“Current immigration "apprehension numbers are worse than the 'crisis' Biden/Obama/Pelosi acknowledged in 2014!”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
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“Navy SEALs arrest Hillary Clinton.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Nevada AG admits to changing signature verifications manually for over 200,000 votes.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“New York state “can and should rename the park” currently named for former President Donald Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: It's complicated
PolitiFact says: When Trump donated the land for the park in 2006, his lawyers sent the Parks Department a letter with instructions on naming it after him. Whether this constitutes a binding agreement is now in dispute.
“On passing high-dollar legislation with no time to read it.”
PolitiFact rated this: Full Flop
PolitiFact says: Johnson cited lack of time as a key reason he forced a reading of the COVID relief bill. But he didn't object to last-minute Republican bill in 2017.
“Oprah Winfrey was wearing an ankle monitor during her Meghan Markle interview.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says Oprah Winfrey for years “pimped young Hollywood girls to Harvey Weinstein to be raped.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Oprah Winfrey was once friends with the disgraced entertainment mogul, as many others were, but there is no evidence to corroborate the claim that she arranged or helped Weinstein sexually abuse women
“Schools banning Dr. Seuss books.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Schumer and Pelosi sneak funding into COVID bill.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The money came from $350 billion in state and local aid that was one of the most publicly contested parts of the bill. And Republican-led states got about $143 billion of the total.
“The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill "awards a $25 million bonus" to House members.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Nothing in the bill would give any bonus to members of the House or Senate.
“Vitamin D, vitamin C, colloidal silver and black seed oil can kill the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A video shows a nurse pretending to vaccinate actor Anthony Hopkins before squirting fluid in the syringe on the floor.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Anthony Hopkins got vaccinated. The nurse ejected excess liquid that often lingers in the syringe’s “dead space” between the plunger and needle after a medication or vaccine is administered.
“Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's net worth is “over $1 million.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's latest financial disclosure form showed assets of between $2,003 and $31,000. Her liabilities were listed at between $15,001 and $50,000, indicating that she may have a negative net worth.
“Says Joe Biden executive orders caused price increases of 50 cents in gas and 10% in food.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The average price of gas is about 34 cents per gallon higher since Biden took office; experts say his executive orders had no impact. Grocery store prices are 3.5% higher than they were one year ago.
“Under HR 1, a person can still vote if they are 16, in the U.S. illegally, have no ID and have not registered to vote”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The bill allows only eligible citizens to vote.
“Ballots in Arizona’s Maricopa County” from the 2020 presidential election “found shredded and in dumpster days before Senate audit to begin.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Election officials say all cast ballots from the 2020 election are sealed in a locked indoor vault, awaiting shipment for an audit by the state Senate, that none are kept in the warehouse and none have been shredded.
“Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Schools don't necessarily refuse to open; some reopened partially and then retrenched when infections spiked.
“Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Democrats defended their stance, saying they didn't want to hurt the families of prisioners.
“The Georgia House passed a bill that “makes it a misdemeanor to give food or water to voters waiting in line.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Georgia HB 531 would make it a misdemeanor to give voters in line food or water. The state House passed the bill.
“The filibuster was never an idea of the founding fathers.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The founders never wrote into the Constitution a filibuster of the type that has since been practiced by the Senate, and their contemporaneous writings suggest views that ranged from ambivalent to negative.