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Claim: the prior administration imposed a federal mandate requiring everyone to buy an electric vehicle
Federal emissions standards encouraged lower-emission vehicle sales but did not require each consumer to purchase an electric vehicle.
See the evidence →Claim: China operates the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal Authority, an autonomous Panamanian government entity, operates the canal. Chinese-linked companies have operated ports near it, which is not the same thing.
See the evidence →Claim: Biden pardoned 33 murderers before leaving office
Biden commuted most federal death sentences to life imprisonment. Commutation changed the punishment; it did not pardon or exonerate the convictions.
See the evidence →On banning TikTok
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement Full Flop: On banning TikTok
See the evidence →“They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
See the evidence →“With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “With your Democrat governor, you have some of the highest electricity prices and highest energy costs. It’s just about at the top in Wisconsin.”
See the evidence →“I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement Pants on Fire: “I never mentioned” wanting to end the Affordable Care Act.
See the evidence →“As California attorney general, (Kamala Harris) redefined child sex trafficking, assault with a deadly weapon, and rape of an unconscious person as a totally nonviolent crime.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “As California attorney general, (Kamala Harris) redefined child sex trafficking, assault with a deadly weapon, and rape of an unconscious person as a totally nonviolent crime.”
See the evidence →“Right to Try” experimental drug program saved “thousands and thousands of lives.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “Right to Try” experimental drug program saved “thousands and thousands of lives.”
See the evidence →In Lancaster, Pa., “We caught them with 2,600 votes. We caught them cold, 2,600 votes. … And every vote was written by the same person.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: In Lancaster, Pa., “We caught them with 2,600 votes. We caught them cold, 2,600 votes. … And every vote was written by the same person.”
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