Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Setting aside the political implications of the word "fiat," we found that available evidence supports Rubio’s assessment: Biden’s use of the executive power in his first two days far outpaced that of his predecessors.
Ron Klain, chief of staff to President Joe Biden
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Trump administration planned to get the vaccines developed and then send them to locations chosen by states. States wrote their own plans, and they were responsible for setting up places to get vaccines into arms.
Joe Biden, President
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: President Biden is using a number that is not easily verified — and conflicts with progress shown on Defense Department contracts.
Social media posts
MediaWise rated this: Not Legit
MediaWise says: Because the video was actually filmed in November, long before the events that took place at the Capitol on Jan. 6, we will rate this YouTube video as Not Legit.
Tony Evers, Wisconsin Gov.
PolitiFact rated this: True
Glenn Grothman, U.S. Rep.
PolitiFact rated this: False
L. Lin Wood, Defamation attorney
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Joe Biden is not an “illegal president.” There is no evidence that the military is running the country.
James Tedisco, New York state senator
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: New York has seen significant population losses for a decade, but Tedisco described the one-year loss of 126,000 incorrectly; it refers to overall population loss, not only migration to other states.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Biden in 2006 backed a 700-mile border fence, but also a variety of measures to fight illegal immigration much as he does today, including addressing root causes that lead people to flee their homes to the United States.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Waters in 2018 criticized the Trump administration’s policy that led to the separation of children from their parents at the Mexico border, saying that members of Trump’s Cabinet were “not welcome anymore, anywhere."
TAHO, Facebook page
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The vaccine does protect against COVID-19, which is the disease caused by the coronavirus; Fauci was simply cautioning that it may not prevent someone from contracting the virus.
Ted Cruz, Senator (R-Texas)
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Cruz cited a real estimate of approximately 11,000 jobs, but he left out that they were all temporary.
Rick Scott, Republican senator from Florida
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Paris agreement relies on public reporting, and lacks enforcement teeth, but the same rules apply equally to every country.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context
PolitiFact says: This is not a new pattern under Biden. The number of Chinese incursions into Taiwanese airspace in 2020 — about 380 sorties — was the highest since 1996. That occurred under Trump.
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
Social media posts
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Biden clearly is heard saying "Good-looking Marines."
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Research shows the ingredients in vaccines are not harmful. Also, the two U.S. authorized COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain any of those ingredients.