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FactCheck.org says: The Constitution doesn’t say the vice president shall count the votes, Epps said. “It says the votes shall be counted.” And the Electoral Count Act says that counting is done by tellers in Congress.
PolitiFact says: Neither the Constitution nor any law gives the vice president the power to reject electoral college results from particular states.
PolitiFact says: The defense legislation is separate from the COVID-19 relief bill, which does not mention the Insurrection Act.
PolitiFact says: President Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term. He has not said what he will do during Joe Biden’s inauguration Jan. 20.
Washington Post says: The video evidence was bogus
FactCheck.org says: As John McCormack wrote in National Review, “the notion that down-ballot Republicans greatly outperformed President Trump is inaccurate.”
PolitiFact says: News outlets that covered pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, D.C., estimated that thousands attended them.
FactCheck.org says: Both states currently have very similar restrictions. For example, in both Arizona and Nevada, bars, restaurants, movie theaters and gyms are all open, but use is capped at 50% of capacity.
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.”
PolitiFact says: Trump signed the FUTURE Act, making a major funding stream for HBCUs permanent beyond 2019. But it’s a stretch to say he "saved" them from financial ruin.
FactCheck.org says: Trump actually said "go ahead" to the moderator, who was trying to move on to the next topic.
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."
PolitiFact says: Harris said during the vice presidential debate that none of Trump’s appointments to the federal courts of appeals are Black.