“Ranil Wickremesinghe Contest the Presidential Election Under the “Heart” Symbol !!”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False
Elections
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“The Kamala Harris campaign has shared an AI-generated image to exaggerate the size of the crowd at their rally.”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“On Kamala Harris' campaign: "There was nobody at the plane, and she 'A.I.'d' it, and showed a massive 'crowd' of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST!”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Kamala Harris drew a large crowd at a campaign rally near Detroit, according to photos, videos and press reports. But posts online baselessly claim that an image of the event was created by AI to inflate the crowd size.
“She cast the deciding vote for the so-called Inflation Reduction Act that sent a lot of our resources to China.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: Vance’s claim that the IRA is sending jobs and resources to China is based on a facile hunch, not evidence.
“Those with agendas and vote traders are all silent. On the murders, rapes, and arson of Hindus in Bangladesh #AllEyesonBangladesh”
Youturn rated this: false
“Sajith Violates Election Law by Holding a Welfare Program in a School !!”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: Misleading
“Video shows former U.S. Donald Trump froze for a full 21 seconds at an election rally.”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“In Pompano Beach, Florida, Somali immigrants illegally in the U.S. were in line to get driver’s licenses and “all you need to vote is a driver's license.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Florida does not allow immigrants in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver’s licenses. Only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections.
“Biden Executive Order 14019 “requires our taxpayer-funded federal agencies to violate the Hatch Act and engage in illegal vote harvesting.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Executive Order 14019 states that when agencies carry out the order, all applicable laws must be followed. The order does not command federal agencies to collect ballots.
“Kamala just launched her presidential campaign on RuPaul's Drag Race.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Several news outlets reported Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearance on "RuPaul’s Drag Race" was recorded weeks before she announced she was running for president. Harris launched her campaign in Delaware.
“Samsung drops out of $1 billion advertising campaign with Olympics.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: An International Olympic Committee spokesperson told PolitiFact Samsung has not withdrawn its sponsorship. Samsung has continued to share posts and articles about the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“In this video, YSRCP supporters are spreading nails on the road, as people did not vote their leader”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“The videos show the protest in Venezuela after the Presidential election.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“The footage shows protestors storming the streets of Caracas to protest against Nicolás Maduro’s election victory.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Video shows ongoing protests in Venezuela against the presidential elections”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“The Commission on Elections cannot ban premature campaigning for the 2025 midterm elections.”
Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop
Vera Files says: Comelec Chair George Garcia announced in April that the poll body will stand firm in banning premature campaigning for the 2025 elections. He even dared candidates who would challenge the ban to go to the Supreme Court.
“Video shows “several masked men stormed a local voting station and stole the ballot boxes” in Venezuela’s 2024 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A viral social media video claiming to show men stealing ballot boxes is wrong. The men are carrying air conditioning window units, not boxes of ballots.
“100 million ballots (Democrats) prefilled now have the wrong name.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: There are no official ballots for the general election yet. The 2024 Democratic presidential nominee will be determined in a virtual nominating process ahead of the Democratic National Convention in August.
“Thomas Matthew Crooks worked for BlackRock "in the past" and BlackRock owned the building Crooks stood on when he shot at the Trump campaign rally.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Crooks appeared briefly in a 2022 ad for BlackRock but was not paid. American Glass Research Inc. owns the building from which Crooks fired shots on the campaign rally for former President Donald Trump.
“2014 news graphic shared as schedule for upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading