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.
PolitiFact says: There is no evidence Trump made a request for 10,000 National Guard troops to be deployed for a rally he held that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. There is no evidence that Pelosi denied such a request.
PolitiFact says: Hispanics are actually the second-fastest-growing group in the U.S., after Asian-Americans.
PolitiFact says: Experts say as many as 215 million voters were registered for the 2020 election. That far outnumbers the 159 million ballots cast.
PolitiFact says: H.R. 1 would expand the role government offices play in registering voters, but it doesn't single out welfare recipients.
PolitiFact says: The image is altered. The real photograph is from January 2020 and shows faith leaders praying with then-President Donald Trump, not the statue.
PolitiFact says: In 2009, Al Gore loosely cited researchers and said there was a “75% chance” the ice could be gone during at least some summer months within five to seven years.
PolitiFact says: The Trump administration backed both projects well before they became part of the latest relief bill.
PolitiFact says: Today’s gas prices are the highest they’ve been in about 18 months, largely due to the economic comeback since the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.
PolitiFact says: About 9% of the American Rescue Plan funding is slated for direct COVID-19 intervention such as vaccines and testing. But the vast majority is related to pandemic relief, 85% by the calculations of one nonpartisan group.
PolitiFact says: Biden has not closed down ICE. Biden’s administration established new deportation priorities and ordered a temporary pause on some but not all deportations.
PolitiFact says: Kaleb-Wolf Torres, who frequently appears in commercials for Shriners Hospitals for Children, is alive.
PolitiFact says: In 2019, the ACLU told lawmakers it opposed the bill. In 2021, the ACLU didn’t use the word “oppose” in their letter to lawmakers. But the group still has multiple criticisms of the bill.
PolitiFact says: Atlanta’s mayor has asked people not to travel to the city, and asked businesses not to hold events in the city, in connection with the NBA All-Star Game being played there on March 7. She has not ordered shutdowns.
PolitiFact says: As California attorney general, Xavier Becerra did not initiate a lawsuit against the Little Sisters of the Poor. But after a court allowed the Little Sisters to intervene as a defendant, he continued to litigate.
PolitiFact says: The bill has about $20 billion directly for vaccines, but as much as $160 billion for direct health impacts of COVID-19. Either is a small slice of the total $1.9 trillion stimulus package.
PolitiFact says: The calendar year figure Cassidy cited includes nearly three months with relatively normal, pre-pandemic economic activity, distorting the budget picture. Officials have already projected bigger fiscal year shortfalls.
PolitiFact says: Cotton’s office said he misspoke. Biden’s administration ordered a 100-day deportation pause, but it did not apply to criminals such as murderers, rapists, terrorists or gang members.
PolitiFact says: Coronavirus vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have not been linked to neurodegenerative or prion diseases.