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Checked by FactCheck.org17 Nov 2021United States
Karen Bass, U.S. Representative

“Here, you have a 17-year-old boy [Kyle Rittenhouse] who was driven by his mother across state lines with an automatic weapon — frankly, she should have been detained for child endangerment.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: According to court testimony and police records, Kyle Rittenhouse drove himself from Antioch, Illinios, to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the rifle he used to kill two men at a protest was being kept at a friend's house.

Checked by PolitiFact17 Nov 2021United StatesCrime and security
Social media posts

“Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: Two people were killed and a third was wounded in the shooting involving Rittenhouse during a protest in Kenosha, Wis. No one died in the Texas school shooting involving Simpkins that left three people wounded.

Checked by PolitiFact16 Nov 2021United StatesEconomy and jobs
John Barrasso, U.S. Senator, R-Wyo.

“Under the Democrats’ Build Back Better bill, “the experts are telling us that 30% of middle class Americans will end up paying higher taxes” while giving “a tax break to two-thirds of the millionaires in America.”

PolitiFact rated this: Needs context

PolitiFact says: The impact would be small in dollar and percentage terms, and they would result from the murky, indirect impact of a corporate tax hike, not a direct tax visible on a return or paystub.

Checked by PolitiFact12 Nov 2021United States
Social media posts

“Joe Biden referring to Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige as ‘the great negro at the time’ sounds just as terrible as you'd think it would. YIKES.”

PolitiFact rated this: Missing context.

PolitiFact says: As he began to describe Paige as a great pitcher in the Negro Leagues and in Major League Baseball, Biden used the phrase “the great Negro,” but then corrected himself to describe Paige as a great Negro Leagues pitcher.