“Country singer Miranda Lambert is giving away “free belly melt kits.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: New Yorkers have historically paid out more in federal taxes than they received in federal expenditures. However, the coronavirus pandemic changed this pattern.
“Image shows a fall revealing President Joe Biden’s diaper.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: An award was given to a group that parodies nuns on LGBTQ Pride Night about an hour before the game when the stadium had few people. There were about 49,000 tickets sold for the game.
“Recent wildfires put more carbon in the atmosphere than "the human race has put out in the last 100 years.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Canada’s wildfires have set records for carbon dioxide emissions over a short period of time, but they represent only a tiny fraction of total CO2 emissions from human activity.
“The military arrested the administrator of the Small Business Administration.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“The United Nations replaces all 193 country flags with LGBT flags.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows Elon Musk talking about an “AI cryptocurrency trading platform” he launched.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows former President Donald Trump addressing the nation on June 16.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows singer Tim McGraw talking about diet gummies.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Displaying the progress pride flag between two American flags during a White House pride event was “in breach of US Flag Code.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The progress pride flag was centered and displayed between two American flags during a June 10 White House pride event. But another U.S. flag was flying at a higher point from a flagpole on the roof above the others.
“A Boston church burned during “a homosexual marriage” and there were no survivors.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A Massachusetts church burned down after it was struck by lightning. But the fire didn't start during a same-sex wedding, nor were any injuries reported. The city’s fire chief said the building was empty and locked.
“It is also no coincidence that these charges against me came down the very same day evidence revealed Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe from Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Lacks evidence
PolitiFact says: There is no proof that the Trump indictment had anything to do with the timing of unproven allegations about a bribery scheme and Biden. The Biden allegations are three years old and come from an unverified tip.
“Photo shows former President Donald Trump “dancing with a 13-year-old girl” on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows an aide to former President Donald Trump “grilling” former President Barack Obama.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A photo shows Australian TV host David Koch being detained by police.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A Ukrainian tank uses a house as camouflage.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The video does not show a Ukrainian military tank. It’s a car a Ukrainian folk craftsman converted into a "house on wheels." The video was from 2020, which predates Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Former President Donald Trump rescued deformed children who were born into sex slavery in tunnels under Central Park in New York.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Video shows former President Donald Trump attacking the Clintons in 2023.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: California provides some benefits to people in the country illegally, but not unemployment benefits. A bill that would approve this is in the state legislature. However, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill last year.