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So, That's Why a Major 'Fact Checker' Is Covering for Harris
Townhall ^ | 08/12/2024 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 08/12/2024 12:25:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Since Vice President Kamala Harris was catapulted to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket when President Joe Biden was forced out of his 2024 campaign, her leftist allies in the media have gone above and beyond to scrub her far-left record -- in addition to sanitizing her many failures as a 2020 presidential candidate.

PolitiFact, a major "fact checker," has been one of Harris' greatest champions and advocates. They've explained away positions she still holds in hopes normal, moderate voters will take the bait and think she's changed -- that she isn't a controlling government leftist after all.

In 2019, Kamala Harris spoke in favor of “mandatory” programs to buy back assault weapons. As vice president, Harris has focused on other gun measures. She has not called for confiscating guns broadly. https://t.co/OypfHya4Ze— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 7, 2024

Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago that Harris “wants to defund the police.” In 2020, Harris called for "reimagining" public safety, but didn’t explicitly call for shuttering police departments. https://t.co/WP3sbfRzEk— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 8, 2024

Why the fawning? This is why:

Reminder: @PolitiFact is funded by left-wing dark money to support Dems

Claim: Kamala supports mandatory gun buybacks

Evidence: Video of Kamala calling for mandatory buybacks

Politifact: Mostly False that she supports mandatory buybacks

Reason: “She’s focused on other things” https://t.co/JGzCBcwOmw— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) August 8, 2024

Meanwhile, on the campaign trail Harris continues to claim she will fix a number of issues -- conveniently ignoring the fact that she's been part of the Biden administration for four years. 



TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; politifact

1 posted on 08/12/2024 12:25:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like PolitiFact is the one that needs to be fact checked.


2 posted on 08/12/2024 12:26:34 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: SeekAndFind

Are these the same people who touted Biden’s health? Can they be trusted?


3 posted on 08/12/2024 12:27:01 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: SeekAndFind

Fart Checkers are scumbags who I trust the least. They all are biased CAUSE PIMPS that run their big mouths with no credibility. They only “self-identify” as unbiased AHs.


4 posted on 08/12/2024 12:30:27 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you liked the Joe Pedo show, you're going to love the Jamaican Queen's "White Dude" Job Corp.show)
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To: SeekAndFind

Here’s one: Afghanistan Harris. Check this fact.

https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1427147474880368641

Harris was reportedly pressed to give an update on Afghanistan to the American people but refused.

White House source says Kamala Harris could be heard screaming today: “They will not pin this s*** on me!”


5 posted on 08/12/2024 12:46:57 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: SeekAndFind

every picture of AWalz should have a “milk” moustache

every video should have a horse neighing in the background


6 posted on 08/12/2024 1:12:29 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: SeekAndFind

“Harris was catapulted to the top …”

Harris wasn’t catapulted anywhere. She’s a DEI candidate they couldn’t jettison, whom NOBODY ever voted for at all.


7 posted on 08/12/2024 1:59:01 PM PDT by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nothing can beat NPR’s fact checking of Trump’s press conference:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4257818/posts


8 posted on 08/12/2024 3:08:07 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: SeekAndFind

Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Times (of which PolitiFact is a related company) is a floundering fish wrapper laying off employees.


9 posted on 08/12/2024 3:30:14 PM PDT by Armando Guerra
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