“President Donald Trump said, "The doctors said they’ve never seen a body kill the Coronavirus like my body. They tested my DNA and it wasn’t DNA. It was USA.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
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“They left the strategic national stockpile empty," referring to the Strategic National Stockpile for national emergencies, such an the pandemic.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: As of 2016, the year before Trump took office, there were at least six warehouses holding “approximately $7 billion in products across more than 900 separate line items,” according to an NAS report.
“President Donald Trump was “probably the most protected person on Earth,” because his visitors “must submit to a COVID test” and “people don’t physically get close” to him.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Experts say the White House testing strategy was insufficient to protect the president, and White House photos show a maskless Trump in close contact with others.
“The antibody cocktail that Donald Trump received as part of his COVID treatment was created through research using embryonic stem cells”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“The government is going to force a coronavirus vaccine on everyone.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
FactCheck.org says: CDC says the seasonal influenza over the past decade has claimed between 12,000 and 61,000 lives each year — and on average, fewer than 40,000 lives. Twitter labeled his tweet misleading and potentially harmful.
“FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, SOUTH DAKOTA & TENNESSEE ARE NOW MASK FREE!!!”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: Individual cities and counties in each of those states do have orders requiring face coverings to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
“President Trump "has the military lined up and ready to distribute" the COVID-19 vaccine to the public, "whether you want it or not.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: The U.S. military may assist in the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, but it will not forcibly administer vaccines.
“Yesterday and today, he was not on oxygen," referring to President Trump's treatment for COVID-19.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Two days later, Conley admitted for the first time that the president had received supplemental oxygen on Friday, for about an hour.
“President Trump's coronavirus test result was a "false positive" and is part of a "coup.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Conspiracy theory
“Joe, you agree with Bernie Sanders — who’s far left — on the manifesto, we call it, and that gives you socialized medicine. Are you saying you didn’t agree?:”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations report reflects Biden's health care plan, not Sanders' Medicare for All plan.
“Gov. DeSantis' reopening order in Florida opens all bars and restaurants at 100 percent capacity and ends mask mandates”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: Partially false.
“Masks are important. ... The president has been clear since his April guidance on reopening the economy.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Trump Hasn't Been Clear
FactCheck.org says: Trump's waffling returned late in the summer around the time he began to stage rallies.
“Back in January, I wrote an article for USA Today saying, we’ve got a pandemic.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Exaggerates
FactCheck.org says: He warned about the “possibility of a pandemic."
“COVID-19 case numbers in NSW were higher than the threshold to lift the curfew in Victoria when Mr Morrison made his claim”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Yes, but more to it
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Yes, NSW case numbers were higher than the Victorian triggers for removing the curfew, but there's more to it than Mr Morrison's claim suggests.
“We will start distributing [a coronavirus vaccine] immediately. …To the general public, very shortly there — I mean, really, to the general public: immediately.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Officials expect only a limited number of vaccine doses will be available in 2020 — and those will be given to prioritized groups. Members of the general public may not be able to receive a shot until well into 2021.
“This virus, COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 virus, actually is not from nature. It is a man-made virus created in the lab.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
“Claims Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris are spreading “anti-vaccine conspiracy theories" about a COVID-19 vaccine.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: The candidates support properly approved vaccines, but have expressed concerns — shared by some in the scientific community — that Trump may not follow the standard protocols.
“Kayleigh McEnany claimed that Obama promised a COVID vaccine”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: false
“I think before we got into COVID, I thought the debt was very manageable. We were having extraordinary growth. We were creating growth that would pay down the debt over time.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
FactCheck.org says: The claim relies on the unlikely premise that Congress would fully enact Trump's proposals to dramatically cut domestic spending, and on forecasts of economic growth that are far more optimistic than consensus forecasts.