“Under Joe Biden, the "tax rate on a family making 75000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
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“Wages (are) rising the fastest for lower income levels.”
PolitiFact rated this: No evidence
PolitiFact says: Since Trump took office, the lowest-income workers have seen largely stagnant wages, while the top 5% show the sharpest increase.
“WAL-MART JUST PLEDGED 100 MILLION TO BLACK LIVES MATTER. ARE YOU STILL SHOPPING THERE?”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Posts claim that major corporations donated large sums of money to Black Lives Matter. The companies have pledged support for racial equality initiatives, but haven’t specified Black Lives Matter as a beneficiary.
“We eliminated Obamacare's horrible and very unfair individual mandate, which basically knocked out Obamacare. We knocked out Obamacare.”
PolitiFact rated this: Most of law still stands
PolitiFact says: Trump did sign legislation to eliminate the requirement that Americans have health insurance or pay a tax penalty, but eliminating this requirement did not get rid of Obamacare.
“At UNC 14% of students tested positive.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Murphy's figure was based on only 954 students who were tested, and those tests are likely to be skewed because UNC is only testing people who think they need it.
“Cal Cunningham has been silent on this on defunding the police; I assume his silence is consent.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Cunningham wrote an op-ed saying he believes police reform must involve more funding, not less.
“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The policy likely had an effect, but epidemiologists identified additional contributing factors. Also, the policy did not "force" nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients. Nursing homes interpreted it that way.
“Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars ...and potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: It's possible that workers would need to repay the money, and Trump's comments, while incomplete, opened the door to terminating the payroll tax entirely.
“Excess mortality in Europe this year is 33% higher than the United States — evidence that the tragic cost of this virus is higher in other Western nations.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: That’s only possible when cherry-picking numbers or ignoring Europe’s larger population.
“Joe Biden's DNC speech was recorded, not aired live”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“Melania dug up the WH Rose Garden, removing roses from every First Lady since 1913.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Trump is the most pro-gay president in American history. I can prove it.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Grenell manages to both significantly mislead about Joe Biden’s record and oversell Trump’s.
“QAnon violence! There is none.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Joe Biden’s Democratic National Convention speech “had to be taped in segments, and the segments had to be edited together.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“So this is just a way they’re trying to steal the election, and everybody knows that. Because the only way they’re going to win is by a rigged election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: He is an incumbent facing significant political challenges, most notably the coronavirus pandemic.
“The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Partially false
“Five million Americans infected by COVID-19. More than 170,000 Americans have died. By far the worst performance of any nation on Earth.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Not Worst Per Capita
FactCheck.org says: While that’s true based on the raw totals of COVID-19 cases and deaths, the U.S. is not the worst when adjusted for population or on other metrics.
“Hablando de protestas violentas en Charlottesville, Virginia, en 2017, "¿Recuerdan el choque violento que se produjo entre los que propagan el odio y los que tienen el coraje de oponerse a él? ¿Y recuerdan lo que dijo el presidente cuando se le preguntó? Él dijo que había “gente muy buena en ambos lados”
Noticias Telemundo rated this: Verdad
“Hablando sobre las violentas protestas en Charlottesville, Virginia, en 2017: “Recuerden el violento enfrentamiento que siguió, entre quienes esparcían odio y aquellos con coraje para plantárseles. ¿Y recuerdan lo que dijo el presidente? Él dijo que habían ‘muy buenas personas en ambos lados’”
Noticias Telemundo rated this: Verdad
“He’s proposing to eliminate a tax that pays for almost half of Social Security without any way of making up for that lost revenue, resulting in cuts.”
Washington Post rated this: In dispute
Washington Post says: Biden is relying on confusing comments made by President Trump after he signed an executive order that called for a payroll tax holiday after negotiations broke down with Congress on a coronavirus relief package.