“4 million freezing Texans without power…not one word from" President Joe Biden.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
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“My point was that when I came back from meeting with him and traveling 17,000 miles with him when I was vice president and he was the vice president — that’s how I got to know him so well.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: President Biden keeps claiming he's traveled 17,000 miles with Chinese president Xi Jinping, but that's unverified and misleading.
“In his first 48 hours as president, Joe Biden "rejoins" the Trans-Pacific Partnership; "57,000 go jobless" because of Keystone XL Pipeline permit revocation; and “corporate taxes jump from 21.0% to 28.8%.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Says Joe Biden’s inauguration was fake and he is not the legitimate president.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Claims that the inauguration was fake or that Joe Biden is not the real president are not accurate. There’s no evidence.
“Under the previous administration, the federal government contracts awarded directly to foreign companies went up 30 percent.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: President Biden is using a number that is not easily verified — and conflicts with progress shown on Defense Department contracts.
“I believe, without having definitive proof, that the military is in charge of our country ... because Joe Biden is an illegal president.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Joe Biden is not an “illegal president.” There is no evidence that the military is running the country.
“Thousands of Muslims offered prayers in front of the US Capitol after Joe Biden became the US President”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post is an old one. On 25 September 2009, thousands of Muslims gathered in front of the US Capitol building to offer prayers during the ‘Islam on Capitol Hill 2009’ event. This photo has nothing …
“Under President Joe Biden, "8 Chinese bombers, 4 fighters, and 1 sub-hunter just breached Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone, crossing the Taiwan Strait.”
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context
PolitiFact says: This is not a new pattern under Biden. The number of Chinese incursions into Taiwanese airspace in 2020 — about 380 sorties — was the highest since 1996. That occurred under Trump.
“The letter former President Donald Trump left for President Joe Biden said: "Joe, you know I won.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: A fake letter purported to be the one left by former President Donald Trump for President Joe Biden has been circulating online, but it's written on a letterhead template that's been used to satirize Trump before.
“Kamala Harris is planning to use the 25th Amendment against Joe Biden and appoint Mike Pence as her vice president.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden had a maskless birthday party in 2020.”
The New York Times rated this: False
“The law governing the transition of presidential power “doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent' winner.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The primary law governing transitions, the Presidential Transition Act, took effect in 1964 and has been updated on several occasions. It uses the term “apparent” winner.
“Former Vice President Joe Biden “invented the Office of President-elect.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Donald Trump and Barack Obama also used the term during their transitions to the presidency.
“Says President Donald Trump "thinks that $15 an hour minimum wage is too much for essential workers.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Trump’s administration issued clear opposition to a $15 minimum wage bill that passed the House in 2019. However, in a debate Trump did say that he’d “consider it to an extent. … in a second administration.”
“Joe Biden confuses President Trump with George W. Bush: ‘because of who I’m running against … George, ah, George’”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The RNC cut of the question making clear Biden was talking to George Lopez
“Former Vice President Joe Biden said he "lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Joe Biden did not say he grew up in Section 8 housing, but that the building he once lived in later became Section 8 housing.
“Joe Biden lives in a large estate bought on a senator's salary”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“Video shows Joe Biden saying, 'I'm running as a proud Democrat for the Senate”
USA TODAY rated this: Missing context
“President Donald Trump has left former Vice President Joe Biden 'in the dust' in the swing state of Ohio, according to recent polling data”
USA TODAY rated this: Missing context
“The other day in the debate [Joe] Biden couldn’t even use the words law enforcement.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Biden said the words "law enforcement" twice in the debate, adding, "the vast majority of police officers are good, decent, honorable men and women."