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Statement: BREAKING Trump Removes Muslim Federal Judge For Trying To Implement Sharia Law In America
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: February 28, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: The link to trumpsolidsupporters.me remains on Miller’s Facebook page, yet an amended description for the link says: "Well it looks like I may have been duped. This may be  news, but I still think Sharia law has no place in the United States of America." A webviners.com post claimed Trump removed a Muslim federal judge for trying to implement Sharia law in the United States. But the post is riddled with inaccuracies and cites as a source a purveyor of  news. We rate webviners.com’s post !
Statement: The United States has "an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill.
Speaker: marco rubio
About the speaker: 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.
Date: January 12, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: immigration
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: In an interview on reforming our immigration system, Rubio said "I'm a big believer in family based immigration. But I don't think that in the 21st century we can continue to have an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill. We have to move toward merit and skill-based immigration." Rubio pulled his number from a 2011 Brookings paper that said, "Some 36 percent of all Canadian immigrant visas are in the ‘skilled-worker’ category, as opposed to only 6.5 percent in the United States." Immigration data shows that most people come here for family reasons. The number of legal immigrants who come based on an employment varies depending on the type of visa and category of employment. But one valid example is to look at legal permanent residents -- 13.1 percent were employment-based preferences in 2011, and professionals with advanced degrees accounted for 6.3 percent. The data isn’t as precise as Rubio makes it sound, but his basic premise is correct, and some numbers do support his . We rate this  .
Statement: Says Kamala Harris said, "American churches are PROPAGANDA CENTERS for intolerant homophobic, xenophobic vitriol.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 10, 2020
Topics: lgbtq;religion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: She grew up going to predominantly Black Baptist churches in Oakland, according to the Deseret News . Her mother, an immigrant from India, also took her to a Hindu temple . On Oct. 4, the paper published an opinion piece by Harris, who wrote about singing in the children’s choir at the 23rd Avenue Church of God.   "Leadership, in my view, is strengthened by faith," she wrote.   We rate this post .
Statement: One out of five of our children live in a family that's on food stamps.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: 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.
Date: May 16, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: agriculture;children;federal budget
Context: Iowa
Fact-check justification: Perry said: "One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps." To be precise, the latest federal estimate is that in 2014, 1 in 5 children received SNAP benefits. 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.
Statement: Says a lack of transparency for small-dollar donations is the "same thing" as dark money
Speaker: thom tillis
About the speaker: Thom Tillis is a Republican who serves as U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
Date: March 10, 2021
Location: north carolina
Topics: campaign finance;elections
Context: a committee meeting
Fact-check justification: While talking about dark money, Tillis said small donations through aggregation tools are the "same thing" as anonymous donations to political groups. This is . While it’s  that some types of political donations aren’t reported, it’s  to say the names of people who donate through aggregators -- a type of donation that Tillis specifically mentioned -- aren’t reported. They are. Beyond that, experts say it’s  to compare the influence of a small donor with those of deep-pocketed outside interests, since the scale of the latter’s donations will carry far more weight with the candidate. Tillis’ statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Photo shows Ron DeSantis holding a shirt that says, "Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.
Speaker: viral image
About the speaker: 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.
Date: August 8, 2021
Location: florida
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "Great to visit the HQ for @PopeyesChicken and @BurgerKing in Miami," DeSantis tweeted. "I’ve been looking for the elusive sandwich, but the stores are still out. Maybe it’s time to issue an executive order requiring all Popeyes in Florida to re-stock them ASAP?? " We rate this post .
Statement: Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal.
Speaker: chris larson
About the speaker: Chris Larson, a Milwaukee Democrat, was elected to the Wisconsin state Senate in November 2010. A former member of the Milwaukee County Board, he is a candidate for Milwaukee County executive in 2016.
Date: August 24, 2020
Location: national
Topics: legal issues;wisconsin
Context: Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Post database breaks down another important data point: Black Americans are more likely to be shot and killed by police than white Americans. Black people account for less than 13% of the U.S. population but are killed by police at more than double the rate of white people  Black people are killed by police at a rate of 32 deaths per million people, Hispanic people at a rate of 24 per million, and white people at a rate of 13 per million, according to the database.   Our rating  Larson said police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal. "  FBI statistics and a national database show that checks out: In 2019, police killed 999 people, and 48 officers were killed by a criminal act in the line of duty. We rate Larson’s  .
Statement: Says Florida's pension plan faces the same long-term funding problems as Social Security.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: 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.
Date: February 23, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: retirement;social security;state budget
Context: comments to employees at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Fact-check justification: Where does this leave us? Scott said that without changes, "there might not be a pension plan, just like we're worried about Social Security." There's no real suggestion that Florida's pension plan faces a major crisis, even from Rauh, a pension critic who believes most government plans are doomed. That said, Florida's plan -- like most government programs -- is underfunded and needs either reform or better investment returns over the long run. In that way it's not that unlike Social Security, a federal program that must be reformed in the coming years to avoid benefit cuts. We rate this statement .
Statement: When I left office, there was a $7-million surplus in Providence," but in 2008, the city had a $110-million deficit.
Speaker: vincent "buddy" cianci
About the speaker: Vincent "Buddy" Cianci is a talk-radio host and ex-convict who spent more time serving as mayor of Providence (21 years from 1975 to 2002) than anyone in the city's history. He is the author of "Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Advised a President, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community, and Lived to Tell the Tale." He was defeated in the 2014 mayoral election when he ran as an independent.
Date: September 10, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: candidate biography;city budget;city government;message machine 2014
Context: a TV commercial
Fact-check justification: In a TV commercial, former Providence Mayor Cianci says, "When I left office, there was a $7-million surplus in Providence," but in 2008, the city had a $110-million deficit. That certainly sounds dramatic. But it’s not entirely accurate. While he was right about the surplus -- it was actually a little higher than he claimed -- he was  about the deficit. There’s an argument to be made that some type of structural deficit existed in 2008, but pegging that number at $110-million is a big leap. And Cianci’s  ignores the difference -- a big one -- between a deficit and a structural deficit. Finally, the ad implies that things were rosy under Cianci and went downhill after he left. That ignores the future problems he caused by underfunding the pension system, the effects of the Great Recession, and the strides Taveras made to bring the city back from the brink of bankruptcy. The judges were split on this one, but ultimately ruled  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, e-mail us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Says administrator salaries were increased, "but other school employees were left behind.
Speaker: portland association of teachers
About the speaker: The Portland Association of Teachers is the labor organization for teachers at Portland Public Schools, Oregon's largest school district.
Date: October 10, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: education;unions
Context: a newsletter
Fact-check justification: After all, teachers wouldn’t see as much of a base increase as administrators under the contract in question, and administrators are doing better when compared with their peers. But to determine whether teachers are truly behind, we think it’s necessary to look at more than one year. The statement ignores the five-year history, which shows that teachers are modestly behind peers in other districts but not Portland Public Schools administrators. We rate this  . ( Note : This PolitiFact replaces and earlier version an was updated to reflect new information.)
Statement: There was "serious voter fraud" in New Hampshire.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: 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.
Date: November 27, 2016
Location: new hampshire
Topics: elections;government regulation;voting record
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Our rating Trump claimed "serious voter fraud" existed in New Hampshire and two other states on election day, Nov. 8. Those in charge of overseeing New Hampshire’s elections and investigating election complaints said any instances of voter fraud in the state have historically been extremely rare. The most recent election was no exception, with no complaints of voter fraud filed in an election in which more than 728,000 ballots were cast. It’s a reckless  with zero . We rate the  .
Statement: Florida man charged with a hate crime" for defacing pride crosswalk.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: April 3, 2023
Location: florida
Topics: crime;lgbtq
Context: a Tweet
Fact-check justification: Because the crosswalk is city property and the city cannot have a sexual orientation, the charge was not applied.   Jerich was ultimately charged with felony criminal mischief  exceeding $1,000 and misdemeanor reckless driving causing damage. In June 2022, Jerich pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to two years of probation, 100 hours of community service and a mental health screening.   The  that Jerich was charged with a hate crime contains an element of  about the initial arrest, but it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression about the outcome. That’s our definition of .
Statement: There is no $30 million pot of money" for redistricting issues, including defending redistricting lawsuits. "Your tax dollars are not being spent on anything like that.
Speaker: will weatherford
About the speaker: State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is Florida's Speaker of the House for 2013-14.
Date: June 22, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: redistricting
Context: Panama City
Fact-check justification: There are two pots of money available for lots of things, but the House speaker said the money predominantly is available to fight potential redistricting lawsuits. That admission, which is not in dispute, defies Weatherford's other point, that "your tax dollars are not being spent on anything like that" -- referring to redistricting lawsuits. The Legislature is planning on doing exactly that. There's too much about this  that is missing. We rate it .
Statement: Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution.
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: October 31, 2010
Location: rhode island
Topics: deficit;economy;taxes
Context: a message via the Internet
Fact-check justification: One final point about the e-mail that's been circulating in Rhode Island. It says at the beginning, "You can confirm with Snopes as it is no exageration (sic)," a reference to our good friends at Snopes.com, which examines the truthfulness of urban legends. Yet if you actually search Snopes.com, you'll discover that the website concluded that it IS an exaggeration. That's a trend we've been seeing a lot lately -- e-mails with bogus information that try to sound authentic by falsely claiming that Snopes has found it to be . For all those reasons, we rate this  e-mail .
Statement: Nobody's invited us" to the Obama events in Atlanta.
Speaker: chris carpenter
About the speaker: Manages Roy Barnes campaign
Date: July 24, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: elections
Context: radio news story
Fact-check justification: Was Barnes invited to any Obama event while the president is in town? The people doing the inviting said Barnes was indeed invited to the Obama fund-raiser. It would be bizarre if Barnes were not on the invitation list since he has been a contributor to both Obama and the DNC. PolitiFact Georgia smells smoke on this one. We give Carpenter a .
Statement: Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona's immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants.
Speaker: ted cruz
About the speaker: Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.
Date: February 25, 2016
Location: arizona
Topics: immigration
Context: remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston
Fact-check justification: Cruz said, "spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s exodus of undocumented immigrants. That’s far from clear. While it’s technically possible to receive cash welfare through U.S.-born children, undocumented immigrants do not receive cash welfare directly. And, the state’s prison and education budgets do not solely account for those without papers. Even then, any potential savings would be hard to calculate. It is not an apples to oranges comparison. The recession played a significant role in Arizona’s immigrant population decline, too. There’s been no noticeable windfall in the state budget for welfare, education and prisons that we could document. We rate Cruz’s  as .
Statement: Says "a rioter accidentally dropped" a riot manual with detailed instructions.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 31, 2020
Topics: public safety;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Some of the protests in Baltimore did become violent, but the one this document talks about escalating into a riot was not. Back then, NBC reported that protestors gathered in front of the Western District station, put their hands up and turned their backs to the police station. There was no complicated route like the one shown in the "riot manual," and there were only peaceful demonstrations. To sum up, this "riot manual" was created in 2015 and doesn’t apply to the protests happening in 2020. We rate this  !
Statement: Cuba wants to let the Chinese drill in some of the very parts of the gulf that American producers are currently forbidden to touch, as close as 45 miles off the Florida coast.
Speaker: cliff stearns
About the speaker: Cliff Stearns is a Republican from Ocala serving in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Congressional District 6.
Date: March 30, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: energy
Context: a statement on his campaign Web site
Fact-check justification: Cuba controls its own offshore, just like the United States. And the Chinese lease wouldn't be 45 miles from the Florida coast. The areas closest to the United States haven't been leased yet. But he's right in suggesting that Cuba could end up drilling closer to U.S. shores than America currently allows in its offshore waters. We rate his  .
Statement: The typical elementary school teacher pays $7,239 in federal income taxes, and firefighters pay $5,328, while Donald Trump paid $750.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: September 27, 2020
Topics: elections;taxes
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: A Biden ad compared the amount of federal income tax Trump reportedly paid in 2017 with the "typical income tax" paid by categories of essential workers.  According to tax policy experts, the Biden campaign used incomplete data to arrive at the amounts for the "typical income tax" paid by essential workers. The figures were based on tax estimates for single taxpayers with no children or dependents, or other sources of taxable income, and it didn’t account for workers in other filing categories. But the experts said the general thrust of the ad is accurate: Most Americans paid far more than $750 in federal income taxes.  The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate this ad .
Statement: Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women's health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system.
Speaker: joaquin castro
About the speaker: Initially elected to the Texas House in 2002, Joaquin Castro initially won election to the U.S. House in November 2012.
Date: August 10, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: health care;public health
Context: a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group
Fact-check justification: Castro said Everett "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system." Everett didn’t explicitly say as much and told us she doesn’t believe it. However, on two occasions, she raised the "what-if" spectre of a woman somehow passing along the virus or an STD through fetal material flushed down a drain. We rate this  .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/148168e6-0c97-4ec3-a073-4a6344d56ce6
Statement: Says Chris Christie "has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars," and got legislative approval to begin "properly funding pensions" in 2018.
Speaker: dannel malloy
About the speaker: Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, is the governor of Connecticut. Before being elected governor in November 2010, Malloy served as the mayor of Stamford from 1995 to 2009.
Date: July 23, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: pensions;retirement
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: In a radio interview, Malloy claimed Christie "has refused to fund pensions by billions of dollars," and got legislative approval to begin "properly funding pensions" in 2018. In March 2010, Christie introduced his first budget without including billions’ worth of recommended pension payments, and then signed legislation delaying a full annual contribution until fiscal year 2018. Christie made a payment in fiscal year 2012 and an even larger payment is scheduled for fiscal year 2013, but those payments still fall short of full contributions by billions of dollars. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Says Sen. Jon Tester "took an income raise in the omnibus bill.
Speaker: matthew rosendale
About the speaker: Matthew Rosendale is seeking the Republican nomination in Montana’s 2018 U.S. Senate race. He is currently Montana's state auditor.
Date: March 28, 2018
Location: national
Topics: congress
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Rosendale said Tester "took an income raise in the omnibus bill." Congress’ pay has been frozen at $174,000 per member since 2009. Under the omnibus spending bill, it remains frozen through 2018. Rosendale has no basis for his . We rate it !