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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Checking the Facts: Video of protester snatching Kamala Harris' mic from 2019 | Fact check

A protester snatched Kamala Harris' microphone in 2019, not during her vice presidency. The Secret Service wasn't yet protecting her. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Checking the Facts

Tue Jul 23 2024

 
United States Vice President Kamala Harris greets the crowd after speaking at the Charles H. Wright African American museum in Detroit on her nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour on Monday, May 6, 2024.

A protester snatched Kamala Harris' microphone in 2019, not during her vice presidency. The Secret Service wasn't yet protecting her.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a panel discussion of the Biden-Harris administration's response to climate crisis at U-M's Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. She's joined by U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Kyle Whyte, Professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability.
 

False claim video shows new Harris presidential ad | Fact check

Harris posted the video on X in November 2019, weeks before dropping out of the Democratic primary race for the 2020 presidential election.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 14, 2024. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS
 

Biden exited 2024 presidential race but remains president | Fact check

Biden said dropping out of the presidential race would allow him to focus on fulfilling his term, which ends in January 2025.

JD Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance during the balloon drop at final day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum. The final day of the RNC featured a keynote address by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
 

Claim JD Vance has been divorced twice is baseless | Fact check

JD and Usha Vance were married in 2014 and had been dating since around 2011. There is no evidence Vance had previously been divorced.

Donald Trump sits next to Virginia Glenn Youngkin and Donald Trump Jr. during the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum. The third day of the RNC focused on foreign policy and threats.
 

RNC footage of Trump praying misconstrued as him sleeping | Fact check

The clip shows Trump closing his eyes while a speaker recited a prayer, not falling asleep.

July 18, 2024; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump kisses the uniform of former fire fighter Corey Comperatore, who was killed at the Butler rally, before delivering his nomination acceptance speech during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum. The final day of the RNC featured a keynote address by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Mandatory Credit: Mike De Sisti-USA TODAY
 

'Compertore' has long been on slain fireman's jacket | Fact check

The Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department said the erroneous spelling was made several years ago and that Comperatore opted not to change it.

U.S. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis with
 

Post distorts White House response about Trump, rhetoric | Fact check

Jean-Pierre did not make the statement attributed to her. What she said is "just going to continue" is Biden's condemnation of violence.

Star trails and a meteor from the Perseid Meteor Shower can be seen beyond the Superstition Mountains early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 in Apache Junction.    Southwestern Nights
 

Yes, shooting stars can fly up from the horizon | Fact check

A NASA expert told USA TODAY that shooting stars come from all directions, including bottom-up. Geodetic evidence shows Earth is an oblate sphere.

Scene of a police involved shooting near North 14th and West Vliet Streets outside of the security perimeter for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. Scott Ash /ร‚ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 

Posts misrepresent armed fight near RNC | Fact check

Police arrested a man with a gun on July 15 and shot a man armed with knives the next day. No 'potential shooter' was shot by police.

President Joe Biden tours United Performance Metals, Friday, May 6, 2022, in Hamilton, Ohio, to push Congress to pass a bill designed to boost manufacturing in the United States, particularly products hampered by overseas supply chain issues, caused by factors including the COVID-related lockdowns in China and the war in Ukraine.    President Joe Biden Visits United Performance Metals May 6 0023
 

Biden: hay que prepararse para la prรณxima pandemia, no crearla | Hechos

Biden dijo que se necesitarรญa mรกs dinero para financiar ante preparaciรณn ante una futura pandemia, no para crearla. Traducciรณn omite una palabra clave.

 

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