“Says over 1,000 mail in ballots were found in a dumpster in California.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The images show old, empty envelopes — not ballots — that were legally disposed of from the November 2018 election.
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“A graphic on U.S. abortion rates shows larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations, and says its due to the party’s approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Republican Party’s approach of making the procedure illegal.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Biden said today, if he loses, his people will keep burning, looting and killing.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Coroner saying George Floyd died of drug overdose, not police brutality.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Guess who is the marketing CEO of Zoom? Pelosi’s daughter/Newsome’s cousin.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Kamala Harris “has not formally taken questions from the press a single time” since she was announced as Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photo shows Dianne Feinstein “bullying” Lisa Murkowski over “the now empty seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photos show children in cages.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“(Republicans) have the power to overturn the (state of emergency) order by joint resolution and they refuse to do it.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: State law lets the Legislature end any emergency order with a simple majority vote, and Republicans control both the Senate and the Assembly. But the bodies have chosen not to convene.
“Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: A Trump ad gives the wrong impression that Biden is trying to take Social Security and Medicare benefits away from Americans and grant them to immigrants illegally in the country. That’s not Biden’s plan.
“Says Sara Gideon "voted to defund" the Freeport police "and gave the money to a nonprofit she helped run.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Gideon voted to consolidate police dispatch services with a neighboring community, saving the town money. Gideon didn’t give town funds to the nonprofit for which she served as a board member.
“A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: A video shows protesters taking supplies from the back of a U-Haul truck. Some signs bear a symbol associated with antifa activists. There is no connection between Soros and the truck.
“Facebook “is banning Trump from advertising for president.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Donald Trump is “the worst jobs president in recorded history.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Trump, as of now, is the only president since at least Truman to preside over an overall decline in jobs. But any president who served during the 2020 pandemic would almost certainly have experienced a major hit to emplo
“When California faced a budget crisis," Christy Smith "voted to lay off teachers and then voted to increase her pay.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: As a member of the Newhall School Board, Smith voted in 2012 to lay off teachers and in 2013 to notify teachers of possible layoffs. She also voted soon after those moves to rehire for nearly all of the positions.
“24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Nationwide, according to Pew Research Center, the proportion is lower: about 17%. Other times, Biden uses the 1-in-4 statistic to indicate the number of Latino children, and that statement is correct.
“A clip of Joe Biden shows him reading a response to an interview question from a teleprompter, saying “I lost that line.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The post paraphrases remarks that Romney gave to reporters about Republicans’ decision to block the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016.
“A Time magazine cover calls Donald Trump the “Worst. President. Ever.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“A Time magazine cover shows Donald Trump looking at a child in a cage.”
PolitiFact rated this: False