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: Biden in 2006 backed a 700-mile border fence, but also a variety of measures to fight illegal immigration much as he does today, including addressing root causes that lead people to flee their homes to the United States.
PolitiFact says: Waters in 2018 criticized the Trump administration’s policy that led to the separation of children from their parents at the Mexico border, saying that members of Trump’s Cabinet were “not welcome anymore, anywhere."
PolitiFact says: The Paris agreement relies on public reporting, and lacks enforcement teeth, but the same rules apply equally to every country.
PolitiFact says: This is not a new pattern under Biden. The number of Chinese incursions into Taiwanese airspace in 2020 — about 380 sorties — was the highest since 1996. That occurred under Trump.
PolitiFact says: The National Guard members who are seen facing away from Biden’s motorcade on Inauguration Day are purposely stationed that way to provide security for the parade and to protect the president, the department confirmed.
PolitiFact says: Biden’s form of travel has nothing to do with the legitimacy of his presidency. The post simply repeats variations of elaborate claims that have no credible evidence or basis in truth.
PolitiFact says: In 1913, suffragists mobilized 5,000 women who were mistreated on the streets of Washington by the police and the public.
PolitiFact says: Trump received 74.22 million votes, which would round down to 74 million. And Trump fell short of Biden’s popular vote total, which was 81.28 million.
PolitiFact says: At the time of this tweet, Wisconsin had dropped from second-last in the Midwest to last in the number of people vaccinated per capita.
PolitiFact says: There is no credible evidence that voter fraud affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to federal agencies, state election officials and numerous court decisions.
PolitiFact says: The video was edited so that footage was omitted. Joe Biden did not stand around looking confused at a Jan. 16 event announcing members of his White House science team.