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44 checks for “Ram”

Checked by FACTLY13 Mar 2025IndiaElections
Social media posts

“According to the voter list published by the Election Commission of India, a man named ‘Ramkamal Das’ in Uttar Pradesh has 43 sons, all of whom live in the same house.”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: This viral voter list was published during the Varanasi Municipal Corporation election in 2023 and belongs to Varanasi Municipal Corporation’s Ward No. 51 – Bhelupur. Swami Ramkamal Das Vedanti is the head priest of Ram…

Checked by PolitiFact29 Aug 2023United StatesElections
Vivek Ramaswamy, GOP presidential candidate

“Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, could have approved the 2020 electoral votes on the condition that Congress pass an overhaul of election law.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: A VP wouldn’t have that power, and the Constitution is clear that counting the electoral votes, not legislation, is the joint session's purpose. Such a divisive proposal wouldn't have gotten the needed Democratic backing