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Gov. Doug Ducey, Arizona Governor

“President Joe Biden reversed the Trump administration's immigration policies, resulting in a “460% spike in illegal apprehensions, over 100,000 people in custody.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Cherry Picks

FactCheck.org says: Comparing Trump’s last full month in office in December (71,047) to Biden’s first full month in office in February (96,974), apprehensions have risen 36% — not 460%.

Checked by FactCheck.org22 Mar 2021United StatesFrench
Social media posts

“La vacuna mató a Marvin Hagler”.”

FactCheck.org rated this: No hay evidencia

FactCheck.org says: La viuda del pugilista Marvin “Maravilla” Hagler escribió en Facebook que su muerte no fue consecuencia de la vacuna contra el COVID-19. Halger murió por causas naturales, egún un comunicado publicado en su página web.

Checked by FactCheck.org19 Mar 2021United StatesSpanish
Children's Health Defense, Organización contra las vacunas

“Un estudio de 2004 “descubrió que los niños afroestadounidenses que recibían la vacuna SPR ‘a tiempo’, a la edad de tres años tienen 3,36 más probabilidades de ser diagnosticados con autismo severo que niños afroestadounidenses vacunados más tarde”.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Estudio No Dice Eso

FactCheck.org says: Eso no fue lo que el estudio concluyó. Es lo que una supuesta revisión de las estadísticas arrojó una década más tarde y que luego fue revocada.

Checked by FactCheck.org17 Mar 2021United States
Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator

“Cited the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project to "push back" at "leftists" who claim that last year's protests were “mostly peaceful.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Distorts the Facts

FactCheck.org says: The report Johnson cited found that "more than 93% of all demonstrations connected to the movement" were non-violent. “The senator is taking the overall figures out of context and distorting the report’s key conclusion."

Checked by FactCheck.org12 Mar 2021United StatesHealth
Children's Health Defense, Anti-vaccination organization

“A 2004 “study discovered that African-American boys who receive the MMR vaccine ‘on-time’ by the age of 3 are 3.36 times more likely to be diagnosed with severe autism as Black boys who waited until they were older.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Not What Study Found

FactCheck.org says: That’s not what the study found. That’s what a purported reanalysis of the data claimed to find a decade later and that paper was retracted.