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“The gay dating app Grindr says if Florida doesn’t stop passing homophobic and transphobic laws, they’ll reveal every Republican legislator and party official who secretly uses the app.”

PolitiFact says: A Grindr spokesperson said the app protects users’ privacy and would not reveal the identities of Republican politicians on Grindr. The claim circulated amid Republican-led efforts to pass anti-LGTBQ+ laws nationwide.

“A Facebook user recently posted two photos in, which. One shows Prime Minister Hun Sen participating in an official ceremony to borrow more than $2 billion from the Republic of Korea. This post is linked to the caption stating, “Not worry, just borrowed 2 billion USD”.”

“Nobody" in the Republican Party "condemns" the attack on Paul Pelosi "for exactly what it is.”

FactCheck.org says: We found several examples of Republicans condemning the attack or politically motivated violence, generally. We did not find nearly the same number condemning the conspiracy-based rhetoric that may have influenced it.

“Republicans plan to end Social Security and Medicare if they take back the Senate.”

Washington Post says: There is no such plan.

“Every time a Republican has been elected president over the last few decades, House Democrats have objected to the result”

PolitiFact says: Democrats have objected to election results in prior years, after the losing candidate had conceded. When Republicans objected in 2021, Trump was trying to stay in office.

“Democratic candidate for governor Charlie Crist and President Biden "teamed up" to "hire 87,000 new IRS agents to audit the middle class," and Crist "supported Biden's agenda to defund the police.”

FactCheck.org says: Biden and Crist have said they don’t support calls from some activists to defund the police. A law both men supported provides funding for the IRS to hire tens of thousands of new employees, most in customer service.

“Image claims to show a list of "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven.”

PolitiFact says: Lawmakers are not barred from taking advantage of the program and Democratic and Republican politicians both received loans for their businesses.

“Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments.”

“In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”

PolitiFact says: Democrats did set a supermajority threshold, but only after Republicans pledged to filibuster the underlying bill, and Republicans unanimously agreed to the voting plan.

“Don’t listen to my Republican friends in Congress — last year, we reduced — my budget reduced the — the deficit by $350 billion.”

FactCheck.org says: Deficits fell between fiscal year 2020 and 2021 far less than initially projected after Biden added to them with more emergency pandemic and infrastructure spending.

“John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Republican President Abraham Lincoln, was a Democrat.”

FactCheck.org says: Booth was active in the Know-Nothing Party, and there are no surviving statements in which Booth declares he is a Democrat.

“So, pay very close attention, folks: If Republicans have their way, it means 100 million Americans with preexisting conditions can once again be denied health-care coverage by their insurance companies. That’s what the law was before Obamacare.”

Washington Post says: This is an inflated number

“Tennessee Republicans are advancing a ‘marry little kids’ bill that will allow them to marry children of any age.”

FactCheck.org says: The Tennessee bill initially omitted a minimum age, but was amended on April 6 to say individuals must be at least 18 years old.

“Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare.”

PolitiFact says: The plan is not a “Senate Republicans’ plan.” It's a plan by Sen. Rick Scott that does not explicitly end Social Security and Medicare. It proposes the sunsetting of all federal laws.

“Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position.”

PolitiFact says: Donald Trump’s actions regarding Ukraine did not rise to the level of treason, which is defined in the Constitution. The GOP platform does not amount to an official policy of appeasing Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Tableau proposal by the Tamil Nadu government for the Republic Day Parade- 2022 has former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s statue”

FACTLY says: The image being shared on social media is edited. The actual image of the tableau has statues of freedom fighters, including VO Chidambaranar, Subramania Bharathi, Rani Velu Nachiyar, Maruthu brothers, Poolithevan, Veer…

“Trump was secretly inaugurated as president of the restored Republic.”

“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”

PolitiFact says: Weekly gas prices peaked and fell under Bush, but the movement of gas prices doesn’t correlate with who’s in office. It’s determined by the balance of supply and demand, influenced by the health of the economy and OPEC.

“Very sad that the RINOs [Republicans in name only] in the House and Senate gave Biden and Democrats a victory on the ‘Non-Infrastructure’ Bill, where only 11% of the money being wasted goes to real infrastructure.”

Washington Post says: Almost 40 percent of the bill would qualify as infrastructure under the standards used by Trump during his presidency.

“Through Republic Act No. 10699 enacted in 2015 during the term of then President Benigno Aquino III, Congress granted tax exemption on winnings of national athletes.”

Vera Files says: It is Republic Act No. 7549, enacted on May 22, 1992 during the term of the late President Corazon C. Aquino, that exempts from income tax payments “all prizes and awards” granted to athletes participating in local or i…