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“Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed.”
PolitiFact says: McConnell was talking about states in poor shape before the outbreak. Tillis agreed Congress shouldn’t pay for losses unrelated to the outbreak, but not that states should go bankrupt.
“Says President Donald Trump is “morbidly obese.”
PolitiFact says: Donald Trump does not fit the CDC’s description of “severely obese.” Stories have questioned both Trump’s height and weight, but it’s still extremely unlikely he would be classified as morbidly or severely obese.
“We had over 44, if I'm not mistaken, people from the CDC in China. ... The president brought home the vast majority of them and I think left only four in place.”
FactCheck.org says: CDC’s staff in China was reduced from approximately 47 people to about 14 under President Donald Trump, according to Reuters story cited by the Biden campaign.
“Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat.”
“A YouTube video is floating an idea in its headline and thumbnail that Senator Lito Lapid has filed a bill seeking the automatic renewal of ABS-CBN's franchise”
“Democrats introduce bill to ‘euthanize seniors’ to save Social Security.”
“Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ohira praised President Rodrigo Duterte and said Filipinos are lucky to have him as president.”
“Video of Prime Minister Modi's makeup before addressing the nation and announcement of 20 lakh crore economic relief package on 12 May 2020”
“An "interagency" Facebook page of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Labor and Employment is saying it has opened online applications for the second wave of the government's social amelioration program.”
“Government of India's roadmap for exiting lockdown in five phases”
“H.R. 6666 “will give the government the power to forcibly remove your family members from your home and quarantine them[.] That includes your children.”
FactCheck.org says: The bill provides $100 billion to fund COVID-19 contact tracing efforts; it does not propose forced removals of individuals from their homes.
“New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”
PolitiFact says: The number of hotel rooms being used for housing homeless New Yorkers is well short of the tens of thousands of rooms needed to house New York City’s homeless population, though the number has risen.
“Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.”
“Senator Grace Poe wants to ban Facebook in the Philippines.”
“When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder? Some people think so. Why did he leave Congress so quietly and quickly? Isn’t it obvious? What’s happening now? A total nut job!”
“Wouldn’t it be nice to have a president who listens to someone other than himself?”
Washington Post says: The video tweeted by Biden was edited to leave a misleading impression, cutting the nurse's response to Trump, making it appear as if he cut her off in mid-sentence, when in fact she said she agreed with the president.
“Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has paid money to daily wage workers to take part in the famers’ movement”
Vishvas News says: The viral video is old and is not from ongoing farmers’ movement.
“Actor Tom Selleck praised President Donald Trump in a meeting with Breitbart.”
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence that actor Tom Selleck praised President Trump in a Breitbart interview. Most of the words are lifted from a 2016 statement by actor Jon Voight that Breitbart published.