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| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.”
Politifact rating: False (Both men are U.S. citizens. Garcia had no criminal incarceration history in Texas, where he was born. Police have not said he was affiliated with a gang. Alvarez, meanwhile, has an extensive criminal history, but police did not confirm whether he was affiliated with any criminal group like a gang.) False claims spread online about suspects in the recent mass killings in Texas |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump has to register as a sex offender.
VERIFYThis.com rating: False (Donald Trump doesn’t have to register as a sex offender.) No, Donald Trump is not required to register as a sex offender |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Naomi Wolf: COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (There is no scientific evidence that COVID vaccines harm the fertility of women or men.) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Will Cain: Democrats “introduced a bill that would ban detaining gay illegal immigrants.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (The bill would not “ban” the detention of LGBTQ+ people. They could still be subject to detention if there was evidence that they were a flight risk or threat to the community.) Democratic bill doesn’t ban detaining LGBTQ+ immigrants, but sets criteria DHS must meet to do so |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): The 2020 election was “rigged.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Yes, he is still running with this.) Fact-checking Donald Trump’s CNN town hall claims on Jan. 6, abortion, Mar-a-Lago documents |
| FALSE | (International: Russia): Claim by Vladimir Putin: “A real war has once again been unleashed against our Motherland.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False (He started it.) Wanted For War Crimes, Putin Claims Victimhood in War He Waged on Ukraine |
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