“Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
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“Arizona elections are corrupt”
PolitiFact rated this: 2020 election was secure
PolitiFact says: A review of ballots cast in Maricopa County confirmed that Joe Biden won, and courts rejected allegations of fraud or attempts to deny certification for Biden and only a few people have been charged with fraud.
“A Democratic bill negotiated between Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would "increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Every income group would lose ground from the bill’s tax changes, but they are likely to be outweighed by savings to families provided by other parts of the bill and that were not included in the analysis cited.
“John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Fetterman has not called for eliminating life sentences for murder. He advocates eliminating the Pennsylvania law mandating life-without-parole sentences in "felony" murder cases, in which the defendant is an accomplice.
“Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The late abortions Masters cited are already legal under civil liability and restrictive laws in states such as Texas and Mississippi.
“There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“‘Monkeypox’ is only circulating in countries where the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed and is being used to advance a Technocratic Great Reset.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: “The Great Reset” is an unsubstantiated and widely debunked conspiracy theory and monkeypox cases have been reported in countries that aren’t distributing the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
“No, pens provided by Arizona election officials aren’t part of a plot to rig state primary”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Maricopa County will provide Pentel pens in voting booths for Arizona’s Aug. 2 primary. County elections officials say these pens help the voting process because they dry quickly.
“In 2020, “250,000 ballots were manufactured” in Georgia and “Biden was given win” by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Results the morning after Election Day in Georgia showed that Trump was ahead of Biden. But the state’s results website warned that the results were unofficial and may not include all absentee and provisional ballots.
“The legislature has long maintained that the law never allowed these illegal drop boxes.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds” to be spent on leisure projects.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Both voted for the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that gave $350 billion to state and local governments. Some of the governments approved spending some of the money on leisure projects.
“We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Federal deficit projections for 2022 range from $1.5 trillion to $1.7 trillion. But declaring this a record sidesteps the highly unusual circumstances that made it possible: the expiration of pandemic spending measures.
“Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: In 2017, the year a nonprofit Vance formed to fight opioid abuse was most active, it spent nearly half of its receipts to pay a Vance political adviser to be executive director and to pay for a survey.
“The White House is now trying to protect Joe Biden by changing the definition of the word recession.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The White House blog post cited in the Instagram post is not only accurate about what the official definition of a recession is, but it’s also citing the longstanding definition, not something suddenly cooked up.
“In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of Democratic bills to have a hearing.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: More than 50% of the contiguous United States was experiencing drought as of July 12, according to National Integrated Drought Information System data.
“Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Plymouth Rock has been submerged before, during extreme weather and very high tides. It has also moved since it was first identified. Experts said it is not a useful landmark for measuring sea level change.
“Shooter in Highland Park, Illinois, “bought the gun illegally.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The man who opened fire during an Independence Day celebration in Highland Park, Illinois, had a history of encounters with local police, but was not barred from legally purchasing weapons.
“The gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence that the gunman at Greenwood Park Mall was a CIA asset or that the attack was a CIA operation.
“A photo shows Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a Soviet shirt and giving a Nazi salute.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire