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TrueIn 2006, former U.S. President Donald Trump said, “I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”SnopesAug 7, 2024TrueA photograph shared on social media for years authentically showed a 500-year-old teenage mummy preserved during the Incan Empire 500 years ago.SnopesAug 7, 2024FalseDonald Trump “intends to cut” Medicare.Said by Kamala HarrisPolitiFactAug 7, 2024FalseDuring the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 7, 2024TrueEric Hovde “wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and kick millions off their health insurance.”Said by Tammy BaldwinPolitiFactAug 7, 2024FalseIn Pompano Beach, Florida, Somali immigrants illegally in the U.S. were in line to get driver’s licenses and “all you need to vote is a driver's license.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactAug 7, 2024FalseIn negotiating releases of Americans held abroad, “(I) gave the opposing country NOTHING — and never any cash.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 7, 2024FalseKamala Harris “supports mandatory gun confiscation.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactAug 7, 2024FalsePresident Joe Biden walked “onto an empty airplane for no reason.”Said by Instagram postsPolitiFactAug 7, 2024False“Elon Musk calls for ban on ‘The View,’ ‘I’d rather walk barefoot on hot asphalt than watch ‘The View.’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 7, 2024False“Michael Jordan rejects $400 million Disney offer, stating, ‘I do not collaborate with companies aligned with woke ideologies.’”Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactAug 7, 2024False“Police found human remains and evidence of cannibalism” at Oprah Winfrey’s home.Said by Viral imagePolitiFactAug 7, 2024False“Scientists at Exeter University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Moses might have looked.”Said by Viral imagePolitiFactAug 7, 2024Mixed“Violent crime was up under Donald Trump.”Said by Tim WalzPolitiFactAug 7, 2024FalseGov. Tim Walz changed the state flag of Minnesota to closely resemble the national flag of Somalia.SnopesAug 7, 2024FalseHorses competing in equestrian events at the 2024 Paris Olympics were flown there on a plane called "Air Horse One."SnopesAug 7, 2024TrueU.S. Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris once explained cloud storage thus: "It's on your laptop, and it's then therefore up here in this cloud, that exists above us, right? It's no longer in a physical place."SnopesAug 7, 2024TrueU.S. President Joe Biden’s senior economic adviser, Gene Sperling, resigned after stocks tumbled around the world in early August 2024.SnopesAug 7, 2024Can’t tellWNBA player Caitlin Clark turned down a $1 million offer to appear on an episode of "The View."SnopesAug 6, 2024TrueA picture shows a park ranger taking a selfie with two gorillas he was protecting.SnopesAug 6, 2024FalseA photo shared online in late July 2024 authentically showed Ryan Reynolds wearing a T-shirt that read: "Kamala removes nasty orange stains."SnopesAug 6, 2024TrueA video shows Michael Jordan playing peek-a-boo with two-year old Katie Ledecky, who would go on to become an Olympic swimmer as an adult.SnopesAug 6, 2024True"Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices."Said by Joe BidenPolitiFactAug 6, 2024FalseKamala Harris’ X post said the Olympics’ opening ceremony “made France look great! America, this is what we need to strive towards!”Said by Social MediaPolitiFactAug 6, 2024