“And Joe Biden has done more than look the other way on China. He's said, ‘The Chinese aren't our competition. Come on man, they're not bad folks.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Misrepresents his remarks
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“Clicking on this link in a text message lets sex traffickers track you.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Jacob S. Blake is a Child (16 YO Girl) Rapist.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Jacob Blake has been charged with one felony count of third-degree sexual assault related to an alleged incident of domestic abuse. That charge does not include sex with a minor, according to Wisconsin law.
“Michelle Obama said, “Vote Democrat or the riots and violence will continue.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Photos show that the person who shot three people during a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake is a police officer.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The Trump administration budget proposal would reduce state and local law enforcement spending by about $515 million.
“Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would raise the federal income tax rate for a person with a bi-weekly gross salary of $3,000 to 39.6%, costing “nearly half your paycheck.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Biden as a senator voted for resolutions that supported interventions in Iraq and Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). As vice president, he followed the intervention policies of the Obama administration.
“The pandemic "was awful. Health and economic impacts were tragic. Hardship and heartbreak were everywhere. But presidential leadership came swiftly and effectively, with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the coronavirus.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pandemic not in rear-view mirror
PolitiFact says: Nationally, the death toll continues to climb. Deaths had passed 170,000 by the time of the convention.
“These photos show Jacob Blake posing with a gun.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Democrats and Joe Biden “want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “want massive tax hikes on working families.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Independent tax analysts agree that the Biden plan would not directly raise taxes on any household earning below $400,000 a year. It would pose small hits from the indirect impact of raising the corporate tax rate.
“Wages (are) rising the fastest for lower income levels.”
PolitiFact rated this: No evidence
PolitiFact says: Since Trump took office, the lowest-income workers have seen largely stagnant wages, while the top 5% show the sharpest increase.
“We eliminated Obamacare's horrible and very unfair individual mandate, which basically knocked out Obamacare. We knocked out Obamacare.”
PolitiFact rated this: Most of law still stands
PolitiFact says: Trump did sign legislation to eliminate the requirement that Americans have health insurance or pay a tax penalty, but eliminating this requirement did not get rid of Obamacare.
“At UNC 14% of students tested positive.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Murphy's figure was based on only 954 students who were tested, and those tests are likely to be skewed because UNC is only testing people who think they need it.
“Cal Cunningham has been silent on this on defunding the police; I assume his silence is consent.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Cunningham wrote an op-ed saying he believes police reform must involve more funding, not less.
“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The policy likely had an effect, but epidemiologists identified additional contributing factors. Also, the policy did not "force" nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients. Nursing homes interpreted it that way.
“Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars ...and potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: It's possible that workers would need to repay the money, and Trump's comments, while incomplete, opened the door to terminating the payroll tax entirely.
“Melania dug up the WH Rose Garden, removing roses from every First Lady since 1913.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“QAnon violence! There is none.”
PolitiFact rated this: False