“Weis Food stores will no longer sell anything with the American flag and their employees can no longer wear anything with the flag.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“A photo shows Donald Trump embracing Jeffrey Epstein in the back of a limousine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Hillary Clinton is on trial, she (supposed) to have killed” a 10-year-old girl.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: This claim is fabricated. Clinton is not on trial for any crime.
“Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The post is correct in saying that some businesses connected to prominent Republicans have received money as part of the program. But in some cases the post oversimplifies their connection to those businesses.
“Photo shows Raz Simone, “the alleged leader of CHAZ crying after Seattle police arrested him.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence nasal swabs are used for “implanting something.”
“Says Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt said, “You will stand, with your hand over your heart and with respect, when our country’s national anthem is being played or you will no longer be a Kansas City Chief.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Despite a dip in death rates, which are expected to rise again, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still considers COVID-19 an epidemic. Death rates alone don’t determine whether an outbreak is an ep
“The special counsel investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election was "absolutely baseless.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Ample Evidence for Probe
FactCheck.org says: The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General found the investigation “was opened for an authorized investigative purpose and with sufficient factual predication.”
“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“China has been stealing our manufacturing, costing Wisconsin almost 90,000 jobs.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: One study blamed nearly all U.S. manufacturing job loss on China, but several others say factors such as productivity played an equal or greater role.
“I’ve been against Keystone from the beginning.”
The New York Times rated this: This is exaggerated.
“Democrats just destroyed" statue of Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: Police have made no arrests, and are “still looking into” who committed the vandalism.
“Dr Fauci is married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Ghislaine Maxwell and Dr. Christine Grady are not siblings.
“Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’”
PolitiFact rated this: Sorting out seven claims
PolitiFact says: Facial hair can hinder, but doesn’t negate mask effectiveness; if you don’t touch it, you can safely wear a mask from a store to your car; masks aren’t intended to protect eyes, but face shields aren’t generally advised.
“Florida state Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen “turned her back on President Trump, refusing to ban sanctuary cities.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Florida state Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers, actually supports banning sanctuary cities. She was absent for a 2018 vote banning sanctuary cities but voted for a sanctuary cities ban in 2019.
“Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: New Zealand has no current cases among people in the country. There were 22 cases as of the date of the Facebook post — all from people who tested positive upon entering the country.