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4,399 | 3 |
The poverty rate for families in which a husband and a wife work is 5 percent, but in families headed by one person … "it's 30 percent today.
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October 11, 2011
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economy;marriage;new hampshire 2012
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rick santorum
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Rick Santorum is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. He is a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and was a Republican presidential candidate in 2012.
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national
| 6 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 5 |
a Republican presidental primary debate
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Santorum said the poverty rate "among families that have two -- that have a husband and wife working in them? It's 5 percent today. A family that's headed by one person? It's 30 percent today." U.S. Census data backs the general point Santorum is making, that households with two adults fare better than those with a single head of household. But his numbers are off on both ends, so the difference is not as great as he suggests. For married couples, the percentage in poverty is higher than he said -- 5.8 percent in 2009 and 6.2 percent in 2010, versus 5 percent. And for households with a single head, it was lower -- roughly 27 percent for both 2009 and 2010. Santorum represented the general trend correctly, but his numbers were off in both cases. More importantly, not only marriage, but also the job market is important to families staying out of poverty. We rate the .
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8,515 | 5 |
Oregon has never before tried to create a land-use plan for "what it should look like for 50 years.
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February 28, 2014
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urban
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brian clem
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State Rep. Brian Clem, D-Salem, is a fifth-generation Oregonian, who was born in Coos Bay and earned a college degree from Oregon State University in Corvallis. He and his wife, Carol, live in Salem with their daughter.
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oregon
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a newspaper story
|
In his , he used the words "reserves" in referring to the first-ever inclusion of both urban and rural reserves in the same bill. The reporter who wrote the story that included his backed Clem’s account. So while it’s that a plan was developed nearly 20 years ago that looked out far more than five years, that rocky iteration of Oregon’s land-use history was never actually put into effect. We rate Clem’s . Return to OregonLive.com/politics to comment on this ruling.
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19,575 | 1 |
DMX received COVID vaccine days before heart attack.
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April 8, 2021
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corrections and updates;pop culture;public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
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instagram posts
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Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
| null | 3 | 3 | 15 | 51 | 405 | 140 |
an Instagram post
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Instagram posts claimed, "DMX received COVID vaccine days before heart attack." The rumor can be sourced to a website that purported to quote an unnamed family member. Statements from the rapper’s family and the hospital that kept him on life support after a heart attack did not mention the coronavirus or a COVID-19 vaccine. DMX’s attorney told PolitiFact that the rapper did not die because of the COVID-19 vaccine. Because this lacks supporting , we rate it . UPDATE, April 15, 2021: This fact-check was updated to reflect comments from Murray Richman, DMX’s attorney, confirming that the rapper did not die from a COVID-19 vaccine. Our ruling remains the same.
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15,676 | 5 |
More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink.
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February 12, 2019
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environment;agriculture;infrastructure;public health;public safety;water
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gavin newsom
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Gavin Newsom was elected governor of California in 2018. He is the state's former lieutenant governor and served as mayor of San Francisco. He is a Democrat.
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california
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
a State of the State Address
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Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed "more than a million Californians" don’t have "clean water to bathe in or drink." A group that advocates for clean drinking water and a UC Davis researcher agreed with Newsom’s figure, with the researcher saying the number is significantly higher than one million. They pointed to a state water board report showing nearly 600,000 people lived in a regulated public water district that received a water quality violation in 2017. They noted that many thousands more people live in districts with unregulated and contaminated private wells but are not counted on the water board’s tally. The deputy director of the water board’s drinking water division added that a report from this month, which adds violations for a new cancer-causing contaminant, boosts the number of people in regulated water districts alone to more than one million people. Based on this information, we rated Newsom’s statement . – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
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4,610 | 4 |
A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents.
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November 11, 2011
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water
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dekalb county
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DeKalb County, which includes a portion of the city of Atlanta, is Georgia's third highest-populated county.
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georgia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
a brochure
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This overstatement would be a serious concern, given that DeKalb has only confirmed that seven workers have been hired under the current First Source rules. But it’s not a serious concern in this case. The First Source ordinance is brand new and the county is still collecting hire data. Also, the ordinance appears to have real teeth since the county established a pilot project to monitor ONE DeKalb Works contracts. We therefore rate DeKalb’s .
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1,057 | 3 |
Medicare has at least $80 billion worth of fraud a year. That's a full 20 percent of every dollar that's spent on Medicare goes to fraud.
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August 24, 2009
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health care;medicare
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tom coburn
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Tom Coburn is a former U.S. Senator from Oklahoma and a physician.
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national
| 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Fox News Channel's On the Record With Greta Van Susteren
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He added that Coburn "doesn't know any more than you or I do." Because of the uncertainty about how much Medicare fraud actually exists, we think Coburn oversteps when he states definitively that "Medicare has at least $80 billion worth of fraud a year." Not only is there a statistical disagreement over how big the problem currently is, but all the key players also agree that there are simply no good data to rely on. Still, because Coburn's estimate is considered plausible by a leading academic in the field, we can't dismiss it as undeniably . We rate Coburn's statement .
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5,627 | 2 |
Obama's flush with cash, returning to Wall Street for even more money. … Wall Street sure supports President Obama.
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February 27, 2012
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campaign finance;financial regulation;message machine 2012;voting record
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american future fund
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American Future Fund is a conservative organization.
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florida
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
a television ad
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The American Future Fund’s ad says, "Obama’s flush with cash, returning to Wall Street for even more money. … Wall Street sure supports President Obama." It is that Obama has received millions of dollars from Wall Street this cycle. But the intention of the ad is to suggest that Obama is Wall Street’s preferred candidate, just like in 2008. In reality, the numbers don’t bare that out -- Romney is the preferred candidate, based on both campaign contributions and news coverage. The fund’s ad relies on data from Center for Responsive Politics, but it uses the data in a way. Whether we looked at the broader finance/insurance/real estate industry or the more narrow securities and investment sector, the Romney campaign is far ahead of the Obama campaign in dollars. We rate the statement .
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2,569 | 4 |
We have empowered state insurance commissioners to review the rate hikes that are taking place in states. And in some states like North Carolina, they have already used it and rolled back premium increases by 25 percent.
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October 27, 2010
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children;health care
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barack obama
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Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
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national
| 124 | 165 | 163 | 71 | 71 | 9 |
an interview on Comedy Central's "Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
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"But up until that point, there's really nothing in this bill that doesn't allow these insurance companies to raise rates," Stewart said. "Not ," Obama retorted. "In fact, what we have done is we have empowered state insurance commissioners to review the rate hikes that are taking place in states. And some states, like North Carolina, they've already used it and rolled back premium increases by 25 percent." There's a lot packed into the hundreds of pages of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , and the issue of empowering states to limit rate hikes hasn't gotten much press, so we decided to take a look.
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4,771 | 4 |
Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.
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December 15, 2011
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message machine 2012;taxes
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rick perry
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Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
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texas
| 26 | 24 | 43 | 30 | 31 | 18 |
an Iowa TV ad
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By the time Romney’s term as governor was ending, Massachusetts businesses were ponying up about 20 percent more in tax revenue due to actions he approved. To be sure, those increases were not due to hikes in corporate or other tax rates. Still, Perry’s has a reasonable basis. We rate his statement .
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462 | 2 |
John McCain "is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill (to expand education aid for veterans) because he thinks it's too generous.
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May 12, 2008
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military
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barack obama
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Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
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national
| 124 | 165 | 163 | 71 | 71 | 9 |
Charleston, W.V
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The stipend for individuals who complete at least 12 years of service would rise to $2,000. Graham's plan offered other benefits, as well, though it did not guarantee money for a full college education. The Graham plan was defeated, but 42 senators voted for it. That, on top of the fact that 21 other senators were early proponents of the cheaper alternatives puts McCain in the company of more than "a few." With that in mind, we conclude that Obama's description of McCain as some kind of rare dissenter in discussions to improve education benefits for veterans to be .
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6,852 | 5 |
Says his elections proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours (of early voting), which I think is the most we've ever had.
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January 18, 2013
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elections
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rick scott
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Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
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florida
| 15 | 36 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 8 |
a TV interview
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Scott said that his proposal would allow "a potential of 168 hours, which I think is the most we’ve ever had" for early voting. He’s right that his proposal would give supervisors of elections the option to offer 168 hours of early voting, and that would be a record. We should note that supervisors would also have the option to only offer 48 hours of voting, which is less than previous law. But Scott was very careful with his wording, noting that 168 hours was the maximum and outlining the specific days and hours. A from his critics, Pink Slip Rick, said the law "only mandates 48 hours of early voting." We rated that , because it didn't leave open the possibility of more hours. Scott's statement, on the other hand, specifically notes that the 168 hours are a maximum. Scott chose his words carefully and precisely. We rate his statement .
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4,456 | 2 |
We cut property taxes by one-third in the state of Texas while I've been governor.
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October 1, 2011
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new hampshire 2012;taxes
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rick perry
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Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
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national
| 26 | 24 | 43 | 30 | 31 | 18 |
Hampton, N.H
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Perry was correct if you only look at school tax rate, but his comment referred to all property taxes. If you look at total property tax revenue, Texans paid about the same amount in 2010 as they did in 2005. If you adjust for inflation, he's closer (it's about 9 percent less) but it's still far short of one-third. We find his .
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9,548 | 3 |
Under Scott Walker's "tax plan, the average Wisconsin taxpayer got just $11 a month. But corporations got $610 million in tax cuts. Millionaires got at least $1,400 per year.
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October 8, 2014
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corporations;income;state budget;wealth;taxes
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mary burke
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Burke is a former Trek Bicycle executive and former Wisconsin Commerce Department secretary who announced on Oct. 7, 2013 that she would seek the Democratic nomination for governor in Wisconsin in the fall 2014 election against incument Republican Gov. Scott Walker. She lost to Walker on Nov. 4, 2014. She is a school board member in Madison, Wisconsin.
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wisconsin
| 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
a TV ad
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The $610 million applies to small businesses as well as corporations. And it’s correct that millionaires got at least $1,400 per year in tax reductions. In short, the uses different figures that when mashed together are . For a statement that is partially accurate, but takes things out of context, our rating is . To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s web page .
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21,438 | 4 |
Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion.
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April 23, 2022
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housing;taxes
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beto o'rourke
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Beto O’Rourke is a former representative of Texas’s 16th Congressional District. He represented the district from 2013 until 2019, when he gave up his seat to run a senate campaign against incumbent Ted Cruz, which O’Rourke lost. He received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Columbia University. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president.
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texas
| 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
an Instagram post
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O'Rourke said in an April 23 Instagram video on rising inflation in Texas that, "Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion." Data presented in biennial reports and on the comptroller's website show that estimated revenue collected through property taxes increased by more than $20 billion. O'Rourke's figure was accurate. But property taxes are set locally, not by the state. Although state policies might indirectly affect property taxes, the governor's role in setting property taxes is indirect. We rate this as .
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7,127 | 4 |
Quite frankly, it was during the Bush years of spending, multiplied now by the Obama years that we have this mess.
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March 17, 2013
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bipartisanship;debt;deficit;federal budget
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steve latourette
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Steve LaTourette, a Republican, is a former member of the House of Representatives from Ohio's 14th Congressional District. He served from 1995 to 2013.
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ohio
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
an interview on “Fox News Sunday”
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That scenario persists today. LaTourette is correct that the federal budget was balanced in the 1990s, at a time when a Democratic president was forced to find common ground with Republicans who controlled Congress. He’s also correct that the nation’s budget woes have escalated since then. Spending is no doubt a major factor, but there are a variety of reasons. With that point of clarification, we rule that LaTourette’s statement is .
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22,042 | 4 |
Mark Finchem "wants to strip Arizona's citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.
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September 22, 2022
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elections;arizona
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adrian fontes
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Adrian Fontes won the election for the Arizona Secretary of State in November 2022. Fontes served as County Recorder for Maricopa County, Arizona, from 2017 to 2020. Previous positions include prosecutor with the Denver District Attorney, the Maricopa County Attorney’s office and head of the Foreign Prosecution Unit at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
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national
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a debate
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Fontes said that Finchem "wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail." Arizona allows people to vote early by mail without citing a specific reason for doing so. In the 2020 election, 89% of ballots were cast by mail or drop box. Finchem co-sponsored a bill to limit who could vote by mail and to revoke the active early voter list. People on that list automatically receive a mail ballot if they’ve voted at least once in two consecutive two-year election cycles. While Finchem supports voting by mail for select groups of people, his efforts aim to eliminate that option for many Arizonans. We rate this . RELATED: Arizona Republican secretary of state candidate about ‘’ mail ballots RELATED: How could U.S. voting be affected if election deniers win?
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17,886 | 0 |
Says NASCAR announced that driver Bubba Wallace mistook a serpentine automotive belt for a noose in his garage stall.
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June 22, 2020
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corrections and updates;facebook fact-checks
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
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a Facebook post
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A Facebook post says NASCAR announced that Wallace mistook a serpentine automotive belt as a noose. This isn’t accurate. NASCAR has made no such statement as investigations continue. We rate this ! ( Update : On June 23, 2020, NASCAR released a subsequent statemen t about the incident. It read: "The FBI has completed its investigation at Talladega Superspeedway and determined that Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime. The FBI report concludes, and photographic confirms, that the garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose had been positioned there since as early as last fall. This was obviously well before the 43 team’s arrival and garage assignment. We appreciate the FBI’s quick and thorough investigation and are thankful to learn that this was not an intentional, racist act against Bubba. We remain steadfast in our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all who love racing.")
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9,348 | 1 |
The United States has "the most number of deductions available to corporations" for the corporate income tax.
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September 1, 2014
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corporations;taxes;punditfact
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bob beckel
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Bob Beckel is a former Democratic consultant and current Fox News co-host of "The Five."
| null | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"
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Beckel said the United States has "the highest number of deductions available to corporations." Counting and comparing deductions internationally isn’t practical, and the only plausible alternative -- estimating the gap between the nations’ statutory and effective tax rates -- shows that the gap in the United States is about average among advanced, industrialized countries. We rate Beckel’s .
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4,636 | 3 |
Since Obama took office, a net of 540,000 additional black Americans – Obama's strongest supporters – have lost their jobs.
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September 2, 2011
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jobs
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new jersey tea party
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The New Jersey Tea Party is a conservative advocacy group.
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new jersey
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a retweet
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The Tea Party blames Obama for an additional half million blacks being unemployed since he took office. The group’s number of 540,000 unemployed is correct, and the NAACP concurs that blacks are among Obama’s biggest supporters. We heard varying opinions on whether the president is to blame for that job loss and it’s clear there are a variety of factors at work -- some under the president’s jurisdiction, some not. Partially accurate claims that leave out important details fits the definition of our ruling: . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
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2,593 | 3 |
The Republican leader of the Senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one.
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October 30, 2010
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bipartisanship;economy
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barack obama
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Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
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national
| 124 | 165 | 163 | 71 | 71 | 9 |
his weekly address
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We're going to do everything -- and I mean everything -- we can do, to kill it, stop it, slow it down." We think Obama's comment leaves the impression Boehner's "not a time for compromise" statement was more general in nature -- as opposed to being specifically targeted at the health care bill. As for McConnell's comment "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president," that sounds an awful lot like Obama's summation that "his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one." But while McConnell said it, Obama left out an important detail -- that McConnell also said in the same interview that he is willing to meet the president halfway. That leads us to a ruling of .
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2,433 | 4 |
One man (New Castle, Del., County Executive, Chris Coons) thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent.
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October 11, 2010
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message machine 2010;taxes
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christine o'donnell
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Christine O’Donnell is a Delaware politician who gained notoriety in the aftermath of her upset of Rep. Mike Castle in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary. She went on to lose in the general election to Democrat Chris Coons. O’Donnell had previously waged losing U.S. Senate campaigns in 2006 and 2008.
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national
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
a campaign video
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Our only beef with the in the O'Donnell ad is the whole "one man" theme. "One man who stood against the tide and raised taxes," the ad says. " ... One man thought property taxes should be hiked almost 50 percent." In fact, all of Coons' budget proposals were approved by a majority of the County Council. And so we knock the ad's down to a .
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21,073 | 0 |
Worldwide data has confirmed the vaccinated are developing COVID vaccine-induced Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
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March 6, 2022
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public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
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bloggers
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Blog posting on the Internet
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a Facebook post
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"AIDS has only one cause, HIV," Michael Imperiale, a professor in the microbiology and immunology department at the University of Michigan, told us. "This is because HIV replication destroys the immune system. This is why HIV-infected people are given antiviral drugs, to prevent them from getting AIDS." Dr. David Wohl, an infectious disease expert specializing in HIV research at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said there’s "no way" any COVID-19 vaccine can cause an HIV infection or AIDS. We rate this post .
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9,586 | 2 |
The projected $1.8 billion state budget shortfall for 2015-'17 "actually comes from an assumption based on zero growth. That just doesn't happen.
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October 17, 2014
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state budget
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scott walker
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Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights. He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
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wisconsin
| 26 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 44 | 11 |
a debate
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That just doesn’t happen." The calculation is based on zero growth, so there’s an element of in Walker’s . But his main point was to make the zero-growth assumption seem unrealistic, and on that he misfired. Recent history, including one year under Walker, shows that negative or flat growth is not uncommon. We rate his statement .
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5,391 | 2 |
Says the treasurer's office has "saved $37 million in management costs for the oversight of public investments.
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April 3, 2012
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ted wheeler
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Ted Wheeler is Oregon state treasurer.
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oregon
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
campaign website
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A third-party report showed that Oregon paid $39 million less in fees than its peers. But just because a peer group spent more than Oregon doesn’t mean Oregon was ever at risk of spending that much. Moreover, a key reason for our lower-than-peer-average fees is that our private investments are older, a crop of decisions that have nothing to do with Wheeler. These are critical facts that would give a different impression of the savings statement. We find the statement .
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19,823 | 1 |
Emails show "Fauci's fellow scientist could tell early on that the (coronavirus) looked manufactured.
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June 2, 2021
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coronavirus
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
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national
| 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 |
a Facebook post
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A Facebook post says, "Fauci's fellow scientist could tell early on that the (coronavirus) looked manufactured." The only email that came close to matching that noted that while some suggested the virus might be man-made, more work was needed and that opinion could change. The email presented a possibility — a starting point for more research — not a conclusion. The man who wrote that email concluded that the virus developed naturally in a scientific journal article in March 2020. We rate this . RELATED: Debating the origins of the COVID-19 virus: What we know, and don’t know
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8,093 | 4 |
The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs.
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November 20, 2013
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debt;medicare;military;social security
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marco rubio
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Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016 and then dropped out and won re-election to the Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and took office Jan. 5, 2011. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and is a former Speaker of the Florida House. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 2000. He is from Miami and holds a law degree from the University of Miami.
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florida
| 21 | 38 | 35 | 41 | 30 | 5 |
a speech at American Enterprise Institute
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Rubio said in a speech, "The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our longterm debt are Medicare and Social Security programs." Rubio is correct that Medicare and Social Security are drivers of our debt -- but there are other factors, too, including Medicaid and interest, economists said. Also, defense spending isn’t entirely off the hook. While Medicare and Social Security are projected to grow as a percentage of GDP, defense is projected to shrink by the same measurement -- but defense is a factor in our debt, albeit a far lesser one. We rate this .
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6,556 | 2 |
Women who have miscarriages could be investigated by police" under legislation supported by Republican state Senate candidate Rick Gudex.
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October 1, 2012
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abortion;message machine 2012
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greater wisconsin committee
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The Greater Wisconsin Committee is a liberal group active in Wisconsin state politics, from legislative races to statewide offices. It receives money from a variety of sources, including labor unions. Its campaign ads are typically done through the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund.
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wisconsin
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
a television ad
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The stems from an endorsement from Pro-Life Wisconsin and relates to Gudex’s support of all its positions, including supporting a "personhood amendment." Gudex has said he wants changes to the personhood amendment that was introduced in the last session, but hasn’t said what alternative he would support. But that language did not mandate investigation of miscarriages, as the ad suggests. The is based on an extrapolation of what could happen, but even the group’s director said such an investigation would be because "someone believed someone did something ," not simply because a miscarriage occurred. We rate the .
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16,986 | 2 |
Says President Donald Trump's hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone.
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January 22, 2020
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impeachment;foreign policy
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jay sekulow
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Jay Sekulow is an attorney.
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national
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
the Senate impeachment trial
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Sekulow said that the hold on Ukraine aid in 2019 was substantially the same as the hold on Egyptian aid in 2013. But the differences outnumber the similarities. With Egypt, the Obama administration kept Congress informed as it responded to a coup. With Ukraine, the Trump White House informed neither Ukraine nor Congress of its policy. With Egypt, top congressional Democrats and Republicans were calling for a halt to aid. With Ukraine, members of Congress wanted aid sent to Ukraine; so did the Pentagon, the State Department and the National Security Council. There was a hold on aid in both cases, but beyond that, the two episodes bear little resemblance to each other. We rate this .
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17,196 | 3 |
Says Democratic members of Congress who represent Cuban Americans in Florida and have been critical of Sanders "just so happen to be supporting other candidates.
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February 24, 2020
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congress;foreign policy
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bernie sanders
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Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
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a CNN town hall
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Sanders said Democratic members of Congress who represent Cuban Americans in Florida "just so happen to be supporting other candidates." Neither woman has endorsed a primary candidate. But they have not shown Sanders any primary love. On top of criticizing Sanders on Cuba, they have publicly cast doubt on whether they would support him as the Democratic nominee. And Shalala has donated $500 to Biden and $1,000 to Klobuchar. We rate Sanders is partially accurate but lacks important context. We rate it .
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14,490 | 0 |
Says Buzz Aldrin "passes UFO lie detector test leaving experts convinced that he encountered alien life.
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April 9, 2018
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fake news;space;punditfact
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bloggers
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Blog posting on the Internet
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a web post
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Various websites ran articles with headlines claiming that Buzz Aldrin passed a lie detector test claiming he "encountered alien life." However, a spokeswoman for Aldrin said the retired astronaut never took any type of "lie-detector" test. Meanwhile, Aldrin was clear in the Reddit session three years ago that he felt an unusual light he saw during space flight had prosaic origins and was not an alien. We rate this .
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18,733 | 2 |
The Columbia school buildings in my district have the lowest test scores in all of Boone County.
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October 6, 2020
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education
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cheri toalson reisch
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Cheri Toalson Reisch, a Republican, is a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, elected in 2016.
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missouri
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a Facebook post
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Toalson Reisch said, "The Columbia school buildings in my district have the lowest test scores in all of Boone County." Elementary schools such as Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary and Blue Ridge Elementary have some of the lowest APR scores in Boone County. However, there are other schools in Boone County that are just as low or lower. We rate her .
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22,050 | 4 |
There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings.
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August 29, 2022
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immigration;homeland security
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alex mooney
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Alex Mooney is a Republican representing a U.S. House district in West Virginia.
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west virginia
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a tweet
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Mooney said, "There have now been 16 straight months of OVER 150,000 illegal border crossings." CBP data shows that immigrant encounters with the Border Patrol have exceeded 150,000 per month for more than 16 months. However, the data does not show that more than 150,000 people crossed the border illegally each month. The encounters data tracks events, not people. Also, not all people who crossed the border were admitted into the country; some were expelled under a public health order to stop COVID-19 from spreading. Mooney’s statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. We rate it .
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13,718 | 2 |
We've got a police station that's under construction right now, they are actually ahead of schedule and under budget.
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August 9, 2017
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infrastructure
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rick kriseman
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Rick Kriseman is a state representative representing parts of Pinellas County. He was first elected in 2006.
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florida
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a podcast
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Kriseman said construction on the new police station is "ahead of schedule and under budget." In reality, there is no definitive that supports Kriseman’s about being under budget, and the city’s architect estimates that the project is three weeks ahead of schedule. The most important thing to note in this check is the that the police station still has a long way to go and the progress could change. So any claims about the project being over or under budget or ahead of schedule are too premature. We rate this .
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16,117 | 0 |
There has never been, ever before, an administration that's been so open and transparent.
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May 20, 2019
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transparency
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donald trump
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Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
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national
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remarks at the White House
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Trump said, "There has never been, ever before, an administration that’s been so open and transparent." Trump cited his cooperation with the Mueller investigation, but Mueller himself found several major shortcomings in the Trump White House’s efforts. Beyond that, the Trump administration has assembled a record of aggressive opposition to congressional subpoenas, a longstanding refusal to share his tax returns, a near-zeroing-out of press briefings, and larger numbers of lawsuits demanding the administration release information under FOIA. We rate the statement .
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5,415 | 5 |
We are at a 40-year low in our crime rate in our state.
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April 13, 2012
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crime
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rick scott
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Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
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florida
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comments to Reuters
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Banning lead paint and leaded gasoline has reduced criminal impulses among young men. In the case of Scott’s comments, he didn’t get into the causes of the crime rates or unearned credit for the trend. Rather, he was pointing out that while individual crimes might receive a great deal of media attention, statistics show that crime rates in Florida are at 40-year lows. The official numbers confirm Scott’s statement. We rate his statement .
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19,225 | 1 |
Newly discovered video shows late night deliveries of tens of thousands of illegal ballots 8 hours after deadline.
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February 5, 2021
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elections;facebook fact-checks
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the gateway pundit
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The Gateway Pundit is a conservative website.
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michigan
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an article
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An article by the Gateway Pundit claims that a "newly discovered video shows late night deliveries of tens of thousands of illegal ballots 8 hours after deadline." Detroit election officials have confirmed that ballots were delivered to the TCF Center early Wednesday morning but that those ballots met the 8 p.m. deadline for voters to return them and had been verified by the city clerk’s office as legally cast. We rate this .
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20,036 | 1 |
This week the military was moving big equipment into the major big cities preparing for the Maricopa audit results.
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July 22, 2021
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elections;military
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
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arizona
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a Facebook post
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A video posted on Facebook said, "This week the military was moving big equipment into the major big cities preparing for the Maricopa audit results." We found no of that happening. Spokespersons for the Arizona National Guard and the U.S. Army said their agencies are not involved with the review of the ballots in Maricopa. The images accompanying the post are unrelated to Arizona. We rate this statement . RELATED: Proof has not emerged to change Joe Biden’s election or his wins in Ariz., Ga.
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11,930 | 3 |
Says Kelly Ayotte "stands with the Washington gun lobby. They fund her campaigns.
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May 24, 2016
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campaign finance;voting record;guns
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americans for responsible solutions
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Americans for Responsible Solutions is a non-profit organization started by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, retired combat veteran and astronaut Mark Kelly, after Giffords was shot in 2011.
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new hampshire
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
an ad
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The gun control group Americans for Responsible Solutions said Ayotte "stands with the Washington gun lobby. They fund her campaigns." Ayotte has indeed benefited from money from gun rights groups – $81,095 over her career, to be exact. But it’s worth adding some context -- that’s about one-half of one percent of the total money she’s raised, and a modest amount compared to other Senate Republicans. Meanwhile, it’s not entirely correct to say that Ayotte always "stands with the Washington gun lobby." She has voted for legislation favored by the NRA, but has also bucked the NRA on at least one occasion. The statement is partially accurate but takes things out of context, so we rate it .
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20,645 | 0 |
SHOCKING: In the wake of Austria's drastic lockdown of unvaccinated people, EU chief calls for throwing out Nuremberg Code.
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December 5, 2021
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facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
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instagram posts
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Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
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a post
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She did not say the Nuremberg Code should be disregarded. And COVID-19 vaccinations are not a violation of the Nuremberg code. The post grossly distorted comments von der Leyen made in an effort to make it sound as though she did something "shocking" by supporting the kind of forced medical experimentation that was implemented during the Holocaust. She said no such thing. We rate this !
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14,678 | 0 |
Says Whoopi Goldberg wore a shirt that shows Donald Trump firing a gun at himself.
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May 29, 2018
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fake news
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viral image
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Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny but political argument. Sometimes these images are passed across social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit so widely that the original source is nearly impossible to determine.
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national
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viral image
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"And (Barr) retweeted this. So this is what I’m going to say, Roseanne. Just because you were caught with your pants down, don’t try to drag other people down with you." The picture was doctored. We rate this !
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20,126 | 3 |
It's not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.
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August 2, 2021
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health care;public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
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erin marie olszewski
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Erin Marie Olszewski is a nurse who says she lives in Tampa, Fla.
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an Instagram post
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But not all capacity utilization is the same. COVID-19 places additional strains on space, staff and hospital resources, because infected patients need to be kept isolated from others. Hospital systems in parts of the country where the virus is spreading quickly have had to halt other routine procedures and are running out of available beds and staff. The is partly accurate but leaves out important context. We rate this .
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664 | 0 |
Sarah Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.
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September 3, 2008
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elections
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mike huckabee
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Mike Huckabee ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. He is a former governor of Arkansas; he also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. He left hosting a self-titled television show on Fox News in January 2015.
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national
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a speech at the Republican National Convention
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Biden got 638 votes in New Hampshire's Jan. 8 primary. On Super Tuesday in February, he got 3,788 primary votes in Barack Obama's home state of Illinois, and 4,321 primary votes in Hillary Rodham Clinton's home state of New York. If Huckabee is going to compare a small-town mayoral election to a national presidential race, then it's only fair to look beyond the single, hard-to-quantify caucus for which Biden was an active candidate. Iowa aside, his combined 8,109-vote total in Obama's and Clinton's home state primaries alone is bigger than Wasilla's entire population. is our ruling.
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16,058 | 1 |
We will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions, very importantly.
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May 9, 2019
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health care;health check
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donald trump
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Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
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comments delivered during a White House event on surprise medical bills
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Furthermore, the administration has not put forth any plan that might keep those guarantees in place. Every replacement health bill it has endorsed has offered protections less generous than those offered by the ACA. And it has taken further steps that could make it harder for people with preexisting conditions to get affordable coverage. This statement is not accurate and makes a in direct opposition of what’s actually happening. We rate it .
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22,989 | 2 |
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott "cut $211 million in mental health funding.
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May 7, 2023
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state budget;coronavirus;texas
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gavin newsom
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Gavin Newsom was elected governor of California in 2018. He is the state's former lieutenant governor and served as mayor of San Francisco. He is a Democrat.
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national
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a tweet
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Newsom said Abbott "cut $211 million in mental health funding." In April 2022, Abbott said that about $495 million would be transferred out of six state agencies to support the state’s border program. The transfer included about $210.7 million from the state Health and Human Services Commission over two years. Abbott’s letter said that appropriations had been "fully funded with other sources" but didn’t identify those sources. However, some news outlets identified those sources and found Texas swapped out state money with federal COVID-19 relief dollars. That’s why it is to call what Abbott did a "cut." We rate this statement . RELATED : A recent report put Texas last among states and DC in mental health care access RELATED : Experts disagree with Abbott that it’s unconstitutional to raise the minimum age to purchase AR RELATED : Gavin Newsom is right, the US gun homicide rate is 26 times higher than ‘peers’
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21,544 | 1 |
USDA is predicting egg prices will be $12 a dozen by fall 2022.
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June 6, 2022
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food;facebook fact-checks
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
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a post
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A Facebook post says, "BREAKING NEWS: "USDA is predicting egg prices will be $12 a dozen by Fall 2022." USDA did not make that prediction, according to a spokeswoman. The agency does not publish retail egg prices. As of last month, egg prices were $2.52 per dozen, and the price is expected to increase between 19.5 and 20.5% in 2022. That is well below $12 per dozen eggs. We rate whether the USDA made such a prediction .
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9,208 | 1 |
The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas.
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August 3, 2014
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ebola;economy;foreign policy;pop culture;punditfact
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d’banj
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D’Banj is a Nigerian popstar and an ambassador for the ONE Campaign.
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comments on ABC's "This Week"
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D’Banj said, "The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas." Africa has a good story to tell about its music, but that doesn't mean it's a major export. In fact, the entire entertainment sector comprised less than 0.1 percent of Africa’s export revenue, far behind other sectors like agriculture and mineral products. Experts said the reported revenue may be less than the actual numbers though, due to the lack of a reporting and distribution infrastructure in Africa. But it wouldn't be enough to make a significant different. We rate D’Banj's .
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18,664 | 0 |
Photo shows Joe Biden next to a man seen in a sex sting video.
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October 5, 2020
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privacy issues;facebook fact-checks
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
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national
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a Facebook post
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A Facebook post claims to show Biden standing next to a man who it says is shown in a video attempting to solicit sex from a minor. That’s . The man in the photo is the father of a young girl who sang at a political event in 2018. The video in the post was uploaded by a YouTube account that claims to catch people as they try to solicit underage sex. While the video identifies the man as a former candidate for state office in Massachusetts, we find no conclusive to support that . We rate this ! PolitiFact researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report.
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1,151 | 4 |
U.S. taxpayers paid $71,500 per job created by the stimulus bill.
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October 15, 2009
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economy;pundits;stimulus
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lou dobbs
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Lou Dobbs is a television host on Fox Business Network. He was formerly the host of CNN’s ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight’.
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national
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on his television show
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But secondly, the math may be overly simple. Just because the government has handed out $2.2 billion in stimulus funding doesn't mean every penny has been used to create jobs. It could be used to purchase materials such as asphalt and concrete. So, while he's in the ballpark, it's a somewhat incomplete picture. We rate his .
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16,837 | 0 |
Says Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is planning to cut off the electricity "so Virginia residents cannot reveal what is happening once gun confiscation begins to take place.
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December 16, 2019
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facebook fact-checks;guns
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
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a Facebook post
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In an email, Alena Yarmosky, Northam’s press secretary, said that it is "absolutely ." "People who spread lies like this should be ashamed of themselves," she said. We reached out to Turner for more to support his site’s , but we haven’t heard back. The Facebook posts are and make a . We rate it !
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11,968 | 4 |
There are approximately 18,000 (police) departments in the United States.
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July 10, 2016
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criminal justice;crime;punditfact
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charles ramsey
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Charles Ramsey is the former police commissioner of Philadelphia.
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an interview on "Meet the Press"
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Ramsey said that the country has about 18,000 departments that conduct some sort of policing. In the broadest sense, that is accurate. If you include every college campus security department, tribal land unit, sheriff office, local police department, state police, and every federal agency, you get to 17,985. In terms of the most common local law enforcement agencies, that is sheriff and local police departments, the number is about 15,400. These are the ones where the issue of deadly encounters between police and citizens is front and center. Ramsey was making the case that when it comes to policing, small often is not beautiful, and plenty of backs that up. But for the problem facing the country, the smaller number is most applicable. We rate his statement .
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3,280 | 3 |
The GOP budget plan "would cut nearly a million jobs.
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March 14, 2011
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economy;federal budget;jobs
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organizing for america
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Organizing for American was created from Barack Obama's campaign organization after the election of 2008. It is an advocacy group affiliated with the Democratic National Committee.
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virginia
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
a Tweet
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And Republicans have brought forward a number of economists who say spending reductions would increase employment. Democrats -- and the economists they cite -- may be right when they say the GOP’s proposed cuts would cost large numbers of jobs. But they are basing their reports on economic projections, not guarantees. Just as we said when House Majority Leader Eric Cantor declared lower spending would create more private sector jobs , no one knows for sure. Therefore we rate OFA’s job cut claims .
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19,759 | 1 |
Photo shows a "Palestinian boy cleaning his own family's blood.
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May 14, 2021
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israel;facebook fact-checks
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viral image
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Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny but political argument. Sometimes these images are passed across social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit so widely that the original source is nearly impossible to determine.
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a Facebook post
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(Read more about our partnership with Facebook .) That’s because this photo has been online for years . More than nine years ago, a Jerusalem-based photographer named Rj Stitt posted it to a photo sharing platform called 500px with this caption: "Palestinian kid cleaning up after the slaughter of a cow in his parents’ slaughterhouse. " The photographer identified the location as Ramallah, a town in the West Bank, and gave details about the camera used to take the picture. We rate claims that this photo shows a boy cleaning up his family’s blood amid recent violence in Gaza .
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4,352 | 4 |
Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you'd find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls.
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September 15, 2011
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elections;redistricting
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chris redfern
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Chris Redfern is chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, a post he has held since December 2005.
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ohio
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a news conference
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But then again, we can award points for context because the supports Redfern’s larger point -- that the boundaries for this sprawling district were drawn to achieve a political purpose. Lastly, it needs to be said that Redfern’s route is not the way that Stivers or anyone would travel from one part of the district to another. Rather, they would choose a direct route that crosses district boundaries and would be a much shorter drive. That’s a point that provides clarification. On the -O-Meter, we rate Redfern’s .
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6,909 | 3 |
Ohio is doing better right now than the national average on all the (economic) numbers.
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January 7, 2013
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economy
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keith faber
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State Rep. Keith Faber is running for state auditor in 2018. His hometown is Celina, in western Ohio.
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ohio
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
a newspaper interview
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Faber's point about Ohio doing better than average is backed up by what experts have told PolitiFact Ohio are key figures -- unemployment and job creation -- and they are the ones he cited. Other figures, however, show Ohioans have lost ground economically and trail national averages. Faber’s statement is partially accurate. But even allowing for political hyperbole, a statement that "all" of Ohio’s economic numbers are outpacing averages for the nation omits or overlooks important information. On the -O-Meter, his statement rates as .
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7,909 | 3 |
Chris Christie "has not increased the taxes on anyone.
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October 8, 2013
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taxes
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kim guadagno
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Kim Guadagno is the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey.
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new jersey
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Carlstadt
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Guadagno said about Christie in a speech to supporters in Carlstadt, ""He has not increased the taxes on anyone." It’s that the governor has not increased the rate of taxation for New Jersey’s three biggest revenue generators: the gross income, business and sales taxes. But it’s also that he has cut tax credit programs that resulted in some New Jerseyans having less money to pay their tax bills. In the eyes of some experts, that’s still a tax increase. We rate Guadagno’s . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
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657 | 5 |
Governor Palin is the most popular governor in the country.
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September 3, 2008
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candidate biography
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john mccain
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John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona, a post he held from 1987 to his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. McCain was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent his career in the military, as his father did. He was a combat pilot in Vietnam who was shot down and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. He was born in 1936 in Panama.
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national
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a campaign news release
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"But generally, they are on pretty solid ground. If I was a betting person, I bet that's an accurate statement. Once your approval rating is over 80 percent, it's a little silly." Bottom line, most experts say the McCain campaign is probably right. We rate it .
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10,741 | 5 |
Eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. Twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood.
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September 8, 2015
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criminal justice;crime;public safety;public service;guns
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casey cagle
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Casey Cagle, a Republican, is the lieutenant governor of Georgia
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georgia
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
press release
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Our conclusion: In the days leading up to the 9/11 anniversary, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle issued a press release, urging Georgians to stop to reflect on the critical role that law enforcement officers play in our communities. "Eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. Twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood," he said. His numbers come from a group that works to diligently track data and pay tribute to law enforcement officers who die in the line of duty. We rate Cagle’s statement .
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18,036 | 0 |
The FBI uncovered "256 texts between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein
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July 9, 2020
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facebook fact-checks
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
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a Facebook post
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The site is run by a man named Christopher Blair, who has been publishing fabricated stories for years and says his goal is to trick conservatives into sharing claims on social media. RELATED: If you're fooled by news, this man probably wrote it Blair’s headlines are often copied and shared in Facebook posts without any disclaimer, leading people to believe the fictitious posts. That’s what happened in this case. !
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5,760 | 1 |
The Americans for Tax Reform pledge "relates to new taxes that were going to be initiated by legislative action.
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June 13, 2012
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taxes
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nathan deal
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Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.
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georgia
| 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
a blog post
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"By vocally supporting T-SPLOST, he certainly isn’t holding up the first half of his commitment." ATR knows the meaning of the pledge better than anyone. It says Deal is about his interpretation. We agree. Our rating: .
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14,742 | 3 |
Wisconsin is "49th in the country in internet speed.
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April 18, 2018
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states;technology
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mike mccabe
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Mike McCabe, of Madison, is running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Wisconsin in 2018. He was executive director of the non-profit Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which tracks money in state politics.
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wisconsin
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
a podcast
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He said his main point was that Wisconsin’s goal should be to have high-speed internet access everywhere. Our rating McCabe claimed that Wisconsin ranks 49th in internet speed. A 2016 ranking put Wisconsin at 49th-slowest for broadband internet speed -- that is, for land-based internet, but that only provides a partial picture. When mobile is factored in, the state ranks much higher, in the neighborhood of 30th place. We rate McCabe’s .
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2,738 | 0 |
This town (Wilmington, Ohio) hasn't taken any money from the government. They don't want any money from the government.
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November 22, 2010
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economy;families;jobs;pundits
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glenn beck
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Glenn Beck is the host of The Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show. He also hosts an Internet-based TV show. Beck formerly hosted a television talk show on CNN Headline News and then Fox News.
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ohio
| 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
his radio broadcast
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My job is to get whatever assistance I can get for the citizens here and to help create jobs for them." So where does all this leave Beck’s premise that Wilmington is a place that shuns government help? Beck took enough literary license in his holiday tale to make Frank Capra blush. His statement isn’t just . It’s also enough to earn a Politifact rating of .
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9,035 | 3 |
President Obama has left the U.S. with the lowest number of active-duty troops since before World War II, putting the nation at risk.
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May 12, 2014
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military
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jack kingston
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Jack Kingston, a Republican, is a former U.S. Representative from Georgia and a political commentator.
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georgia
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Campaign ad
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Changing technologies and strategies for deployment make the comparison to the pre-Pearl Harbor days a bit of a stretch. The reduction of active troops has a clear effect on the scope of missions the United States can take on globally. But whether citizens at home are seeing a greater risk is less clear. Though Kingston’s ad contains some there is a lot of context missing. We rate Kingston’s .
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12,854 | 5 |
Unlike California, we in Florida welcome driverless cars - no permit required.
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December 22, 2016
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technology
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jeff brandes
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Jeff Brandes, a Republican who represents St. Petersburg, was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010 and was first elected to the Florida Senate in 2012.
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florida
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a tweet
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Brandes tweeted, "Unlike California, we in Florida welcome driverless cars - no permit required." Florida does not require a permit to operate driverless cars. California requires companies that are testing such cars to get a permit. Although Florida law welcomes driverless cars, we found no that they are commonly used in Florida. Brandes’ comment is accurate, and we rate it .
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11,202 | 1 |
A (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force.
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January 11, 2016
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public safety
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thomas garrett jr.
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Thomas A. Garrett Jr., a Republican, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th Congressional District in 2016. He was in Virginia's Senate from 2012 to 2016. He has served as an assistant state attorney general and Commonwealth's attorney for Louisa County.
Garrett was born in Atlanta and is a graduate of Louisa County High School in Virginia. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Richmond.
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virginia
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
a radio interview
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Garrett said "trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force." In reality, the veteran trooper got a 12 percent raise after a year on the force. And last year’s budget provides a trooper with a decade on the force an added annual salary increase of $2,280. Altogether, that means a well-performing trooper who has been on the force a decade would earn $6,555 more than a rookie. We’re not weighing in on whether the state adequately pays its veteran troopers. But Garrett is using an number to make the point that Virginia falls short. We rate his .
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1,137 | 2 |
About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
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October 5, 2009
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environment;foreign policy;transportation
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nancy pelosi
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi represents a district in California. She served as speaker of the U.S. House January 2019-2021. Formerly the speaker of the House from 2007-11, Pelosi served as the House minority leader from 2003 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2019.
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national
| 6 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 |
an interview on the Charlie Rose Show
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(When we inquired, the World Bank declined to directly address the statistics.) So even if the World Bank data is correct, Pelosi misinterpreted it by saying that all those deaths are related to auto emissions. On top of that, the World Health Organization estimates that most pollution-related deaths are the result of indoor pollutants (those coal and wood fires we mentioned above), not outdoor ones. So while Pelosi is correct that air pollution is harmful and may be responsible for many deaths in China, she's to say that auto emissions are specifically responsible for 750,000 of them annually. We rate her .
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2,961 | 3 |
While the government grew, we lost more than 2 million jobs.
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January 25, 2011
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economy;federal budget;history
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michele bachmann
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Michele Bachmann, first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006, represents the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota. She was reelected in 2008. Previously, she served in the Minnesota State Senate. Prior to that, she spent five years as a federal tax litigation attorney. Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children, live in Stillwater, Minn., and own a mental health care practice.
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national
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 16 |
a rebuttal to the State of the Union address
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So where does this leave us? When measured in two common ways, Bachmann is about government jobs increasing, but she’s right using a third, less intuitive measurement -- that is, for federal employment not including the U.S. Postal Service. As for total employment, she’s off by quite a bit if you begin the clock in May 2009, but you only have to move the time frame back by three months in order to meet her 2 million threshold. So one part of her statement is untrue except by one uncommon measurement, and the other part is if the starting date is May 2009 but accurate counting from February 2009 and in tune with the general trend since the start of Obama’s term. On balance, we rate her comment .
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11,325 | 1 |
Says "Barack Obama is apparently not for vetting people and saying just anybody can come" to the United States.
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November 20, 2015
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homeland security;terrorism
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glenn grothman
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Republican Glenn Grothman, of the Town of Glenbeulah in Sheboygan County, was first elected to Congress in 2014 after serving 21 years in the Wisconsin Legislature. He represents the 6th Congressional District in east-central Wisconsin that includes all or parts of Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Fond du Lac, Dodge, Winnebago, Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties.
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wisconsin
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
a radio interview
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"No level of vetting would get you to 100 percent." Our rating Grothman said, "Barack Obama is apparently not for vetting people and saying just anybody can come" to the United States. But refugees are the most vetted people who enter the country -- and Syrian refugees already face additional measures. What’s more, Grothman’s didn’t back up his . We rate the .
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3,119 | 5 |
The House of Delegates budget bill "cuts $50 million from education.
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February 10, 2011
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corrections and updates;education;state budget
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virginia senate democratic caucus
|
Democrats elected to serve in the State Senate.
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virginia
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a press release
|
That would likely result in less money going into classrooms, which sounds like a cut to us. We rate the . Correction: This statement was originally attributed to the Democratic Party of Virginia. It was in fact published by the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus.
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10,598 | 1 |
Some of the things that (Megyn Kelly) said, I didn't say.
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August 9, 2015
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women
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donald trump
|
Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
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national
| 36 | 85 | 120 | 194 | 360 | 179 |
a Meet the Press interview
|
Trump said that "he didn’t say" some of the things about women that Kelly talked about. The record, however, shows the opposite is . He has said exactly what Kelly mentioned in the debate. We rate Trump’s statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/9520c998-b1af-4223-a6b2-7acb3ccbb9c9
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17,420 | 1 |
Pictures and reports of "empty hospitals" prove COVID-19 spread is "fake crisis for real government planned agendas.
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March 28, 2020
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health care;public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
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facebook posts
|
Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 |
a Facebook post
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A Facebook post amid the surging coronavirus outbreak claimed nurses are reporting empty hospitals in the United States and suggested it shows a conspiracy to exaggerate the coronavirus outbreak. There are hospitals with significant numbers of empty beds, but that’s because they are canceling non-urgent surgeries and other procedures in an effort to free up bed space for an expected influx of coronavirus patients. The COVID-19 outbreak is real. We rate the statement .
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4,185 | 4 |
H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate.
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August 22, 2011
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elections
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marcia fudge
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Rep. Marcia Fudge, a Democrat from Warrensville Heights, is the congresswoman from Ohio's 11th district. Prior to her election to the House of Representatives, she was mayor of Warrensville Heights.
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ohio
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
an e-mail to Democratic supporters
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Tokaji reached a similar conclusion. "The bottom line is that in some, but not all, circumstances, a ballot which has both a mark and the name of the candidate written in should be counted. Which is, of course, not to say that it will in fact be counted," Tokaji wrote in an email. That some ballots could be counted, though, is a point of clarification for Fudge’s statement. On the -O-Meter, a statement that is accurate but needs clarification rates .
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10,348 | 5 |
We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years.
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June 2, 2015
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jobs;state budget
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jeb bush
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Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush.
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florida
| 14 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 |
Orlando
|
Bush said, "We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years." He was referring to a specific count of workers in state agencies cut between 1999 and 2007, and in context we can consider his numbers pretty accurate. Experts told us it’s important to keep in mind that privatizing state jobs or cutting positions doesn’t mean it’s necessarily cheaper or better for taxpayers. The statement, however, is accurate, and we rate it .
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18,938 | 1 |
Says that shutdowns are "ineffective" and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread "by someone going to work.
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November 19, 2020
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public health;coronavirus
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greg abbott
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Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
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texas
| 15 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 6 |
a press conference
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Experts say that if measuring strictly transmission rates and case numbers, shutdowns have proven to be effective in managing spread. But it’s harder to quantify the efficacy of a shutdown when considering all the social and economic consequences. In Texas, case numbers rose after each time that Abbott lifted shutdowns. Abbott’s comments about workplace gatherings not being a common way for COVID-19 to spread also ignores workplaces where proper precautions can be difficult to achieve. We rate this .
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21,933 | 0 |
Queen Elizabeth shot dead in Detroit.
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September 8, 2022
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facebook fact-checks
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instagram posts
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Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
| null | 3 | 3 | 15 | 51 | 405 | 140 |
an image shared on Instagram
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An image shared on Instagram claimed that Queen Elizabeth II was "shot dead in Detroit." She died peacefully in Scotland on Sept. 8, according to officials from the royal family. There’s no that the queen has been anywhere near Detroit in years. We rate this !
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11,540 | 3 |
The economy always does better when there's a Democrat in the White House.
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March 21, 2016
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economy
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hillary clinton
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Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
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arizona
| 72 | 76 | 70 | 43 | 31 | 9 |
a rally at a Phoenix high school
|
Hillary Clinton said, "the economy always does better when there’s a Democrat in the White House." Yes, Democratic presidents do have more Gross Domestic Product growth than Republicans, according to quarterly GDP data dating back to 1947. But Clinton's comments require several caveats. The current growth in the economy under Obama is lower than the Republican average. Factors such as oil prices also reflect the higher GDP growth under Democratic presidents. On top of that, comparing one period of time to another or one president to another can be problematic. On balance, we rate Clinton's . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/5799cbf2-451d-4bea-bb10-cd4dd1203e8b
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16,960 | 0 |
Says a coronavirus patent expired just as there is a "sudden outbreak" and, despite "media fear-mongering," there is already a vaccine available.
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January 22, 2020
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china;public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 |
a Facebook post
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A Facebook post states: "So.. patent on this ‘new’ Corona virus expired on the 22nd, today.. We have a sudden outbreak. There's magically already a vaccine available.. And NOW fear mongering spread by the media about quarantine." There was an outbreak in recent weeks of what is known as the Wuhan coronavirus. News media reported that Chinese authorities have taken steps to quarantine Wuhan, the city in China where the outbreak was discovered. More importantly, there was no expired patent related to the Wuhan coronavirus, and there is currently no vaccine for the Wuhan coronavirus, either. We rate the statement .
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3,840 | 2 |
The American people don't want us to raise taxes.
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June 24, 2011
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polls and public opinion;taxes
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john boehner
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John Boehner of Ohio is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was formerly the Republican minority leader from 2007-2011, and was the majority leader briefly prior to that.
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national
| 17 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 2 |
a press conference
|
In conclusion, Boehner said that "the American people don't want us to raise taxes." In fact, polls indicate that people don't like taxes, but they are often okay with increasing specific taxes or closing loopholes. Additionally, when it's time to make hard decisions about the budget, they favor a balanced approach of spending cuts and tax increases. Finally, they tend to favor tax increases for other people -- such as the wealthy or corporations -- if not themselves. Overall, we rate his statement .
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9,998 | 2 |
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison.
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February 19, 2015
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marijuana
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drug policy alliance
|
The Drug Policy Alliance, and its electoral arm Drug Policy Action, is an organization that works to change marijuana laws across the country. It has offices in Washington D.C., New York, California and elsewhere.
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florida
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Politico
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Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison," Piper said. She voted against amendments to ban the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. In theory, advocates believe that the amendment -- which passed late in 2014 after multiple attempts -- prevents the feds from going after sick marijuana users in states that allow medical marijuana. However, even before the amendment passed, dying patients who simply smoked joints that they obtained legally were not being hauled off to prison en masse by federal agents. Instead, the federal government focused on major suppliers or distributors. Saying Wasserman Schultz voted to send people to prison significantly the issue. The statement contains some element of but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
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13,426 | 0 |
President Donald Trump "announced that he would reinstate a national day of remembrance for fallen officers that the traitor before him had done away with.
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May 29, 2017
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fake news;crime;punditfact
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bloggers
|
Blog posting on the Internet
| null | 8 | 18 | 24 | 53 | 233 | 396 |
Internet rumors
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Bloggers claimed that Trump reinstated "a national day of remembrance for fallen officers that the traitor before him had done away with." The national day of remembrance for police officers killed in the line of the duty currently falls on May 15 each year. It is called Peace Officers Memorial Day. Obama did not cancel the day, and Trump did not reinstate it. We rate this .
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8,047 | 2 |
Social Security took seven years before anybody got the first check.
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November 8, 2013
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corrections and updates;health care;social security;punditfact
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jay leno
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Jay Leno is a comedian and host of NBC's "Tonight Show."
| null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
a broadcast of the "Tonight Show"
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Leno said after Social Security passed, it was seven years before "anybody got the first check." That’s what was intended, but Congress amended the law in 1939 to move up the issuance of monthly checks, the Social Security Administration told us. Moreover, people received lump sum checks in from 1937 to 1939. That interim effort involved a lot of people and a fair chunk of change. There’s an element of to Leno’s , but not much more. We rate his statement .
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19,867 | 3 |
Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. "Why are we going the other way? (Austin leaders are saying) 'Oh, let's reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas.
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June 3, 2021
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chip roy
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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy was elected to represent Texas' 21st Congressional District in 2018. Previously he worked as vice president of strategy for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. He also worked as a political operative for several different Texas Republicans.
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texas
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
an interview
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However, experts say that because these crime totals are low numbers, using percent change comparisons can easily mischaracterize or distort increases. Roy also connects elevated crime levels to the Police Department’s reduced budget. But it’s difficult to draw a direct causal relation between police budget changes and crime stats, and Roy doesn’t provide any . Crime rates are responsive to a number of sociological factors, and those factors are driving homicide increases in cities across the country — regardless of any increase or decrease in police department funding, experts say. We rate this .
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627 | 5 |
McCain "said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV.
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August 25, 2008
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health care
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planned parenthood
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Planned Parenthood Federation of America identifies itself as the nation's leading women's health care provider, educator, and advocate, serving women, men, teens, and families. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization formed as the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Planned Parenthood Votes is a super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
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national
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denver
|
McCain: (Twelve-second pause) "Get me Coburn's thing, ask Weaver to get me Coburn's paper that he just gave me in the last couple of days. I've never gotten into these issues before." So yes, McCain said he was "stumped" when asked whether he thinks contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV. This is one -telling condom.
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2,189 | 3 |
Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies.
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July 19, 2010
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economy;health care
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michael mccaul
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Michael McCaul was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004.
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texas
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
an e-mail
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16th is 16th." Our take? , the CMS is poised to spend some $800 billion this year, more money than the size of all but 15 nations' economies. But this dramatic point isn't a meaningful comparison, because it lacks any context — such as spending per person — that puts the numbers in perspective. We rate McCaul's statement .
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5,708 | 5 |
Says Barack Obama has played nearly 100 rounds of golf as president.
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June 7, 2012
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recreation
|
rick perry
|
Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
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texas
| 26 | 24 | 43 | 30 | 31 | 18 |
Fort Worth
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So, is Obama approaching 100 rounds of golf? Looks like it. Koffler posted a blog on May 26, 2012 stating that Obama was going golfing that day for his 98th time as president. On June 8, 2012, Koffler replied to our inquiry by saying that Obama has yet to play round 99. We rate Perry’s as .
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12,235 | 2 |
NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania.
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August 13, 2016
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trade
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donald trump
|
Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
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pennsylvania
| 36 | 85 | 120 | 194 | 360 | 179 |
an interview with TV station WJAC
|
Consensus among economists is job losses because of NAFTA were minimal, though Robert E. Scott’s study showed Pennsylvania losing 26,300 jobs because of it. Either way, "disaster" is a particularly explosive word that doesn’t take into context the winners and losers from the policy. The thousands of job losses that may be attributable to NAFTA were offset statewide by increased exports from Pennsylvania and new jobs in other parts of the economy. Besides, most economists agree China has had a much more negative effect on American labor than NAFTA. We rule the .
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14,874 | 2 |
In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime.
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July 19, 2018
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abortion;health care;legal issues;states;supreme court;women
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kelda helen roys
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Kelda Helen Roys, a Madison Democrat, was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2008 and served until 2012. In 2012, she lost to Mark Pocan in the race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018. An attorney, Roys is the former executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin, which supports abortion rights.
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wisconsin
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
a TV ad
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It is the law of the land, so to flatly declare that abortion is a crime in Wisconsin is . But current Wisconsin statutes still include a provision — made unenforceable by Roe — that generally makes performing an abortion a felony. And that’s important, should Roe ever be overturned. In sum, Roys’ contains an element of , but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That’s our definition of .
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9,748 | 4 |
More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment.
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December 4, 2014
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criminal justice;punditfact
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stephen carter
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Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught since 1982.
| null | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
"Bloomberg Views"
|
Carter said that more than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment. Based on a strictly technical reading of existing laws, the consensus among the legal experts we reached is that the number is reasonable. Way more than a majority of Americans have done something in their lives that runs afoul of some law that includes jail or prison time as a potential punishment. That said, experts acknowledged that the likelihood of arrest, prosecution or imprisonment is exceedingly low for many of Americans’ "crimes." As such, we rate the .
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7,845 | 0 |
Warren Buffett says stop Obamacare now and start over.
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September 22, 2013
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health care
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tom graves
|
Tom Graves represents Georgia's 9th Congressional District.
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georgia
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
an ABC News interview
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The was similar to other blogger claims debunked by fact checkers, and based on an interview Buffett gave three years ago before Obamacare was signed into law. Buffett did say he would scrap the then Senate bill, but also noted that he would vote for it instead of continuing with the existing health care situation. Graves’ may not have misrepresented Buffett’s comments as being recent like the bloggers did, but his comments were made after similar claims about Buffett were found to be . And Graves still made the , without any additional context, five days after several fact checkers debunked the . We rate Graves’ statement .
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16,595 | 0 |
When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business.
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October 15, 2019
|
ethics
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eric trump
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Eric Trump is the second son of President Donald Trump and his former wife Ivana Trump. He is the executive vice president of the Trump Organization.
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national
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
a Fox News appearance
|
Eric Trump said, "When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business." The Trump Organization said it would not make new foreign deals during Donald Trump’s presidency. But the Trump brothers have traveled across the globe, managing properties and taking action on deals that they say were signed or under works before Trump took office. Regardless of whether these moves should be considered new foreign deals, it’s to the Trump family children stopped all international business after their father’s election. We rate this statement !
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11,114 | 2 |
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt.
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December 13, 2015
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education
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scot ross
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Scot Ross is executive director of the Madison-based One Wisconsin Now, a liberal advocacy group. He formerly worked as a communication director for Democrats who have served in Congress and in Wisconsin state government.
|
wisconsin
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
a television interview
|
He acknowledged he got the number , making the jump seem bigger than it was, but was correct that more state students have college loans. He’s less accurate about the implication that the increase in debt is due to Walker. To be sure there have been cuts to education and the UW System under Walker, but Ross offered no that those cuts drove state students debt higher. And student debt nationally has increased sharply in the years he has been in office. We rate the .
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18,295 | 0 |
Says Joe Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview.
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August 31, 2020
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facebook fact-checks
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
| null | 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 |
a Facebook post
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A social media user told the Associated Press he created the altered video. A Facebook post claims Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview. That didn’t happen. The video was edited to create a deceiving and narrative. We rate it !
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10,780 | 5 |
We have 650 people who move to Texas every day.
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September 10, 2015
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corrections and updates;economy;population;states
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glenn hegar
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Glenn Hegar, a former Texas House member initially elected to the Senate in 2007, was elected Texas state comptroller in 2014. Hegar describes himself as a sixth-generation Texan who farms land that's been in his family since the 1800s. He is the former chair of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
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texas
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Georgetown, Texas
|
Hegar said: "We have 650 people who move to Texas every day." Different government estimates suggest the state has lately been netting 655 or even around 880 new residents a day, depending on the estimate. It’s also worth noting Hegar could float a much bigger number by tallying solely people GTT , but that number would fail to account for people leaving the state. We rate this . – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. CLARIFICATION, 4:40 p.m., Oct. 2, 2015 : We added a clarifying sentence to this story after we recognized, post-publication, that Hegar's figure for people who move to Texas every day did not add up to about half a million new residents a year; we suspect he was referring in his speech to total annual population growth, taking into account Texas births outpacing deaths. This clarification did not affect our rating of his .
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1,758 | 5 |
Bill McCollum has "recovered $200 million in Medicaid fraud.
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May 20, 2010
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elections;message machine 2010
|
jeb bush
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Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush.
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florida
| 14 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 |
a campaign commercial for Bill McCollum
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So Bush is almost on the money. We should note that the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has been around since way before McCollum became attorney general. The unit started under the auditor general's office, but in July 1994 it was moved under the Attorney General's Office as a way to police the state's burgeoning Medicaid program. And McCollum has come under attack from state officials in both the Republican and Democratic parties for not doing enough. As for Bush's that McCollum "recovered nearly $200 million in Medicaid Fraud," we rate it .
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7,083 | 2 |
Says president is 'spending $2.2 billion to give away "ObamaPhones." '
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February 22, 2013
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federal budget;public safety
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steve stockman
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Steve Stockman, a Republican from Friendswood, returned for a second term in the U.S. House in 2013 - 16 years after his first term. He unsuccessfully sought his party's U.S. Senate nomination in 2014.
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texas
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
a tweet
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Stockman said Obama’s "spending $2.2 billion to give away ‘ObamaPhones.’ " That figure’s about right for 2012 federal spending on the Lifeline program, but as PolitiFact has noted before, attributing it to Obama is . It’s important to note, too, that the money comes from phone fees, so it wouldn’t be possible to prevent public safety cuts by halting the phone program. The tradeoff Stockman asserts isn’t valid. We rate his statement as .
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159 | 4 |
Huckabee "was one of the highest taxing governors that we had in this country and rivaling Bill Clinton in terms of the Cato ratings.
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November 5, 2007
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taxes
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fred thompson
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Fred Thompson was a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He graduated from Memphis State University and earned a law degree at Vanderbilt University. Thompson practiced law and served a variety of government counsel positions, including as minority counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee"). In his acting career Thompson has appeared in 18 films, and recently worked as a TV actor, playing a prosecutor on the series Law and Order. Thompson was born in Alabama in 1942. He has been married to Jeri Kehn since 2002, and has four children, two from his first marriage. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 22, 2008.
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national
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
an interview on the Fox News Channel
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It's worth noting that the fiscal reports done by Cato factor in spending policy as well as tax history, according to Stephen Slivinski, who produces the fiscal report cards. In 2006, Slivinski's team gave Huckabee the lowest grade of any governor when it came to tax policy. Thompson called Huckabee "one of the highest taxing governors," and it's hard to dispute that. Again, though, as a point of clarification, that doesn't mean Arkansas has the nation's highest tax burden. According to the Tax Foundation, a nonprofit research organization, Arkansans have the 13th-highest state and local tax burden in the nation — that is, however, a significant jump from the No. 30 spot the state held when Huckabee became governor.
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5,581 | 0 |
Says President Barack Obama's finance team is recommending a "1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution.
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May 12, 2012
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social security;taxes
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chain email
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Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
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new jersey
| 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 107 |
a chain e-mail
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An e-mail claims that the president’s finance team recommends a "1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution." That’s . A Pennsylvania congressman has sponsored a bill that would levy a one-percent fee on some financial transactions. But nearly every year he has introduced the legislation it gained no support. And none of the bills have ever left committee. Obama -- and his financial team -- have nothing to do with the legislation. We set this e-mail ablaze. ! To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
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22,447 | 1 |
Kari Lake's lawsuit "exposes Arizona used no signature verification.
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December 11, 2022
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elections;facebook fact-checks
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facebook posts
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Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
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arizona
| 24 | 50 | 108 | 245 | 1,410 | 570 |
a Facebook post
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A Facebook post said Lake’s lawsuit "exposes Arizona used no signature verification." That’s not what the lawsuit said, and the assertion that Arizona didn’t use signature verification is . Arizona law requires county officials to verify signatures on mail ballots and Maricopa County had at least 100 workers involved in signature verification. Lake’s lawsuit alleges that Maricopa’s signature verification process is flawed. The lawsuit cites a report by the state attorney general who concluded that Maricopa’s signature verification in 2020 was inefficient to guard against abuse. But a judge found the county followed the process for verifying signatures. Many of the allegations in Lake’s lawsuit about 2022 stem from signed affidavits from three signature verification workers who concluded the verification process was flawed. These are anecdotal reports about their impressions of the process and are not proof of wrongdoing. A judge has yet to rule on the allegations in Lake’s lawsuit, but we found no that Arizona used no signature verification. We rate this statement . RELATED : Kari Lake claimed Maricopa County voters were ‘disenfranchised.’ Experts disagree. RELATED : Kari Lake’s -O-Meter RELATED : All of our fact-checks about Arizona
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6,348 | 5 |
The truth is, Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms. Planned Parenthood refers women to mammography providers, serving as the middlewoman, if you will.
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September 11, 2012
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health care
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karen handel
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Karen Handel is the former secretary of state of Georgia. She is also the former chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Handel, a Republican, lost the runoff for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor in 2010.
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georgia
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
a book
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We asked, and in an email response, a spokeswoman for the organization said doctors and nurses at Planned Parenthood health centers provide clinical breast exams and refer patients to facilities with technicians for mammograms based on breast exams, age or family history. Planned Parenthood also refers women to breast specialists when a potential abnormality is found and follow-up tests are needed. And with the organization’s expanded breast health initiative, Planned Parenthood will be able to cover the cost of this specialized care for more women, the email said. Handel’s statement that Planned Parenthood doesn’t provide mammograms and only refers clients for those services at other facilities is supported by the organization itself. We rate the .
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810 | 1 |
Even with recent changes, the average hourly wage at General Motors is still $75 an hour.
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November 19, 2008
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transportation
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spencer bachus
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Rep. Spencer Bachus has represented Alabama’s 6th district in the U.S. House since 1993. He became chairman of the Financial Services Committee following the midterm elections of 2010 after having served as the ranking member of that committee for four years prior.
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national
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | null |
According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (November 2008), the average hourly earnings (wage only) for automobile production workers was $30.27 compared to $17.91 for all manufacturing production workers. Auto workers are the kings of the industrial labor force, Dziczek said, and that surely breeds some resentment — particularly when it comes to talking about a taxpayer-funded bailout. That might be a legitimate point to make, but when Bachus and others cited a figure suggesting Big Three autoworkers make more than $70 an hour, it is not only , it's just . That figure is a labor cost that includes the expense of health benefits for retirees. We rate the statement .
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10,940 | 2 |
Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video.
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November 10, 2015
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foreign policy;terrorism
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ben carson
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Dr. Ben Carson is President Donald Trump's secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A retired pediatric neurosurgeon, Carson ran as a Republican for president in 2016. He owns homes in West Palm Beach and Maryland.
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national
| 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
the Fox Business Network debate
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Carson said Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video." But he’s oversimplifying multiple statements from Clinton during the month of the attacks. He has a point that Clinton told her daughter that terrorists attacked in Benghazi, and she told the Libyan president that a terrorist group had taken responsibility. But those were private comments made hours after the attack. Carson misleads when he said that she told everybody else that it was a video. On the day after the attack, she told the Egyptian prime minister it had nothing to do with the film. At other times, Clinton talked about the video but didn’t say it caused the attacks. At other times, she blamed the video more broadly for protests in various places. A family member of a victim said Clinton blamed the video for his son’s death, but we didn’t find that same sentiment expressed in any of her public comments. Carson is oversimplifying and distorting Clinton’s comments to portray a complex situation in the worst possible light. We rate his statement .
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