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Club for Growth Action, Conservative Super PAC

“[Mark] Walker didn’t even vote to block a Democrat bill impeaching President Trump. Trump needed him. Walker abandoned him.”

FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading

FactCheck.org says: Walker voted against Trump’s first impeachment in late 2019, and he wasn't in Congress the second time Trump was impeached in 2021. In mid-2019, Walker missed a procedural vote on an impeachment resolution that failed.

Social media posts

“People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

PolitiFact says: There is no evidence to suggest planes sprayed poisonous chemicals over the protesters’ camps. People who participated in the protests and officials have refuted these claims.