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Statement: A bill to aid state and local governments "is fully paid-for by closing costly corporate tax loopholes.
Speaker: nancy pelosi
About the speaker: 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.
Date: August 10, 2010
Location: national
Topics: children;education;families;federal budget;health care;states;stimulus;taxes
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: In addition, the fact sheet sent to reporters by Pelosi's office cited the food stamp cuts. So while Pelosi's release was correct in saying the bill was "fully paid-for," it was  to simply say that came from "costly corporate tax loopholes" (though it wouldn't have had much Democratic appeal if she'd added "and cuts to food stamps.") In reality, not even a majority of the money is from corporate tax provisions. If Pelosi had said this during a fast-paced television interview, we'd be willing to cut her some slack, but this description came from a press release written by her office, so they had ample time and space to explain all of the bill's provisions, as they had in fact done in other contexts. So we rate the statement .
Statement: A Reddit post shows a parent admitting to forcing their child to continue transitioning by sneaking hormone medication.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: April 12, 2022
Location: national
Topics: lgbtq
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: A Reddit post appears to show a transgender parent admitting to forcing their child to continue transitioning by sneaking hormone medication. The post isn’t legitimate. The subreddit thread it was shared on was created so people could roleplay as transgender parents to promote fabricated abusive practices and hatred of transgender people.  We rate this  .
Statement: Says, "Since 1994 when VAWA was first passed, incidents of domestic violence have dropped more than 50 percent.
Speaker: jeff merkley
About the speaker: Jeff Merkley is a Democratic senator from Oregon. He was elected in 2008. Merkley won his first campaign for the Oregon Legislature as a representative in 1998. He was elected Democratic leader in 2003 and speaker of the House in 2007. He studied international relations at Stanford University and earned a graduate degree in public policy at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Date: February 7, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: congress;women
Context: a press call
Fact-check justification: Surveys by the American Bar Association and other independent groups had similar findings. That’s a lot of scholarship and paper, sponsored, collected and analyzed by federal and independent researchers. And while the results don’t perfectly align, all agree that the incidence of domestic abuse has dropped by more than 50 percent since the Violence Against Women Act was passed in 1994. You can quibble about the minor differences but not the accuracy of Merkley’s statement. We rate this : .
Statement: Leftist justice reform" is the reason that the NYC subway shooting suspect wasn't in jail at the time of the attack.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 13, 2022
Location: national
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks;new york
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims "leftist justice reform" is the reason that James wasn’t in jail before the subway attack. There is no  that recent criminal justice reform efforts by prosecutors had any impact on whether James was in custody. His previous arrests occurred decades ago, well before these initiatives were introduced. We rate this .  RELATED: No, the Brooklyn subway shooting was not a  flag attack   PolitiFact researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report.
Statement: By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds.
Speaker: stacey evans
About the speaker: Stacey Evans, a Democrat, is a state representative from the Smyrna area.
Date: November 18, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: an op-ed
Fact-check justification: Evans believes the state should lower the percentage of how low the reserve fund in relation to actual revenues could be before officials are prohibited from dipping into it to help pay for the HOPE program. We better understand the lawmaker’s point about the potential inability to draw from the reserve fund, but it takes some work to get there. We believe her initial statement can confuse anyone who reads the commission’s most recent report and sees $420 million projected in the account by fiscal year 2013. Her statement is technically accurate, but it needs some additional information. We rate it .
Statement: We've created or saved up to 1.6 million jobs, according to the CBO -- the Congressional Budget Office -- through the Recovery Act.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: 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.
Date: December 9, 2009
Location: national
Topics: economy;stimulus
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Had the CBO report concluded the jobs saved or created were somewhere between, say, 1.4 million and 1.6 million, we might have been more inclined to rate Obama's statement better. But the CBO's projected range is huge. The high end -- 1.6 million -- is nearly triple the low end. And so in this case, we think it's  to only cite the top end. We rate his statement .
Statement: Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans.
Speaker: mike rogers
About the speaker: Mike Rogers is a Republican from Michigan who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015, including a stint as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. A former FBI special agent, he is now a national security commentator for CNN.
Date: January 12, 2016
Topics: polls and public opinion;pundits;punditfact
Context: a roundtable discussion on CNN
Fact-check justification: CNN commentator and former congressman Mike Rogers said, "Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans." A January 2016 Fox News poll found Trump was nine times more popular among Republicans than Democrats, when matched up against Clinton. A December 2015 Quinnipiac poll found that the billionaire was 20 times more popular. Rogers, in contrast, cited one survey that didn't even poll people who said they leaned Democrat and another that found Democrat support for Trump was only about one quarter of what it was among Republicans. The relevant numbers render Roger's assertion . We rate it  !
Statement: In Congress Tom Barrett voted to allow abortions through the ninth month, just moments before the baby is born.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: 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.
Date: October 22, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: abortion;message machine 2010
Context: a campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: The ban focused on a particular abortion method and was not tied to the gestation period of the fetus. Walker’s ad -- which makes no reference to the partial-birth issue -- makes it sound as if Barrett was voting in favor of Roe vs. Wade. Partial-birth abortions, even by the account of abortion opponents, were  limited to second trimester and earlier -- not commonly done in the "moments before the baby is born." While the two sides cannot agree on how common ninth-month abortions were then -- or now -- there is an element of  to the statement: Barrett twice took a position that arguably blocked a narrowing of abortions, some of which could occur late. We rate Walker’s  .
Statement: Says there was a "28% increase in children to the border in my administration" and "31% … in 2019." The increase in migration in January, February and March "happens every year.
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: March 25, 2021
Topics: immigration;border security;homeland security
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Biden is  about the increase in children’s arrivals during his administration — it’s 63%, more than twice what he said. His figure for 2019 was roughly accurate. Biden is correct that rising border apprehensions in February and March are part of a seasonal pattern, but his  ignores that the total number of encounters this year is likely to be the highest in 20 years. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Recent wildfires in California were planned to clear land for a high-speed rail system.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: June 8, 2023
Location: california
Topics: fires;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: It’s  that California is trying to build a high-speed rail system that spans San Francisco and Sacramento to Los Angeles and San Diego, but only a 117-mile "starter" line connecting some cities in the middle of the state is supposed to be completed by 2030 (and few expect construction to meet that deadline, according to The New York Times .) More importantly, there’s no  to support claims that wildfires have been started in California — then or now — to make way for tracks. Rather, a peer-reviewed study published June 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concluded that the recent surge in catastrophic wildfires in the state is almost entirely caused by climate change . That means baseless claims they were caused by laser weapons are out, too.   We rate this post .
Statement: Israel is banning Christianity.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 20, 2023
Topics: israel;religion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook video
Fact-check justification: Gafni said he does not intend to advance the legislation, The Associated Press reported . He introduced the bill as a procedural matter, as he has done in the past. Additionally, Netanyahu has spoken out against the bill, saying he would prevent it from passing. "We will not advance any law against the Christian community," Netanyahu tweeted in March. We rate the  that Israel is banning Christianity .
Statement: This is the only state in the country that bypassed the General Assembly to authorize [in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants].
Speaker: doreen costa
About the speaker: Doreen Costa, who is also active in the Tea Party, has been a State Representative since 2011. 
Date: March 26, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: immigration;education;states
Context: a radio talk show
Fact-check justification: State Rep. Doreen Costa said that Rhode Island is the only state that decided to allow in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants without enacting a law first. The Rhode Island Board of Governors made the move as a matter of policy. In the dozen other states that offer reduced tuition to undocumented students it is a matter of law. State Rep. Grace Diaz has once again submitted a bill to write the policy into law. But until her legislation passes, the Ocean State will stand alone on this issue. We rule Costa’s statement . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: Rick Scott's Administration spent over $100,000 of taxpayer money during their first voter purge attempt in 2012.
Speaker: florida for all
About the speaker: Florida for All, a frequent critic of Republican Gov. Rick Scott, is a group that is funded in part by the Democratic Governors Association.
Date: January 20, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: elections
Fact-check justification: Florida for All said in a press release, "Rick Scott’s Administration spent over $100,000 of taxpayer money during their first voter purge attempt in 2012." The number comes from a May 2012 news story. The amount based on 50 cent charge per search for using SAVE and multiplied times 180,000 names on a list of potential noncitizens. But months later the state abandoned its effort long before it got to checking all of those names. We can’t fully account for the state’s costs; for example, we can’t account for the time that government employees worked on the project. But we do know the state spent a total of about $52,000, largely for litigation and to use SAVE data. The group wrongly used a source that was based on initial information about the state’s project and did not reflect the total cost months later, resulting in a total that was about double the best number we could nail down. We rate this  .
Statement: Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15 million Americans out.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: 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.
Date: November 15, 2007
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: Las Vegas, Nev.
Fact-check justification: But with no mandate, some people would inevitably go without coverage. But how many? Clinton says 15 million; health care experts it's impossible to come up with a reliable number without more details on Obama's plan. Clinton's 15 million number could be a reasonable estimate -- it's 30 percent of those currently without insurance -- but it's at best a guess. For that we reason, we rate her  .
Statement: System 'Glitch' ... In Wisconsin - Reversal of Swapped Votes Removes Lead from Joe Biden.
Speaker: eric trump
About the speaker: 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.
Date: November 9, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Eric Trump claimed on Twitter that a glitch uncovered in Rock County removes Biden’s lead in Wisconsin. But there was no glitch in the election system. And there’s no "gotcha" moment or  that will move votes over to President Trump’s column. The presidential totals were transposed for several minutes due to a data entry error by the Associated Press, without any involvement by election officials. The votes were counted following standard procedures by the Rock County Clerk’s Office and show Biden winning the county by a margin of more than 9,000 votes. We rate this  !
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton "is the one that labeled African-American youth as 'superpredators.'
Speaker: reince priebus
About the speaker: Reince Priebus was the first chief of staff to President Donald Trump, replaced by John Kelly in July 2017. Priebus was previously chairman of the Republican National Committee, a post he assumed in 2011. He is also the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He was an unsuccessful Wisconsin state Senate candidate in 2004. He is a Kenosha, Wis., native and lawyer.
Date: August 28, 2016
Location: national
Topics: crime
Context: an interview during NBC's Meet the Press
Fact-check justification: Priebus said Hillary Clinton is "the the one that labeled African-American youth as superpredators." Clinton — in the midst of championing her husband’s 1994 crime legislation — did use the term "superpredator" when referring to "gangs of kids." She did not specifically label superpredators as African-American, but the context of her speech and her subsequent apology decades later suggests it was a reasonable inference. Priebus’  is accurate, but needs some clarification, so for that reason we rate his statement .
Statement: Large phone companies and their trade association have hired 35 registered lobbyists to influence and pass SB 271 (deregulation legislation).
Speaker: aarp
About the speaker: AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization active on issues that impact people age 50 and over.
The organization, based in Washington, D.C., also has offices in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Date: March 26, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: government regulation
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: They acknowledged they might have double counted a handful of lobbyists, but PolitiFact Ohio actually found some they missed and ended up tallying 36 who work for large telephone companies. These companies have staffs who lobby on their behalf all the time and these people weren’t hired just for this specific piece of legislation. That is apparent given that  the companies had 33 lobbyists in January 2011, long before the legislation was being considered. That’s a point of clarification. On the -O-Meter, AARP’s  rates .
Statement: In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 30, 2019
Topics: congress;history;income;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: When it comes to calculating what that amount would translate to in today’s dollars, it’s a bit more complicated. That’s because there are no official inflation numbers going that far back. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI inflation calculator only goes back to 1913.   This post undershoots how much members of the first U.S Congress were paid and there is no official source for translating 1789 U.S. currency into today’s dollars.   We rate this  .
Statement: Photos show children wearing satanic clothing and participating in a satanic club.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 19, 2023
Topics: children;education;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook reel
Fact-check justification: According to the group’s website, the After School Satan Club is "not interested in converting children to Satanism," but in providing "a safe and inclusive alternative" to religious clubs at public schools. Students involved in the club make toys for animals in shelters, write letters to children in hospitals and play educational games, Lisabeth Burkhardt, The Satanic Temple’s assistant to executive ministry, told PolitiFact in May . "The AI images have no resemblance to anything at SatanCon or The Satanic Temple at large and certainly not our after-school program," Burkhardt said. "We do not believe in the existence of Satan, and we do not champion evil." We rate the  that these photos depict children participating in satanic rituals at school .
Statement: Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country.
Speaker: george will
About the speaker: George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.
Date: February 9, 2014
Topics: economy;history;poverty;social security;workers;punditfact
Context: a roundtable discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: Will said, "Social Security was advocated … in the 1930s as a way of getting people to quit working, because they thought we were confined to a permanent scarcity of jobs in this country." The idea that old-age pensions would transition older Americans out of the labor market and usher in younger, unemployed workers was a goal of the Townsend Plan (and of some other Roosevelt policies). But judging both by its design and by the rhetoric used to sell it, Roosevelt’s Social Security Act was targeted more at alleviating poverty among the elderly than at shaping the demographics of the labor market. On balance, we rate the  . *** EDITOR’S NOTE , Feb. 12, 2014: After we published this fact-check, a reader pointed us to an April 28, 1935, "fireside chat" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that seemed to provide clearer support for George Will’s . Roosevelt said, "The program for social security now pending before the Congress is a necessary part of the future unemployment policy of the government. … It proposes, by means of old age pensions, to help those who have reached the age of retirement to give up their jobs and thus give to the younger generation greater opportunities for work and to give to all a feeling of security as they look toward old age." When we showed this statement to a couple of the historians we had originally interviewed, they acknowledged that it was an unusually clear statement on Roosevelt’s part, but they added that it is an exception within the documentary record. "Promoting retirement was a minor goal at best of the old-age parts of the legislation," said University of California-Irvine sociologist Edwin Amenta. Historian Jeff Shesol cited "the near-absence of this argument, not only in Roosevelt’s many remarks over the years but also in the internal deliberations, as recounted by multiple participants, over the Social Security framework." Since our original analysis had already acknowledged that transitioning older workers out of the labor force was "part of the story" of Social Security -- just not the main part -- we are sticking to our ruling of .
Statement: Says under President Barack Obama, the United States has created "five million jobs.
Speaker: robert menendez
About the speaker: Robert Menendez, a Democrat, has been serving as one of New Jersey's U.S. Senators since January 2006. Menendez previously served as a member of the House of Representatives.
Date: November 4, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: jobs
Context: a campaign rally
Fact-check justification: At two campaign rallies leading up to the election, Menendez claimed that under Obama, the United States has created "five million jobs." That’s only  if you’re talking about private-sector job growth since February 2010. When you factor in public-sector job losses and start counting at different points during Obama’s first year in office, the employment picture is far from what Menendez claimed. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .