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Claim by Charlie Kirk: “Nancy Pelosi may have just committed a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2071, Section 2071 (a) when she ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union address. This violation is punishable by up to three years in prison.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire
Claim by Judicial Watch: Do eight Iowa counties have more registered voters than there are people eligible to vote in those counties?
Lead Stories rating: False
Claim by Cory Booker: National polls have “never predicted who will be president from our party. Carter was in the single digits a few months before caucuses. Bill Clinton was. Obama — 20 points behind in the national polls roughly.”
PolitiFact rating: True
Claim: Raw Story published an article with a headline claiming former Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said he had “no problem” with former National Security Adviser John Bolton testifying after “this impeachment thing” ends.
Check Your Fact rating: False
Claim by Bernie Sanders: “Three people have more wealth than the bottom half of American society.”
PolitiFact rating: True
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BOOM FACT Check rating: False
Times of India rating: False
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