The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 3/21/2019

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 A tweet: Says Beto O’Rourke “gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to (the Texas Democratic Party) a few months ago, & the Party sent the money back to him on the day of his announcement.”

PolitiFact rating: Pants On Fire

No, the Texas Democrats did not give Beto O’Rourke $4.5M

Claim by Julian Castro: Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget “slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires.”

PolitiFact rating: Half True

Julian Castro claims Trump’s budget cuts health care to pay for tax cuts. That’s exaggerated

Claim by Donald Trump: “A Suffolk/USA Today Poll, just out, states, ‘50% of Americans AGREE that Robert Mueller’s investigation is a Witch Hunt.’”

FactCheck.org rating: Some Experts Question Results

Trump Touts Questionable Survey Results

Claim by Donald Trump: Said “I don’t really” see white nationalism as a rising threat around the world.

FactCheck.org rating: Experts Disagree

The Facts on White Nationalism

Claim by BrexitCentral: All EU members have to adopt the Euro after 2020.

Full Fact rating: Incorrect.The Uk And Denmark Have Opt-outs So Don’t Have To Join The Euro. The Seven Countries Without An Opt-out And Not Already In The Euro Are Supposed To Join It, But Only Once They Meet Certain Conditions. There Is Currently No Time Limit On This Process.

EU member countries don’t all have to join the Euro by 2020

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