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FalseA photo shows a Secret Service sniper at the July 13 Trump rally wearing a red string bracelet tied to Kabbalah Judaism.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJul 19, 2024FalseAn executive of the gay dating app Grindr said the Republican National Convention is "basically Grindr’s Super Bowl.'”Said by X postsPolitiFactJul 19, 2024FalseBill Gates is responsible for July 19 global tech outage.Said by X postsPolitiFactJul 19, 2024Can’t tellA Grindr executive said in mid-July 2024 that the Republican National Convention was "basically Grindr’s Super Bowl."SnopesJul 19, 2024Can’t tellActor James Woods left Hollywood to join Mel Gibson’s new “anti-woke” production studio.SnopesJul 19, 2024TrueJD Vance once called former U.S. President Donald Trump "America's Hitler."SnopesJul 19, 2024MixedU.S. Sen. JD Vance's last name means "bedbug" in Yiddish.SnopesJul 19, 2024FalseRepublican Sen. JD Vance said women in violent marriages should not get divorced.SnopesJul 19, 2024Can’t tellDowntown Milwaukee bars and nightclubs hosted drag shows during the Republican National Convention so GOP members had nowhere to "party."SnopesJul 19, 2024MixedBell pepper colors vary depending on their ripeness, yet all are the same species.SnopesJul 18, 2024TrueA video shared on Reddit in July 2024 authentically showed the "largest statue in the world" — India's Statue of Unity.SnopesJul 18, 2024True"Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election."Said by Kamala HarrisPolitiFactJul 18, 2024TrueAfter being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”Said by Donald Trump Jr.PolitiFactJul 18, 2024TrueA photograph authentically depicts the trajectory of a bullet fired at former U.S. President Donald Trump.SnopesJul 18, 2024MixedIn video footage, former U.S. President Donald Trump can be seen sleeping or dozing off at various points on the opening day of the 2024 Republican National Convention.SnopesJul 17, 2024TrueU.S. military dogs outrank their handlers to prevent mistreatment.SnopesJul 17, 2024FalseA photograph shared in early July 2024 authentically showed Jeffrey Epstein posing with former U.S. President Donald Trump and a young girl.SnopesJul 17, 2024FalseA photo shows proof of a bullet hole in Trump’s jacket.Said by Facebook postsPolitiFactJul 17, 2024FalseMilwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”Said by Jon StewartPolitiFactJul 17, 2024FalseThe Secret Service staged the July 13 shooting at Trump rally.Said by Threads postsPolitiFactJul 17, 2024FalseVideo shows Donald Trump sleeping at the Republican National Convention’s first night.Said by X postsPolitiFactJul 17, 2024False“Just last week, Ruben Gallego voted to let the millions of people who poured into our country illegally cast a ballot in this upcoming election.”Said by Kari LakePolitiFactJul 17, 2024Can’t tellTaylor Swift authentically shared a photo of herself watching the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in an Instagram story captioned, "12 year old me watching 9/11... what a good time ?."SnopesJul 17, 2024TrueGeorge Clooney called for U.S. President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race after raising $14 million for his campaign weeks earlier.SnopesJul 17, 2024