“Says country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was "dropped from Wrangler endorsement" after coming out of the closet.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
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“Says "Every single person who has cancer has a pH that is too acidic," and claims Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Peace Prize for proving that cancer can’t survive in an alkaline-rich environment and thrives in an acidic, low oxygen environment.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says George H.W. Bush once said "If the American People ever find out what we have done, they will chase us down the street and lynch us.”
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“The FDA will now require sealed ice cream cartons in response to the Blue Bell ice cream licker, thus driving up the cost for consumers.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“We won (Wisconsin in 2016) not so late in the evening — a little bit early in the evening, actually, which is even better.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“A study was done, a post-mortem, so a retrospective study done, looking at autopsies and drug levels, what drugs were in the blood of veterans that committed suicide, and 70 percent had THC.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“We have now received some 2 million individual contributions — which I think is an all-time world's record — up to this point.”
PolitiFact rated this: Unable to verify
“42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Obama-era ban on whole and 2% milk in schools has caused "notable decline" in student milk consumption.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Americans are traveling to Canada to pay 12 times less for insulin than they would here in the US.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Last year, we were in the range of 850,000 and that was the most in five years. … We are letting more people become citizens than has happened in years.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Quotes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said lots of things.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“The @USWNT is #1 in the world & contributes higher revenues for @USSoccer than the men’s team, but they’re still paid a fraction of what the men earn”
PolitiFact rated this: Best we can tell
“A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True