Social media posts
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: Social media posts misrepresent a tax proposed in President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget. The 25% tax on unrealized capital gains would apply only to those who have a net worth of more than $100 million, not to all taxpayers.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Un portavoz del Servicio Interno de Impuestos de Estados Unidos (IRS, por sus siglas en inglés) le dijo a PolitiFact que no existe una ley que elimine la deuda de tarjetas de crédito.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Un portavoz del Departamento de Policía de Chicago dijo que los informes que se hicieron en la llamada no eran reales. Una concejal de Chicago, Jeanette Taylor, le dijo a un medio de noticias que no fue real.
Donald Trump, former president
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Inflation peaked in 2022 at about 9% — the worst in 40 years, but not the worst in U.S. history. Economists agree that the American Rescue Plan sparked some of that inflation increase, but not a majority.
Donald Trump, former President
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The electrical grid manages the variability of wind just fine. Onshore wind is on par with or cheaper than natural gas or coal. Offshore wind is more expensive, but is usually still less expensive than nuclear power.
Kamala Harris, Vice president of the United States and Democratic presidential nominee
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Project 2025 would phase out some, if not all, federal funding for public K-12 schools and return the responsibility to the states. Schools also get a lot of their funding from state and local sources.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This video was altered. The person in the video dancing to Beyoncé in a cowboy hat and crop top is not Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The name "Samantha Hyde" is a variation of Sam Hyde, a name we have seen social media users resurface as a meme when shootings occur. The Apalachee High School shooting suspect is 14-year-old Colt Gray.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Local law enforcement authorities and school district officials countered claims that anyone committed a crime or tried to ‘hijack’ a bus.
Kamala Harris, candidata presidencial demócrata
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Aunque los aranceles se imponen separadamente de los impuestos, los consumidores sentirían su impacto de forma muy similar. Sin embargo, el impacto específico en dólares sobre los consumidores varía.
Donald Trump, former president
PolitiFact rated this: Not even close
PolitiFact says: In the past five quarters, "mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction" — a larger category than just fracking — collectively accounted for 1% to 2% of Pennsylvania's gross domestic product.
Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Vance said he would not support a bill that would federally legalize same-sex marriage, but did say during a debate that "gay marriage is the law of the land in this country."
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that McDonald’s has contradicted Vice President Kamala Harris’ comments that she worked at the fast food chain. Harris has said she worked at McDonald’s for a summer while she was a college student.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The video that contained the claim originated from a website posing as a San Francisco TV station. There's no proof such an incident occurred or that the TV station exists.
Donald Trump, Former President
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Schools do not provide medical care without parental consent, let alone surgery. More generally, surgical procedures on transgender minors are rare, and involve the consent of parents, medical providers and the patient.
Donald Trump, Former President
FactCheck.org rated this: Spins the Facts
FactCheck.org says: In Biden’s first two years in office, there was a gain of 754,000 manufacturing jobs. But as was the case under Trump, manufacturing job growth stalled in Biden’s third year in office.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There are 21 women’s restrooms, 26 men’s restrooms, and five gender-neutral restrooms in the United Center, the Democratic National Convention’s main building.
JD Vance, U.S. Sen., R-Ohio
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Trump campaign pointed to data about children who came to the U.S. alone without a parent or guardian. Those children were not separated from their parents by U.S. border officials.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Government agencies did not donate taxpayer money to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. The contributions the video cites are personal donations from people employed by or affiliated with government agencies.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Under Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan, most Americans wouldn’t have to pay a tax on the appreciated value of their unsold assets. It would apply only to people with more than $100 million in wealth.