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The meme circulating online looks like it’s from the White House Pardon Attorney’s Office and says President Trump is considering pardoning people that stormed the Capitol.
The social media post says POTUS is seriously considering PARDONING all of the patriots in the next week and a half. If you would like a pardon, please respond below. It then asks for the rioter s name, city and even what crimes you think you need to be pardoned for, asking for them by Tuesday so the President can get to work.
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But according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney s website, that s not how this works. They help Presidents exercise their executive clemency powers involving federal criminal offenses, and no, they aren t asking for any sort of massive online form.
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In response to the dramatic visuals spreading on social media of a mob breaking into the U.S. Capitol, many have started to direct the blame towards President Trump.
Multiple Democratic lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, are now calling for his immediate removal through either an impeachment hearing or the 25th Amendment.
What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by President Trump.
This president must not hold office one day longer. Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 7, 2021
The Verify team is looking into whether such an action would disqualify President Trump from running yet again in 2024.
Most of our hospitals are pretty full but we are not closed ever and patients can always come into our emergency department or come in via ambulance, said Stacy Hammett, Baptist Telehealth Advisor.
Hammett said the emergency rooms remains open . You may have to wait a while to be seen and if you need to be admitted, with hospitals nearing capacity you may have to wait to get a room but Hammett says you will get help if you go to the hospital.
Hammett said she don t know where this list came from or when it was created but pointed out closed for admissions is not a term those in the healthcare industry use in an official capacity.
Verify: Fact-checking claims made in political ads and online against Georgia Senate runoff candidates
Political ads are flooding all platforms in Georgia making claims against candidates Perdue, Ossoff, Loeffler, and Warnock. We verify what s true and what s not. Author: Lindsey Basye, 11Alive Verify Team Published: 7:55 PM EST November 30, 2020 Updated: 12:21 PM EST December 18, 2020
ATLANTA Millions of dollars are being spent in Georgia on ads for and against each candidate in the two runoff races that will determine the balance of power in the Senate.
Our 11Alive Verify Team is fact-checking what is being said in the political ads and online ahead of the January 5 runoff election.