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“The crime rate now is the lowest it’s been since 1900. That’s 125 years.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement Half True: “The crime rate now is the lowest it’s been since 1900. That’s 125 years.”
See the evidence →“We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we’ve ever had before.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement Half True: “We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we’ve ever had before.”
See the evidence →Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement Pants on Fire: Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
See the evidence →In artificial intelligence, “We’re leading China by a lot.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement Half True: In artificial intelligence, “We’re leading China by a lot.”
See the evidence →Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They’re professional troublemakers.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They’re professional troublemakers.”
See the evidence →The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
See the evidence →“If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we’re going to have a balanced budget.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we’re going to have a balanced budget.”
See the evidence →Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
See the evidence →Maduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: Maduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”
See the evidence →Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.
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