Pennsylvania PolitiFact assesses the accuracy of statements by elected officials, political candidates, and other public figures in Pennsylvania.
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X posts stated on April 18, 2024 in an X post Video shows hecklers April 16 booing Joe Biden’s motorcade in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Instagram posts stated on April 3, 2024 in Instagram posts More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas. Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2024 in a Facebook post Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in the 2020 presidential election. Instagram posts stated on February 14, 2024 in an Instagram post Protestors yelled “F--- Joe Biden” as the president arrived in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Donald Trump stated on January 2, 2024 in a Truth Social post "In actuality, there is no evidence Joe Biden won” the 2020 election, citing a report’s allegations from five battleground states. Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2023 in an Instagram post On Nov. 7, 2023, Pennsylvania voting machines were “flipping votes,” which is evidence of “election fraud.” Viral image stated on October 17, 2023 in an Instagram post Video shows University of Pennsylvania students chanting, “We want Jewish genocide.” Donald Trump stated on June 19, 2023 in an interview on Fox News In 2020 the ballots that were counted "were fake ballots." Viral image stated on November 14, 2022 in an Instagram post No, the Pennsylvania Senate race wasn’t ‘rigged’ Viral image stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post Video shows a Philadelphia poll worker committing election fraud. Viral image stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post When 36% of the vote was in, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro had 370,706 votes and 56.6% of the vote while Doug Mastriano had 844,669 and 41.6%. Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in a post The number of followers John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz have on Instagram proves the Pennsylvania Senate race was illegitimate. Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post A “dead man on the ballot” is evidence the Democrats cheated in the election. Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post Map proves the Pennsylvania Senate election was rigged. Viral image stated on November 8, 2022 in an Instagram post “Pennsylvania judge allows ballots to count that are received up until November 14th.” Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in an Instagram post John Fetterman “is suing for the right to cheat and steal the election.” Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2022 in Instagram/Truth Social posts “So the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled, in effect, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.” Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2022 in a Facebook post “Pennsylvania is under a court order to count their ballots on election day and not after!!” Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2022 in a Truth Social post "Over 240,000 'unverified' ballots have already been sent out in Pennsylvania, a total mess. The Democrats are playing games again.” Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2022 in a screenshot shared on Instagram Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots. Load more
X posts stated on April 18, 2024 in an X post Video shows hecklers April 16 booing Joe Biden’s motorcade in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Instagram posts stated on April 3, 2024 in Instagram posts More than 2 million people registered to vote so far this year without photo ID in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2024 in a Facebook post Donald Trump won Pennsylvania in the 2020 presidential election.
Instagram posts stated on February 14, 2024 in an Instagram post Protestors yelled “F--- Joe Biden” as the president arrived in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump stated on January 2, 2024 in a Truth Social post "In actuality, there is no evidence Joe Biden won” the 2020 election, citing a report’s allegations from five battleground states.
Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2023 in an Instagram post On Nov. 7, 2023, Pennsylvania voting machines were “flipping votes,” which is evidence of “election fraud.”
Viral image stated on October 17, 2023 in an Instagram post Video shows University of Pennsylvania students chanting, “We want Jewish genocide.”
Donald Trump stated on June 19, 2023 in an interview on Fox News In 2020 the ballots that were counted "were fake ballots."
Viral image stated on November 14, 2022 in an Instagram post No, the Pennsylvania Senate race wasn’t ‘rigged’
Viral image stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post Video shows a Philadelphia poll worker committing election fraud.
Viral image stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post When 36% of the vote was in, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro had 370,706 votes and 56.6% of the vote while Doug Mastriano had 844,669 and 41.6%.
Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in a post The number of followers John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz have on Instagram proves the Pennsylvania Senate race was illegitimate.
Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post A “dead man on the ballot” is evidence the Democrats cheated in the election.
Instagram posts stated on November 9, 2022 in an Instagram post Map proves the Pennsylvania Senate election was rigged.
Viral image stated on November 8, 2022 in an Instagram post “Pennsylvania judge allows ballots to count that are received up until November 14th.”
Instagram posts stated on November 8, 2022 in an Instagram post John Fetterman “is suing for the right to cheat and steal the election.”
Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2022 in Instagram/Truth Social posts “So the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled, in effect, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.”
Facebook posts stated on November 2, 2022 in a Facebook post “Pennsylvania is under a court order to count their ballots on election day and not after!!”
Donald Trump stated on October 28, 2022 in a Truth Social post "Over 240,000 'unverified' ballots have already been sent out in Pennsylvania, a total mess. The Democrats are playing games again.”
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2022 in a screenshot shared on Instagram Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots.
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