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Checked by PolitiFact29 Aug 2023United StatesElections
Vivek Ramaswamy, GOP presidential candidate

“Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, could have approved the 2020 electoral votes on the condition that Congress pass an overhaul of election law.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: A VP wouldn’t have that power, and the Constitution is clear that counting the electoral votes, not legislation, is the joint session's purpose. Such a divisive proposal wouldn't have gotten the needed Democratic backing

Checked by FactCheck.org25 Aug 2023United StatesHealth
Townhall.com, Conservative website

“The records show [Dr. Francis] Collins and [Dr. Anthony] Fauci got 58 royalty payments for allowing companies to use their COVID-19 vaccines.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: Documents obtained by Open The Books show Fauci and Collins got 58 royalty payments from 2010 to 2021 for their research. Only three of the payments came in 2020 or 2021; the rest were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.