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PolitiFact is a United States fact-checking site run by the Poynter Institute. It rates claims by politicians and viral posts on its Truth-O-Meter, from True to Pants on Fire.

David Perdue, 2022 candidate for GOP nomination for Georgia governor

“A secret backroom deal" gave "away hundreds of millions of tax dollars to a Soros-owned company.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False

PolitiFact says: Outlines of the proposed deal, including some state incentives, have been announced. Once negotiations are complete, more details of the proposal will be announced. The company involved is not owned by George Soros.

Social media posts

“Says New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country doesn’t have to deal with the “rage of older white men” because “we’ve never allowed Rupert Murdoch to set up a media outlet here.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: The quote is fabricated. A communications expert in New Zealand made a related comment to The Guardian in 2020, but even that quote is distorted in this social media post.