“DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
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“Donald Trump tweeted, “WHO Thinks ‘Child Lifes Matter’ Should Be PAINTED In The STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD???”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“I just have this feeling that Joe Biden isn’t going to be on the ticket. I have a sense that something is going to happen before the election and he’s not even going to be on the ticket.”
PolitiFact rated this: Unproven speculation, no evidence
“Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Kamala Harris refused to be sworn in using the Bible.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Biden supports a school choice ban that would impact 74,000 Wisconsin students.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Biden does oppose vouchers that apply public tax dollars to parents’ private school tuition bills. But the president doesn't have the power to “ban” voucher programs — they are authorized and funded by the state.
“Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Harris has not said she would advocate for giving the Boston Marathon bomber the right to vote, only that she is open to it. Asked if prisoners such as the bomber should vote, she said there should be a conversation.
“Says Kamala Harris wants to eliminate beef.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Kamala Harris co-sponsored a bill to protect workers at meatpacking plants from the spread of COVID-19. Previously, she suggested incentives and dietary guidelines to reduce the consumption of meat, not eliminating it.
“Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Collins voted against one accountability measure, but for others. She received one campaign donation, of $2,300 in 2007, from one of the Sackler family members.
“There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Experts say there is a correlation between a recent dip in new coronavirus cases and the start of the state's mask mandate.
“34 percent of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“A graph shows the number of human trafficking arrests increased dramatically under President Donald Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The data for years 2010-2016 is drawn from official ICE arrest figures, but the data for years 2017-2018 is based on bogus numbers gathered by followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
“An Illinois couple who received five vote-by-mail applications can vote five times.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: This is inaccurate. Anyone who attempts to do this is committing fraud, and before election officials mail out a ballot to a voter, the signature on the application must match the signature on record.
“Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals according to (Congressional Budget Office), are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“Photo shows “Kamala Harris’s parents.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: A photo purporting to show Kamala Harris with her parents actually shows her posing at a gala with two people unrelated to her.
“Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Says Tommy Tuberville “is for privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Tuberville voiced interest in redirecting Social Security contributions into 401(k) type plans. He said he opposed cuts to Medicare.
“The Democrats don’t want to do anything having to do with protecting people from eviction.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Congressional Democrats have proposed and supported legislation to provide people with rental assistance and extend and expand the CARES Act’s moratorium on evictions.
“The FBI raided a “Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: On Aug. 4, FBI agents raided offices in Cleveland that belong to Optima Management Group LLC, which has ties to Ukraine. The sons of Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Joe Biden and Mitt Romney are unrelated to the investigation.