The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 1/29/2019

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 Donald Trump: “58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote.”

Claim by Donald Trump: “We are not even into February and the cost of illegal immigration so far this year is $18,959,495,168. Cost Friday was $603,331,392. There are at least 25,772,342 illegal aliens, not the 11,000,000 that have been reported for years, in our Country.”

Claim: In 2019, California education authorities formulated a policy that, if implemented, would force parents to allow their children to be taught that “there are 15 genders.”

Claim by Social media posts: “18 Million Illegal Immigrants got their government checks this month”

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 rating: No Evidence
 


Claim by Multiple Sources: President Ronald Reagan once said, “Nancy Pelosi is extremely evil” because she is a member of the politically connected D’Alesandro family.

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