“The death of George Floyd was a "staged event.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Video evidence of the encounter and investigations from local and federal prosecutors do not suggest Floyd’s death was staged.
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“A manipulated video makes it look like Joe Biden is incoherent during a television interview on ABC's "The View.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: An old video spoof that manipulated a T.V. interview to make Joe Biden appear incoherent has been circulating. But many of those who are posting the video have not disclosed that it was edited and intended as satire.
“A photo shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at a 2019 campaign rally for President Donald Trump.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The daily number of new infections and deaths is going down nationally and in many states. However, a significant minority of states are seeing the number of new, daily infections rise. It's more like a patchwork.
“Says the state “health secretary says don't go to hospitals or clinics, now the tourism secretary says don't recreate.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Washing strawberries with saltwater will bring out tiny bugs”
USA TODAY rated this: True
“We’re down near the low end of per capita deaths ... Most places are at 60 deaths per 100,000. We're at 29.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin - the cop who killed George Floyd.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The photo is not of Chauvin. It depicts a man named Jonathan Riches, a former federal inmate.
“A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Minnesota’s reported unemployment rate was near a record low when this Facebook post was published. There are indications the rate could climb toward the Great Depression-era national record of nearly 25%.
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending ballots “to anybody. People that aren’t citizens, illegals. Anybody that walks in California is going to get a ballot.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: California will send every registered voter in the state a mail-in ballot for the November general election.
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom “is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan calls for sending mail-in ballots only to active registered voters in California, not to “anyone.” Trump’s claim that voting by mail leads to fraud is misleading. Experts have found it rare.
“Columbia University "pointed out that if [Trump] had listened to me and others and acted just one week earlier to deal with this virus, there’d be 36,000 fewer people dead.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: Biden falsely suggested that he called for implementing nationwide social distancing restrictions prior to March 8, which Columbia University researchers said could have prevented nearly 36,000 U.S. death.
“Covid19 is a bacterium, easily treated with aspirin and coagulant.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: False claims COVID-19 is caused by a bacteria and can be easily treated started spreading by text message, and is now viral on social media. Actually, COVID-19 is caused by a virus and there is no treatment for it.
“Former President Barack Obama is the “first ex-president to speak against [his] successor.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Many U.S. leaders have criticized those who followed them into the White House. Presidential historians cite many examples.
“Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Pelosi has said she is open to the idea, if issues can be resolved, and she backed a measure that requires the House study remote voting for its members.