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Can’t tell40% confidence4 sourcesOct 23, 2026Heather Langley, who used Scott Presler's address for voter registration, voted in Florida in 2020 and in April 2025.Said by AThe claim departs from the passage: the post refers only to an unnamed "consultant" who voted in Florida in 2020 and April 2025, and the name Heather Langley is supplied by outside reporting, not the post. Sources do substantively support the facts about Langley (Florida votes in 2020 and April 2025, and use of Presler's Pennsylvania address), but under the extraction-fidelity rule the verdict is unverifiable.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell50% confidence3 sourcesOct 23, 2026In July 2024, Scott Presler accused a Pennsylvania homeless shelter of allowing more than 500 people to use its address to vote.Said by AThe claim departs from the passage: the post says only "In July" and gives no year, so the added "July 2024" is not in the post. Sources confirm Presler publicly attacked a Pennsylvania homeless shelter over 500 registered voters at a 100-bed shelter, but the sources place that in July of the post's own year (2026) and do not establish the 2024 date.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell30% confidence7 sourcesOct 23, 2026America is facing six threats: false peace, open borders, socialism, the war on the family and the sanctity of life, the persecution of the church, and the rise of Islam and anti-Semitism.Said by BThe claim is the speaker's opinion that America faces six greatest threats, which is a characterization rather than a checkable fact, and no source evaluates whether these are threats. The extraction is faithful to the post, which also says 'six'; the sources' book listing and video describe the same series as 'seven' greatest threats, but that only shows a different count in a promotional product, not a factual error by the claimant.Can’t tell30% confidence3 sourcesOct 23, 2026Scott Presler spends limited time at his Beaver County home.Said by AThe claim is a hedged inference that the post attributes to Hartnett ('appears to spend limited time'), and the extracted claim drops that qualifier. No source measures how much time Presler spends at the Beaver County home. Sources show he bought the home, voted there, and is described as residing there, and one notes a Virginia family home on campaign filings, but none establishes limited time there.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell30% confidence3 sourcesOct 16, 2026The Scared Stiff program in Fresno County included a two-hour class at the county medical examiner's office and the viewing of Red Asphalt videos.Said by AThe only relevant source, an NHTSA case study on Fresno's Scared Stiff program, describes an information session with inspirational speakers but does not mention a county medical examiner's office, a two-hour class, or Red Asphalt videos. The other sources concern unrelated topics, so the sources neither confirm nor refute the specific details.

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