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Politics & government fact checks
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Says Betsy DeVos is the "most unpopular person in our government."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
John F. Kennedy está vivo.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Related reporting—not an original PolitiFact review—directly identifies John F. Kennedy and says he was assassinated in Dallas. A CNN report about the White House press pool describes reporters being present at major events and lists “Dallas when John F. Kennedy was assassinated” among them. That statement contradicts the claim that Kennedy is alive. The supplied excerpt does not provide further details about the assassination or describe a separate fact-checking investigation, so no such details can be established from this evidence.
Says Joe Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Una ley en Estados Unidos dice “si una casa no está habitada, podemos expropiarla”.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Pedro Sánchez: "No he pensado nunca en pactar con el PP"
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Says President Joe Biden purposely chose Easter Sunday to mark Transgender Day of Visibility.
Publisher’s rating: False
A Supreme Court nominee has never been “nominated and installed while a presidential election is already underway.”
Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story
Video claims "Biden gets location wrong, sounds lost."
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said “defending Trump is more important than the United States.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Says Donald Trump Jr. “has a banner photo of Joe Biden being hung from a helicopter.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."
Publisher’s rating: False
Barack Obama “is the first ex-president to ever speak against his successor.”
Publisher’s rating: False
“Tim Michels pushed for years to raise (Wisconsin’s) gas tax.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Clips show French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dancing.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
“Inauguration Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
A video shows Joe Biden speaking slowly and slurring on the Fourth of July.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
