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What Mexico has done to help stop illegal immigration
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Pundits mislead in defense of Trump's ABC interview
Federal, state officials say it's not true
Says that in New Mexico, "illegals are issued emergency welfare EBT cards with $1k a month +$200 for each child, for at least 5+ years until they see a judge."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, June 17th, 2019
Tottenham wishes it was a Trump parade
Says a photo taken in England shows "thousands of English Trump supporters" celebrating the president’s visit.
Plenty of infrastructure problems, but no such policy
"There are parts of I-80 near Joliet that school buses are not allowed to cross because of the fragile nature of a bridge."
— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, June 16th, 2019
Dark money support, but a Pelosi tie is questionable.
Said Dan McCready "got nearly $1 million in support from a Nancy Pelosi aligned dark money org in the 2018 election cycle right after he tweeted, ‘Dark money has no place in our politics’."
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, June 14th, 2019
Reductions seen after Obama reached deal
"In the Obama-Biden administration, we got China to cut cyber-theft -- it's gotten significantly worse under this administration."
— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 14th, 2019
Pay gaps are longstanding
"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, June 14th, 2019
On point
"Millions of Americans need mental health care. Yet in Iowa, there are just 64 public mental health care beds. And you see similar numbers across the country."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, June 13th, 2019
He resigned first
"Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached."
— PunditFact on Thursday, June 13th, 2019
Dead man receiving?
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."
— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, June 13th, 2019
If they had Ebola, they'd already be dead
"Disease-ridden" migrants from parts of Africa with Ebola are being "dumped in San Antonio."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Extra deepfake fakery made by artists
A video of Mark Zuckerberg shows him talking about controlling "billions of people’s stolen data" to control the future.
More like 100
"Every day on average 500 people die from gun violence."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Depends on where you start
"The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."
— PolitiFact Virginia on Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Errors in state data were the problem
"Turns out the critics of the Texas maternal mortality rate were just lying. It’s less than half of what the critics said. It’s about 1/10 of 1%."
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Milking the hyperbole
Republicans on the budget-writing committee "did nothing" to address oversight of large-scale farms, "as literal manure is coming out of people’s faucets.
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Voted for large bills that included it
"I have consistently voted against the Hyde Amendment."
— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
Poverty has fallen all over
"We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years."
— PolitiFact New York on Monday, June 10th, 2019
This claim is infectious
Says six eradicated diseases such as whooping cough and the bubonic plague are making a comeback "thanks to refugees and illegal immigrants."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, June 10th, 2019
Personal support is not the same thing
"For more than a year, I have been saying that it’s time for Congress to act and begin impeachment proceedings."
— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, June 10th, 2019
Do better, internet
Says Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president in 56 years to not attend a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day.
