“Presidential Election of SL Will Be Held On September 28 or October 5 !!”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False
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“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.
“It is “unlawful” for Democrats to “simply just switch out a candidate who has been chosen through the … democratic process.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Experts Say That's Wrong
FactCheck.org says: President Joe Biden has not been formally nominated. And since he has voluntarily dropped out of the race, delegates pledged to him are no longer obligated to vote for him and can vote for someone else, experts told us.
“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.
“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.
“Visuals of a traffic warden being beaten up and robbed by Muslim men after the Labour party won the 2024 elections in the UK.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This incident took place in September 2018 when the Conservative party was in power. Danyal Bashir and a group of other men were filmed brutally attacking traffic warden Charlie Weston in Hartopp Road, Alum Rock, Birmin…
“Reform UK party candidate Mark Matlock, who contested the U.K. general election from Clapham and Brixton Hill, is not a real person.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Former President Donald Trump was found guilty in the New York criminal trial "by a jury stacked with Biden voters.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Unsupported
FactCheck.org says: The judge in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump denied a defense request to ask jurors about their party registration, so their political affiliation is not known.
“The video of France’s right-wing leader Marine Le Pen crying after her party’s defeat in France elections, 2024”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: This video was published by the Europe1 YouTube channel in 2021 with the description, “In March 2017, Marine Le Pen was a guest on Thomas Sotto’s morning show. The president of the National Rally laughed out loud at imi…
“Video shows victory rally held in France after the country’s 2024 general elections”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Partido Demokratiko Pilipino “was never part of the UniTeam,” even during the 2022 elections.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: Although neither of the two (Koko Pimentel and Rodrigo Duterte) factions of PDP was part of the original four political parties that comprised UniTeam, candidates from the Duterte-allied wing were included in the coalit…
“Says as of June 30, “the decision has been made that (President Joe Biden) will quit the campaign.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: As of July 1, neither President Joe Biden nor his campaign had announced that Biden will exit the presidential race. A Biden campaign spokesperson told PolitiFact on July 1 that Bill O’Reilly’s post was not accurate.
“46 US states confirmed that Joe Biden lost the 2020 election”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Former President Donald Trump is “against mail in voting.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
PolitiFact says: Trump has made a lot of statements criticizing voting by mail in the past but this year he has also told Republicans that it is acceptable to vote by mail.
“BJP leader Madhavi Latha said Muslims cannot be terrorists after her loss in elections”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“These could be mistaken for scenes straight out of a Hollywood horror movie. In reality, it’s a bloodbath from the slaughter of innocent beings on the streets of West Bengal. Mamata G-hadan’s vote bank.”
Youturn rated this: false
“Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, who previously contested various Lok Sabha elections as Prime Ministers, won with a smaller majority than Narendra Modi’s majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: It is not appropriate to compare the majorities secured by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi in the past Lok Sabha elections with the majority secured by Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The total number …
“Modi Ji did not shake hands with Joe Biden. It showed America its place. The consequences of interfering in our elections. I will show my worth to the world!!”
Youturn rated this: false