“Tulsi Gabbard Venmos Nancy Pelosi $600.01 forcing the IRS to audit Pelosi’s finances.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Video shows Congress voting for a highly classified “Homeland Terrorism Preparedness Bill.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Video shows Steve Bannon crying, “Trump is going to jail.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“With three months remaining in the Fiscal Year, (the border patrol) has already encountered more illegal immigrants along the Southwest border" than in any previous fiscal year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Some conservative activists have advocated for decertifying ballots cast in 2020, alleging fraud. But no such decertification process exists, and there’s no evidence of widespread fraud.
“We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Brian Kemp wants to investigate and punish women for having miscarriages.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Kemp has not said he wants women investigated or punished for miscarriages. An abortion law he signed said miscarriage is legal. The law does not prohibit investigations of women who have miscarriages.
“Video shows Ron DeSantis arguing with Sean Hannity”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The footage pieced together separate interviews to highlight the contrast between DeSantis' attitude toward using the term "raid" to describe law enforcement carrying out a search warrant.
“Adam Laxalt fought an investigation into the oil industry, then they funded his campaign.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Laxalt opposed efforts to investigate whether oil companies made fraudulent disclosures about climate change and helped Exxon fight one probe. A PAC largely backed by people employed in oil ran campaign ads for Laxalt.
“Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The National Archives said it assumed exclusive legal and physical custody of Obama's presidential records when he left office.
“Democrats' new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The 87,000 was from an out-of-date plan and it included workers in IT and customer service. The IRS plans to use the money to target corporations and high-income taxpayers.
“Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Science shows recycling methods can recover up to 95% of a battery’s material and companies from other states are partnering with California to recycle its electric car batteries.
“They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Medical transitioning is not recommended for prepubescent children, as DeSantis suggested. Experts say transition-related surgery is rare for minors and isn’t typically recommended.
“Video shows Clark County poll worker acting illegally by asking people to place their ballots into a bag outside of a drop box.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Video shows election workers following an interpretation of Washington law allowing them to collect ballots to prevent long lines and drop boxes from being overfilled, not voter fraud.
“On taking the Fifth Amendment”
PolitiFact rated this: Half Flip
PolitiFact says: Trump has made statements for and against taking the Fifth Amendment, depending upon the persons involved.
“We have more oil and gas permits than ever before right now.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat(ic) National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States.”
PolitiFact rated this: One was legal, one wasn't
PolitiFact says: The Watergate was illegal, while the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home would have received formal approval from a federal judge.
“The CDC has classified monkeypox as an airborne form of herpes that can lead to paralysis.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Monkeypox spreads primarily through close physical contact, including direct contact with monkeypox rash. There’s no evidence the CDC classifies it as “airborne” or as a form of herpes.
“The Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Under the bill, the federal government would see its outlays reduced by about $300 billion due to a Medicare drug-price negotiation provision. However, that reduction wouldn’t represent cuts to beneficiaries.