“Project 2025 would “end Head Start.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The Project 2025 conservative policy blueprint says on Page 482 that it would "Eliminate the Head Start program."
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“The absence of the presidential seal on President Joe Biden’s letter announcing his exit from the presidential race proves “this wasn’t Biden’s choice.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: President Joe Biden published the letter as a candidate and not for official presidential business, so the letter did not require a presidential seal.
“The state of Washington has already sent out their ballots” for the 2024 presidential election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Washington sent out ballots for its Aug. 6 statewide primary election, which does not include a presidential primary. The state’s presidential primary was held in March. General election ballots will be sent in October
“There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: States set deadlines for receiving the names of presidential nominees so that ballots can be printed. Those deadlines are generally after the convention.
“A July 21 video aired by PBS News shows President Joe Biden’s “first video address following dropping out of the presidential race.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: This video is a deepfake. President Joe Biden hasn’t made any public appearances since he exited the presidential race July 21.
“Kamala Harris “is not eligible to hold the office of president” because her parents were non-citizens.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that people born in the United States are citizens. Vice President Kamala Harris was born in Oakland, California.
“Kamala Harris “returned” a $5,000 donation Donald Trump made to her campaign in 2011.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Over a decade ago, Donald Trump gave $6,000 to Kamala Harris' California attorney general reelection campaign. Harris donated that money to a nonprofit in 2015, a spokesperson said. Campaign finance records confirm this.
“After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The Trump administration handed out taxpayer dollars to a foreign company. Hundreds of homes and farms were bulldozed, and over $500 million in taxpayer dollars were wasted preparing for Foxconn.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“They spent $9 billion on eight chargers.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Biden signed in November 2021, allocated $7.5 billion to electric vehicle charging. Seven charging stations have opened so far. Trump exaggerated the program and charger costs.
“Nuestra tasa de criminalidad está aumentando".”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: Trump se equivoca en los delitos violentos, pero tiene razón en algunos delitos contra la propiedad.
“Biden’s FBI has even stated that practicing Catholics present an elevated risk of domestic terrorism, simply because of their faith.”
PolitiFact rated this: Missing context
PolitiFact says: Gingrich was referring to a leaked FBI memo that warned of possible threats from "radical" Catholics. A report found no evidence "anyone ordered or directed" FBI agents to investigate Catholics because of their religion.
“Joe Biden supported the disastrous invasion of Iraq" while "Trump was right" on the war.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Biden voted for a 2002 resolution that paved the way for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Biden later criticized Bush's strategy. Trump also supported the Iraq War early on before growing skeptical a year later.
“Unlike Mike Pence, (J.D.) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: Vance told ABC News in February 2024 that if he had been vice president in 2020, he would have told states, "we needed to have multiple slates of electors."
“Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: House Republicans passed a bill in July that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. But federal law already bans noncitizens from voting in federal elections.
“Under Donald Trump, we weren’t at war”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The US was at war in Afghanistan during Trump’s presidency. Trump didn’t enter the US into a new conflict with another nation, but he used military force in other countries under broad authorization granted after Sept 11
“Photo shows that two days after former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, the top part of his ear “grew back.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: The photo was uploaded in September 2022. Trump’s first public appearance after the shooting was July 15 at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. His right ear was bandaged.
“Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The photo in the supposed screenshot was posted July 10 by an X user who previously pretended to be the shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks.
“Photos show former President Donald Trump golfing after being shot.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: After the July 13 campaign rally shooting, former President Donald Trump returned to his home at Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey. These photos of Trump on a golf course predate the July 13 shooting.