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Checked by FACTLY26 Apr 2021IndiaPolitics and government
Social media posts

“The Central Government allocated funds to the States on 05 January 2021 from the PM CARES fund, but the States failed to install the required oxygen plants”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs.201.58 crores for the installation of 162 dedicated PSA Medical Oxygen Generation Plants to the Central Medical Supply Store (CMSS) (an autonomous body of the Ministry of Health …

Checked by Washington Post23 Apr 2021United StatesPolitics and government
Tim Scott, Senator (R-S.C.)

“My grandfather “suffered the indignity of being forced out of school as a third-grader to pick cotton, and never learned to read or write. … Our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime.”

Washington Post rated this: Not the whole story

Washington Post says: Against heavy odds, Scott’s ancestors amassed relatively large areas of farmland, a mark of distinction in the Black community at the time.

Checked by Washington Post22 Apr 2021United StatesPolitics and government
Cindy Axne, Member of Congress (D-Iowa)

“You know, listen: The president created a commission to look into this [whether to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court], so I’m not going to get ahead of him on this issue. The president’s working on this, and as a member of the House, too, I’d let folks know that we have no jurisdiction over this. This falls directly to the Senate, so I’m going to let them, you know, deal with this.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios