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Statement: AARP endorses Biden and gives financial support to Planned Parenthood.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 28, 2020
Topics: abortion;retirement;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "I want to ensure you — and I encourage you to share this letter as necessary — that AARP does not fund and has not funded Planned Parenthood," the letter says.   We reviewed AARP’s most recent IRS filing — for 2018, filed in November 2019 — that details money it contributed to other organizations. Planned Parenthood was not among them. We also reviewed the five previous years and saw no such contributions.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law.
Speaker: tom ganley
About the speaker: Tom Ganley of Brecksville, Ohio, is a businessman and the largest car dealer in the state of Ohio. A Republican, he challenged Democratic Rep. Betty Sutton in the 2010 congressional elections for the state's 13th District.
 
 
Date: July 6, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: immigration
Context: a statement posted to his website
Fact-check justification: When it comes to some of the most talked about parts of the law, having to do with aliens who fail to carry proper paperwork and failing to register, Ganley is correct about the core of the law; federal statutes already makes those two provisions a crime. But the law also includes a new prohibition barring picking up day laborers on the street for hire and soliciting for work. That's not in the federal code. As a result, we find the  to be . Comment on this item .
Statement: In Ukraine, 2,458 NATO soldiers and 234 NATO military trainers have died, some of whom are from the U.S.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: February 5, 2023
Topics: military;ukraine
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: A department casualty status released Jan. 30 shows no U.S. deaths in Ukraine. The Pentagon announced in December that Ukrainian troops would travel to a U.S. base in Grafenwöhr, Germany for military training from soldiers from the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command's 7th Army Training Command. It’s unclear how many Russian or Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded so far. U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in January that Russia alone has had more than 100,000 killed or wounded.   We rate the  that in Ukraine, 2,458 NATO soldiers and 234 NATO military trainers have died, some of whom are from the U.S., !
Statement: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall.
Speaker: resistance report
About the speaker: Resistance Report describes itself as a “social justice-oriented media company dedicated to providing the bold, combative, thought-provoking journalism that will be critical over the next four years.”
Date: March 2, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: civil rights;crime;polls and public opinion
Context: a website posting
Fact-check justification: It was not a general response to "citizens" who may request a town hall meeting, as the article claimed. Our rating Resistance Report says Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall." A letter by Johnson’s office that was cited by the group warned a man that if he did not stop calling and visiting Johnson’s office, the Capitol Police would be called. The letter had nothing to do with town hall meetings. We rate the statement .
Statement: Poll watchers in Philadelphia "were thrown out.
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: September 29, 2020
Location: national
Topics: elections;pennsylvania
Context: a presidential debate
Fact-check justification: Trump said poll watchers were "thrown out" of a polling place in Philadelphia. But the incident we witnessed, and any others that occurred Tuesday, took place at satellite offices, not at traditional polling places. And they involved self-appointed observers, not licensed poll watchers. While mail voting was indeed happening in physical locations Tuesday, and Trump supporters tried to watch, that voting wasn’t happening at polling places and those supporters weren’t poll watchers. Trump either knew or should have known that poll watchers aren’t allowed at satellite locations, because his campaign is fighting in federal court right now to change that. His statement is not accurate. We rate it .
Statement: While Mayor Rick Kriseman said he would dip into reserves this year because of Hurricane Irma, he "went into the emergency reserves before Irma ever hit.
Speaker: rick baker
About the speaker: From 2001 to 2010, Rick Baker served as mayor of St. Petersburg. In 2017, Baker announced he would run for a third term
Date: September 26, 2017
Location: florida
Topics: city budget;corrections and updates
Context: a comment during a mayoral forum
Fact-check justification: Baker claimed that Kriseman tapped into reserves before Hurricane Irma ever hit. That is accurate. Under Kriseman, the city tapped into reserves early this year to cover the costs of infrastructure upgrades, which included projects to increase capacity at the water reclamation facilities. The the city plans to issue bonds to repay the loan, but there’s no saying when that will happen. Furthermore, bonds are just borrowed money. We rate this  .
Statement: Barack Obama was arrested.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 17, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: But we could find no  that Obama was arrested. We’ve debunked several similar hoaxes over the years. We reached out to the Obama Foundation for a comment, but we haven’t heard back. The Facebook post is  and . We rate it !
Statement: Claims that Obama said, "For those who oppose our policies, you should just shut up and go away.
Speaker: c.w. bill young
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. C. W. Bill Young, R-Indian Shores, represented the 13th Congressional District of Florida. He was the nation's longest-serving Republican congressman on the day of his death, Oct. 18, 2013. Young held public office for more than 50 years, including a decade in the Florida Senate and 22 terms in Congress.
Young was born in Harmarville, Penn., on Dec. 16, 1930. His family moved to Pinellas County when he was 15. He is a veteran of the Army National Guard. He married his second wife, Beverly, in 1985. They have two sons, Billy and Patrick, and Robbie from her first marriage.
Date: November 9, 2009
Location: florida
Topics: elections
Context: a meeting of Florida Republicans
Fact-check justification: But the broader context shows that Obama's criticisms were more targeted. Specifically, Obama was criticizing Republicans who blame him for the country's economic problems, when -- he says -- many of the problems were created while Republicans were in power. That's a far cry from Young's report of Obama's statement --  "For those who oppose our policies, you should just shut up and go away." Young's statement is much more sweeping and dismissive than anything the president said. We rate Young's  .
Statement: Video shows the city of San Diego displaying a flag supportive of pedophilia.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: July 9, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: The progress pride flag, pictured in the San Diego video, also features brown and black stripes. It was created in 2018 by artist Daniel Quasar in an attempt to build upon the Philadelphia pride flag , which added black and brown stripes for people of color.   "The trans flag stripes and marginalized community stripes were shifted to the Hoist of the flag and given a new chevron shape," wrote Quasar on his website . "The arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the hoist edge shows that progress still needs to be made." We rate claims that San Diego flew a flag representing pedophilia !
Statement: Obamacare passed by just one vote in the Senate. It wouldn't have passed without Mark Warner's vote.
Speaker: ed gillespie
About the speaker: Ed Gillespie is a Republican strategist who currently runs the firm Ed Gillespie Strategies. He served as counselor to former President George W. Bush. Gillespie has announced he will run for Virginia governor in 2017. He narrowly lost a 2014 bid for the U.S. Senate to Democrat Mark Warner.
Date: January 21, 2014
Location: virginia
Topics: health care;voting record
Context: a web ad
Fact-check justification: Gillespie says "Obamacare passed by one vote in the Senate. It wouldn’t have passed without Mark Warner’s vote." This is an improvement on past Republican efforts to blame Warner for casting the deciding vote to block a filibuster against Obamacare when, in fact, he was joined by 59 colleagues. It casts Warner as part of a collective weight that tipped the scales -- not the final grain of sand. Warner was one of 60 who voted to block the filibuster -- the bare number required under Senate rules. That allowed the Senate the following day to vote on the Obamacare bill and here’s where Gillespie’s statement comes up a little bit short. The bill, with Warner’s support, passed by a 60-39 vote. But since it only required a simple majority in the 100-member Senate to approve the legislation, Warner’s vote was not essential this time around. The actual Obamacare bill would have passed with or without him. So Gillespie’s statement is largely accurate but needs a technical clarification. We rate it .
Statement: #Broward elections department has a history of violating the law.
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: November 8, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: elections;legal issues
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Rubio said the Broward elections department "has a history of violating the law." Rubio’s tweet linked to a lawsuit in which a judge found Snipes prematurely unlawfully destroyed ballots. In the other case Rubio cited, the judge issued an injunction preventing Snipes from opening mail-in ballots before the canvassing board convened. It is worth mentioning, though, that Snipes has also won two cases in which she was sued: one related to a handful of ballots that omitted an amendment question and another which pertained to removing ineligible voters. We rate this statement .
Statement: Franklin Roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war.
Speaker: charles rangel
About the speaker: Charles Rangel is a Democratic congressman from New York City and the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
Date: April 4, 2011
Location: national
Topics: legal issues;foreign policy;military
Context: an interview on the Fox Business network
Fact-check justification: And in each of those cases, the president sought congressional support (reluctantly or otherwise) before initiating hostilities and ultimately received it (with varying degrees of unanimity). So where does this leave us? Rangel is right that Roosevelt is the last president, strictly speaking, "to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war." But at least two presidents -- both George Bushes -- have waited to launch wars until they had an official vote from Congress backing them up. On balance, we rate Rangel’s statement .
Statement: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is.
Speaker: russ feingold
About the speaker: Russ Feingold served as a Democratic U.S. Senator representing Wisconsin from 1992 until 2010, when he was defeated for re-election. An attorney, he previously served 10 years in the Wisconsin Legislature. Following his Senate defeat, he founded Progressives United, which says it mission is to "stand up to the exploding corporate influence in our political system by organizing and amplifying the voices of those who believe that corporations have too much power." Feingold is running against U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, the man who defeated him, in the 2016 election.
Date: January 26, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: iraq;foreign policy;military;terrorism
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating Feingold said Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is." Johnson favors sending foreign and American troops to Iraq and Syria in an effort to defeat ISIS there. He’s said he has heard experts say the effort would require 100,000 troops, including 25,000 from the United States. He indicated he might support those levels, or perhaps 10,000 American troops, but didn’t go so far as to call for any particular numbers. For a statement that is partially accurate but leaves out important details, our rating is .
Statement: When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem.
Speaker: johnny isakson
About the speaker: Johnny Isakson, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Georgia
Date: February 2, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: public health;veterans
Context: an Associated Press news story
Fact-check justification: It is the context that matters here. The number fails to impart the fact that research shows veterans commit suicide at a higher, perhaps much higher, rate than their civilian counterparts. Isakson was correct on the numbers. But there is a bit of context missing in what those numbers mean. We rate Isakson's statement .
Statement: The last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in government's competence was under Ronald Reagan.
Speaker: george will
About the speaker: George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.
Date: October 5, 2014
Topics: history;polls and public opinion;punditfact
Context: comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: George Will said the last time there was a "sustained surge" in confidence in government was under Reagan. While trust did rise and generally hold level in the Reagan years, it also had a steady and larger increase under Clinton.  However you slice the numbers, it is clear that the American public had a "sustained surge of confidence" during Clinton's presidency. And Clinton, obviously, was president more recently than Reagan. We rate Will’s  .
Statement: Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 13, 2021
Location: tennessee
Topics: children;education;history;race and ethnicity;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed that a Tennessee law "passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12." A Tennessee law adopted in May does not prohibit the teaching of Black history in public schools. The law does impose restrictions on teaching by banning critical race theory, which is a collection of ideas about systemic bias and privilege. The law prohibits the teaching of certain concepts, including that "an individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously"; and that "an individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex." The statement contains an element of  but gives a  impression of the scope of the law. We rate it .
Statement: Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution.
Speaker: ron paul
About the speaker: Ron Paul, a Texas physician, served two stints in the U.S. House. He also was the Libertarian Party nominee for president in 1988 before later seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2012. He didn't seek re-election to the House in 2012.
Date: September 17, 2007
Location: national
Topics: legal issues
Context: a statement on his campaign Web site
Fact-check justification: We checked with a congressional historian and two constitutional law professors who said they believe those votes do not meet Paul's . A.E. Dick Howard, a law professor at the University of Virginia, said Paul's  "just doesn't stand up. ... My guess is you could find a hundred other examples." So we find that Paul's absolutist statement "never" is .
Statement: Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document.
Speaker: jim himes
About the speaker: Rep. Jim Himes is a Democratic member of the House of Representatives representing Connecticut's 4th Congressional District.
Date: December 18, 2019
Location: national
Topics: congress;impeachment
Context: an impeachment debate
Fact-check justification: Himes said Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document." The White House told Congress that it would not cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry, and all  suggests that the White House stood by that pledge.  The White House did, however, release two call readouts. They were not in response to congressional subpoenas as part of the House’s investigation.  We rate Himes’ statement .
Statement: Photo shows Joe Biden's license plate says "THEBIGGUY.
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: October 26, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: It shows a series of numbers, not "THEBIGGUY." In Delaware, "THEBIGGUY" isn’t even a possible vanity plate . Personalized plates can’t exceed seven letters or numbers. "THEBIGGUY" is nine letters.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws.
Speaker: debbie wasserman schultz
About the speaker: Debbie Wasserman Schultz became the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in 2011 and resigned in July 2016. The Florida Democrat was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 after serving in the state senate. She represents Congressional District 23 in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Date: June 5, 2011
Location: national
Topics: elections;legal issues
Context: an interview with political commentator Roland Martin
Fact-check justification: Wasserman Schultz’s comparison reduces an overwhelming apartheid system to one of its facets, voting laws. And Jim Crow was pure racism, whereas the intent behind today’s proposals is, at most, partisan gain -- albeit at the expense of some would-be voters, many of whom are likely to be minorities. Reasonable people can disagree about the wisdom of the new laws, but they would not return the United States to Jim Crow. Saying so offers more heat than light. On balance, we rate her comment .
Statement: Global warming is a "fraud.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 25, 2023
Topics: climate change;science;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed climate change is the "most significant fraud perpetrated on humanity." Most of the world’s scientists found that climate change is real and fueled by human activity.  Climate change’s impact on the world can be traced back to the 1800s, when the Industrial Revolution led to an increase in the burning of fossil fuels and a corresponding release of greenhouse gases into the Earth’s atmosphere. The gases trap heat from the sun, warming the planet and causing temperatures to rise. We rate this  .
Statement: I took on the worst road system in the country, according to Trucker's magazine. When I left, they said it was the most improved road system in the country.
Speaker: mike huckabee
About the speaker: 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.
Date: January 10, 2008
Location: national
Context: Myrtle Beach, S.C
Fact-check justification: "They have done a lot of work," said Andy Duncan, a senior editor for the magazine. "Nevertheless, the consensus is that they have a ways to go." And so while Huckabee is right that the state earned the honor for the most improved roads at one point in his term, it's a stretch to say that was the case when he left office. And Arkansas still lags behind other states. So we rate Huckabee's  .
Statement: In 2006, I went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market.
Speaker: rick santorum
About the speaker: 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.
Date: January 26, 2012
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;economy;financial regulation;housing
Context: Jacksonville, Fla
Fact-check justification: Santorum said he "went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market." Indeed, he signed a letter along with a group of colleagues asking for reform of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. But it didn't warn of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market. And we couldn't find  that Santorum voiced that concern in 2005 or 2006 in press releases, transcripts or news clips. Instead, he sponsored a successful amendment of a reform bill to boost the entities' commitment to affordable housing, a very different concern. We rate his statement .