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Marjorie Tayor Greene, U.S. Representative

“On the sentencing of the former national leader of the Proud Boys to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol: “We are witnessing a communist takeover of our judicial system to target political enemies and destroy their lives.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Judge Appointed By Trump

FactCheck.org says: Enrique Tarrio was found guilty by a jury, and the judge who sentenced him on Sept. 5 was appointed by former President Donald Trump.

Checked by PolitiFact7 Sep 2023United States
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Former Democratic U.S. Representative and current U.S. Senate candidate in Florida.

“Sen. Rick Scott “wants to … end Social Security and Medicare coverage.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Scott wrote a plan that called for ending all federal laws after 5 years unless Congress renewed. Social Security and Medicare would've been included under the wording, but after criticism he revised it to exclude both.

Social media posts

“Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Genetically modified ticks tied to funding by Bill Gates have so far been researched only in laboratories. They are not the same type of ticks responsible for the rise in the U.S. in alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy.