax cuts, the economy, immigration and COVID-19, among other topics.
Republican Convention Opening Night
Person: Donald Trump
Trump Touts Misleading and Flawed Excess Mortality Statistic
On six separate occasions, President Donald Trump has claimed that Europe’s excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic is 33% to 40% higher than America’s. But that’s only possible when cherry-picking numbers or ignoring Europe’s larger population.
Trump’s Talking Points
A compendium of the president’s falsehoods and factual distortions that may be repeated during the convention.
Final Night of the Democratic Convention
We provide context to some of Joe Biden’s claims in his speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination.
Democratic Convention Night 3
There was news: Sen. Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination. But there was little to fact-check.
Democratic Convention Night 2
We found few factual distortions on the night Joe Biden officially became the party’s presidential nominee.
Tweet, Shared by Trump, Misrepresents Photo as ‘Mail-in Voting’ Protest
A photo taken at a Black Lives Matter protest in June is now being shared on social media, including by President Donald Trump, with the false claim that it shows a recent rally in Seattle to “demand mail-in voting.”
Viral Chart Distorts Human Trafficking Statistics
A popular bar graph on social media claims to show that the number of human trafficking arrests skyrocketed under President Donald Trump, compared to those under former President Barack Obama. But the chart misleads by using cherry-picked and, in some cases, faulty numbers.
Trump Campaign Exaggerates Potential for Mail-In Voting Fraud After Election
The Trump campaign claims there’s a potential for “massive fraud” in Nevada because the Postal Service doesn’t postmark the state’s prepaid return ballot envelopes. That’s false. USPS policy is to postmark all ballots.
Trump Proves Biden Right on USPS Funding, Mail-In Ballots
In late June, Joe Biden claimed President Donald Trump “wants to cut off money for the post office so they cannot deliver mail-in ballots.” At the time, we wrote that Biden had no evidence of Trump’s ulterior motive — but now he does.