“Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Joe Biden didn’t act in response to the emergency in Texas.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Ted Cruz tweeted in 2016, "I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“El congelamiento de las turbinas de viento fue el culpable de los apagones en Texas”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Falso
“Face masks have been proven "unsafe" and "ineffective," and cause "facial deformities.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The White House acknowledged that Biden had intended to say that if the minimum wage had been indexed to worker productivity, it would be at $20 an hour today.
“Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Ocasio-Cortez opposed the initial draft of a House resolution, saying it ignored bigotry other than anti-Semitism. She voted for a revised resolution that added condemnations, and it passed by a wide margin.
“Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Under Biden, the State Department says it supports energy infrastructure cooperation among Afghanistan and its neighbors. But experts say they are aware of no tangible assistance from Biden for a pipeline.
“Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Trump didn't leave a fund for farmers. Biden’s nominee for agriculture secretary says Biden would use the fund, in part, to pursue climate change goals by paying incentives to farmers for sustainable farming practices.
“So this shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States of America.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Texas relies almost entirely on fossil fuels — and didn’t prepare its power grid for extreme cold.
“The United States was energy independent in 2019 for the first time since 1957. In just 10 days we are sent back 50 years.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: It’s impossible to say whether the executive orders President Joe Biden signed during his first days in office would reduce current production levels below U.S. consumption needs.
“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Economists across the political spectrum back the idea of hundreds of billions in stimulus, but they don't agree on how big it should be, and many worry about spending too much.
“This is the first time in my career ... that there is a consensus among economists left, right, and center" that "we can’t spend too much" on COVID-19 relief.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
FactCheck.org says: Some center-left economists say the plan may be too large.
“Those who receive the COVID-19 vaccine will face a 1-in-10,000 chance of death”
MediaWise rated this: Not Legit
MediaWise says: According to FDA documents, during the trials, two out of 21,000 trial participants who got the vaccine died. One of those two people died from a heart attack while the other died from arteriosclerosis. However, this do…
“Como me recuperé de covid-19 ya no debo usar mascarilla porque ya no contagio”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Engañoso
“Desde el punto de vista legal, todas las personas aplicando las vacunas [contra el COVID-19] son criminales de guerra”.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Falso
“For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Biden misstated key facts and missed important context about asylum policies. People can apply for asylum only once they are in the United States.
“Kamala Harris ... actually bailed out rioters and one of the rioters went back to the streets and broke somebody’s head open.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: Harris encouraged donations to a Minnesota nonprofit that pays bail for people arrested when protesting against police brutality. We aren't aware of a protester who "broke somebody’s head open" after their bail was paid.