During a May 19 interview, Boebert said that "since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one." That s False.
PolitiFact s ruling: Mostly False
Here s why: Josh Mandel, an Ohio politician who describes himself as the first statewide Ohio official to support former President Donald Trump, voiced concern over government waste. The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg, Mandel tweeted May 21. Wasteful spending is robbing America’s future, it must be exposed and stopped!
Mandel’s warnings come a bit late. Former Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake listed them in his 2017 Wastebook.
The fish project, funded with $560,536 from the National Science Foundation, took place at the University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Mudskipper fish, a sort that can live and walk out of water, were put in a chamber and placed on a well-moistened treadmill. Researchers found that the fish could exercise longer
PolitiFact s ruling: Mostly False
Here s why: On May 17, the New York Times reported that the coronavirus crisis was so severe in India, with about 23 million infections confirmed, that the country was accounting for more than half of the world’s daily COVID-19 cases.
The same day, The Gateway Pundit posted a story suggesting that two drugs both of which have drawn warnings from U.S. and global public health officials not to be used for COVID-19 were having dramatic effects in India.
The headline, widely shared on Facebook, read: Elites Worried: COVID Cases in India Plummet After Government Promotes Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine Use.