The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt)
Claim by Social media posts: “During the Obama administration 18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol”
FactCheck.org rating: False
Claim by Donald Trump: Says the two migrant children who died “were very sick before they were given over to Border Patrol.”
PolitiFact rating: No Initial Illness Reported
Claim by Facebook posts: Quotes Michelle Obama as saying, “White folks are what’s wrong with America.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants On Fire
Claim by Patrick Leahy: “Over the last two years, Congress has provided nearly $1.7 billion to build or replace fencing on the southern border, but the Administration has hardly spent any of that money…So far, only six percent of those funds have been spent. Six.”
Washington Post rating: Three Pinocchios
Claim by Multiple Sources: Returning Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi proposed to fund the building of President Trump’s border wall in exchange for a bill banning the ownership of firearms by any U.S. citizen.
Snopes.com rating: False
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