While the other three claims in this meme were at least rooted in something from conspiracy theory to news reports, the description of Ocasio-Cortez was nothing more than an ad hominem insult. Out of curiosity, however, we attempted to find the average IQ of a salamander but were unable to unearth any credible studies relating to IQ tests for amphibians.
In August 2018, the son of Keith Ellison’s ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan, took to Facebook and claimed that he had a video of the Democratic politician verbally and physically abusing his mother. Ellison denied the allegations, and an investigation into the matter found no evidence to substantiate the claim:
After Harris made the remarks in question on April 2, 2019, three more women publicly accused Biden of having touched them inappropriately, made them uncomfortable, or made inappropriate remarks about their physical appearance.
But the Joe Biden I know is somebody who really has fought for women and empowerment of women and women’s equality and rights. The Federalist’s claim, in its headline, which said that Harris had said she believed “Biden’s rape accusers,” was therefore false, both because Harris made her comments long before Reade accused Biden of rape, ...
In August 2020, readers asked Snopes to examine the accuracy of news articles that claimed that U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., had once said she “believed” women who accused former Vice President Joe Biden of offenses ranging from inappropriate touching to rape.
Hill said she did not know what Biden’s intentions were, but that his actions made her “very uncomfortable.”. Flores and Lappos have both explicitly stated that although Biden’s touching was unwanted, unacceptable, and made them feel uncomfortable, they did not perceive it as being sexual in nature.
Biden had been accused by a number of women of inappropriate touching and kissing, including by a Nevada politician who said he came up behind her at a 2014 campaign stop and kissed her on the back of her head .”.
This is equally misleading, since no woman had accused Biden of sexual assault when Harris made her remarks on April 2, 2019.
On April 2, 2019, Harris said "I believe them," in reference to four women who had by then accused Biden of inappropriate touching. Harris has not said that she believes all of Biden's accusers, in particular Tara Reade, who, almost one year after Harris' remarks, accused Biden of raping her. When questioned about Reade's allegations, Harris did ...