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“Anti-vaccine rhetoric has never been a part of my message.”

FactCheck.org says: Means has made numerous public statements discouraging or questioning vaccines that have included incorrect or misleading information.

“After the June 2025 U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, “they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program.”

FactCheck.org says: Arms control experts told us that last year’s bombing set back Iran’s nuclear program and there’s a lack of evidence that the country was rebuilding it.

“There is no history … that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change. In fact, there's not a single example of it in the entirety of American history.”

PolitiFact says: Although some U.S. airstrikes have helped improve political conditions, experts said airstrikes alone are generally not enough to bring about regime change. Usually, airstrikes combined with ground troops have a better …

“An audio clip reveals a Jeffrey Epstein victim’s account of abuse by the Clintons.”

“Nearly 27% of all homes sold in the first quarter of 2025 were bought by investors.”

PolitiFact says: This percentage is credible for new sales, but the talking point exaggerates the overall share of housing in investors’ hands and who owns them. Data shows that small-scale, "mom and pop" investors account for a far gre…

“American oil production is up by more than 600,000 barrels a day.”

FactCheck.org says: As of November, U.S. crude oil production had increased to an average of more than 13.6 million barrels per day in Trump’s first full 10 months in the White House, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Energy …

“Under Biden and his corrupt partners in Congress and beyond, it reached a breaking point […], open borders for everyone. They poured in by the millions and millions from prisons, from mental institutions. They were murderers, 11,888 murderers.”

“We now are paying the lowest price anywhere in the world for drugs.”

FactCheck.org says: Trump’s deals with certain pharmaceutical companies may have lowered drug prices for some consumers buying certain drugs, but there's no guarantee of savings for Americans in general nor evidence Americans are generally…

“The Epstein files “expose Ellen DeGeneres” as a cannibal.”

“New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.”

PolitiFact says: Federal data from November 2025 shows that this is correct for residential and commercial users. Costs for industrial and transportation users were also above the national average, but not as dramatically. New York’s el…

“Said she has led the House effort to build a large Micron semiconductor facility near Syracuse.”

PolitiFact says: In 2022, Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, which eventually provided billions of dollars in federal support for a large Micron plant north of Syracuse. In 2025, she cosponsored a bill…

“The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years.”

PolitiFact says: Murders, overall violent crime and property crime are at their lowest rates in decades, but it’s unclear whether they are at record lows going back 125 years.

“Under the Biden administration, America was plagued by the nightmare of stagflation, meaning low growth and high inflation, a recipe for misery, failure and decline.”

FactCheck.org says: Economic experts told us that federal data do not support Trump’s claim that there was economic “stagflation” during the Biden administration. Inflation was high during much of Joe Biden’s presidency, but economic growt…

“A viral image on X of Bad Bunny with more than 960.000 views shows the singer wearing a dress featuring the colors of the transgender pride flag while burning a U.S. flag with a lighter. The image was spread on other social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram as well.”

“An image shows Bad Bunny wearing a dress and burning the U.S. flag.”

“We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we've ever had before.”

PolitiFact says: Factory construction remains at a high level compared with recent history, but most of the increase came under President Joe Biden, and there are signs that that boom has faded under President Donald Trump. Analysts sai…

“An image shows Jeffrey Epstein “still alive and walking the streets of Tel Aviv,” Israel.”

“[I]n one year I’ve slashed our gaping trade deficit by a staggering 77%.”

FactCheck.org says: During Trump's first full 10 months in office, the U.S. trade deficit in goods and services decreased 3.9% compared to the same period in 2024. Trump appears to get a 77% reduction by comparing January 2025 and October …

“The science was clear enough on proteins that we should dramatically increase our input of proteins.”

FactCheck.org says: Many Americans are already consuming protein within the new, relatively high, recommended range. There’s some uncertainty about how much protein people should consume for optimal health. Multiple factors affect protein …

“Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”

PolitiFact says: About 28% of Somalis in Minnesota aren’t working — a far lower percentage than President Donald Trump cited, and a smaller share than for Minnesotans overall. About 9 in 10 Somalis receive some form of public assistance…