“A Stockton, California, council member said “there’s a serial killer in Stockton.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“As Hurricane Ian approached, President Joe Biden said, “a vital part of preparing for hurricane season is to get vaccinated now.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Chinese military convoy enters Ukraine from Russia.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“George W. Bush was photographed talking into the wrong end of a phone.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Herschel Walker misled about “personally treating 4,500 veterans per year,” about “graduating from college” and about “working in law enforcement.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Walker was employed as a spokesperson for a company that treated veterans. He did not graduate from college and did not work in law enforcement.
“House Democrats kicked Nancy Pelosi from office.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“In the United Kingdom, “Charles cedes throne to William immediately.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden blamed Elton John for AIDS.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden said of Jill Biden, “She was 12, I was 30.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Meghan Markle wasn’t allowed to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Nancy Pelosi “almost burst out into laughter” at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Obama & Clinton are being arrested by the military.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Once every thousand years “your age + your year of birth, every person = 2022.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Pelosi’s panel ready to arrest Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo shows fighting in Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo shows “Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles” bowing to Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The pope, Xi and Putin all meet to plan world events!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The Simpsons” predicted Queen Elizabeth II’s 2022 death.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Ryan wasn’t just professing “love for Pelosi.” He was saying that despite his love, it was time for new party leadership after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016.