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Politics & government fact checks
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PolitiFactPolitics & government
Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
White supremacy is a hoax and “not a real problem in America.”
Publisher’s rating: That's wrong
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Elected officials draw (legislative redistricting) maps. That’s it."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Quotes Kamala Harris as saying: "After we impeach, we round up the Trump supporters."
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
A $200,000 payment in 2018 from James Biden to his brother, Joe Biden, "proved that Joe Biden benefited from his family’s influence peddling scheme."
Publisher’s rating: Unsupported
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Kamala Harris “wants to defund the police.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Former Vice President Joe Biden said he "lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
House impeachment inquiry illegally denies President Donald Trump due process rights.
Publisher’s rating: Law gives House leeway
PolitiFactPolitics & government
The city of Atlanta is banning the word “women.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Let’s begin ‘The Purge’ to roundup all Conservative traitors.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Not one word” from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris honoring service members for Memorial Day.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
News networks covered Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing live but not Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Video shows hecklers shouting profanities at President Joe Biden.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
An image shows Rep. Elise Stefanik flipping off the camera at the impeachment proceedings
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“President Biden says he wants to ban handguns.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Shows a clip of Donald Trump saying women needed to face “some form of punishment" for violating abortion bans.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading