Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@Digger1706 Look: the full quote, as translated by Russian speakers, shows that the reference to the US was a parenthetical part of a sentence about the ouster of Yanukovych. It's wrong. There's a reason Channel 4 deleted. There is no mention of 2020. https://t.co/UJF9RoJa6u — PolitiTweet.org

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@Digger1706 Out of context. Tweet deleted. — PolitiTweet.org

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There are already a bunch of articles claiming Russia’s UN rep just echoed Trump’s lie about the 2020 election, but that didn’t happen; he was talking about ousted former Ukrainian prez Yanukovych. The articles are based on a tweet The Recount has now deleted and apologized for. — PolitiTweet.org

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Like movie ad people, political ad people are good at using quote snippets for their own purposes. It's wise to be wary when you see a "..." in there. — PolitiTweet.org

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Andrew Cuomo has released an ad trying to rehabilitate his image. One of the quotes is "...witness tampering and perjury..." It's attributed to CBS. So did CBS uncover witness tampering and perjury? Nope. It reported that *Cuomo's lawyer alleged* witness tampering and perjury. https://t.co/UPJzWM6NNx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GlennKesslerWP: Dumb @RNCResearch tricks. Anyone watching the video would see this quote is ripped out of context: "I was at the State… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's Biden's public schedule for today. (Public schedules don't include all of a president's activities.) https://t.co/OVM3flRrBc — PolitiTweet.org

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I forgot one I personally wrote last night: Reynolds said “many prominent Democrats still want to defund the police.” You can certainly find some, but the party's Washington leadership, notably including Biden, has repeatedly rejected the idea - Biden again in the SOTU itself. — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans have criticized Klain's October tweet in some fairer ways, but it didn't say what Reynolds suggested in that speech. End of thread. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reynolds said Biden admin says inflation is a “high-class problem,” while she thinks it’s “an everybody problem.” The tweet Klain endorsed wasn’t saying inflation only hits rich people or something; it was saying inflation is a problem of an economy doing well in a bunch of ways. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reynolds said “the Department of Justice treats parents like domestic terrorists.” This is not true. (It’s nonsense that has become a standard GOP talking point, but it’s still baseless.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Reynolds said both Biden and Harris haven’t gone to the border since taking office. That's true of Biden, but not true of Harris. She went in June. — PolitiTweet.org

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And a few fact-check notes about Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' State of the Union response: — PolitiTweet.org

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I'll leave the thread there. Here's a fuller roundup: https://t.co/gbGOWeyywK — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden ad-libbed when describing tax avoidance and said 55 big companies paid no "federal taxes." His prepared text more specified federal "income" taxes. The report's author says it's possible these companies paid other federal taxes, but adds it's not an "egregious" omission. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden said a record number of jobs were added in 2021. Entirely correct, but meaningful comparison is clearly difficult given the context -- the US suddenly lost 22M jobs in March-April 2020, then a hole-filling rebound began in May 2020. We’re still below pre-pandemic levels. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden suggested his plan would “cut energy costs for families an average of $500 a year by combating climate change.” That $500 estimate, from a research firm, is for savings in 2030, not during the next eight years, and requires both significant federal and state action. — PolitiTweet.org

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Touting the infrastructure law, Biden said “we’ll build a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations.” Partly because his proposed $15B allocation ended up as $7.5B in the bill, analysts say it’s not certain that there’s enough to meet the goal anytime soon. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden said as usual that nobody making under $400K will pay a “penny” more in new taxes under his plan. Some analyses say, though, that people under $400,000 would take a hit to after-tax income from Biden’s proposal to hike corporate rates. (We’ll see if that provision passes.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden said Trump's tax cuts “benefited the top 1% of Americans,” not “working people.” While the top 1% got a big chunk of the benefits, a solid majority of people across the spectrum also saved. (Whenever I say this, people tweet “I DIDN'T,” which fine, but broadly people did.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden said gun manufacturers are the only industry “that can’t be sued.” False. While they are shielded from liability over criminal use of guns, they can be and are sued for other reasons. And other companies – notably including vaccine makers – also have liability protections. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's a thread with some fact-check notes about Biden’s State of the Union. — PolitiTweet.org

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(I’ll tweet some highlights tomorrow when people are awake.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s a fact-check look at a bunch of things President Joe Biden said in the State or the Union tonight, plus a few from the Republican response: https://t.co/2FyEaJyjRB — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden has used similar wording at least a few times in office. Here's our April 2021 fact-check on it. https://t.co/c3S80G80Hv — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden is wrong again that gunmakers are "the only industry in America that can’t be sued." 1) They are shielded over misuse of guns, but can be and are sued for other reasons. 2) Other companies - such as vaccine makers - also have liability protections. https://t.co/ojheXcWCcn — PolitiTweet.org

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We'll post a CNN fact-check breakdown of Biden's State of the Union after the address. (We're also posting some items as they're completed on the liveblog here: https://t.co/NF1zJt9hpd) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dpfunke: This image doesn't show Ukraine's first lady on the frontlines fighting Russian troops. It shows a Ukrainian soldier at a mili… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Shayan86: An image showing Ukrainian men holding carboard cutout guns has gone viral in conspiratorial circles, with claims the Ukraine… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @katie_polglase: I fronted a short piece explaining how our team at #CNN is choosing which videos to verify and then how we do it. It’s… — PolitiTweet.org