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“Montana Democrats are "suing to say, ‘You should be allowed to be registered to vote in two states.”
PolitiFact says: The groups’ lawsuit seeks to protect Montana from a law they say is vague, not an affirmative right for Montana voters to register to vote in a second state.
“Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”
PolitiFact says: Estimating the number of bird deaths is difficult, and even the best academic attempts have described broad ranges. However, published data supports both of Holyman-Sigal’s numbers.
“The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.”
PolitiFact says: A study by analytics company Geotab supports the statement that New York City has the nation’s highest average commute times, though the time for car commuting ranked in a close tie for second.
“The New York civil fraud judgment against Trump and a plan to seize Trump-owned property “is simply a 'taking.' Much like what is done in communist countries.”
PolitiFact says: Unlike in communist countries, Trump had due process, including a long and public legal procedure.
“Hace seis días desapareció la menor Jennifer García Quintana.”
“Biden announces that the COVID vaccine is now being used to cure cancer”
FactCheck.org says: Biden was referring to the technology used to create the COVID-19 vaccines, not the COVID-19 vaccines themselves.
“Este video muestra cómo derrumban estatua de Hugo Chávez en Cuba en 2024.”
“Local governments are preparing for the April 8 eclipse because "they know something catastrophic will happen.”
FactCheck.org says: National agencies and local governments have been preparing for the impact the event will have on towns along the path of the total eclipse due to the number of visitors expected at those locations.
“Los líderes de Hamás Khaled Mashal e Ismail Haniyeh fueron fotografiados en una cena de lujo en Qatar. Mientras tanto, los palestinos en Gaza sufren por la guerra que estos tipos iniciaron desde sus lujosas mansiones en Qatar“.”
“The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”
PolitiFact says: Larger companies have paid for appeals bonds of $1 billion or more. It’s more common for larger companies than for a closely held, privately owned company such as the Trump Organization.
“The New York Times published an article mocking PM Modi.”
“Video shows legislators “dancing in Congress” while the border is “overrun.”
PolitiFact says: A video showing legislators dancing isn’t from Congress. It was taken in the Florida Legislature in May 2023, as legislators there celebrated "Boots Day" and line-danced in the House chamber.
“A todos los hispanoamericanos se les borraran sus deudas hasta este sábado 16 de marzo, he aquí porque quieren luchar contra la recesión que se avecina”.”
PolitiFact says: PolitiFact no encontró ningún programa ofrecido por el gobierno federal de Estados Unidos que le borre la deuda a hispanos. Las voces e imágenes en los videos en Facebook fueron alteradas y presentadas fuera de context
“Biden paid 2.2 million dead people $3.6 billion during the covid pandemic.”
FactCheck.org says: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, some stimulus checks went to dead people. A social media post now falsely claimed that it occurred during the Biden administration. It actually happened during the Trump administration.
“Claimed that the Biden administration "achieved the lowest unemployment rate for Latinos in a long, long time.”
FactCheck.org says: Under President Joe Biden, the Latino unemployment rate reached a low of 3.9% in September 2022 — the lowest rate since September 2019, during the Trump administration.
“El presidente argentino “hizo una declaración apoyando las protestas en Cuba” de 2024.”
PolitiFact says: El video del presidente de Argentina Javier Milei sobre las protestas en Cuba fue sacado de contexto. Milei publicó ese video en 2021, en respuesta a las protestas que sucedieron en la isla ese año.
“Estas imágenes muestran la detención de un hombre en el aeropuerto de Madrid que conmociona a toda España.”
“La pasta dental sirve para tratar las hemorroides.”
“Miami’s immigration courts have the “largest backlog of any court in this country with 10% of the overall immigration cases,” and “more than 90%” of people lose their asylum claims.”
PolitiFact says: Miami’s immigration court has a 290,000-case backlog, the highest in the US. It denied asylum claims in about 73% of cases heard since 2000. So far in fiscal year 2023-24, the court had an average rejection rate of 67%.