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Politics & government fact checks
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FactStreamPolitics & government
"More than 80% of Republicans think we ought to at least be doing universal background checks."
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff should be impeached.
Publisher’s rating: History says you can't
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says video footage shows world leaders “laughing” at President Donald Trump.
Publisher’s rating: Editing amps up effect
Washington PostPolitics & government
"Dick Cheney’s chief of staff took revenge against my husband and leaked my identity. His name: Scooter Libby."
Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was photographed holding a soccer jersey with his name and a swastika.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Video of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton speeches proves that their words are “all scripts and copied, all fake.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is related through marriage to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Donald Trump tweeted, “WHO Thinks ‘Child Lifes Matter’ Should Be PAINTED In The STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD???”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Maldita.esPolitics & government
No sois fachas por sacar la bandera de España. Lo sois porque sólo la sacáis para oprimir
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Audio captures former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama debating Michelle Obama’s gender.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Picture shows the “Freedom Convoy” trucks in Canada.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Ted Cruz leaks new document obtained from Hunter’s laptop implicating Nancy Pelosi.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Nancy Pelosi's Son Paul Jr. Was Exec at 'Ukraine-Based Gas Company,' Similar to Hunter Biden"
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Sen. Bob Casey "has voted in lockstep with his liberal party to defund the police."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Old photo shows Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his mother wearing KKK garb.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire