MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 02/22/2025 (Weekend Edition)

Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)

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

Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC

BLATANT LIE	Claim by Nancy Mace (R): “You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options.” Politifact rating: False (People who have one of several well-documented medical conditions do not have only XX or XY chromosomes, which typically correspond with female and male sexes, respectively. Those conditions include Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY), Turner Syndrome (missing or partial X), Triple X Syndrome (XXX) and Jacob’s Syndrome (XYY). Research estimates that about 1.7% of the worldwide population has intersex conditions or differences in sex development, cases in which someone’s anatomy does not neatly fit into male or female.) Rep. Nancy Mace is wrong. Not all people are born with either XX or XY chromosomes.
TRUE	Did he say it?: Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, said he would ask U.S. President Donald Trump about a proposal to use savings made by his department to issue a $5,000 refund to every U.S. taxpaying household. Snopes rating: True (He said: “DOGE dividend” to be exclusively funded by the department’s $2 trillion savings target. He suggested DOGE could take 20% of that savings ($400 billion) and divide it between roughly 79 million taxpaying U.S. households, approximately $5,000 per household.) Yes, Musk said he’d ask Trump about $5K checks for US taxpayers funded by DOGE savings
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Trump says USA spent $350 billion in Ukraine Newsweek rating: False (Tracking of Congressional spending on Ukraine shows it has appropriated nearly $183 billion since Russia’s invasion. Analysis has shown that some of this funding ends up back in the United States, to restock weapons and defense supplies domestically that the U.S. has given to Kyiv. Some funding has not gone directly to Ukraine but to NATO defense partners.) Fact Check: Did the US give $350B to Ukraine, as Trump claims? Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	(International: India): Video shows US President Donald Trump announcing a new executive order banning hiring of Indian customer service representatives BOOM Fact Check rating: False Satirical Video Of Trump Banning Indian Customer Service Shared As Real \| BOOM

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