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FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden has not been formally nominated. And since he has voluntarily dropped out of the race, delegates pledged to him are no longer obligated to vote for him and can vote for someone else, experts told us.
FactCheck.org says: The largest 12-month increase in the Consumer Price Index occurred from June 1919 to June 1920, when the CPI rose 23.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
FactCheck.org says: The chart cites some figures that are inaccurate, outdated or misleading.
FactCheck.org says: No childhood vaccine or combination of vaccines targets 38 diseases at once. There’s no evidence that the current vaccination schedule is harmful to children.
FactCheck.org says: In 2020, Harris encouraged donations to a nonprofit paying bail for people arrested for protesting George Floyd's death. Shawn Tillman, who murdered a man in 2022, was not a protestor she asked the public to hep.
FactCheck.org says: Posts claim attendees at Donald Trump’s rally acted "suspicious," suggesting they were involved in a plot to assassinate Trump. The FBI has said that the "investigation to date indicates the shooter acted alone."
FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden assigned her to lead a group of actions intended to “address the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.”
FactCheck.org says: There is no evidence to suggest it was staged, and plenty of evidence that it wasn't.
FactCheck.org says: There was a smaller increase in murders and violent crime in Biden’s first year in office. But since then, murders and violent crime have been dropping.
FactCheck.org says: The senator acknowledged in November 2022 that “climate change is certainly happening,” which was a few months after he said there was no “climate crisis” and questioned how much humans contribute to the changing climate
FactCheck.org says: On net, employment of native-born workers increased under President Joe Biden.
FactCheck.org says: The 20-year-old gunman was a registered Republican and was too young to vote in the 2016 or 2020 elections.
FactCheck.org says: 4Chan posts spread the false claim that Secret Service officials prevented agent “Jonathan Willis” from shooting Donald Trump’s attempted assassin. The Secret Service has no employee by that name, the agency said.
FactCheck.org says: The original Associated Press photo shows the agents weren’t smiling.
FactCheck.org says: The judge in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump denied a defense request to ask jurors about their party registration, so their political affiliation is not known.
FactCheck.org says: A photo of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely shows him holding the carcass of a goat, lamb or other ruminant animal.
FactCheck.org says: In a May report, the Semiconductor Industry Association, along with the Boston Consulting Group, said the U.S. share of global fab capacity is currently 10%.
FactCheck.org says: COVID-19 vaccination is generally very safe, and except for extremely rare cases, there is no evidence that it contributes to death.
FactCheck.org says: Russian warships on the way to an annual trip to Cuba conducted simulated missile drills in the Atlantic but did not fire live missiles from Cuba.
FactCheck.org says: Trump has consistently said he will not cut Social Security and has advised Republicans against doing so. As president, Trump did not propose cuts to Social Security retirement benefits.