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Checked by FACTLY8 Jun 2023India Politics and government

Social media posts

“A woman gets garlanded, and kisses are blown at her while joining the Congress party in Karnataka”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video features Odisha Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati and his wife, Meenakshi Bahinipati, and neither of them is associated with the Karnataka Congress

Checked by PolitiFact8 Jun 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“President Joe Biden showed signs of cognitive decline when he walked away from an Air Force Falcons presentation with a jersey, snubbing a signed football and helmet.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: The full video showed that Biden held the jersey, football and helmet, thanked the Air Force Falcons and posed for pictures.

Checked by FACTLY7 Jun 2023India Politics and government

Social media posts

“Video of President Droupadi Murmu, supporting protesting wrestlers”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral excerpt is from President Murmu’s speech during the inauguration of Jharkhand’s new High Court on 24 May 2023. On this occation, she spoke about ensuring justice to the public. She urged the government and the…

Checked by Youturn3 Jun 2023India Politics and government

Social media posts

“President Biden is very angry on Rahul Gandhi”

Youturn rated this: Fake

Checked by Vera Files3 Jun 2023Philippines Politics and government

Coach Jarret

“Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lutang (spaced out)”

Vera Files rated this: Misleading

Checked by Vera Files2 Jun 2023Philippines Politics and government

Rodrigo Duterte

“The monthly salary of Rodrigo Duterte when he was president was P197,000.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: From 2019 until his term ended in June 2022, Duterte’s monthly salary ranged from P388,096 to P399,739. When he assumed the presidency in June 2016, it was at P160,924 to P165,752 a month, but it increased almost two-fo…

Checked by Washington Post1 Jun 2023United States Politics and government

Donald Trump, former U.S. president

“I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward, the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship.”

Washington Post rated this: Legal experts disagree

Washington Post says: The court are unlikely to look with favor on an executive order

Checked by Youturn1 Jun 2023India Politics and government

Social media posts

“Kejriwal will resign from the post of CM of Delhi in support of wrestlers. Even then, if the government does not agree, then they can even leave the country.”

Youturn rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files31 May 2023Philippines Politics and government

Bureau of Communications Services, Attached agency of the Presidential Communications Office

“The EDSA Greenways Project “is one of the projects of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: The EDSA Greenways Project was conceptualized in 2017 under the Duterte administration. The five-kilometer elevated walkway, estimated to cost $179.3 million, was intended to promote the use of public transport and impr…

Checked by Washington Post31 May 2023United States Politics and government

Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker (R-Calif.)

“This also is the largest cut that Congress has ever voted on, more than $2.1 trillion.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: Under no metric does this deal rank as the biggest

Checked by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka30 May 2023Sri Lanka Politics and government

Social media posts

“An anthem with 99 names of Allah, created by NewZeland government !!”

Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: Misleading

Checked by PolitiFact27 May 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“50 U.S. politicians who received satellite phones were taken to an undisclosed government bunker facility to ensure a Continuation of Government.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Satellite phones were issued to at least 50 U.S. senators, but the lawmakers did not enter hiding. The phones are a security measure to be used in an emergency.

Checked by Youturn25 May 2023India Politics and government

rishibagree

“Electricity officials are attacked by local residents in Karnataka when they came for meter reading. Residents says that they won’t pay from electricity now onwards as per Congress Guarantee”

Youturn rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY25 May 2023India Politics and government

Social media posts

“Video of an elected MP in Karnataka humiliating a Hindu priest and stopping a bhoomi pooja for conducting the ceremony as per Hindu customs”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is from Tamil Nadu, not from Karnataka. The video shows Dharmapuri Lok Sabha MP S. Senthil Kumar objecting to bhoomi pooja for a lake restoration project by a priest and questioning a govern…

Checked by PolitiFact23 May 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“A bill in Connecticut that changes the definition for “sexual orientation” would protect “minor attracted persons” from discrimination.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: Connecticut House Bill 6638 would modernize the definition of "sexual orientation," but it would not protect child sex offenders.

Checked by PolitiFact23 May 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“A video shows former President Barack Obama referring to his wife, Michelle as “Michael.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: When Obama said "Michael and I," he was referring to the son of former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen.

Checked by PolitiFact23 May 2023United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posed improperly with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo because he “had a bit too much to drink.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: A video shows Trudeau standing at his full height before Kim Jin-pyo cracked a joke about their heights, prompting him to stand lower to match their heights.

Checked by FactCheck.org23 May 2023United States Politics and government

Tim Scott, U.S. Senator

“Under President Biden ... the share of working age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

FactCheck.org says: The male labor force participation rate has increased under Biden.

Checked by PolitiFact22 May 2023United States Politics and government

Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic Leader

“(Donald) Trump ran up more debt than any other president in American history.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Former President Barack Obama accumulated more debt on his watch than Trump did, though on a per-year basis, Trump oversaw a debt rate increase that was higher than Obama’s.

Checked by Washington Post22 May 2023United States Politics and government

MAGA Inc., pro-Trump group

“In Congress, Ron DeSantis backed a national sales tax — a 23 percent tax hike on almost everything you buy.”

Washington Post rated this: Two Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The ad attacks DeSantis but Trump also expressed support for the FairTax