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Politics & government fact checks
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FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski “voted for red-flag laws to restrict your Second Amendment rights and subject you to federal criminal investigation.”
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Donald Trump is not at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, “he is on AF1.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Our Supreme Court has never taken away a constitutional right."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Nancy Pelosi tweeted that she was disgusted with Donald Trump over taxes.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Black Lives Matter protest at Iowa Capitol was an “insurrection” like that on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Jon Tester “supported slashing Social Security benefits”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Photo shows Vice President Kamala Harris “in the 90s.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Manorama OnlinePolitics & government
സുരേഷ് ഗോപി കേന്ദ്രമന്ത്രിയായി വരുന്നതിൽ സന്തോഷമെന്ന് ഇ.പി.ജയരാജന്
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is “not human.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
"Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with South Korean President."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Joe Biden stayed silent about violence at Black Lives Matter protests.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
If Texas says, “‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore’ … that’s their decision to make.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“(Joe) Biden just gets up and leaves during a live TV interview.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PesaCheckPolitics & government
Video claiming to show DP Ruto insulting the DCI
Publisher’s rating: False.
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
The New York Times and Washington Post reporting on the Russia investigation in 2017 "was fake news. ... Those Pulitzer Prizes should be given back immediately."
Publisher’s rating: Stories Were Accurate
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill “redefining ‘sexual orientation’ to include pedophiles.”
Publisher’s rating: False