“Sen. Jon Tester “voted to let men compete against our girls in their sports.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The amendments Tester voted on did not determine athletic eligibility.
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“Circula este video de un hombre que rompe los votos para Donald Trump y guarda las de Kamala Harris”.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Este video no muestra a un trabajador electoral destruyendo boletas en el condado Bucks, Pensilvania. Los materiales que se están rompiendo no son auténticos.
“El expresidente Donald Trump dijo “ESTOY PIDIENDO LA PENA DE (MUERTE) PARA CUALQUIER MIGRANTE”.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: El expresidente Donald Trump y candidato presidencial republicano apoya la pena de muerte para cualquier inmigrante que asesine a un ciudadano estadounidense o agente de la ley. La publicación omite eso.
“In Lancaster, Pa., “We caught them with 2,600 votes. We caught them cold, 2,600 votes. ... And every vote was written by the same person.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, officials said that they were investigating 2,500 voter registration applications. The applications are not the same as ballots.
“Trump would "ban abortion nationwide, restrict access to birth control and put IVF treatments at risk and force states to monitor women's pregnancies. Just Google Project 2025 and read the plans for yourself.”
PolitiFact rated this: Misleading
PolitiFact says: Trump's wants states to decide abortion policy. Project 2025 does not require pregnancy monitoring.
“Video shows “illegal ‘voters’ cutting the line” to vote in Pennsylvania.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, officials said a viral video showed a group of voters at a polling location to apply for mail-in ballots. Only U.S. citizens registered to vote in the state are eligible to cast a ballot.
“At Vice President Kamala Harris’ Houston campaign rally, when an attendee had a medical emergency, none of the “abortion doctors” onstage helped.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A medical doctor at Vice President Kamala Harris’ Houston rally stopped his speech advocating for abortion access when a crowd member had a medical emergency. At the microphone, the doctor amplified the call for help.
“BREAKING: Lizzo charged the Harris-Walz campaign $2.3 million for a single appearance at a Detroit rally.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: We did not find credible news reports or confirmation to support claims that the Harris-Walz campaign paid Lizzo for her Oct. 19 appearance at a Detroit campaign event.
“Four Florida counties had “zero results” Oct. 26, and “something underhanded might be happening.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A screenshot showed zero ballots cast during early voting in four Florida counties as of the morning of Oct. 26. Those four counties began early voting within two hours of the screenshot's timestamp.
“Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A crease through a candidate’s name would have no impact on tabulating machines’ ability to read a ballot. If a crease goes through the spot where the voter marks their choice, multiple backup procedures are in place,
“Kamala Harris imprisoned a woman for three years for praying.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Bevelyn Beatty Williams was sentenced to 41 months in prison for violating the FACE Act for physically obstructing access to a New York Planned Parenthood and threatening patients and workers - not for praying.
“States "were supposed to get legislative approval to do the things they did," such as changing the rules for mail voting.”
PolitiFact rated this: Courts disagree
PolitiFact says: Rejecting a Trump argument in lawsuits over the 2020 election results, various courts ruled that states do not have to run every election policy through the legislature; if necessary, state officials can act on their own
“Ruben Gallego wanted to defund the police. He actually co-sponsored legislation to defund the police.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Gallego co-sponsored a 2019 bill that would have curbed transfers of military-grade weapons to police departments. But this is a different issue and it occurred the year before "defund the police" became a rallying cry.
“Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A spokesperson for the Cook County Clerk’s Office said all 760 voters who cast a ballot in the Schaumburg early voting location had their votes counted the same day.
“The Defense Department, with the stroke of a pen, has quietly codified its right to deploy lethal force against its own citizens.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The updated directive 5240.01 does not grant any new power to the Defense Department and does not grant legal authority for the military to use lethal force on civilians, the department and experts said.
“Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Harris did not call Trump "Adolf Hitler." In her comments, she referred to reporting in which former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly said Trump had said admiring things about Hitler and Hitler’s military control.
“As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The size of the drop varies based on what time frame is used, but over the past year, the number of encounters along the southwestern U.S. border — a common way to measure immigration — has declined by 57% to 78%.
“Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “wants to cut Medicare and Social Security.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Rogers has not proposed cutting Social Security or Medicare, and he says he wants to protect and preserve the programs. He supported changes to Medicare while serving in Congress in the past.
“A photo shows The Atlantic published a story headlined “Trump is Literally Hitler.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The X user who shared an image with that claim later said it was “satire.” The image distorted a real Atlantic article and used art from a different news outlet.
“Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Three of the four claims are generally accurate, but it's a stretch to call the bill Ayotte supported in 2013 and 2015 a national abortion ban; it would have allowed 99% of abortions to proceed.