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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
Video shows a crowd erupting and Hillary Clinton crying during a committee hearing.
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
"I talked about doing the Defense Production Act before anyone came along."
Publisher’s rating: Exaggerates
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Biden smirks while saying he has added more to the debt than any president before him.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Due to U.S. Senate rules, Democrats need "more than a majority ... to codify Roe vs. Wade."
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says of intelligence community whistleblower who reportedly raised concerns about interactions between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, "It’s a partisan whistleblower."
Publisher’s rating: We don't know identity
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Justice Sonia Sotomayor is pictured in a photo from a Jan. 7 dinner with Democratic leaders.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says George Soros was an “SS in the National Socialist German Workers Party. Nazi Party.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions.
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
Maldita.esPolitics & government
El chalet donde se realizó una fiesta de 200 personas en Aravaca es de José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Publisher’s rating: Falso
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
"Now Democrats want to spy on anything you buy that costs $600 or more."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Sara Gideon "voted to defund" the Freeport police "and gave the money to a nonprofit she helped run."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill.
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
The United Kingdom’s “Parliament closed its borders to prevent Harry and Meg from flying to the UK in order to protect the king.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Biden flashed the white power sign while a black man was asking him a question.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Democrat Senators high-five after voting in favor of late-term abortion.”
Publisher’s rating: False