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Mike Pence, former vice president and 2024 presidential candidate

“After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China was planned months before a Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted over U.S. airspace in February. The meeting was postponed until June.

Donald Trump, President of the United States

“Vice President Mike Pence "has the absolute right" to "send it back to the states to recertify, and we become president.”

FactCheck.org rated this: False

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.

Mike Pence, Vice President

“The military came into the Oval Office, presented a plan. They said they knew where Kayla [Mueller] was. Baghdadi had held her for 18 months, abused her mercilessly before they killed her. But when Joe Biden was vice president, they hesitated for a month.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The most comprehensive report of the rescue effort says Obama approved the plan on spot in tje Situation Room

Mike Pence, Vice President

“When asked whether he’d support cutting funding to law enforcement, Joe Biden replied, 'Yes, absolutely.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: Biden was asked about shifting some police funds to social service agencies for tasks that could be better handled by the latter. “Yes, absolutely,” Biden responded. But said he also supports additional police funding.