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“If you look at the CBO numbers, if you look at the big numbers, they say that people are going to lose insurance, about 5 million of those are people who have other insurance. They’re people who have two types of insurance. And so, therefore, if they lose one, they’re still insured.”

FactCheck.org says: He exaggerated the number who the CBO said would still retain health coverage under a House version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and his remark may leave the mistaken impression that he was addressing the CBO’s es…

“China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”

PolitiFact says: China has about 44% of the world’s wind farm capacity, ranking No. 1 globally and almost tripling what the U.S. has.

“Removing a known neurotoxin from being injected into our most vulnerable populations is a good place to start with Making America Healthy Again.”

FactCheck.org says: While at higher doses thimerosal can be harmful, there isn’t evidence that in the small amounts in vaccines thimerosal poses any safety risk, other than rare allergic reactions or temporary redness, swelling or itchines…

“Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.”

“President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”

PolitiFact says: Some of the law’s provisions benefitting taxpayers of ordinary means — including tax cuts for tipped and overtime income — are set to expire in 2028. But several of the bill’s other key elements are permanent and affect…

“The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”

“The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.”

“The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”

PolitiFact says: As a 2024 candidate, Donald Trump promised to end the taxation of Social Security. Both the House and Senate versions of his "Big Beautiful Bill" would cut taxes for many Social Security beneficiaries, but they would no…

“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’”

“If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, "hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year.”

PolitiFact says: The analysis is based on the White House’s projections about how the bill will boost the economy. But independent groups project much smaller economic gains from the bill, and a much more limited boost to take-home pay.

“New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.”

“Suggests hepatitis B vaccination at birth might not be "wise," since the virus is "primarily spread by sexual activity and intravenous drug use.”

FactCheck.org says: Babies and children can contract hepatitis B during birth or from caregivers, and the vaccine is safe and highly effective. There is no safety reason to delay vaccination.

“BREAKING NEWS: Dolly Parton announces her refusal to celebrate Pride Month in June.”

“It was my great honor to Destroy All [of Iran's] Nuclear facilities & capability.”

FactCheck.org says: U.S. strikes didn’t completely destroy the sites or Iran’s nuclear capabilities, according to experts we spoke with and a classified U.S. intelligence report.

“The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients.”

“We’ve taken in $88 billion in tariffs in two months. $88 billion with no inflation.”

FactCheck.org says: The U.S. has collected more than $80 billion in tariff revenue for the current fiscal year – but not for any two-month period in that time. Economists predict that higher tariffs will increase inflation in the coming mo…

“Image shows accused shooter Vance Boelter wearing a “Resist” shirt.”

“On federalizing the National Guard in Los Angeles: “The head of the police in Los Angeles ... he was actually saying we really did need this help. It had gotten away from them. It had long gotten away, and we gave it to him.”

FactCheck.org says: That's not what Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said. On the third day of protests, McDonnell did say his city police officers were “overwhelmed as far as the number of people out there engaged in this type of ac…

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel “has been plagued with persistent conflicts of interest and has become little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine.”

FactCheck.org says: There's no evidence of problematic conflicts of interest or that the group inadequately scrutinizes vaccines.

“The suspect in the Minnesota lawmakers’ shootings was driven by “Marxist” ideology.”

PolitiFact says: Available evidence doesn’t support Sen. Mike Lee’s assertion that Vance Boelter was driven to attack Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota because of his “Marxist” ideology. People who knew Boelter said he was politically r…