“NASA found a parallel universe”
USA TODAY rated this: Partly false
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“Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Whitmer spent May 20 in Midland, Mich., site of a major flood.
“Screenshot claims President Donald Trump tweeted: "I’ve sacrificed alot to be your president and to Make America Great! America is now GREAT do to my sacrifices.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: President Trump never posted the tweet in question.
“The flu didn't kill any Americans this year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The post is wrong. While COVID-19 has made assessing flu fatalities more complicated, thousands of Americans have died from influenza during the pandemic.
“The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Twitter is completely stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a fact-check label to Trump’s tweet.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Lamb’s voting record shows that Trump’s claim is not true. He was one of 15 Democrats in Congress who did not vote for Pelosi in the January 2019 speaker election, instead voting for U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III.
“When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder?”
FactCheck.org rated this: Baseless Claim
FactCheck.org says: The medical examiner found that the death was accidental, due to a heart problem that caused Scarborough's aide to fall and hit her head on a desk.
“40% of the initial small business funds didn’t go to small businesses at all.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Biden's definition of “small business” conflicts with that used by the Small Business Administration and the program that administers the loans -- and with how he used the term a moment before this claim.
“A month after travel restrictions on China were announced, Nancy Pelosi "was in Chinatown in San Francisco. ... [T]rying to say, 'It’s okay to come to the United States. It’s fine. It’s wonderful. Come on in. Bring your infection with you.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Pelosi did go to Chinatown in February to encourage people to eat and shop in the neighborhood. But she didn't invite foreign nationals to "bring your infection" there.
“Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: This refers to a real provision in the CARES Act that eases restrictions passed in 2017 that limited how extensively pass-through corporations can apply business losses to the owner’s individual tax burden.
“Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Rep. Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania "said he would NOT vote for her for Speaker, and did.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Lamb voted for Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts to be speaker -- not Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
“Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Debt is not the same as a budget shortfall. All four states have debt. The amount of state budget shortfalls due to the pandemic is a moving target. States can have debt and a balanced budget.
“There are “many unanswered and obvious questions” about the 2001 death of a staff member of Joe Scarborough.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There is zero evidence and no official body has ever called for a new investigation.
“Democrat's bill would increase taxes on firearms and ammunition”
USA TODAY rated this: True
“HEROES Act would eliminate state requirements for voter IDs in federal elections”
USA TODAY rated this: True
“A long list shows “new CDC guidelines for reopening schools.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“A photo shows Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire