“Says a bill he sponsored would have made “it easier to get rid of bad cops”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
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“Tennis star Serena Williams wrote that she’s “sick of COVID-19. I’m sick of black vs. white. I’m sick of Democrats vs. Republicans. I’m sick of gay vs. straight. I’m sick of Christians vs atheists. I’m REALLY sick of the media.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Someone took a post from a person named Serena Williams and manipulated the image slightly to make it appear as though it came from the tennis superstar of the same name.
“Trump Campaign Hired Gig Actors to Inflate the Attendance at His Tulsa Rally”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tweeted That We Must Keep the Economy Closed So Trump Will Lose”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“COVID-19 “Cases up only because of our big number testing.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: While testing can explain some of the additional cases, it fails to account for all of them, as the proportion of positive tests is increasing in many states.
“Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Apple and Google have teamed up to create a system that notifies cellphone users when they’ve been exposed to a COVID-19 patient. iPhone and Android users must opt in to the feature.
“MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES," resulting in a "RIGGED" election.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: Voting experts say there are numerous logistical hurdles and security safeguards that would prevent a foreign government from slipping large numbers of fraudulent ballots past election officials.
“North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: He's correct, though in other states, government leaders are opening gyms in some counties but not others.
“Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Nothing in her voting record, which tracks closely with the Republican repeal-and-replace philosophy, supports this claim.
“OSHA says masks don't work” to reduce COVID-19 transmission “and violate OSHA oxygen levels.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: OSHA recommends that masks be worn to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Masks aren’t a cure to prevent spread of COVID-19, experts say. But they are an effective tool in slowing transmission.
“Says a Craigslist ad was soliciting “anti-Trump” protesters in Phoenix.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Old photo of Craigslist Phoenix advertisement swaps out “Pro-Trump” for “Anti-Trump.”
“We had a ventilator problem that was caused by the fact that we weren’t left ventilators by a previous administration. The cupboards were bare, as I say often.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: There were 16,660 ventilators in the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS.
“[And] we created opportunity zones, along with Tim Scott. And since then, countless jobs and $100 billion dollars of new investment have poured into 9,000 of our most distressed neighborhoods in the country.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
FactCheck.org says: Trump has produced no evidence that $100 billion has been invested in opportunity zones and no support for his claim that it has created "countless jobs."
“As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The number of coronavirus deaths has remained substantial, at a bit below 600 per day by mid-to-late June, but that’s more than two-thirds lower than the peak of about 2,000 daily deaths in late April.
“COVID-19 cases are “up only because of our big number testing.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Testing has increased nationally, but epidemiologists say that if this were the only reason that new cases were rising, the percentage of positive tests should be dropping or at least remaining about the same. It's not.
“Imagine a ballot being sent to a person regardless of eligibility, signed by someone else, picked up and delivered by a campaign operative, and still counted. Democrats are trying to legalize ballot harvesting nationwide.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“Online posts say Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: "It's vital that Governors maintain restrictions on businesses until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: A fake tweet attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez advocates restrictions on businesses “until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected.” She didn’t tweet that.
“Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Data is limited, but what is available does not indicate police officers have the highest rate of suicide out of all professions or industries.
“Says America’s most violent cities are that way because of their Democratic politics”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Yes, cities are generally more violent, and they skew Democratic, but that’s correlation -- not causation.
“Says President Trump said coronavirus testing makes the U.S. look bad, "so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down.’”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The attack ad in question lays out these quotes in chronological order in a way that is fair to the context where Trump used them.