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** FactCheck.org's Weekly Update
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December 5, 2020


** FactCheck Posts
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Primer on Trump’s Visit to Georgia ([link removed]) Posted on Saturday, December 5th, 2020
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In advance of President Donald Trump’s visit to Georgia, we recap our fact-checking reports on the Georgia Senate races and Trump’s false, misleading and unfounded statements about alleged election fraud in that state.

Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2020
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The Trump campaign is falsely claiming that a video captured election workers in Georgia adding thousands of illegal ballots that were brought into an Atlanta facility in suspicious “suitcases” on election night.

NRSC’s Dual Attack on Warnock and Ossoff ([link removed]) Posted on Friday, December 4th, 2020
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A TV ad from a Republican group accuses the Democratic candidates in Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections of having “radically dangerous” ideas on the criminal justice system and the environment. But there’s more to their positions than what the ad suggests.

Trump’s ‘Most Important’ Speech Was Mostly False ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
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In what he billed as perhaps “the most important speech I’ve ever made,” President Donald Trump continued his attempt to deceive the American public into believing the election was “rigged.”

Video Doesn’t Show Election Fraud in Georgia ([link removed]) Posted on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
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Conspiracy theorists falsely claimed that a video of an election worker during the Georgia machine recount revealed fraud in the 2020 election. All it showed was an election worker performing a routine part of the process, according to election officials.

A Misleading Dark Money Attack on Ossoff ([link removed]) Posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
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A Republican TV ad falsely suggests that “liberal megadonors” are spending $1 billion in “dark money” to help Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s Senate runoff race. That’s how much multiple experts estimate may be spent on all candidates in both Georgia Senate elections for the entire 2020 campaign.

Trump Repeats Baseless, False Claims About the Election ([link removed]) Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2020
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In his first interview since Election Day, President Donald Trump recapped baseless, false and misleading claims he has made before of a “rigged” election.


** Debunking False Stories
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Flawed Analysis Leads to False Claim of ‘No Excess Deaths’ in 2020 ([link removed]) Posted on Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
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An economics professor’s flawed interpretation of U.S. mortality data has prompted a viral, false claim that COVID-19 hasn’t led to more deaths than normal this year. In fact, multiple analyses have found there to be a higher-than-normal number of deaths during the pandemic — as much as 20%, according to some studies.

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