Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are in recess until May 4 to avoid transmitting the coronavirus. No political party has refused to come back.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: An image appears to show a tweet issued by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It’s fake, posted by a now-defunct fake-tweet generator.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The article is originally from a website that discloses that it does satire. The House speaker has wed only once, to Paul Pelosi. They have been married since 1963.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The article wrongly treated an unusually low number of cases on April 13 as a baseline. The increase in the following days was in fact connected to an increased number of tests.
Jay Inslee, governor of Washington
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Experts say executive orders, proclamations, and similar orders now being issued to curb the spread of coronavirus carry the same weight as conventional, legislature-passed laws.
Donald Trump, President of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: Not the full story
PolitiFact says: Government agencies continue to approve and incorporate testing alternatives in an attempt to fix the shortage of testing materials, but states still say they aren’t getting enough to administer large-scale testing.
Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC host
PolitiFact rated this: Trump likely has wiggle room
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: In some countries, cases of Covid-19 increased after relaxing social distancing measures or welcoming inbound travelers.
Joe Biden, Former vice president of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: Cites early Trump remarks
PolitiFact says: Trump’s comments in January and February were generally positive about China.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: Africans in one Chinese city are being evicted amid fear of a second wave of COVID-19 in China and a focus on foreigners. The evictions are blamed on racism, which the Chinese government denies.
Barack Obama, Former president
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Obama is on the strongest ground if you compare Biden’s platform with an absolute concept of liberalism. However, in his own time, Biden is hardly on his party’s ideological vanguard, unlike some previous nominees.
Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: We did not find any study that showed that obesity is the No. 1 risk factor in hospitalization cases of COVID-19. Evidence so far shows age as the top factor but obesity is also a risk factor.
Public Citizen, Progressive think tank
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
Donald Trump, President
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Pelosi never called Social Security recipients “leeches” or said that they were “burdens on society.” The quote was made-up by a supposed satirical website.
Phil McGraw, Celebrity talk show psychologist
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Walmart has implemented new policies for seniors and at-risk populations amid COVID-19, but it hasn’t mandated that certain age groups have to shop on specific days.
Donald Trump, President of the United States
PolitiFact rated this: No fight, just policy
PolitiFact says: WHO did not recommend travel bans, but Trump magnifies the extent of the disagreement. We found no record of WHO objecting to the American policy specifically.
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: False
Social media posts
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Some Las Vegas hotels have given free hotel rooms to emergency responders working through the coronavirus outbreak. Trump’s Las Vegas hotel has not. But it is not the only exception.