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“When you talk about the peer-reviewed studies of masks, there was one done in Denmark, showed that it didn’t work. When you look at all of Sweden — 1.8 million children have not been wearing masks for the last two years, they’ve had zero covid deaths.”

“President Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) plan “is fully paid for, or even more than fully paid for. And CBO just completed a comprehensive review of it in which they found essentially the same thing.”

Washington Post says: The CBO's estimate, with or without IRS tax enforcement, found a budget deficit.

“They do everything they can to stop our American companies from being able to sell in Japan. We don’t do that to them.”

Washington Post says: She ignores the "chicken tax" which gives U.S. companies a big advantage for light trucks.

“There are approximately 100,000 structural — structurally deficient bridges in America that could crumble or collapse at any moment.”

Washington Post says: Jeffries doubles of the number of bridges in poor condition -- and wrongly suggests many are about to collapse.

“There really isn’t a case that those 43 states [with laws that allow carrying guns in public] that include very large cities like Phoenix, like Houston, like Chicago — they have not had demonstrably worse problems with this than the five or six states that have the regime that New York has [with stricter laws].”

“If an underpass was constructed such that a bus carrying mostly Black and Puerto Rican kids to a beach — or that would’ve been — in New York was — was designed too low for it to pass by, that that obviously reflects racism that went into those design choices.”

Washington Post says: This is a famous anecdote from Robert Caro's biography of Robert Moses but it remains unconfirmed and historians increasingly doubt it.

“Very sad that the RINOs [Republicans in name only] in the House and Senate gave Biden and Democrats a victory on the ‘Non-Infrastructure’ Bill, where only 11% of the money being wasted goes to real infrastructure.”

Washington Post says: Almost 40 percent of the bill would qualify as infrastructure under the standards used by Trump during his presidency.

“You had a total of 14 — I think it was 14 — Nobel laureate economists in economics saying this is going to — what I’m proposing is going to reduce the inflation.”

Washington Post says: Circumstances have changed since the economists have issued the letter

“At a Senate hearing in May, Dr. Fauci said, ‘The NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.’ That was under oath, under testimony. On October 20th, the NIH principal deputy director in writing directly contradicted it.”

Washington Post says: Cruz is spinning an NIH letter as confirming what it does not say. He is welcome to offer an opinion about its meaning. But, so far, it’s not a fact that NIH has admitted funding gain-of-function research.

“As a parent it’s tough to catch everything. So when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. It was some of the most explicit material you can imagine.”

Washington Post says: The "child" was a high school senior in an AP class.

“We just had 4,000 cases yesterday here in the Commonwealth of Virginia. … We’ve just 1,142 children in serious, in hospitals, in ICU beds.”

Washington Post says: The "4,000" is nota daily figure but a weekend number; the "1.142" is not a daily number but an inflated figure for child hospitalizations over 20 months of the pandemic.

“Here’s the deal: If you spent $3 on your coffee this morning, that’s more than what 55 major corporations paid in taxes in recent years.”

Washington Post says: This is probably in the ballpark but the number is not based on an examination of tax returns.

“Whether it’s $600 or $10,000, under this [Democratic] proposal, the intimate financial details of everyone in this room, at a minimum of every American who has a job, will be turned over on a daily basis to the IRS.”

“Biden’s liberal plan would force many family farms and ranches to be sold off to pay his higher capital gains taxes.”

Washington Post says: The ad is exaggerated. Very few farms face estate-tax liability — and relatively few pay the estate tax.

“Attorney General Garland is weaponizing the DOJ by using the FBI to pursue concerned parents and silence them through intimidation. Florida will defend the free speech rights of its citizens and will not allow federal agents to squelch dissent.”

“Terry McAuliffe’s new proposals will cost the average Virginia family over $5,000. … Terry’s new tax would actually be the largest tax increase in Virginia history.”

Washington Post says: This is based on a right-wing analysis of a partisan report; McAuliffe says he will not raise taxes.

“No presidential candidate has ever lost an election while winning Florida, Ohio and a place called Iowa. First time it’s ever happened.”

Washington Post says: Richard M. Nixon, a Republican, won Florida, Ohio and Iowa in 1960 — and lost to John F. Kennedy, a Democrat.

“Such a shame to see Terry McAuliffe indicate he will end Virginia’s routine election audits. … Virginia law requires voting machine audits. Not a surprise McAuliffe opposes audits.”

Washington Post says: McAuliffe signed the very law that Youngkin cites in his tweet.

“The Hyde amendment is something that the majority of the country does not support.”

Washington Post says: Most polls show opposition to federal funding of abortion.

“As a Wall Street executive, Glenn Youngkin took over this chain of dental clinics, increasing corporate profits through serious abuse and the performing of unnecessary procedures on children.”

Washington Post says: Carlyle Group did not own or manage the company and Youngkin played no role in the deal.