In a campaign speech supporting the Republican candidate in a special House election in Pennsylvania’s 18th District, President Donald Trump made several false and misleading statements on a range of topics, from drug smuggling to the stock market.
Q: Did Keanu Reeves say that President Donald Trump is a role model?
A: No. That’s a made-up quote that has been attributed to at least two other actors.
Q: Is California planning to “automatically register illegal immigrants to vote”?
A: No. The headline making that claim is false and misrepresents the law in California.
In the wake of the Florida school shooting, politicians have raised concern over the influence of violent video games and films on young people. Scientists still debate the issue, but the majority of studies show that extensive exposure media violence is a risk factor for aggressive thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. has “large trade deficits with Mexico and Canada,” which isn’t accurate. The U.S. actually runs a small trade surplus with Canada, and the deficit with Mexico isn’t all that large, relatively speaking.
The GOP tax plan is fodder for campaign ads from both sides in Pennsylvania’s special House election and races across the country.
Q: Is Ivanka Trump being fired from the White House?
A: No. That rumor comes from a headline posted on a group of questionable websites.
President Donald Trump often likes to boast about his ability to negotiate better deals for the government. This week, the boast was the cost of a new embassy in Jerusalem, and it was a doozy.
Q: Did FactCheck.org expose Snopes.com as an “extremely liberal propaganda site”?
A: No. That false claim was made in a meme circulating online.
In this video, CNN’s Jake Tapper reviews claims made by members of both parties about gun violence in the U.S.