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False

Tennis rackets ≠ racketeering

Says the Obamas are connected to the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, October 11th, 2019

Pants on Fire!

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Williams

"50% of the DUIs on Interstate 35 are from illegals. Ninety percent of the 50% have absolutely no identification."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, October 4th, 2019

False

O'Rourke was never convicted

"Beto O’Rourke wants to confiscate guns because he can’t buy one himself due to his criminal record."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, September 18th, 2019

False

🎶 He never had a brain 🎶

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A scarecrow discovered on a Texas ranch was actually a human skeleton.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, September 11th, 2019

False

Rumor originated on a known conspiracy theory site

Says the "bones of children" were found on Jeffrey Epstein’s island.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019