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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The LA Sheriff’s Department hasn’t released the names or photos of the ambushed deputies, but told PolitiFact the female deputy was not at the scene following Guardado’s death.
Li-Meng Yan, Virologist
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The genetic structure of the novel coronavirus rules out laboratory manipulation. Public health authorities have repeatedly said the coronavirus was not derived from a lab.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The headline does not come from a real CNN story. It was published by a popular meme account on Instagram.
Dan Forest, North Carolina Lt. Governor
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Forest cherry-picked the stat and then presented it as a medical consensus. Experts say it's difficult to compare the diseases.
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PolitiFact says: Multiple police departments, fire officials and the FBI’s Portland field office have debunked rumors that antifa has anything to do with wildfires on the West Coast.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: For COVID-19, cloth masks are used as a form of source control to help stop virus spread and are meant to protect others by blocking the wearer’s coughs or sneezes, not to protect the wearer from tiny viral particles.
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PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The 1983 legislation had wide bipartisan support. In 1993, Vice President Al Gore cast the deciding vote after the Senate split 50-50.
Joe Biden, Democratic nominee for president of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: The underlying numbers are basically right, but the time frame is too narrow.
Lucy McBath, U.S. representative, D-Ga.
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: As a House member, Handel was a strong Trump supporter. But a repeal-Obamacare vote occurred before she took office, and she opposed Trump’s child-separation policy at the border.
Karen Handel, 2020 Republican candidate for U.S. House seat from Georgia
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Handel’s ad shows McBath participating in a rally against police misconduct and racism, where McBath marched alongside the local police chief.
Mark Kelly, Democratic candidate for Senate in Arizona
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: McSally has a mixed voting record on a transition of Medicare into a premium support or voucher program. McSally in 2012 stated support for potentially raising the retirement age.
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PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The radio station did not report this, and no such incident of activists shooting firefighters happened.
Donald Trump, President
PolitiFact rated this: This is wrong.
PolitiFact says: Signature verification is performed on every ballot received, according to the Secretary of State.
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PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire