The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 07/18/2020

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 the Democratic Party of Wisconsin: Says Wisconsin Republicans “pushed for long lines and polls open for one day only.” Poltifact rating: Mostly False Wisconsin Dems ignore key details in saying GOP pushed for longer lines and limited voting time
	Claim by Donald Trump: “Sign new immigrants up for welfare immediately. This is Joe Biden. So they walk off, and they come in, and they put a foot into our land, and we sign up new immigrants up for welfare. We sign them up immediately. They get welfare benefits. United States citizens don’t get what they’re looking to give illegal immigrants.” AP Fact Check rating: False AP FACT CHECK: Trump wholly distorts Biden on immigration
	Claim by Donald Trump: The “Biden-Sanders agenda” would “abolish immigration detention. No more detention. You come in here illegally, no more detention.” FactCheck.org rating: False Trump Distorts Biden’s Immigration Plans
	Claim via Social Media Image: “whites killing blacks 2%”, “police killing whites 3%”, “whites killing whites 16%”, “blacks killing whites 81%”, “police killing blacks 1%” and “blacks killing blacks 97%”. Reuters Fact Check rating: All False Fact check: False data on U.S. racial murder rates
	Claim by Cory Gardner: “What I look forward to working on is a plan that protects people with preexisting conditions.” Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios Analysis | GOP senators in close races mislead on preexisting conditions
	(International: Nigeria) Claim: ‘Nigeria currently has the highest-burden worldwide of sickle cell disease’ Africa Check rating: Correct Weighing Nigeria’s sickle cell burden: is it the world’s highest?

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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience

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