“If the minimum wage was indexed to "inflation, people would be making 20 bucks an hour right now.”
The New York Times rated this: False.
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“Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Head of Pfizer Research: Covid Vaccine is Female Sterilization”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: This false rumor originated with a former Pfizer employee.
“I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: As California attorney general, Xavier Becerra did not initiate a lawsuit against the Little Sisters of the Poor. But after a court allowed the Little Sisters to intervene as a defendant, he continued to litigate.
“I have never sued the nun — any nuns. I have taken on the federal government, but I’ve never sued any affiliation of nuns.”
Washington Post rated this: True
Washington Post says: As California Attorney general, Beccera sued the federal government, not Little Sisters of the Poor, a charity run by Catholic nuns
“Image shows “Earth, Venus and Jupiter as seen from Mars.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The image is from 2012 and was rendered by planetarium software programs.
“In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The bill has about $20 billion directly for vaccines, but as much as $160 billion for direct health impacts of COVID-19. Either is a small slice of the total $1.9 trillion stimulus package.
“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The calendar year figure Cassidy cited includes nearly three months with relatively normal, pre-pandemic economic activity, distorting the budget picture. Officials have already projected bigger fiscal year shortfalls.
“President Joe Biden tweeted, "Black people communicate a certain way and me and my staff know how those kinds of people talk.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Says Joe Biden said a racial slur.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Cotton’s office said he misspoke. Biden’s administration ordered a 100-day deportation pause, but it did not apply to criminals such as murderers, rapists, terrorists or gang members.
“The COVID-19 vaccine could lead to prion diseases, Alzheimer’s, ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Coronavirus vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have not been linked to neurodegenerative or prion diseases.
“Xavier Becerra "never sued any nuns" as California attorney general.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Missing context
“Biden Admin Releasing Illegal Immigrants Into U.S. Without COVID Testing.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: The Biden administration has made no changes to COVID-19 testing policies for either ICE or CBP. But a claim falsely suggests that the administration has stopped testing detained immigrants before they are released.
“Está demostrado que las mascarillas son “peligrosas”, “inefectivas” y que causan “deformidades faciales”.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Las evidencias sobre la eficacia de las mascarillas para ayudar a controlar la propagación del nuevo coronavirus han aumentado desde el inicio de la pandemia.
“HR 1 will allow members of Congress to draw a second salary “worth an estimated $600,000 per year!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The bill does not change existing law that allows non-incumbent candidates to draw a salary from campaign funds. The law is rarely used by candidates.
“If this package was about creating more jobs, why is it that this package spends more than 25 percent, according to the Congressional Budget Office, on items that kill millions of jobs?”
Washington Post rated this: False
Washington Post says: Smith is misinterpreting CBO studies. Only one policy, worth three percent of the cost, is estimated to result in job losses, of just 1.4 million.
“Insulin prices rose “with the swipe of (Joe Biden’s) pen.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The children in federal care were not separated from their parents; they arrived unaccompanied.
“Referring to the refundable child tax credit, "if we get this done, it will cut child poverty in half.”
PolitiFact rated this: Plausible pledge, experts say
PolitiFact says: Experts said the analyses undergirding Biden’s assertion are credible, though it’s worth noting that the drop in child poverty would only last for one year under the current proposal.