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“Says Joe Biden said: “If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean, or rose up 300 feet, it wouldn’t matter a whole lot in terms of our interests.”
PolitiFact says: The clips leave out the context of Biden’s remarks, which compared the U.S. interests in Haiti to those in other countries, such as Bosnia, in a discussion about causes for military intervention.
“The GOP-controlled Legislature has "refused to act on at least 150" appointees of Gov. Tony Evers.”
“TV ads targeting Democratic Texas Reps. Filemon Vela, Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar say President Biden's tax plans “could cost your family $6,800.”
FactCheck.org says: The ads cherry-pick data from the pro-business Tax Foundation, citing projections for average statewide tax increases over 10 years; the same analysis shows thousands in average tax cuts in these lawmakers' districts.
“Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”
PolitiFact says: There have been budget fluctuations but funding for these services are higher than they were when Brown took office. Outdoor pools were closed over the summer.
“Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”
“As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”
PolitiFact says: He fairly relayed the findings of a study, but the study had its limits. And other works links fossil fuel-driven climate change to thousands of heat-related deaths.
“Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.”
PolitiFact says: Many Haitians displaced by the 2010 earthquake later migrated to Brazil or Chile to work. When those jobs dried up or conditions worsened, they left and began traveling north toward Mexico.
“Ivermectin apparently sterilizes the majority (85%) of men that take it.”
FactCheck.org says: Dubious claims that ivermectin sterilizes 85% of male users were incorrectly attributed to a questionable 2011 study of the drug’s effect on a small sample of Nigerian men with a disease known as "river blindness."
“Las vacunas contra el covid-19 causan disfunción eréctil”
“The past debt ceiling paid for everything in the Trump administration, plus seven months of this Biden administration.”
“I’m speaking to you as a victim. Virginia simply won’t be safe with four more years of Terry McAuliffe.”
Washington Post says: An emotional campaign ad features a victim complaining of McAuliffe's parole policies -- but her shooter has never been paroled.
“They are increasing the debt ceiling to make room for a $5.5 trillion Democratic Party wish list.”
FactCheck.org says: Democrats and Republicans are once again in a standoff over a looming debt limit crisis. Congress must raise or suspend the limit on federal borrowing soon or the U.S. government won’t be able to pay its bills.
“CDC says expect a polio-like outbreak coming in children in the next four months.”
“Ida was the strongest hurricane to ever strike anywhere in the United States.”
“If the [COVID-19] vaccine works — and they assure us adamantly that it does work and they punish us if we question how well it works — then how can the unvaccinated possibly pose a threat to the vaccinated?”
FactCheck.org says: Vaccines are not 100% effective, so there is a chance that an unvaccinated person could infect a vaccinated person -- particularly the vulnerable, such as elderly and immunocompromised individuals.
“La FDA aprobó los cigarrillos como lo hizo con la vacuna de Pfizer.”
“Photo shows a gravestone in Japan with a QR code.”
“Photo shows Rihanna is pregnant”
PolitiFact says: A photo of Rihanna was altered to make her look pregnant. The same altered image has been shared multiple times in previous years.