The Latest Fact Checks from the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) 08/16/2020

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 Senate Majority PAC: Says Susan Collins “voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin. PolitiFact rating: Mostly False Fact-checking an attack on Sen. Susan Collins over opioids, campaign donations
	The claim: President Barack Obama resettled 70,000 Somali immigrants in Minnesota, specifically the state’s 5th Congressional District. USA Today Fact Check rating: False Fact check: Obama did not resettle 70,000 Somali immigrants in Minnesota
	Claim by Mandela Barnes (D): GOP-backed “racist disenfrachisement” led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election. PolitiFact rating: Mostly False Barnes misses with claim linking cut in polling places with ‘racist disenfranchisement’
	Claim by patriots4truth.org: U. S. Senator Kamala Harris is not a United States citizen. Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: Senator Kamala Harris IS A United States Citizen And IS Eligible To Be President
	Claim by Robert Reich: Post claims US presidents cannot spend taxpayer dollars with executive orders AFP Fact Check rating: Partly False US presidents can spend tax dollars with executive orders
	(International: New Zealand) Claim: Photo shows Chinese tourists exempted from COVID-19 lockdown in Auckland, New Zealand, in August 2020 AFP Fact Check rating: False No tourists have been allowed to visit New Zealand since March 2020 — this photo has circulated online since 2016

Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact checks by the IFCN. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.

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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