“Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country. America was founded on liberty and independence and not government coercion, domination, and control.”
FactStream rated this: Misleads
Politics and government
4,522 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“The ABP news channel has telecasted Rahul Gandhi’s comments, who said that he and his ancestors are Muslims, and his party belongs to Muslims”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Video of BJP MP Sunny Deol being attacked at a Gurdwara by people and sent away”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Videos show President Donald Trump saying “I can’t breathe.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Trump said “I can’t breathe” when mocking Mike Bloomberg in February in an effort to suggest that the Democratic candidate choked during a debate. Trump also said, “I can’t breathe” in 2016 to mock Mitt Romney.
“Video clips of President Donald Trump saying "I can't breathe" suggest that he was mocking the death of George Floyd.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Clips of President Donald Trump pretending to choke, saying “I can’t breathe” have been suggesting that he mocked George Floyd. The videos pre-date Floyd’s death and show Trump mocking his political rivals — not Floyd.
“Video showing President Kenyatta in a drunken stupor”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
“Video showing President Kenyatta in a drunken stupor”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
“Last year, there were nine unarmed black people killed (by law enforcement). Nineteen unarmed white people.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Grace Poe said she will file a bill to block Facebook, instead of ABS-CBN, in the Philippines.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Law enforcement "didn’t use tear gas" to move protesters outside the White House before his visit to St. John's Episcopal Church.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
FactCheck.org says: U.S. Park Police says officers used "pepper balls," not "tear gas." The chemical makeup is different, but the impact on people is similar.
“Amit Shah said that government had transferred Rs. 53 crores into the bank accounts of 41 crore people.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“[The Government has] always been very, very careful to prioritise Australians and Australian jobs [through the migration program”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Not the full story
“George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests were planned to introduce martial law and “purge” the United States.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Image of a family who has committed suicide due to lack of relief support from the government during lockdown”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Says President Trump tweeted that he spoke with George Floyd’s family and said they were “honored” to hear from him.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Trump never wrote the tweet. It was fabricated.
“Sharukh Khan has urged the Modi government to pay attention to Rohingya Muslims for people not to lose faith in the government”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“The new Dane County lockdown policy… (has) effectively killed Badger football, hockey, and basketball for 2020.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: More than a month after the CARES Act, the Trump administration said it would begin giving tribes part of the funds. A consultation process for disbursing the funds began before the administration was sued.
“Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Anthony Fauci and the WHO are being charged with genocide”
TheJournal.ie rated this: False
TheJournal.ie says: The post and the note are false: the people and organisations mentioned have not been charged with war crimes.
“Image of late Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE