John Barrasso, U.S. Senator, R-Wyo.
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context
PolitiFact says: The impact would be small in dollar and percentage terms, and they would result from the murky, indirect impact of a corporate tax hike, not a direct tax visible on a return or paystub.
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PolitiFact rated this: Missing context.
PolitiFact says: As he began to describe Paige as a great pitcher in the Negro Leagues and in Major League Baseball, Biden used the phrase “the great Negro,” but then corrected himself to describe Paige as a great Negro Leagues pitcher.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There has not been a randomized controlled study of why cases went down in Uttar Pradesh, India. Ivermectin has not been proven to show benefits in managing COVID-19.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A report misrepresents data from a CDC study on COVID-19 vaccination and spontaneous abortions by excluding the majority of the sample to produce inflated miscarriage rates.
Bryan Steil, U.S. Rep.
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
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PolitiFact rated this: Missing context.
PolitiFact says: Advancements in technology have made electric vehicles a viable alternative to fuel-powered vehicles.
Dennis Prager, commentator
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: To suggest that gay men and intravenous drug users were not considered pariahs during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s is extraordinarily inaccurate. The evidence of the opposite abounds.
Gwen Moore, U.S. Rep.
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Vaccination does more than help prevent infection among the vaccinated — it reduces the chances of COVID-19 spread among the general public.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Italy didn’t lower its COVID-19 death count by over 97%. The country’s official death toll exceeds 132,000 people.
Ron Klain, White House chief of staff
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The Biden administration can trumpet improvements in both employment and the coronavirus pandemic, but Klain’s numbers are off.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The fact that the turnout tally at one point was reported as lower than it was six minutes earlier merely reflects changes in Fox News' estimates, Fox News says.
David Gura, NPR journalist
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Forbes, which closely tracks the wealth of the richest Americans, wrote in April that Jim Justice had recently fallen out of the billionaire’s club, making West Virginia one of a handful of states without one.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The dictionary recently revised its definition of vaccine to be more detailed — and it didn’t eliminate the portion that deals with immunity.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
Rebecca Kleefisch, Gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch
PolitiFact rated this: False
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines weaken the body’s immune system.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Social media users claim that a video of a cargo ship entering the port of Miami came from California. There’s no evidence of the ship’s origins or that it was rerouted.
Lisa McClain, U.S. Rep. R-Mich.
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The notion that just 10% of the infrastructure bill is “actual infrastructure” is a version of a Republican talking point that was inaccurate months ago and has been rendered even more inaccurate by changes to the bill.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Graphene oxide has an array of biomedical uses and can be toxic in certain applications, but none of the approved COVID-19 vaccines contain the material.