“The 10th Amendment prevents the president from sending federal agents into states without approval from the governor”
USA TODAY rated this: Partly false
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“The other day in the debate [Joe] Biden couldn’t even use the words law enforcement.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Biden said the words "law enforcement" twice in the debate, adding, "the vast majority of police officers are good, decent, honorable men and women."
“The reality is when you look at the Biden plan, it reads an awful lot like what President Trump and I and our task force have been doing every step of the way.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Public health experts pointed to significant philosophical differences in how the plans are put into action.
“Video of an Indian rickshaw-puller crying while his rickshaw is being seized by the government officials”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Person crying in the video is Fazlur Rahman, a rickshaw-puller from Dhaka in Bangladesh. Fazlur Rahman was crying as his rickshaw was seized under Dhaka Municipal corporation eviction drive on ‘05 October 2020’. This in…
“Government to provide employment to people with smartphones”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: here has been no such announcement by the Central Government. Also, the given link redirects people to some private application. Similar messages are being shared on social media with other dubious website links. The ‘P…
“Joe Biden's great-grandfather was the first Irish Catholic State Senator in Pennsylvania”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“The military came into the Oval Office, presented a plan. They said they knew where Kayla [Mueller] was. Baghdadi had held her for 18 months, abused her mercilessly before they killed her. But when Joe Biden was vice president, they hesitated for a month.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The most comprehensive report of the rescue effort says Obama approved the plan on spot in tje Situation Room
“The president said it was a hoax.”
Washington Post rated this: Mostly False
Washington Post says: Harris is taking comments from President Trump out of context. The full quote shows Trump is criticizing Democratic talking points and the media’s coverage of his administration’s response to the coronavirus.
“I have attached a copy of the amendment made in 2016 that those who do not know Tamil can join the government services in Tamil Nadu. Page 44 says so. But one ‘fact-checking’ website says there is no evidence regarding this. Which is right?”
Youturn rated this: Mixed
“During the debate, Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump “did not appoint minorities to the courts.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Harris said during the vice presidential debate that none of Trump’s appointments to the federal courts of appeals are Black.
“Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is related through marriage to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Daniel Cameron was recently married, but his wife is not related to McConnell.
“The Regeneron antibody cocktail President Donald Trump received is made from fetal stem cells”
USA TODAY rated this: False
“8.8 km at an altitude of about 10,000 feet. Today our Prime Minister dedicated to the people of the country the road that connects the sands of Himachal Pradesh with the Ladakh Lay, the longest Atal tunnel that travels within a cave for a distance of meters.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“HOUSE PASSES BILL TO PAY U.N. TO RUN LOCAL POLICE BOARDS IN 46 U.S. CITIES.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“President Obama issued 18,000 pardons or commutations during his time in office.”
The Dispatch Fact Check rated this: False
“The CBI law is dead… Here is only our rule… Wherever bow down and apologize, we will let you live” a Thakur youth is threatening the Hathras rape victim’s family. That’s all UP.”
Youturn rated this: Mix
“Under the Obama/Biden administration, "we let — 18,000 people were — got clemency. He [President Donald Trump] got two or three.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Obama pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of about 1,900 individuals. Trump issued 27 pardons and 11 commutations.
“Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
PolitiFact says: The Wisconsin Legislature has been one of the least active in the U.S. amid the pandemic.
“A photo showing colorful, developed houses was taken after President Rodrigo Duterte took office.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“I’m running against a kid named Jon Ossoff, who has been endorsed by the Communist Party.”
Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios
Washington Post says: The Communist Party did not endorse Ossoff