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Politics & government fact checks
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PolitiFactPolitics & government
Republicans “nominated the 1st Black woman to the SCOTUS & she was BLOCKED & filibustered by… Joe Biden.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
The GOP debt limit bill "makes a series of deeply devastating and unpopular cuts to things like veterans’ health benefits."
Publisher’s rating: Not the Whole Story
PolitiFactPolitics & government
On supporting Liz Cheney for House Republican leadership position
Publisher’s rating: Full Flop
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Yesterday Virginia announced the end of youth hunting!"
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia or, to be more precise, by Bolshevik, Communist Russia."
Publisher’s rating: An inaccurate, one-sided view
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
Publisher’s rating: True
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Suggests former President Barack Obama criticized his former vice president, Joe Biden, for lying to African American communities.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Video shows “Republican state senators in Missouri participate in ‘book burning’ with flame throwers.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Republicans have cited an unverified report by an FBI informant to allege that Joe Biden and his son Hunter took a bribe from a Ukrainian company.
Publisher’s rating: Informant Indicted For Lying
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Video shows hecklers April 16 booing Joe Biden’s motorcade in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“James Comey has 50 counts of TREASON. And John Brennan has 48 counts of TREASON.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Washington PostPolitics & government
“When, I started off as a kid, a young man in high school [was], uh, dealing with the issue. I got involved — I wasn’t any great shakes — but got involved in the civil rights movement. Desegregating restaurants, that kind of thing.”
Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Trump signs Insurrection Act - General Flynn to be appointed vice president."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Video shows Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas crying after a question from an aide to former President Donald Trump.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"I entered as one of the poorest men in Congress, left one of the poorest men in government, in Congress and as vice president."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Photos show Joe Biden with a “Chinese handler.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire