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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Sacker is a freelance photojournalist. CNN said she has never worked for the network. NPR said she once took photos for its network. Both said she was not working for them during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Hogan Gidley, Former Trump campaign and White House spokesperson
PolitiFact rated this: False
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A Marines spokesperson said the conversation never took place.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Experts say the data about the new COVID-19 vaccinations are too new to make meaningful comparisons with flu shots.
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration is proceeding as planned.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: There are thousands of troops expected in D.C. to protect Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration; but the Facebook photo shows National Guard troops at the Lincoln Memorial in June, during protests for racial justice.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Biden, who condemned the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, repeatedly denounced violence when it erupted in connection with Black Lives Matter demonstrations during the late spring and summer of 2020.
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The photo is doctored. None of the lawmakers wore anything bearing a resemblance to the Nazi swastika symbol.
Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin Treasurer
PolitiFact rated this: True
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The photo was taken in December 2019, outside of the Colorado State Capitol.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Neither the FBI nor anyone else has found evidence of Antifa involvement.
Chris Jacobs, Member of Congress
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Some legal challenges and other guidance from state officials may have come close to the election, but characterizing them as "outside actors" is misleading.
Devin Nunes, U.S. Rep., R-Calif.
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Republican lawmakers still have multiple ways to communicate with constituents, including social media, as long as they follow platform policies. They can also send out mass emails and newsletters, hold online town halls
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
Greg Kelly, Newsmax TV host
PolitiFact rated this: False
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The rumor, which tells people to stock up on food and water and warns against traveling to large cities, was initially promoted by known conspiracy theorists and has no basis in truth.
Jake Tapper, CNN anchor
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Donald Trump’s second impeachment attracted more Republican support — 10 GOP floor votes in favor — than the impeachments of Andrew Johnson or Bill Clinton, or Trump’s first impeachment.
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PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: If the House votes to impeach Trump, he would not automatically lose his post-presidency perks. Two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote to convict Trump while he’s still in office.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This is wrong. The clip showed the opening of a brief session when the presiding officer, in this case Nancy Pelosi, was absent and appointed a “Speaker pro tempore.”