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Old hoax
"Starting Jan. 1 California residents can’t take shower, do laundry, poop in toilet and flush on same day."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, January 21st, 2020
Fraction of arrests are for those crimes
"More than 100,000 DACA applicants have been arrested—Murder, Rape, DUI."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, January 14th, 2020
Cut for time
"CBC Cuts Donald Trump's 'Home Alone 2' Cameo Out of Broadcast."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
Doesn't hold water
Says the Potomac River "has gotten dirtier and dirtier and dirtier and dirtier. I go down there and that litter is left almost exclusively by immigrants."
— PunditFact on Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
No requirements here
Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.
— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
Clinton accused of perjury
Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed."
— PunditFact on Thursday, December 12th, 2019
It's the clearest legal barrier
"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.
— PolitiFact National on Monday, November 11th, 2019
Flawed comparison
Says Democrats "have issued more subpoenas than they’ve passed bills."
— PunditFact on Monday, November 4th, 2019
Rushes around the facts
Says House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump "doesn’t feature the opposition party, it doesn’t feature cross-examination."
— PunditFact on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
Rules written by Republicans
The impeachment inquiry hearings "going on behind closed doors over which Congressman Schiff is presiding—they are consistent with the rules" of the U.S. House of Representatives.
— PunditFact on Monday, October 28th, 2019
The Pentagon's numbers
"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."
— PunditFact on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019
Likely a coincidence
Says Fox News anchor Shepard Smith stepped down after Attorney General William Barr "had a closed door meeting with Rupert Murdoch."
— PunditFact on Monday, October 14th, 2019
No registered Dems
Says the whistleblower hired "left-wing lawyers, left-wing firms, Soros involved in funding one of them."
— PunditFact on Friday, October 11th, 2019
Oversimplified and misleading
"Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump."
— PunditFact on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Constitution disagrees
"If the impeachment reaches the house and passes to the senate and isn’t passed the first term is nullified and Trump can run two more terms."
— PunditFact on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
Not supported by the facts
Says Pat McCrory "shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks."
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Monday, September 30th, 2019
Needs context
Says Elizabeth Warren "was paid $400,000 to teach one class."
— PunditFact on Wednesday, September 18th, 2019
Lifelong GOP
Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left."
— PunditFact on Friday, September 13th, 2019
Using the conventional measures, yes
"What was the reality for most Americans during the Obama presidency? Most lost wealth and their incomes fell, particularly for those at the bottom of the ladder."
— PunditFact on Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
No black governors
"America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors."
— PunditFact on Friday, September 6th, 2019
