“Will Smith slapped Chris Rock “to take attention away from Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Worldwide data has confirmed the vaccinated are developing COVID vaccine-induced Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“You go to a store, they don’t have bread.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: At the height of the supply chain problem, some stores did not have bread, but today, stores have plenty.
“Biden told the press "I'm not gonna take any questions because I think it's inappropriate”
MediaWise rated this: Mostly Not Legit
MediaWise says: While the president did say this, the video in the tweet was intentionally edited to remove the end of his sentence that clarified why he thought taking questions was inappropriate. The president didn’t say that taking …
“David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: A Pennsylvania firm once run by U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick cut 50 jobs in 2003. The same year, the company announced plans to open a center in India. But there’s no proof he “bragged” about offshoring the jobs.
“Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Hunter Biden’s Rosemont Seneca investment fund financed the Pentagon’s military biological program in Ukraine.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Hunter Biden had no role in the labs, which are not for bioweapons
“Medicare goes bankrupt in four years. Social Security goes bankrupt in 12 years.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: Bankruptcy claims could leave the wrong impression. Government trustees project that certain Medicare and Social Security trust funds would become depleted by then, but payments would continue, albeit at a reduced rate.
“New York state has already lost 99% of its historic freshwater wetlands.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Ryan’s office acknowledged that they had mistakenly used the figure for New York City and they changed the figure to 60% after we inquired. That data is 30 years old, but experts say it's still probably in the ballpark.
“Primeras declaraciones de Chris Rock después del incidente con Will Smith en los premios Oscar! Me siento muy apenado por el desafortunado incidente con Will, a quien respeto y admiro mucho. Quiero pedir una disculpa a Jaida su esposa, por el desafortunado comentario que hice y quisiera aprovechar este medio para limar asperezas con ambos…”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: State officials in Georgia – Republicans – certified the results of the 2020 presidential election and the 2021 Senate runoffs. Perdue conceded days after his January 2021 loss.
“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Space Foundation removed Yuri Gagarin’s name from an event after it received anti-Russian comments online. The group didn't revoke any formal honors from the cosmonaut or remove celebrations of him from the event.
“A video shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy singing “Imagine” by John Lennon.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Es auténtico el video de un ataque al centro urbano de la ciudad ucraniana de Járkov que circula en Twitter”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Auténtico
“The United Nations sent out an email instructing staff not to use the words “invasion” or “war’” when referring to Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: A regional UN office sent an email instructing staff to not use “invasion” or “war” when describing the Ukraine conflict. But officials later said the message went to a small number of people and isn't official policy.
“A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A window decal in a shot up Uber vehicle was from West Virginia. But that doesn't mean the car itself wasn't in Ukraine — the video of the car was recorded in Irpin, Ukraine.
“Deceased Ukrainian fighter pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko was the “Ghost of Kyiv.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Col. Oleksandr “Grey Wolf” Oksanchenko, a decorated Ukrainian pilot, was killed in combat on Feb. 25. But there is no conclusive evidence to prove that Oksanchenko was the Ghost of Kyiv.
“It was Republicans who nominated the 1st Black woman to the SCOTUS & she was BLOCKED & filibustered by … Joe Biden.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The Facebook post says Judge Janice Rogers Brown was the first Black woman nominated to SCOTUS. Republicans did not nominate former Judge Janice Rogers Brown to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Joe Biden was holding a medical device in a photo he tweeted during the 2022 Winter Olympics.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden was not holding a medical alert device in a photo he took with first lady Jill Biden. It was a black COVID-19 face mask.
“Ketanji Brown Jackson has "a weak record — defund police, abolish ICE and now a completely open border policy.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: We found no evidence that Jackson has stated support for defunding the police, abolishing ICE, or open borders.