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Photo was staged for the yearbook
Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat.
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
No, not for the same work
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
— PolitiFact California on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Not Ohio's handmedowns
Ohio "thought that our (voting) machines were so awful we got rid of them, but South Carolina bought them. This is true. South Carolina bought all the machines we got rid of because they were not effective."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
By any consistent definition (sigh), Minnesota wins
"Wisconsin, many people may not be aware, actually has 15,000 freshwater lakes. … More than Minnesota."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
New stance is full reversal from past
On the need for independent investigations of police shootings
Drug spending still going up
"Drug prices are coming down, first time in 51 years because of my administration."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
Not true!!! NOT TRUE!
"Not one Democrat showed up to listen to border officials about the dangerous situation at our border. Not one!!! NOT ONE!"
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
This was no tossup
Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory.
Let's take a trip back to 1973
"Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats."
In 2006, she was in favor of public option
"I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all."
— PolitiFact New York on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
Bang for the Bucks
The state contributed $80 million for the new Bucks arena, but new income tax revenue from basketball events alone "is estimated to be probably over $600 million over the life of the lease."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
Biden left ... when he was 10
Says Joe Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
Statement 'unbelievable' to Dems
"They didn’t even put up a fight against SALT"
— PolitiFact New York on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
Myth launches into black hole
Says NASA spent more than $165 million over 10 years to develop a pen that "writes in zero gravity, upside down" and in extreme temperatures while the "Russians used a pencil instead."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
Economic mobility has declined
"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%."
Well, not exactly
Obamacare granted "the protection against preexisting condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer."
— PolitiFact Health Check on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
Results can vary
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
Enacting laws is illegal, not discussing
In Florida, "it’s illegal for mayors to even bring up gun reform for discussion."
— PolitiFact National on Monday, May 20th, 2019
A consistent rise
"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."
Tracks with research
"When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."
