copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2024-08-05): The Wisconsin Legislature has been the least active full-time state legislative body in the country since states began taking measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a WisPolitics.com review finds. [...] Since Evers first declared a public health emergency due to COVID-19, a quorum of lawmakers has met on the floor just once in each chamber of the GOP-run Wisconsin Legislature. The state Assembly convened in a hybrid virtual/in-person format on April 14 to pass legislation aimed at helping Wisconsin deal with the impact of COVID-19. The Senate met almost entirely online one day later to send the package to Evers’ desk, and the guv signed it into law the same day. [...] After Republican lawmakers sued the Evers administration over an extension of the guv’s stay-at-home order, the state Supreme Court struck down the directive and ruled it should’ve been issued as a rule to give lawmakers oversight of the process.
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2024-03-07): Insurrectionists stormed this very Capitol and placed a dagger at the throat of American democracy.
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2024-01-23): Having hit the wall of Gov. Tony Evers’ veto pen repeatedly in the last year when trying to pass multibillion-dollar tax cuts, Republicans in the state Legislature announced one revised and two recycled alternatives Tuesday, urging the governor to sign on this time. [...] At a brief press conference in the Assembly chamber Tuesday morning, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said that by introducing the measures as individual bills, lawmakers hope to increase the chances that Evers might sign at least one. "We have tried numerous times to reduce taxes, and unfortunately, we have hit a roadblock many times because we put together a comprehensive package. And Gov. Evers has found something to dislike in almost every one of the ideas that we put forward," Vos said. "We are actually putting forward a series of individual bills, allowing Gov. Evers to hopefully sign them all. But worst-case scenario, he can pick several out of the categories of tax relief that we’ll see here today, to be able to sign them into law and give the relief that Wisconsinites need."
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2022-06-21): Wis. Assembly Res. Of Oct. 1, 1969, Special Sess.: The Assembly of the Wisconsin Legislature passed a resolution citing petitioner for contempt and directing his confinement in the Dane County jail for a period of six months or for the duration of the 1969 Regular Session of the legislature, whichever was shorter. [...] Walker v. Whitehead, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 314 (1873)
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2024-03-13): Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican who spearheaded the bill, said Tuesday that he thinks the legislation could withstand a legal challenge because the bill provides "no authority to go after any American company, and there's no authority to go after content."
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2023-08-07): Wisconsin Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy rocketed to public attention in 1950 with his allegations that hundreds of Communists had infiltrated the State Department and other federal agencies. These charges struck a particularly responsive note at a time of deepening national anxiety about the spread of world communism.
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2002-06-28): On the second and fourth Mondays of each month, except during the last six days of a session, a Member who has signed a motion to discharge that has been on the calendar at least seven legislative days may call up the motion. The motion to discharge is debated for 20 minutes, one-half in favor of the proposition and one-half in opposition. [...] The Speaker may postpone a recorded vote on final passage of a bill or resolution, as well as other matters, for up to two legislative days.
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2024-03-19): In their final few months of business, lawmakers approved some significant bills, including redrawing the state’s legislative districts, establishing guaranteed admission to the Universities of Wisconsin for some students and enacting a childcare tax credit. Lawmakers also approved several proposed constitutional amendments, a few of which will go before voters this year. [...] Another bill that took months to take shape was a deal between Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Vos wanted to do away with positions related to DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion. In exchange, he agreed to approve UW staff raises and building projects that were included in the state budget. [...] The typical push-and-pull of divided government doomed many GOP bills, and many Evers initiatives, too. But for the Legislature, there’s another path toward making big changes to public policy, one they took more frequently this session.
Claim: “Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.” (Facebook post, 2020-10-04)
Evidence (2024-06-05): In the following months since the signing of the 2023-25 budget, Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature still have not made the funds available. Republican lawmakers instead insisted on pursuing stand-alone legislation outside of the biennial budget process to govern the distribution of the funds—something the DNR has repeatedly argued is unnecessary given the agency’s existing programs that can be utilized to get these resources to local communities and private well owners. Despite months of negotiation between Gov. Evers and the Republican bill authors to reach bipartisan consensus, Senate Bill (SB) 312 was advanced through the legislative process with controversial "poison pill" provisions designed to benefit polluters that could have functionally given polluters a free pass from cleaning up their own spills and contamination that Gov. Evers and the DNR had insisted was a non-starter from the beginning. SB 312 also would not have released the $125 million as approved through the biennial budget to fight PFAS contamination statewide. In December, after nearly six months of Republican inaction, the governor directed the DNR to submit a Wis. Stat. s. 13.10 request to release the $125 million in approved state funding to ensure impacted communities could work to address contamination and reduce their exposure to PFAS. Unfortunately, Republicans on the JFC still refused to schedule a meeting for the request.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-03): As of July 9, neither President Joe Biden nor his campaign have announced that Biden is exiting the 2024 presidential race. A CNN spokesperson told PolitiFact that CNN did not report on July 3 that Biden was dropping out, or that Hunter Biden would replace him. In a July 8 letter to congressional Democrats and in multiple social media posts, Biden has reiterated that he will continue his reelection bid.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-21): President Joe Biden has announced he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race after mounting calls from Democrats for him to end his reelection bid. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s new nominee. Read the statement here:
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-18): In interviews with CNN, more than two dozen sources familiar with the dynamics inside the West Wing and campaign said there is now widespread acceptance that Biden remaining in the 2024 race is wholly untenable. [...] Ricchetti is more clear-eyed about the challenges facing Biden, two people familiar with the dynamic inside the West Wing said, largely because he remains the point person for lawmakers trying to send a message to the president. Amid a fury of speculation about Biden’s future, senior-most West Wing advisers to Biden told CNN Thursday night that they have had no discussions among themselves – or with Biden – about him dropping out of the presidential race. [...] Unlike on Capitol Hill, where Democratic lawmakers have slowly begun to publicly voice their concerns – so far, 20 House Democrats have come out to call on Biden to drop out – White House and campaign aides have had little choice but to continue doing their day jobs. As Biden and his campaign aides continue to publicly insist that the president is not going anywhere, the mood in many corners of the White House and campaign has been of deep despair.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-21): President Joe Biden has announced he is dropping out of the presidential race after mounting calls from some Democrats for him to end his reelection bid. [...] Biden confident 2024 election will be fair, not so sure it will be peaceful
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-04-17): CNN, Hunter Biden indicted on gun charges, Sept. 15, 2023 CNN, Read: Hunter Biden indictment on gun charges, Sept. 14, 2023 CNN, Hunter Biden’s universe of legal problems, briefly explained, Dec. 8, 2023
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-11): President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, DC on July 10. [...] President Joe Biden and his advisers keep issuing unequivocal declarations that he’s staying in the 2024 race, but Democrats aren’t hearing it. [...] Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon on Wednesday joined the calls for President Joe Biden to step aside from the 2024 campaign, becoming the ninth House Democrat to do so.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-17): Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the most prominent elected Democrat to publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. [...] "While the choice to withdraw from the campaign is President Biden’s alone, I believe it is time for him to pass the torch. And in doing so, secure his legacy of leadership by allowing us to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election," Schiff said in a statement. [...] The Democratic Party remains roiled about the path forward amid fears that, in light of the debate, Biden cannot defeat Trump and he risks taking down-ballot Democrats with him in November. Earlier Wednesday, CNN reported that the Democratic National Committee is moving ahead with its controversial plan to virtually nominate Biden ahead of the Democratic convention in Chicago next month – ignoring the growing calls from some of the party’s elected officials to ditch that strategy given the serious ongoing debate about whether the president should continue to seek a second term.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-08-23): After Biden exited the election July 21, the president threw his support behind Harris, a change that altered dynamics in what surveys show is a very tight race. [...] Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks during a campaign event, in West Hollywood, Calif., June 27, 2024. (AP) [...] Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP)
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-26): President Joe Biden’s stunning decision to drop out of the 2024 race did not have to do with any medical issues, a senior White House official told CNN. [...] The news that Biden is stepping aside from the 2024 campaign is coming as a surprise in real time to many rank-and-file Biden staffers — at both the White House and the presidential campaign. CNN has spoken with multiple staffers who found out when the president posted the letter at 1:46 p.m. ET on X. The announcement was kept extremely close hold, one Biden aide said. [...] Read Biden’s full statement announcing he's dropping out of 2024 presidential race
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-21): Biden meets with Democratic governors, including some who could potentially replace him on the ticket, in a high-stakes White House meeting. Some participants leave frustrated after Biden tells them he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events past 8 p.m. [...] Biden is in Las Vegas for the NAACP convention and sits down with BET News for another interview. Biden tells BET News that only a medical condition would convince him to drop out of the race. [...] Biden’s campaign chair says the president is"absolutely" staying in the 2024 presidential race, despite Biden being more isolated than he’s ever been."Joe Biden is more committed than ever to beat Donald Trump," Jen O’Malley Dillon said on MSNBC.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-03): Since the debate, Biden has faced one of the toughest stretches of his presidency and his reelection campaign is reeling. Campaign officials are scrambling to calm donors who were shocked by Biden’s performance. The White House announced that Biden is expected to meet with Democratic governors and congressional leaders Wednesday after some demanded a meeting with the president. Some officials have been turned off by the Biden campaign’s dismissiveness over their concerns about the president’s health. On Tuesday, a Democratic member of Congress became the first to publicly ask Biden to drop out of the race. [...] "I’m in this race to the end and we’re going to win because when Democrats unite, we will always win. Just as we beat Donald Trump in 2020, we’re going to beat him again in 2024," Biden told his team, according to that source. Harris, who is dismissing calls to replace Biden, told the team that she will follow Biden’s lead.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-02-15): Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump have dropped out of the 2024 presidential race [...] Neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump had dropped out of the 2024 presidential race as of Feb. 15, when the claim was posted. [...] "2024 Presidential Candidate Abruptly DROPS OUT — ‘I’m Done,’" read text above pictures of the two leading candidates: incumbent Democratic President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the current Republican front-runner.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-08): President Joe Biden arrives at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5. More than a handful of House Democratic ranking members told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a Sunday call that President Joe Biden needs to step aside from the 2024 campaign, according to sources familiar with the call. [...] The number of lawmakers who explicitly said Biden should not be the Democratic nominee was greater than the number who spoke up for him to stay, according to the source. Among those who opposed Biden as the nominee were Reps. Mark Takano, Adam Smith, Jim Himes, Joe Morelle, Susan Wild and Jerry Nadler, according to sources familiar with the matter. Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Bobby Scott spoke in support of Biden, according to one of the sources.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-06): It is not unprecedented for an incumbent president to abandon his reelection campaign. But it is rare, and no president until President Joe Biden has been pressured out of a reelection campaign out of concerns about his mental fitness. One warning bell for Democrats who assume that a nominee younger than Biden – he has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris – would do better against former President Donald Trump: Republicans won the two most recent elections in which presidents eligible for reelection bowed out of their campaigns. [...] Biden was never under any real pressure from Democrats to stand down earlier this year, and he faced only token opposition for the Democratic nomination. Nearly all of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to him. In other words, Truman and Johnson both avoided a bruising primary by ending their reelection campaigns. Biden had the Democratic nomination sewn up, and he chose to give it up.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-11): If President Joe Biden decides to drop out of the Democratic Party race, what happens next? [...] If Biden stays in the 2024 presidential contest, most experts agree it would be almost impossible to take the nomination away from him at the convention. [...] In all conceivable scenarios, including the DNC removing Biden, Vice President Harris is the most likely replacement. It is hard to see a political party which depends on female and non-white voters to win, overlooking the first woman or person of colour to serve as US vice president.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-21): Biden’s final decision to leave the race was reached in the last 48 hours, a senior campaign adviser said, as he consulted family and top advisers by telephone. He did not have a final in-person meeting with his top campaign or White House advisers as he recovered from Covid-19 at his beach home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. [...] Biden was initially defiant that he would remain in the race. But as the defections in his base of support continued, and leading Democrats in Congress continued to have difficult conversations with the president about his odds against Trump and the damaging effect he might have on down-ballot Democrats in competitive races, Biden opened himself up more to the idea of dropping out of the race. [...] The attempt on Trump’s life on July 13 briefly stemmed the flow of congressional Democrats calling for Biden to drop out and pulled the national attention away from his faltering presidential campaign. But the reprieve didn’t last long. California Rep. Adam Schiff on July 17 became the first House Democrat to call on Biden to step down since the assassination attempt, and more followed in the ensuing days.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-03): A CNN spokesperson told PolitiFact that CNN did not report on July 3 that Biden was dropping out, or that Hunter Biden would replace him. [...] "Breaking News: After long discussions within the family today, Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden," the post read. "Hunter’s VP will be Jill Biden…" [...] We rate the claim that CNN reported on July 3 that Biden plans to drop out of the 2024 presidential race False.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Return to Transcripts main page Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees Note: This page is continually updated as new transcripts become available. If you cannot find a specific segment, check back later.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-07-12): A claim is doing the rounds on the internet stating that United States President Joe Biden has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by his son, Hunter Biden. What do viral posts say?: An X (formerly Twitter) premium user shared a post on 4 July that said, "Breaking News: After long discussions within the family today, Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden. Hunter's VP will be Jill Biden.." [...] Conclusion: The claim of US President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 Presidential race is false.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-09-05): The stakes are high for Hunter Biden, who was convicted of three gun felonies in June and will be sentenced for those crimes after the election. Most federal cases are resolved with a guilty plea, and it's always possible Hunter Biden opts for a last-minute deal instead of rolling the dice with another trial. Joe Biden has unfettered power to pardon his son or wipe away his sentence if he's convicted in the tax case. The president has repeatedly ruled that out in his public comments, though that was before he dropped out of the 2024 race. [...] Joe Biden has personally ruled out a pardon or commutation, and so have his White House advisers. But that was before he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race.
Claim: CNN reported July 3 that “Joe has decided to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race and will be replaced by Hunter Biden.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-03)
Evidence (2024-06-21): By — Steve Peoples, Associated Press Steve Peoples, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-and-trump-will-face-each-other-at-next-weeks-debate-they-are-preparing-much-differently Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Biden and Trump will face each other at next week’s debate. They are preparing much differently Politics Jun 21, 2024 1:29 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden begins an intense period of private preparations Friday at Camp David for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades. The 81-year-old Democrat’s team is aware he cannot afford an underwhelming performance when he faces Republican rival Donald Trump for 90 minutes on live television June 27. Biden’s team expects aggressive attacks on his physical and mental strength, his record on the economy and immigration and even his family. READ MORE: RFK Jr. fails to qualify for CNN’s debate, setting up showdown between Biden and Trump Trump, 78 and ever confident, will stay on the campaign trail before going to his Florida estate next week for two days of private meetings as part of an informal prep process.