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“The Chinese government “owns” TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.”

PolitiFact says: A TikTok spokesperson told PolitiFact that 60% of its parent company ByteDance is owned by global investors, 20% by its co-founders and 20% by employees, including thousands of Americans.

“Trans activists replaced Easter with the Transgender Day of Visibility.”

PolitiFact says: Transgender Day of Visibility falls on March 31 every year. Easter Sunday’s date changes each year depending on the lunar calendar. This year, Easter falls on March 31, but that is just a coincidence.

“A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.”

PolitiFact says: The bill would make it a felony for a teacher to "support" a transgender student’s "social transition." The bill is unclear whether using gender-affirming pronouns for transgender students would constitute "support."

“Since the end of the 2020 fiscal year, President Biden and Senator Baldwin have added over $7.3 trillion of debt, more than the first 228 years of our nation’s history combined.”

“A Russian company secured Trump’s bond in E. Jean Carroll case.”

PolitiFact says: The U.S.-based Federal Insurance Co., a subsidiary of global insurance giant Chubb, which is based in Switzerland, secured former President Donald Trump’s $91.6 million bond to cover what he owes writer E. Jean Carroll.

“In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared.”

PolitiFact says: The number is less than a half million, not 1 million. Also, the metric Trump used often has a large decline in jobs during the year’s first two months, because it is not seasonally adjusted.

“President Joe Biden said “do whatever the hell they want,” paused, and then said, “I guess I should clear my mind here a little bit.”

PolitiFact says: The deceptively edited ad used a partial moment from a Biden press conference and cut off his remarks before he criticized Trump.

“The Trump administration "added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history.”

PolitiFact says: Biden’s claim holds when calculating debt accrued during his first three years in office. But by the end of his four-year term, debt accumulation on his watch is projected to exceed the debt under Donald Trump.

“Al CDC sólo le tomó 4 AÑOS estar de acuerdo con ‘teóricos de la conspiración’ que dijeron en 2020 que: COVID es más o menos como la GRIPE”.”

PolitiFact says: Expertos en salud pública dijeron que el cambio de directriz es en respuesta a la baja tasa de muertes relacionadas al COVID-19 y hospitalizaciones debido a las vacunas, inmunidad a la infección y tratamientos efectivos

“Canada is passing a bill to essentially ban the idea of Christianity.”

PolitiFact says: A Canadian bill, C-367, calls for removing religious exemptions from a section of the nation’s criminal code regarding hate speech. It does not mention Christianity.

“Your report on Page 208 says that Mr. Biden couldn't come up with the date, the year, of his son Beau Biden's death, when in fact in the transcript it shows that you asked him the month. And you know what he said Mr. Hur? He said, ‘Oh, God, May 30.’ Would you like to correct the record? His memory was pretty firm on the month and the day.”

PolitiFact says: The transcript of Hur’s interview with Biden didn't show Hur asking what month Beau Biden died. But Biden did identify the month and day unprompted.

“A woman was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12 … We wouldn't be okay with this happening in a third world country. This is the United States of America.”

PolitiFact says: Karla Jacinto Romero was sex trafficked in Mexico from 2004 to 2008, starting when she was 12 years old. We found no evidence that this trafficking was linked to Jacinto trying to migrate to the United States.

“President Joe Biden had a gaffe “in a rally in Michigan on Saturday.”

PolitiFact says: The clip is from an October 2020 rally.

“The ‘Judge’ who took Trump off the ballot in Illinois is a traffic court judge.”

PolitiFact says: Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie R. Porter previously served in the traffic division. But her current role in the county division encompasses a broad scope of cases.

“The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump.”

PolitiFact says: The S&P 500 recently hit all-time highs under President Joe Biden, as it had several times earlier in his tenure. But the S&P 500 also set multiple records during Donald Trump’s presidency.

“We cut the federal deficit by $160 billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay those exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.”

PolitiFact says: The federal government is negotiating the cost of 10 prescription drugs, with new prices becoming effective in 2026.

“We’ve already cut the federal deficit by over $1 trillion.”

PolitiFact says: The annual federal deficit declined by $1.4 trillion on Biden’s watch, from 2021 to 2022. But the decline happened mostly because the pandemic was an extraordinary historical occurrence.

“Americans pay more for prescription drugs than anywhere in the world.”

PolitiFact says: American spending on prescriptions is nearly three times other industrialized countries, but not all countries. Experts say factors like country-specific pricing and confidential discounts can obscure actual prices.

“Billionaires “rigged” the California Senate primary election through “dishonest means.”

PolitiFact says: Outside funding for ads is legal and does not predetermine a result. Voters were free to vote as they wished.Rigging typically refers to things such as vote buying, ballot box stuffing or tampering with voting machines.

“Fact-checking Katie Britt's immigration claims in Republican 2024 State of the Union response”

PolitiFact says: Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Britt criticized Biden on immigration, the economy and crime.