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Politics & government fact checks
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PolitiFactPolitics & government
“One of my responsibilities as Secretary of State is to countersign acts passed by the legislature & signed into law by Gov. Evers.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
The White House doctored a photo of a Donald Trump event “to make the crowd look bigger.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Vice President Kamala Harris said she supports deep cuts to veterans’ programs, telling vets to “get a job.”
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Highlights a Kathy Barnette tweet with the hashtags “#BLM #DefundThePolice” to claim she “holds extreme views on race.”
Publisher’s rating: Distorts the Facts
Washington PostPolitics & government
“Fact: Trump announced a budget to cut Social Security and Medicare every single year he was in office.”
Publisher’s rating: Three Pinocchios
PolitiFactPolitics & government
In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Hecklers chanted “f--- Joe Biden” during a Barack Obama speech.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"As I learn more and more each day, I am coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP."
Publisher’s rating: Not a coup
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Gov. Tony Evers is “pushing firearm confiscation orders”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
“Nancy Pelosi changed the rules and the precedent,” in responding to a reporter who asked how he justified not holding a vote before launching an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden.
Publisher’s rating: We Explain 2019/2023 Inquiries
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
"Breaking news! Public officials devoid of oaths of office!"
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Ron Johnson "wants to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block every single year."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Military, Trump thwart deep state blackout.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
A video shared on social media purports to show Joe Biden sleeping during a live television interview.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Nancy Pelosi “almost burst out into laughter” at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
A bill signed by former President Barack Obama allows "the media" to get "away with lying."
Publisher’s rating: False