“Not one politician has died from the virus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Olive Garden employees are allowed to wear Black Lives Matter masks “but NOT the American flag.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Pallet Company in Oregon City confirmed Antifa arsonist on camera. Douglas County Sheriff has 6 ANTIFA arsonists in custody.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has debunked a viral rumor that it arrested six antifa activists in connection with fires in the area.
“Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Rush Limbaugh was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 2007.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Partially false
“¿Salió realmente el virus covid-19 de un laboratorio en China como sugiere Trump y su equipo?”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: No hay evidencia
“Says Joe Biden “will destroy your protections for pre-existing conditions.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Biden wants to protect the Affordable Care Act, the health care law signed by President Barack Obama that created protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
“The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The trade deficit in goods was higher under Trump in 2018 and 2019 than during any previous year, though that was not the case in 2017. However, this ignores the substantial trade surplus in services.
“There was tremendous cheating in New York”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence of "tremendous cheating" in New York during the 2016 general election.
“TV ad: "The chief actuary of the Social Security Administration just released an analysis of Trump’s planned cuts to Social Security. .... If Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The Social Security Administration's chief actuary analyzed "hypothetical legislation" that would eliminate the payroll tax that funds Social Security — not a proposal from Trump.
“$400,000 ... is more money than I’ve ever made” in a year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Bidens’ adjusted gross income was below $400,000 a year for most of Joe Biden’s career when he was in public service but after he left the vice presidency, it soared into the millions.
“Biden dijo que 'no se aumentarían nuevos impuestos' a quien gane menos de $400,000”
El Detector / Univision Noticias rated this: Verdadero
“Countries were exporting COVID-19 “diagnostic test instruments” in 2018.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Some equipment now used for COVID-19 testing existed prior to 2019 and was marked as being available before that year. But COVID-19 tests did not exist in 2018.
“DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has just proposed using her power to REMOVE the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial in the wake of George Floyd’s death to push for ‘inclusion, equality, and justice.’”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Mayor Muriel Bowser asked an advisory panel to review possible changes to D.C.-owned assets; she did not propose removing any federal monuments.
“El presidente nunca le restó importancia al virus”
Noticias Telemundo rated this: Falso
“Election officials are “sending 80 million ballots all over the country. Eighty million ballots, non-requested. I call them ‘unsolicited ballots.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The New York Times predicted in August that roughly 80 million voters will cast ballots by mail for the Nov. 3 election. But Trump misleads by calling them all "unsolicited."
“I think before we got into COVID, I thought the debt was very manageable. We were having extraordinary growth. We were creating growth that would pay down the debt over time.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: The claim relies on the unlikely premise that Congress would fully enact Trump's proposals to dramatically cut domestic spending, and on forecasts of economic growth that are far more optimistic than consensus forecasts.
“Los Angeles County canceled trick or treating because of the coronavirus”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Joe Biden’s campaign said he referred incorrectly to “military” when he meant to say “Michigan” in discussing the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths.
“Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A combination of drought, historic heat, lightning storms and heavy winds are thought to have contributed to more than 90 wildfires that have burned thousands of square miles across the West Coast.