PolitiFact
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.
“ABC News has confirmed that attendees to Trump WH Rally were paid. $150. ea and had to sign an NDA.”
“All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.”
“During the debate, Kamala Harris said, “that’s a great segway to the next question,” suggesting she knew the next question.”
“Kamala Harris said, “The American people aren’t equipped to make these decisions for themselves.”
“No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona.”
PolitiFact says: Biden’s campaign told local news reporters that it didn’t release details about the times and locations of the day’s events to avoid crowding amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Says Joe Cunningham voted for $5 million in taxpayer funds to go into his and other politicians’ campaigns to pay for personal expenses and TV ads.”
PolitiFact says: The vote was for a bill that would provide, with restrictions, federal matching funds for House and presidential campaigns, with a limit of $5 million per qualified House candidate. The money would not come from taxes.
“Says voter registration in Wisconsin ends Oct. 14.”
“Video from 2019 shows Kamala Harris “caught in a major lie” about fracking during the 2020 vice presidential debate.”
“Says Dr. Anthony Fauci said of Trump’s pandemic response, “I can’t imagine that … anybody could be doing more.”
PolitiFact says: The full context of the quote shows that Fauci was talking about the White House coronavirus task force and the mobilization of the federal government more generally.
“An appellate court found Kamala Harris and police “took part in framing and prosecuting a man” for a murder he didn’t commit, paying a key witness $60,000 in relocation benefits for testifying against him.”
“An impersonator in a Joe Biden mask gave an interview as Joe Biden.”
“During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.”
PolitiFact says: Harris said during the vice presidential debate that none of Trump’s appointments to the federal courts of appeals are Black.
“Hundreds of thousands of vials (of antibody drug) are being sent to the hospitals all over the country.”
PolitiFact says: No government body could confirm this, the drug makers haven't made that number of doses yet and one of them still has all its doses at its facilities.
“Says ballots in Wisconsin “are being dumped in rivers” or creeks.”
PolitiFact says: The mail was not found in a river or creek, and there’s no evidence linking this to mail voting fraud, as Trump implied.
“Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support abortion “up to the moment of birth.”
PolitiFact says: Biden and Harris have not said they support abortion up to the moment of birth. They support Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion and allowed states to regulate it after viability.
“Says the U.S. House’s COVID-19 relief bill, advanced by Democrats, “strips states of their right to administer elections.”
“The Commission on Presidential Debates wrote a letter after the 2016 presidential debates apologizing to Donald Trump.”
“Twitter removed this tweet from Donald Trump: “My blood IS the vaccine!!!!!”
“DEMS WANT TO SHUT YOUR CHURCHES DOWN, PERMANENTLY. HOPE YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.”
PolitiFact says: Trump cited a video that shows an anti-mask protest in Moscow, Idaho. Three protesters were arrested on suspicion of resisting or obstructing police after violating the town’s social distancing order.