Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Pelosi's statement has merit, but it doesn't tell the full picture about what has caused increases in the national debt since 2017.
Brian Kilmeade, Fox News host
PolitiFact rated this: False
Donald Trump, President of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: From deaths, to hospitalizations, to maladies that afflict people who recover from mild cases, the numbers show that the virus harms far more than 1%.
Joe Biden, Presidential candidate
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The White House requested that the CDC revise its initial reopening guidelines. The CDC said that the review and revision were part of a standard process, but some experts criticized the delay.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Reduced retail activity and a temporary reduction in coin production, both due to COVID-19, caused a shortage.
Donald Trump, president
PolitiFact rated this: Experts see few gains
PolitiFact says: Whether Trump’s trade deals have been "great" is a matter of opinion, but a range of trade specialists told PolitiFact that Trump’s trade policy has, at a minimum, been less than successful.
Chris Kapenga, State Senator
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: DeSantis held multiple press conferences in May where reporters asked him many pandemic-related questions about unemployment, reopening plans, testing and outbreaks.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A website article quoted MSNBC host Chris Hayes, who later admitted he misread the data.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Epidemiologists seem to agree that the scientific studies necessary to quantify the exact percentage of contagion risk have not been done — making numbers advanced by this image are questionable.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: We could find no evidence that labs are deliberately manipulating COVID-19 test results to create false-positives. Data currently shows more than 90% of coronavirus tests come back negative.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The fabricated quote was taken from a satire site.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: An image of a news story about Taylor Swift appears to be falsified. There's no evidence that Swift said this, but she has spoken out against Confederate monuments.
Democratic Party of Wisconsin, party
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The first of two bailout programs skewed to large farmers, but it's a significant exaggeration to say money is only going to large industrial farms.
Chris Kapenga, Wisconsin state senator, Republican
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Testing rates were dropping — not rising — as COVID-19 cases rose in late June.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Air-quality monitors take 10 seconds on average to adjust to the air quality in an environment. They are not ideal for measuring the oxygen concentration in a mask where air is being inhaled and exhaled is constantly.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The artwork was made in 2020 and has never been displayed in the Denver International Airport.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: A satirical website fabricated the story. It never happened.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: No national law prohibits licensed concealed-carry holders from carrying a weapon and wearing a mask.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Mark and Patricia McCloskey issued a statement indicating they support Black Lives Matter. Mark McCloskey has donated to Democratic and Republican candidates.