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“Pres. Obama destroyed the lobster and fishing industry in Maine.”

FactCheck.org says: The lobster industry hadn't yet been banned from a 2016-designated marine monument. A review conducted by the Trump administration found fishing vessels overall garnered a small percentage of their catch from that area.

“COVID-19 “Cases up only because of our big number testing.”

FactCheck.org says: While testing can explain some of the additional cases, it fails to account for all of them, as the proportion of positive tests is increasing in many states.

“MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES," resulting in a "RIGGED" election.”

FactCheck.org says: Voting experts say there are numerous logistical hurdles and security safeguards that would prevent a foreign government from slipping large numbers of fraudulent ballots past election officials.

“[And] we created opportunity zones, along with Tim Scott. And since then, countless jobs and $100 billion dollars of new investment have poured into 9,000 of our most distressed neighborhoods in the country.”

FactCheck.org says: Trump has produced no evidence that $100 billion has been invested in opportunity zones and no support for his claim that it has created "countless jobs."

“Online posts say Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: "It's vital that Governors maintain restrictions on businesses until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected.”

FactCheck.org says: A fake tweet attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez advocates restrictions on businesses “until after the November Elections because economic recovery will help Trump be re-elected.” She didn’t tweet that.

“A photo purports to show a crowd "gathered for the Trump Rally in Tulsa.”

FactCheck.org says: A photo of a large crowd with the false claim that it shows the scene outside of President Donald Trump’s Tulsa rally has been circulating. It actually shows the Rolling Thunder event near Washington, D.C. in 2019.

“NASCAR released a statement that read, “We launched an immediate investigation, and determined Bubba Wallace had mistaken a 26″ serpentine automotive belt for a noose.”

FactCheck.org says: The NASCAR statement did not say it completed its investigation or that it found Wallace was “mistaken.”

“[W]hen we came here, you had very few ventilators in this country. … [W]e stocked up those shelves. The cupboard was empty, and we filled up the cupboards.”

FactCheck.org says: The Trump administration inherited more ventilators in the Strategic National Stockpile than it ended up distributing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“President Donald Trump's reelection campaign posted a Craigslist ad that said, "Excited and enthusiastic MINORITY Actors and Actresses needed to hold signs at event in Tulsa.”

FactCheck.org says: Posts cite a Craigslist ad to support the claim that Trump’s campaign is seeking “MINORITY Actors” to hold signs at his June 20 rally in Tulsa, Okla. The campaign says it didn’t post the ad and Craigslist has removed it.

“With absentee voting, as opposed to mail-in voting, "they have to go through a very strict process. The equivalent of going to a voting machine, or maybe even sometimes better.”

FactCheck.org says: Voting experts told us the verification process is the same for absentee and mail-in ballots, and many states consider them to be the same thing.

“Pelosi Gifts George Floyd’s Brother Folded American Flag Reserved Only For Fallen Veterans”

“[W]e’ve had some great studies ... some great reports from — coming out of France, coming out of Spain, coming out of other places" about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19.”

FactCheck.org says: Trump cites point to unscientific anecdotal evidence, while a growing body of scientific suggests that HCQ is not effective against COVID-19.

“A photo of a bruised woman is circulating with the claim that it shows Aracely Henriquez after George Floyd broke into her house in 2007.”

FactCheck.org says: A meme misrepresents a 2007 criminal case in Houston involving George Floyd. The meme distorts the details of Floyd’s case and includes a photo of a woman who was badly injured in an unrelated attack in Spain in 2018.

“Former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden "never even tried to fix" policing issues "during their eight-year period.”

FactCheck.org says: In fact, the Obama administration took several steps to address police violence and community trust issues, some of which the Trump administration has dialed back.

“George Floyd's death was “filmed before covid19” because “[n]ot a single person is wearing a mask" in the videos.”

FactCheck.org says: Video footage shows multiple officers and officials wearing masks.

“[M]ost of the conservative think tanks," including the Heritage Foundation, say the Republican tax cuts "generated virtually no growth at all.”

FactCheck.org says: Biden's campaign cited as evidence three articles from conservative institutions: two from AEI and one from the Tax Foundation. None of them support Biden's claim, though.

“The 'biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars.”

“You know, before we had a single coronavirus case in this country, this President shut down all travel from China.”

FactCheck.org says: CDC confirmed the first COVID-19 case Jan. 20 -- 11 days before travel restrictions were announced and "all travel from China" was not shut down. There were exceptions for U.S. citizens, permanent residents and family.

“Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that recent events like the George Floyd protests, the pandemic, the impeachment, and the Russia investigation "happened because Hillary [Clinton] lost.”

FactCheck.org says: Sarah Huckabee Sanders did not write or post the tweet. The tweet is actually from an unverified Twitter account that misspelled her name.

“The U.S. testing program “is so much bigger and more advanced than any other country (we have done a great job on this!) that it shows more cases.”

FactCheck.org says: Although the U.S. has completed the highest number of coronavirus tests, it still lags behind other nations in tests per capita, and a higher proportion of tests have also come back positive.