“Video shows Ontario Premier Doug Ford promoting Elon Musk’s “latest project.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
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“Video shows President Joe Biden falling “on the plane stairs shortly after landing in Poland.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Video shows someone wearing a Donald Trump mask appeared in court instead of the former president.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: As a young lawyer and politician, Abraham Lincoln engaged in a duel involving swords. However, he was not the one to make the challenge; his rival did.
“An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: People associated with the Chinese government are barred from buying any property in Florida but Chinese nationals who qualify for an exemption may buy one residential parcel that's not within 5 miles of a military base.
“Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Former President Donald Trump’s comparison of his prosecutions to the Cuban regime downplays the realities of the island’s authoritarian regime, experts said. The Cuban government detains or arrests political opponents.
“Kids who don’t even know what day it is or their colors can decide to permanently change themselves” through medical gender transition.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“New Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Preliminary 2022 data from the CDC and final 2021 data placed West Virginia at the top of the list. New Hampshire was in the middle of states.
“Looking at “American aid to other countries … the vast majority of it is military aid.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: In 2022, military aid accounted for about 13% of overall U.S. foreign aid. In this century, military aid has consistently accounted for less than 40% of overall foreign aid.
“We sell arms to 60% of the world's autocrats. We are the world's largest arms exporters.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The U.S. is the world’s largest arms exporter, with 40% of the global share, easily ahead of Russia at 16%.
“1936 in the United States was “much hotter than 2023.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: NOAA data shows that in the contiguous U.S., the first nine months of 2023 were warmer than the same period in 1936. Overwhelming evidence shows human-caused climate change is warming the Earth.
“On Nov. 7, 2023, Pennsylvania voting machines were “flipping votes,” which is evidence of “election fraud.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A Pennsylvania voting machine error caused votes in two judicial races to appear switched on printed ballot summaries, but voters' choices were recorded accurately. This occurred due to human error, not election fraud.
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “has surrendered.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There are no credible reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has surrendered to Russia.
“Acapulco destroyed by yet another directed weather attack!”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There are weather modification programs in use, but none that could intensify a hurricane or direct it on a path, experts said.
“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
PolitiFact says: The Budapest agreement signed in 1994 by Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom did not include an ironclad obligation for the U.S. to protect Ukraine if its borders were violated.
“Joe Rogan spoke about a child being abducted into a secret Disneyland tunnel.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: There’s no evidence that Joe Rogan spoke on his podcast about an Oct. 13 child abduction at California’s Disneyland, as an Instagram video claimed.
“Taylor Swift pulls ‘Eras’ film screenings in Israel.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill 3 million Americans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context
PolitiFact says: To kill 3 million people would require around 13 pounds of fentanyl. At the northern border, officials seized 14 pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year 2022 and 2 pounds in fiscal year 2023, which ended in September.
“Video shows TV personalities promoting a diabetes cure.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Videos show singer Kelly Clarkson promoting diet products.”
PolitiFact rated this: False