“Trump wandered around aimlessly instead of boarding Marine One”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Misleading/cropped
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“Joe Biden said that "People are dying that have never died before...”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Biden greatly exaggerates to minimize Thomas Edison and credit only Lewis Latimer. Latimer played a lesser role than Edison, and later in the process.
“After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The bridge collapse occurred years after Gimenez’s sons left their positions with the company. The contract extension, ratified by a county board after being approved by Gimenez, was for airport construction work.
“Chadwick Boseman was poisoned and his death is being investigated as a homicide.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Covid-19 is NOT killing people. Weak immune systems and bad doctors are.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Covid-19 means ‘certificate of identification of vaccination with artificial intelligence.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Elections that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion. For example, we indicted someone in Texas — 1,700 ballots collected from people who could vote, he made them out and voted for the person he wanted to.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“[G]o to your Polling Place to see whether or not your Mail In Vote has been Tabulated (Counted). If it has you will not be able to Vote & the Mail In System worked properly. If it has not been Counted, VOTE (which is a citizen’s right to do).”
FactCheck.org rated this: Experts Say Bad Advice
FactCheck.org says: It is unnecessary, will likely cause long delays at polling places, and could be illegal. In many states, poll workers will not know whether a mail-in ballot has been received and accepted.
“I never called John (McCain) a loser.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Trump called McCain a loser at a televised event in Ames, Iowa, on July 18, 2015. After that 2015 event, Trump tweeted out a web post touting the “loser” exchange.
“If Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Trump says he wants a fully funded Social Security program, but he doesn’t want the taxes that pay for it.
“Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on 82% of all Americans.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Kamala Harris wants the riots to continue and not let up, not now not even after the election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Kelly Loeffler has a "long history of donating to abortion-on-demand Democrats.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Since 2006, of the more than $2 million in political contributions made by Loeffler, $16,600 has gone to Democrats or liberal causes, the rest to Republicans and conservative causes.
“PEDOPHILIA is now LEGAL in California!”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Contrary to QAnon-fueled claims that a California bill would legalize pedophilia, the bill would actually standardize the rules about who is required to be on the state’s sex offender registry.
“PELOSI says if President TRUMP wins, she will resign!!”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Photo shows “the aftermath of the ‘CHOP’ Zone’ in Seattle, WA. July 2020.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo shows Whoopi Goldberg wearing a shirt insulting Donald Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Biden was far from the first official to call for use of the Defense Production Act to boost manufacturing of urgently needed medical supplies.
“Says his policy is that “health insurance should always cover preexisting conditions. For anyone. Period.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: His voting record tells a different story.