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“Democrats "want $1.5 trillion for health care for illegal aliens.”

FactCheck.org says: $1.5 trillion is the total estimated cost over 10 years of the spending bill that Democrats had put forward at the beginning of the government shutdown. It is not the amount for health care coverage for people in the U.…

“Recent studies already point to serious risks when mifepristone [medication abortion] is used without proper medical oversight.”

FactCheck.org says: The scientific literature shows that serious adverse events following medication abortion, including following telehealth abortion, are rare.

“There’s two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol.”

FactCheck.org says: A single Danish study showed boys circumcised in medical settings were around twice as likely to be diagnosed with a form of autism called infantile autism by age 5. The study included no data on Tylenol.

“Portland, Oregon is "war ravaged" with "fires all over the place.”

FactCheck.org says: News reports, police and fire department accounts, and a federal judge have all determined that protests are concentrated in the immediate area of the ICE facility and that they are largely peaceful.

“Antidepressant drugs, known as SSRIs, “might be contributing" to school shootings.”

FactCheck.org says: Experts say there is no direct evidence linking SSRIs to mass shootings. SSRIs do not have black box warnings for homicidal ideation.

“Political "violence comes largely from the left.”

FactCheck.org says: Data shows that politically motivated violence comes from both the left and the right and, until this year, political violence in the U.S. had mostly been driven by right-wing extremism — white supremacy in particular.

“It’s 300[,000], 350,000 people died last year from drugs.”

FactCheck.org says: A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told us the provisional number of drug overdose deaths in 2024 was 79,383, and an expert in addiction medicine told us Trump’s number was “a gross exagge…

“Anybody can get the COVID-19 booster.”

FactCheck.org says: The FDA limited vaccine approval to higher-risk people. While the vaccine can still be given off-label, people may need a prescription and may not be able to get vaccinated at pharmacies.

“CHICAGO IS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!”

“Supplementary data from a Danish study on aluminum-containing vaccines and chronic health conditions, including autism, “shows calamitous evidence of harm.”

FactCheck.org says: A large Danish study recently provided reassurance that aluminum-containing vaccines are not associated with increased rates of chronic health conditions in children, including autism. Kennedy cherry-picked and misused …

“In the last 11 days, we’ve had no murders and that’s the first time that’s taken place in years, actually years" in Washington, D.C.”

FactCheck.org says: An 11-day stretch with zero murders is rare in the city, but there was a 16-day period with no murders earlier this year, from Feb. 25 to March 12, according to Metropolitan Police Department data.

“Every place in the country where you have no cash bail is a disaster.”

FactCheck.org says: The balance of crime data doesn’t support the idea that crime has worsened as a result of the policies.

“States are merely an 'agent' for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes. They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.”

FactCheck.org says: The Constitution gives states the authority to run elections, with oversight from Congress, and the president has no direct role.

“There are no states more gerrymandered than California and Illinois and New York.”

FactCheck.org says: Illinois is among the most skewed states for partisan congressional maps, but California and New York get favorable marks in analyses from nonpartisan organizations.

“You can't sue" vaccine companies, "no matter how negligent they are.”

FactCheck.org says: A person must go through the vaccine court first, but can still sue for claims of negligence, fraud, manufacturing defects or a failure to warn a patient’s doctor.

“In Washington, D.C., “murders in 2023 reached the highest rate probably ever.”

FactCheck.org says: The city’s murder rate did increase in 2023 to the highest rate in 20 years, but it wasn’t the highest ever. (The highest was in 1991.) And murders have decreased since 2023..

“One mutation, and the vaccine becomes ineffective.”

FactCheck.org says: It’s taken numerous mutations for the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines to decline against a new variant — and even then, the vaccine still provides some protection against severe disease.

“After firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, Trump claimed: "Last weeks Job’s Report was RIGGED, just like the numbers prior to the Presidential Election were Rigged.”

FactCheck.org says: There's no evidence the commissioner, or others at BLS, manipulated the data, and Trump hasn't provided any.

“You ought to be speaking about Bill Clinton, who went to the island 28 times," referring to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.”

FactCheck.org says: Former President Bill Clinton flew multiple times on airplanes belonging to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Available flight logs show no evidence that Clinton visited Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean.

“Seed oils in infant formula harm the health of infants.”

FactCheck.org says: Seed oils provide needed fatty acids in infant formulas, and there is no evidence they harm infants.