“Utah OFFICIALLY starts RECALL for Mitt Romney.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Jill Biden was a teenage babysitter for Joe Biden’s family.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The “major smoking gun” cited by InfoWars is actually an emergency order that allowed power plants to operate at maximum capacity.
“There is a direct connection between discriminatory policies within the USDA and the enormous land loss we have seen among Black farmers over the past century.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Booker’s claim is supported by findings in USDA reports, legal settlements between the department and Black farmers and expert opinion.
“Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A Texas energy company billed a customer more than $200,000.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: A federal report following a massive power outage in Texas in February 2011 stated that recommendations to winterize the system following a 1989 cold weather event were not mandatory, and implementation lapsed.
“FEMA is paying for hotel rooms!!!” for Texas winter storm victims.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Federal Emergency Management Agency called the claim a “scam.”
“NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo shows an ice mass hanging inside a Houston home during Texas winter storms.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The photo was widely shared starting in January 2018.
“Photo shows Tampa Mayor Jane Castor maskless at Super Bowl.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo shows the “USS Al Gore Global Warming Research Vessel” covered in ice.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Joe Biden didn’t act in response to the emergency in Texas.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Ted Cruz tweeted, “I’ll believe in climate change when Texas freezes over.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The White House acknowledged that Biden had intended to say that if the minimum wage had been indexed to worker productivity, it would be at $20 an hour today.
“Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Ocasio-Cortez opposed the initial draft of a House resolution, saying it ignored bigotry other than anti-Semitism. She voted for a revised resolution that added condemnations, and it passed by a wide margin.
“Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Under Biden, the State Department says it supports energy infrastructure cooperation among Afghanistan and its neighbors. But experts say they are aware of no tangible assistance from Biden for a pipeline.
“Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Trump didn't leave a fund for farmers. Biden’s nominee for agriculture secretary says Biden would use the fund, in part, to pursue climate change goals by paying incentives to farmers for sustainable farming practices.
“The United States was energy independent in 2019 for the first time since 1957. In just 10 days we are sent back 50 years.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: It’s impossible to say whether the executive orders President Joe Biden signed during his first days in office would reduce current production levels below U.S. consumption needs.
“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Economists across the political spectrum back the idea of hundreds of billions in stimulus, but they don't agree on how big it should be, and many worry about spending too much.