“Whistleblower rules were changed to allow a complaint alleging misconduct by the president to be forwarded to Congress based only on secondhand information.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
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“A viral photo purports to show Greta Thunberg posing with George Soros.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Europe and other nations" are "not" contributing to Ukraine. "Why is it only the United States putting up the money? ... Germany, France, other countries should put up money.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“President Donald Trump's adult children sat in seats at the U.N. that were reserved for the handicapped.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“School Shooting Israel 1974. They Began Training Teachers With Guns. There Have Only Been Two School Shootings In 44 Years, And Both Shooters Were Killed By Teachers. Have We Learned Anything Yet, America?”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Beto O'Rourke is "a felon who is not allowed to possess a firearm of any type.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“It was something where [then-Vice President Joe Biden] said, “I’m not going to give billions of dollars to Ukraine unless they remove this prosecutor.” ... And the prosecutor was prosecuting the company of the son and the son," Hunter Biden.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts
“A meme circulation on social media claims that the Trump administration is without a defense secretary, an interior secretary, an ambassador to the United Nations and a Secret Service director.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“I don't know of any other Democrat who agrees with Beto O'Rourke" on a mandatory buyback of so-called assault weapons.”
FactCheck.org rated this: There Are Others
“President Donald Trump "just donated $1 MILLION of his own money to the Bahamas Relief Fund.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
“They were forcing you to buy lightbulbs that cost a fortune” and were "very dangerous with all of the gases.” If a lightbulb breaks, “it’s considered almost like a waste site.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“A photo of a musician with wet pants has been misidentified as showing Beto O'Rourke.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Trump retweeted a post purporting to show Rep. Ilhan Omar "partying" and "celebrating" on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“A lot of people are being saved" under the Right to Try Act, which was enacted last year to provide faster access to unapproved medications still in development.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
“Attributes this quote to former President Ronald Reagan: "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Facebook posts claim the actor Tim Allen wrote a viral right-wing rant.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“I was in the United States Senate when 54 senators said let’s do background checks, let’s get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators, it failed because of the filibuster.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Half- Right
“I'm going to share a story that I heard secondhand, so I can't verify it. But there was a Top Gun, a fighter pilot, who said that his least favorite time of the year is at the end of the fiscal year, because he flies over the Pacific Ocean and dumps oil into the ocean. ... Because they have to use all the oil that's budgeted, or else they won't get the same amount budgeted the following year.”
FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence
“10,874 people killed by drunk drivers in 2017, and 403 by rifles. Walmart stops selling rifles. Still sells alcohol…”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“Immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the [Iraq] war at that moment.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False