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“We don’t have an Iron Dome in this country, yet, we’re vulnerable to nuclear missile attacks any given day.”
PolitiFact says: The US military is actually spending funds on the tech and using Iron Dome defenses in limited ways. But because the US is larger and doesn’t have the same threats from its, the technology is less useful here.
“A meme that reads “FLU SHOT INGREDIENTS” lists many substances including “antifreeze,” “cow muscle tissue” and “monkey kidney cells.”
FactCheck.org says: Most substances are not present, and the ones that are aren’t dangerous.
“Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
PolitiFact says: Inflation has outpaced wages for most of Biden’s tenure in office. Wages did outpace inflation for Biden’s first three months, as well as over the past four months, as inflation has receded.
“Steve Scalise has ties to white supremacists”
“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”
PolitiFact says: Terrorism experts say there is no proof that Hamas militants have been "pouring" across the U.S. southern border, and the Department of Homeland Security said there's no intelligence to back up the claim.
“Ukraine military ordered all women ages 18 to 60 to “report for duty” as of Oct. 1.”
FactCheck.org says: Ukraine began requiring women with medical and pharmaceutical backgrounds to register for the military on Oct. 1, not all women.
“White House document shows President Joe Biden authorized an additional $8 billion in military aid to Israel.”
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. provides $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel annually. But social media posts are sharing a doctored “memorandum” that falsely purports to show an additional $8 billion was approved Oct. 7.
“Derrick Van Orden is one of the only members of Congress who participated in the deadly January 6th insurrection. He now serves in the building he tried to burn down.”
“Este video muestra un "ataque de Israel a Palestina".”
“President Joe Biden is “funding every angle of this conflict” between Hamas and Israel.”
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. does supply military aid to Israel, but it has supplied only humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza, not military aid to Hamas.
“Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”
PolitiFact says: No taxpayer dollars were included in the $6 billion in a U.S.-Iran hostage negotiation deal. It was entirely money that South Korea paid to Iran for oil.
“The U.S. is sending $8 billion worth of military aid to Israel.”
PolitiFact says: A document claiming to show President Joe Biden authorizing the drawdown of $8 billion worth of military aid to Israel is altered.
“Video shows pro-Palestine march in Chicago on Oct. 8.”
PolitiFact says: Videos circulating on social media purport to show an Oct. 8, 2023, protest with a crowd marching in Chicago and chanting, "free Palestine," but they are from May 2021.
“1,609 scientists signed a declaration saying “There is no climate emergency.”
PolitiFact says: Among the 1,609 signatories, not all were scientists. There is wide consensus among climate scientists, scientific associations and institutions that climate change is real.
“E. Gordon Gee’s university projects have increased “WVU’s debt load by 55%.”
PolitiFact says: The actual rise in West Virginia University debt attributable to President E. Gordon Gee is about 34%, not 55%. Some of the increase during his presidency stems from debt the university took on before Gee took office.