“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
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“House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The House changed its reimbursement rules, but it is misleading to describe it as a pay raise. Also, it was done on a bipartisan basis and would not be in conflict with the 27th Amendment.
“Video shows House Speaker Kevin McCarthy calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to “step down.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Since President Biden took office, families have lost the equivalent of $7,400 worth of income.”
Washington Post rated this: Depends on the math
Washington Post says: Mccarthy is citing a Heritage Foundation report but other economists say there are better metrics
“Former President Donald Trump issued a statement threatening to leak “interesting videos” of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Government officials “could have come and taken” classified documents stored at Donald Trump’s private club and residence in Florida “any time they wanted.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: FBI agents visited Mar-a-Lago on June 3, 2022, but a Trump lawyer refused to allow them to review — let alone take — dozens of boxes from the Trump White House that were being kept in a storage area.
“Our very first bill will repeal the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: This claim has been repeatedly debunked.
“I think President Trump came out four times and condemned" white supremacist Nick Fuentes.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Trump had repeatedly said he didn't know who Fuentes was, but he stopped short of condemning him or his ideas.
“I have never asked the president to resign. So what the book said was not true.”
Washington Post rated this: False
Washington Post says: The book did not say that. It said he told Republicans he would ask Trump to resign.
“The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The federal government is not nationalizing the child care industry, will not own the facilities and will not hire the staff.
“Our own government told us just a few weeks ago there was probably 11,000 to 15,000 Americans there. Today they told us they’ve gotten 5,400 out" of Afghanistan.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: McCarthy was citing a preliminary administration figure that was later reduced significantly after it was vetted. The White House says there are 100 to 200 U.S. citizens left in Afghanistan who want to leave.
“Telecom and social media platforms risk breaking the law, and could see their US business suffer, if they comply with records requests from the Jan. 6 investigation committee.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The legal experts we reached, including a lawyer who worked for telecom firms on these issues for decades, said they could think of no law that matched McCarthy's claim.
“Here’s the truth about state and local funding that Democrats don’t want you to know about: State and local government tax receipts have never been higher. Ever.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: The third quarter revenues were inflated, because almost all states moved the deadline for filing state taxes and many extended the deadline to submit sales tax receipts.