Checked elsewhere

Checks published by other fact-checking organisations. We did not do these checks. Each one names who did, shows their rating in their own words, and links to their full article.

Their rating
Mark Meadows, Former White House chief of staff

“The 10,000 National Guard troops that he wanted to make sure that everything was safe and secure. … Obviously having those National Guards available, actually the reason they were able to respond when they did, was because President Trump had actually put them on alert.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: Trump made an offhand comment. He did not issue an order.

Checked by PolitiFact13 Dec 2021United StatesHealth
Social media posts

“Deaths from vaccines have totaled 1,621 from Johnson & Johnson, 4,799 from Moderna, 13,039 from Pfizer and 73 from unknown vaccines. And this is an undercount because “only 1% of deaths are reported.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: This post cites the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which the CDC and FDA warn cannot be used on its own to verify if a vaccine has caused an event. It accepts reports before verifying them for accuracy.