“A photo of a musician with wet pants has been misidentified as showing Beto O'Rourke.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
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“Beto O’Rourke wants to confiscate guns because he can’t buy one himself due to his criminal record.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Milwaukee has less taxing power than most similar cities and is the only U.S. city of 400,000 or more "that does not have a sales tax or local income tax.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“New York Times Now Admits New Kavanaugh Accusation Is Fake News.”
PolitiFact rated this: Times did not retract
“Says Elizabeth Warren "was paid $400,000 to teach one class.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Says the word newspaper stands for "north, east, west, south, past and present event report.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Trump retweeted a post purporting to show Rep. Ilhan Omar "partying" and "celebrating" on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“A lot of people are being saved" under the Right to Try Act, which was enacted last year to provide faster access to unapproved medications still in development.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
“Bruce Lee said, "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says several well-known charities such as Goodwill and American Red Cross overpay their CEOs and spend a small percentage on helping people.”
PolitiFact rated this: Misses the mark
“Together, we enacted the VA Accountability Act, so that anyone who mistreats or abuses our great veterans can be promptly fired. There was a time you couldn’t fire anyone, no matter how they treated our veterans, whether they stole or they were sadists. And we had some of them, too. You couldn’t fire them, and now we can do it very, very quickly and easily.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
“And very importantly, I don't know if you know this, they have warnings. If it breaks, it’s considered a hazardous waste site; it’s gases inside.”
PolitiFact rated this: Isn't true for LEDs
“President Trump’s wall costs less than the Obamacare website. Let that sink in, America.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
“Says instead of arresting a teen who was sneaking into a gym, a Chicago cop "shot him 53 times.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Attributes this quote to former President Ronald Reagan: "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Facebook posts claim the actor Tim Allen wrote a viral right-wing rant.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“I was in the United States Senate when 54 senators said let’s do background checks, let’s get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators, it failed because of the filibuster.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Half- Right
“I'm going to share a story that I heard secondhand, so I can't verify it. But there was a Top Gun, a fighter pilot, who said that his least favorite time of the year is at the end of the fiscal year, because he flies over the Pacific Ocean and dumps oil into the ocean. ... Because they have to use all the oil that's budgeted, or else they won't get the same amount budgeted the following year.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence