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Politics & government fact checks
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Washington PostPolitics & government
Donald Trump crefused to visit a cemetery outsuide Paris in 2018 because dead soldiers were a bunch of "suckers" and "losers."
Publisher’s rating: In dispute
Travis County Republican PartyPolitics & government
Says recent changes to Austin city policy gives homeless people more rights than property owners and allow for "homeless camps on private property, business frontage, and even public sidewalks.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Donald Trump is an “affirmative action advocate.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says Democrats "spent $40,000,000 of YOUR tax dollars trying to impeach Trump."
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
"The 28th Amendment hasn't been upheld in years."
Publisher’s rating: There's No 28th Amend.
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Wisconsin Republicans have not passed a single bill in 6 months.”
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
"NANCY PELOSI ASKED TO LEAVE CHILDREN’S BENEFIT AFTER DRUNKEN OUTBURST"
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgPolitics & government
Vice President Kamala Harris "was Indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made a turn, and she became a Black person."
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
"Last Congress, I was the most effective Democrat in the U.S. Senate ... Bernie and Elizabeth were in the bottom half."
Publisher’s rating: Depends on the year
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”
Publisher’s rating: Mostly True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Ron DeSantis is against fracking. He is against drilling”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
“Biden threatens to assassinate Ukraine president.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Adam Laxalt “would let Nevada and other states ban abortion with zero exceptions.”
Publisher’s rating: Half True
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Video shows a man interrupting White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on “The View.”
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactPolitics & government
Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act.
Publisher’s rating: False