“How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros?”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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“Joe Biden could cost Pennsylvania 600,000 jobs" due to a ban on fracking.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Biden’s campaign has said he would not completely ban fossil fuels, specifically fracking, as the ad appears to show him saying.
“Says a photograph shows U.S. soldiers sleeping on the ground after Washington D.C.’s mayor kicked them out of local hotels.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The photo was taken in Minneapolis, not DC, and shows Guard members taking a rest during a longer shift. DC's mayor didn’t make soldiers sleep in the streets, but some troops were relocated after a hotel billing dispute.
“Tijuana is the most heavily infected place anywhere in the world, as far as the plague is concerned," referring to the novel coronavirus.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: You don’t have to look very far from the Mexican city to find a place with a much higher infection rate: the city of San Diego, California, right across the border.
“A photo shows that protesters in June 2020 "damaged and defaced" the statue in the Lincoln Memorial, covering it in graffiti, with messages such as "#BLM.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“A video shows Joe Biden “looking at books about dementia.”
FactStream rated this: Pants on Fire
FactStream says: A test.
“Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: This is a conspiracy theory with no basis in fact.
“Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“George Washington said "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.”
FactStream rated this: False
FactStream says: After searching several databases and archives of Washington’s works, we find no evidence he ever said this. Additionally, the leading George Washington scholars say they don’t believe he said it.
“Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country. America was founded on liberty and independence and not government coercion, domination, and control.”
FactStream rated this: Misleads
“In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: These included ballots that were not returned by the voter, spoiled, returned as undeliverable, or otherwise unable to be tracked. Experts said it’s wrong to categorize these as “missing.”
“Joe Biden wants to "defund the police.”
FactStream rated this: Who, really... can ever know?
FactStream says: Testing
“Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It’s not chemical.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: This is false. Pepper balls contain pelargonic acid vanillylamide, or PAVA, a “synthetic'' form of capsaicin, the active ingredient in hot peppers.
“Says Donald Trump won the Ellis Island award for "patriotism, tolerance, brotherhood and diversity” alongside Muhammad Ali and Rosa Parks.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Trump won the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1986 for professional contributions that benefited New York City as a real estate developer, as well as for his German heritage.
“Says Joe Biden wants to "defund the police.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The coronavirus "didn’t go to Beijing. It didn’t go to other parts of China" besides Wuhan. "They stopped it cold.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: China didn't stop the coronavirus from going to Beijing. There have been 594 cases and nine deaths in Beijing, as of June 9.
“The “SAME DOCTOR” performed the autopsies on “JFK, MLK, Epstein, AND George Floyd.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The pathologist referenced, Michael Baden, does have connections to all four of those cases—but he only conducted an autopsy on George Floyd.
“THis is something or another”
FactStream rated this: Who, really... can ever know?
“Videos show President Donald Trump saying “I can’t breathe.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Trump said “I can’t breathe” when mocking Mike Bloomberg in February in an effort to suggest that the Democratic candidate choked during a debate. Trump also said, “I can’t breathe” in 2016 to mock Mitt Romney.
“A photo shows “the Lincoln Memorial. His head damaged and defaced.”
PolitiFact rated this: False