“Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
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“Says President Donald Trump tweeted that South Dakota needs to keep its border with California closed.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The tweet is fake. It doesn’t appear on his Twitter timeline, in Twitter searches or in a database of deleted tweets.
“The FBI uncovered "256 texts between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The United States doesn’t have one of the world’s lowest mortality rates from the coronavirus. No fewer than 15 advanced, industrialized nations currently have a lower mortality rate, as do a host of other countries.
“The Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders unity platform would "abolish completely the death penalty.”
PolitiFact rated this: This is accurate.
PolitiFact says: This is accurate. The unity document reads, "Democrats continue to support abolishing the death penalty."
“Opening the schools “is a local determination, but it’s not a state determination.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: During a state of emergency, the state has authority over local entities, such as school districts.
“A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The document Trump cited does not say anything about abolishing the police or prisons. In fact, it includes several passages that clearly indicate that police and prisons will exist in the future.
“All the books” have been removed from the classrooms of a Minnesota middle school because administrators “claim that the books cannot be cleaned.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“FEMA is giving essential workers $1,000.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Homicides are intraracial. When you look at white-on-white crime, it's 84%. Right? Homicides. White people kill white people.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Joe Biden wants to end school choice.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Biden opposes vouchers for private school tuition, but supports school choice through charter schools, magnet schools and public school choice.
“Marquette University threatened to rescind student’s admission over pro-Trump TikTok video.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The student clearly felt her status was in doubt, but she has stopped short of calling it a threat. The school says no threat was made. And the pro-Trump video wasn't the issue, it was other social media posts.
“Photo shows “Dr. Fauci, Melinda Gates and Barack Obama at the Wuhan Lab in 2015.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Biden isn't proposing a mandate for net-zero emission buildings. The Biden-Sanders task force recommendations don't mention windows, and net-zero emission buildings can have windows.
“Says “no one under the age of 20 has died of the coronavirus. We still don’t know whether children can get it and transmit it to others.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says research shows that children feel pressure “to become sexually active because of comprehensive sex education.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Wisconsin Republicans “pushed for long lines and polls open for one day only.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Wisconsin Democrats ignore GOP efforts to encourage absentee and early voting.
“Under Joe Biden’s policy, immigrants in the country illegally “get welfare benefits. United States citizens don't get what they're looking to give illegal immigrants.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A task force recommended undoing many of Trump’s policies, but not an immediate enrollment for welfare. Plan also did not say immigrants illegally in the country should have more benefits than U.S. citizens.
“You must apply to get your second stimulus check! I’ve already filed for mine and will be receiving $2,000 a month for the rest of the year.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Invest $550 billion in infrastructure and create an infrastructure fund.”
PolitiFact rated this: Promise Broken
PolitiFact says: No action evident on creating infrastructure fund.