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5 checks for “Republican National Committee”

National Republican Senatorial Committee, Official party committee

“Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: Fetterman has said he wants to eliminate mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder. He’s not talking about all murders, and he’s not seeking to eliminate the discretion for judges to impose life sentences.

Checked by PolitiFact14 May 2020United StatesElections
Republican National Committee, political group

“Says Joe Biden said voting by mail is a way to “fundamentally change this country,” contradicting past statements by Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: The video includes short clips of Barack Obama and Debbie Wasserman Schultz sounding critical of voting by mail, but that was in the narrow context of a proposal to re-do a presidential primary in Florida in 08.