“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
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“It’s not illegal to go inside the Capitol” as the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 rioters did.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“On eliminating the filibuster.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half Flip
“Ron DeSantis let "millions of COVID-19 tests expire.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Crist overstated the number of expired tests, it was up to 1 million, not “millions," and leaves the impression that the tests were no longer usable but the FDA approved extending their shelf life.
“$2,000 stimulus checks were due on Jan. 19.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There are no imminent plans to disburse federal stimulus checks similar to those prior in the pandemic.
“In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The Harris County voter received two rejection letters when he applied for mail ballots. But he has since updated his registration and he is on track to receive a mail ballot for the March 1 primary in Texas.
“Pennsylvania had 2.6 million mail in votes that the court of appeals of PA held to be unconstitutional. Umm that alone means Biden lost PA.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A Pennsylvania court ruled that Act 77 was unconstitutional and to expand mail in voting requires a constitutional amendment. The ruling, which is being appealed, doesn’t change the fact that Biden won the state.
“(I) am proud that Senator Rubio and I were able to help secure an unprecedented $1 billion for Everglades restoration, the largest single amount ever allocated by the federal government.”
PolitiFact rated this: Voted against bill
PolitiFact says: Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying it cost too much. Other lawmakers have also promoted the fruits of legislation they criticized and voted against.
“Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Biden conflated two statistics. About one-third, not four out of five, customers are “finding” such coverage.
“The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Proposed changes to the Electoral Count act show Pence had the power and “could have overturned the election!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Constitutional and election law legal scholars across the political spectrum find that the Electoral Count Act does not give the vice president the power to dispute state-certified electoral votes.
“250,000 trucks are participating in the “Freedom Convoy” in Canada.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A schedule proves Donald Trump was recently participating in presidential activities.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“American taxpayer dollars provide “free housing, free medical, free state identification” to immigrants in the country illegally.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Most immigrants living illegally in the country are not eligible for benefits from federal programs. A valid Social Security number, which they do not have, is needed to receive most federal benefits.
“Biden won’t allow Delta-variant COVID patients to get proven and effective monoclonal treatments even though there are 50,000-100,000 Americans infected by Delta EVERY DAY.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate controlled by the other party.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Thomas is the only current member of the Supreme Court to be nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate of the other.
“Image shows a patient experiencing claustrophobia and having a panic attack during a CT scan.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The radiographer who shared the image was doing so to explain how hoaxes are created on the internet and said it showed a patient waking up to movement and simply raising his head.
“National Guard doctors find hospitals empty of COVID patients.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Photo shows Amish who drove 2.5 hours with the “Freedom Convoy” to cook them food at their next stop.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Quotes show Joseph Stalin and Joe Biden expressed similar views about counting votes.”
PolitiFact rated this: False