“If the president had done his job, had done his job from the beginning, all the people would still be alive. All the people. I'm not making this up. Just look at the data.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Joe Biden quiere terminar con la elección de escuelas”
Noticias Telemundo rated this: Falso
“Joe Biden tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The Trump ad takes an old Biden clip out of context. Then it claims Biden has promised something — but there is no such promise.
“KXL Radio in Portland reported that Firefighters are now being shot at by suspected Antifa and BLM Members”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“Last year alone, 10 million fell ill from TB and 1.5 million died. ... Why don’t we wear masks for TB?”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The numbers are accurate, but the post’s conclusions are misleading. TB isn’t prevalent in the United States, but in countries where it is prevalent, mask wearing actually is recommended.
“Minneapolis City Council alarmed by rise in crime since defunding the police”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: partially false
“Nobody is found dead of corona in their homes.. They all die at the hospital.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Obama donated none of his salary, Michelle had a staff of 23; Trump donates all his salary, Melania has a staff of 4.”
USA TODAY rated this: Partly false
“President Donald Trump stole his inaugural speech from "Bee Movie.”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“Prior to 1983, social security was not taxable. Joe Biden voted successfully in favor of taxing 50% of social security. In 1993, Joe Biden was the deciding vote in raising taxes on social security from 50% to 85%. Now he wants to tax our 401k's and IRA's.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Posts suggest that Joe Biden is responsible for taxes on Social Security, but those posts ignore the political history and mislead on the details. The posts also twist Biden’s proposals on retirement contributions.
“Quotes Kamala Harris as saying “Take the guns first. Go through due process second, I like taking the guns early.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says he authored legislation “to guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions -- no matter what happens to Obamacare.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Gardner cited legislation he introduced this summer as proof. Experts point out, though, that his bill falls far short of what’s necessary to back up his guarantee of health coverage for people with medical conditions.
“Says President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church and held a Bible upside down.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Trump received backlash for his photo-op with a Bible in June, but one part of the criticism isn’t supported by still images and video footage: Trump held the Bible right-side up during the whole event.
“Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The TV ad uses a narrator, words on the screen and imagery to invoke COVID-19. It then immediately uses the Garcia remark, without indicating that he made it about food stamps.
“The coronavirus … and this is their new hoax.”
Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The Biden ad uses three examples of misleading material
“We will start distributing [a coronavirus vaccine] immediately. …To the general public, very shortly there — I mean, really, to the general public: immediately.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Officials expect only a limited number of vaccine doses will be available in 2020 — and those will be given to prioritized groups. Members of the general public may not be able to receive a shot until well into 2021.
“CBS News report misrepresented a Latinos for Trump gathering as an event for Joe Biden.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“CBS used video from a Latinos for Trump event and said it was from a Biden event.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“Did Joe Biden say that Breonna Taylor should be arrested?”
MediaWise rated this: Not Legit
MediaWise says: Biden was suggesting the officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor be arrested, not Breonna Taylor herself. He did clearly misspeak when responding, but his intention is clear within the context of the question h…
“Donald Trump said, 'Some Africans are lazy fools only good at eating, lovemaking and stealing”
USA TODAY rated this: False