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Statement: Don Bolduc wants to cut trillions from Medicare and end Social Security.
Speaker: maggie hassan
About the speaker: New Hampshire Democrat Maggie Hassan was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. She formerly served as governor and as a state lawmaker in New Hampshire. 
Date: October 19, 2022
Location: new hampshire
Topics: federal budget;medicare;social security;ad watch
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Hassan said Bolduc "wants to cut trillions from Medicare and end Social Security." In 2020, Bolduc advocated for cutting $1.2 trillion for Medicare and in August 2022 he called for "getting government out" of Medicare. In 2020 and again in October 2022, Bolduc advocated that future retirees transition from Social Security to private savings accounts. In September, Bolduc’s campaign told Politico that he no longer supports privatizing either program. But his October comments reiterated support for eventually changing Social Security to private investments accounts. Hassan’s ad  the trillions Bolduc once said he would take out of Medicare (it’s over $1 trillion), but Bolduc has endorsed gradually ending Social Security by moving future retirees into private investment accounts. With that clarification, we rate Hassan’s statement . RELATED: Fact-checking ads in the 2022 election campaigns RELATED: Democrats attack Republican Social Security plans. What’s in them? RELATED: Rick Scott repeats   that Democrats cut $280 billion from Medicare
Statement: Says researchers found a "fabric that kills coronaviruses
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 21, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: An article spread widely on Facebook says researchers have discovered a "fabric that kills coronaviruses" This particular application has not yet been peer-reviewed or approved by the FDA, but initial research shows electroceutical fabric is indeed able to neutralize the virus after a minute of contact with the electrical field generated by the fabric. The company that already manufacturers this product for use as a wound dressing hopes to have it ready for release later this year in antiviral face masks. So the signs are good, but given these findings are preliminary and haven’t yet been subject to peer review, we rate this .
Statement: McCain opposed a requirement that the government buy American-made motorcycles. And he said all buy-American provisions were quote 'disgraceful.'
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: August 12, 2008
Location: national
Topics: federal budget
Context: a radio ad
Fact-check justification: I firmly object to all 'buy America' restrictions, as they represent gross examples of protectionist trade policy." He added, "Furthermore, as a fiscal conservative, I want to ensure our government gets the best deal for taxpayers and with a 'buy American' restriction that cannot be guaranteed." The McCain campaign did not respond to Obama's charge. But his past words say it all. Obama's  is .
Statement: Gov. Nathan Deal "has taken at least $15,600 from the (Koch brothers), their businesses, and their employees.
Speaker: patriot majority usa
About the speaker: Patriot Majority USA describes itself as an organization hoping to empower all Americans. Its action plan includes providing more money for public schools, improving the nation’s roads and bridges, supporting the federal health care law’s provision that allows parents to keep their children on their insurance until the age of 26, and closing tax loopholes for special-interest groups.
Date: September 30, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: campaign finance
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: So does that mean the Koch brothers support the policies of these two Democrats because of these contributions? To sum up, Patriot Majority USA says Deal accepted $15,600 in campaign contributions from businesses owned by the Koch brothers or employees who work for those companies. One of those employees cited had retired by the time he made two contributions to Deal totaling $7,500, nearly half of what Patriot Majority USA mentioned in its news release. The information in the release is not accurate. We rate it .
Statement: This is the first time in Texas history -- and only the fourth time in United States history -- that two women are running for the top spots.
Speaker: gilberto hinojosa
About the speaker: Gilberto Hinojosa, a former elected judge for Cameron County in the Rio Grande Valley, won election as chairman of the Texas Democratic Party in June 2012.
Date: December 10, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: elections;women
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: Hinojosa said: "This is the first time in Texas history -- and only the fourth time in United States history -- that two women are running for the top spots." Hinojosa is entirely correct in reference to general elections nationally only if the 1998 victories of two Arizona Republicans are not considered. But two or more women have sought to be nominated for a state’s top elected positions more than 20 times since 2000. We rate this partly accurate  as . UPDATE, 4:30 p.m., Jan. 3, 2014 : We updated this article to note that in 1998, women ran and won the top state offices in Arizona. This change did not affect our initial rating.  – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Spicer: "Trump has the legal right to cancel SCOTUS because they serve at his pleasure
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: June 21, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a blog
Fact-check justification: The website that published the story did not respond to a request for comment, but it does contain a disclaimer published in the "about us" tab. "USPOLN may include information from sources that may or may not be reliable and facts that don’t necessarily exist," the disclaimer reads. "These articles should be considered satirical and any and all quotes attributed to actual people complete and total baloney." While some of the details about the press conference are correct, Spicer’s comments about the presidential ability to disband the courts is complete and total baloney. We rate this statement !
Statement: Republicans enacted the most drastic cuts to K-12 public schools of any state in the nation.
Speaker: mark miller
About the speaker: Mark Miller, a Democrat, is the majority leader of the Wisconsin state Senate. Representing the Madison area, he has served in the Senate since 2005. He previously served in the state Assembly from 1999 through 2005. He became majority leader after a June 5, 2012 recall election shifted control to Democrats.
Date: September 22, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a radio address
Fact-check justification: "  He cited media reports concerning a study by a liberal think tank. Researchers we consulted poked no holes in the study, but it only covered about half the states. And while Wisconsin did indeed lead in cuts by one measure, it was third according to a second measure that is highlighted in the group’s report. There’s an element of  in Miller’s , but he pushed past the limits of the study. We rate the statement .
Statement: Iowa ranks 45th in the U.S. for internet connectivity.
Speaker: cindy axne
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne is a Democrat from Iowa. She was elected to represent the states 3rd District in 2018.
Date: November 5, 2021
Location: iowa
Topics: infrastructure;technology
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Axne tweeted, claiming Iowa was the 45th state in the country for internet connectivity.  Various sources confirm Iowa falls behind other states, including BroadbandNow.com ranking the state as 45th for state broadband access in comparison to the rest of the United States.  Axne’s  of Iowa’s U.S. ranking for broadband connectivity is confirmed through reliable sources, so we rate it .
Statement: There are so many loopholes ... our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world.
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: September 26, 2008
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: Oxford, Miss
Fact-check justification: McCain’s repeated citation of statutory corporate tax rates is  because it does not take into account various deducations to which businesses are entitled. But we also think Obama’s assertion that these deductions result in the United States having one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the world similarly oversimplifies things. It’s  for some business, particularly ones that can write off a lot of debt payments. But it’s not  for others. So we rate Obama’s statement .
Statement: Says Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina "has the highest salary among Florida mayors. More than $260,000.
Speaker: common sense now
About the speaker: Common Sense Now is a third-party group supporting Carlos Gimenez for Miami-Dade mayor.
Date: June 20, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: But Robaina received more than $105,000 for expenses, which he got whether or not he used the money on business. Other mayors in Florida are reimbursed for their expenses. We don't know how much of that money was used for legitimate expenses. So it's not fair to include all of that money as straight "salary." We rate this  .
Statement: When it comes to jobless workers, "Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people.
Speaker: jack markell
About the speaker: Jack Markell is the Democratic governor of Delaware.
Date: September 5, 2012
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;workers
Context: Charlotte, N.C.
Fact-check justification: Markell talked about helping laid-off workers find jobs, then said, "What do you think Mitt Romney would have done if that call came in? Well, Mitt Romney already told us what he would do. Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people." He’s cherry-picking Romney’s words and putting them in an entirely different context. What Romney actually said was, "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me," and he was talking specifically about switching health insurance companies if a provider isn’t giving good service. We rate Markell’s statement .
Statement: Says Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood.
Speaker: michael williams
About the speaker: State Sen. Michael Williams is a Republican candidate running in Georgia’s gubernatorial primary.
Date: February 27, 2018
Location: georgia
Topics: economy;guns
Context: a CNN interview
Fact-check justification: Williams said Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood. We found no  that supports Williams’ . Planned Parenthood said its donors and members do not receive any corporate perks from Delta, and Williams failed to show that one exists. Williams’ campaign said that a Planned Parenthood supporter is a Delta partner, but that’s also not . We rate Williams’  .
Statement: Says "you cannot implement Paul Ryan's plan without allowing for any increases in revenue.
Speaker: kasim reed
About the speaker: Kasim Reed is Mayor of Atlanta.
Date: September 23, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: federal budget
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: To sum up, the mayor said, "You cannot implement Paul Ryan’s plan without allowing for any increases in revenue." Reed’s argument is strengthened by some of the nonpartisan historical research on tax cuts and its impact on the economy, as well as Ryan’s statements that he would propose ending some loopholes, which is another form of increasing revenue. But even critics of Ryan’s plan say there is a path to the deficit reduction the congressman has proposed, though Reed and others may not like cuts that would be required to line up with the revenue projections. PolitiFact Georgia thought long and hard about this one. In the end, we rate the mayor’s statement .
Statement: Dave Aronberg "was the first to demand that BP create a billion-dollar fund to pay for the devastation.
Speaker: dave aronberg
About the speaker: Dave Aronberg is a former state senator from Palm Beach County who campaigned to be Florida Attorney General and was defeated in the Democratic Primary on Aug. 24, 2010. He was elected Palm Beach State Attorney in 2012.
Date: July 26, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: message machine 2010;oil spill
Context: a mailer
Fact-check justification: There's no certain way to rule Aronberg first among state legislators without contacting every legislator. We didn't find anything showing any Cabinet members demanding an escrow fund before Aronberg, who wrote his letter May 5. We did find  that Florida Congressman Jeff Miller asked for an escrow fund May 3. Aronberg should have been more precise in his mailer, such as "first state legislator." For that omission, we give him a .
Statement: Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent.
Speaker: clay pell
About the speaker: Clay Pell is a Democratic who made an unsuccessful run for governor in Rhode Island in Rhode Island. He lost in the Democratic primary. A former deputy assistant secretary for international and foreign language education at the U.S. Department of Education, he is a grandson of the late United States senator, Claiborne Pell and the husband of former Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan.
Date: April 30, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: education
Context: a campaign website
Fact-check justification: Clay Pell said, "Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent." The campaign made an error in calculating the dropout rate, which, according to the Rhode Island Department of Education was actually 11.9 percent in 2011-12, the latest year for which figures were available. But the state did have the highest "event dropout rate" in New England, according to federal statistics. Because the statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context, we rate it .
Statement: With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures.
Speaker: charles schumer
About the speaker: Charles Schumer is a Democratic senator from New York and the Senate majority leader.
Date: January 21, 2010
Location: national
Topics: corporations;elections;legal issues;supreme court
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: But he ignores the fact that the ban on direct donations from corporations to campaigns still exists. And the oldest law that specifically banned independent expenditures dated to 1947. You could also argue that we should be dating this from the 1970s campaign finance laws, or even the 1990 Austin case. So he's exaggerating the scope of the ruling and how long the laws have been on the books. We rate Schumer's statement .
Statement: Says Joe Biden is wearing a foot boot to hide an ankle monitor.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 1, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .)   Newsweek reported that the  is being amplified by believers in the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, which maintains that President Donald Trump is fighting a deep state coup and that Democrats and celebrities are running a child sex-trafficking ring.   We’ve previously debunked claims that actor Tom Hanks was photographed wearing an ankle monitor because he was purportedly arrested in Australia for pedophilia and that former President Barack Obama and talk show hosts Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres were wearing ankle monitors because they were under house arrest for child trafficking crimes .   We found no  to substantiate the  that Biden is wearing an ankle monitor or that he was arrested.   We rate these claims .
Statement: Says Maxine Waters said Trump supporters are "not welcome here" and "we must welcome everyone who crosses our borders.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 18, 2018
Location: california
Topics: immigration
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post says Waters said Trump supporters are "not welcome here" and that "we must welcome everyone who crosses our borders."  Neither quote is accurate. Waters did say that members of Trump’s Cabinet are "not welcome anymore, anywhere" in a June 2018 critique of the administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy, one that led to the separation of children from their parents at the Mexico border. But she did not direct her comments at all Trump supporters as this post suggests. We rate this post .
Statement: An Austrian politician "exposed the defectiveness of the government's Covid-19 tests by demonstrating how even a glass of Coca Cola will test positive for Covid-19.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: December 15, 2020
Topics: coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Schnedlitz did place a sample of Coke on a rapid test for COVID-19 antibodies and said it tested positive. But the company that makes the test said that isn’t surprising — because Schnedlitz didn’t do the test correctly. He left out a key step that would have yielded a negative result. Schnedlitz proved not that the testing device is defective, but rather that he did the test incorrectly. We rate the Instagram post .
Statement: All four on Mount Rushmore, they were all independents at one critical point in their career.
Speaker: larry pressler
About the speaker: Larry Pressler served as a Republican U.S. Senator from South Dakota from 1979 to 1997, following two terms in the U.S. House. In 2014, he is making another Senate run from South Dakota as an Independent.
Date: October 16, 2014
Location: national
Topics: elections;history
Context: a campaign forum
Fact-check justification: Pressler, an independent, said, "All four on Mount Rushmore, they were independents at one point in their career." It would be an effective campaign pitch, particularly in the home state of the iconic monument, but alas, it’s rubble. Of the four, Washington is probably the one with the most independent bona fides. You can perhaps make the case Jefferson was an independent "at one point" very early when parties were less common, but he went on to prominently serve as a Democratic-Republican — a party he helped found — as both vice president and president. However, there is no gray area when it comes to Lincoln and Roosevelt. Both switched parties, but were always affiliated with one and spoke of their importance. They never ran nor served as independents. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says a poll found him the only Republican candidate who could beat Barack Obama in Texas -- and by eight points.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: August 8, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: polls and public opinion
Context: a New Hampshire town hall
Fact-check justification: In the June poll, all told, Romney performed better in Texas than other Republicans against Obama, but contrary to his statement, he was not the only Republican to best him. He was the only candidate who did so by more than the poll's margin of error. But Romney is hardly the only Republican who could win the state. No Democratic presidential nominee has carried Texas since 1976. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says the manager of a Checkers in Miami Gardens, Fla., killed 10 employees.
Speaker: channel24news.com
About the speaker: A website that allows users to create fake news stories.
Date: June 22, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: an Internet post
Fact-check justification: The site is registered to a Korry Scherer in Milwaukee, Wis . We attempted to reach Scherer at the contact information provided (there’s none on the site) but didn’t hear back. We didn’t find a record of a mass shooting at a Miami Gardens Checkers, although a man was shot and killed at another location in the town in 2015. As a word of warning to readers, it’s probably best to be wary of any article coming from Channel24News.com. We rate this particular statement !
Statement: Says House Republicans spent $50 million on 33 votes to repeal Obamacare.
Speaker: betty sutton
About the speaker: Rep. Betty Sutton is a Democrat from Ohio's 13th Congressional District.
Date: July 18, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: health care
Context: a campaign email
Fact-check justification: First, Sutton’s campaign describes the money as wasted, which is an opinion that PolitiFact Ohio cannot rate. Beyond that, the  is not accurate. Her campaign applies the $50 million figure from the CBS report to something that CRS specifically warned was "methodologically impossible."   And as a member of Congress, she would have access to the CRS report from December which made that warning. On the -O-Meter, the Sutton campaign’s  rates .
Statement: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posed improperly with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo because he "had a bit too much to drink.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 18, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The photo is real, but Trudeau wasn’t standing like that because he’d had one too many drinks. The May 17 photo was posted by the Yonhap News Agency , and the caption said Trudeau adjusted his height to that of Kim. A full video of their meeting showed that Trudeau ( 6 feet, 2 inches ),  was initially standing properly while their photos were being taken, when Kim (about 5 feet, 7 inches ) tiptoed playfully to match Trudeau’s height. Trudeau then adjusted his stance. We rate this out-of-context  .