“We can specifically and demonstrably now show that there are 17,000 people unjustly incarcerated in America.”
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context
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“A scarecrow discovered on a Texas ranch was actually a human skeleton.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“One unnamed donor gave $17 million to the Leo-affiliated Judicial Crisis Network to block the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and to support Gorsuch; then a donor — perhaps the same one — gave another $17 million to prop up Kavanaugh.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says aquatic life near Alaska, Canada and Australia have been found with cancer and mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Two million more people (were) without health insurance" in 2018, compared to 2017.”
PolitiFact rated this: New data says so
“A duck’s quack doesn’t echo and nobody can figure out why.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“China has "had now the worst year in 57 years.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Ronald Reagan said, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says President Donald Trump has donated $1 million to a relief fund for the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian while no other politicians have contributed any money.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says “Trump is defunding hurricane recovery in Puerto Rico, and laying off of Russia in Europe, to fund his racist border wall.”
PolitiFact rated this: Puerto Rico loses most
“There are 390 million guns out on the streets of a country of 329 million people.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“What was the reality for most Americans during the Obama presidency? Most lost wealth and their incomes fell, particularly for those at the bottom of the ladder.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“Says after a car accident comedian Kevin Hart has been "paralyzed from the neck down" and his "vocal cords have been paralyzed as well, leaving him with the inability to speak.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors.”
PolitiFact rated this: True