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Statement: Most of Ted Cruz's money comes from Washington, from outside the state of Texas.
Speaker: david dewhurst
About the speaker: David Dewhurst, the former state land commissioner, was initially elected lieutenant governor of Texas in 2002. He lost his 2012 bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate and lost his bid for re-nomination in 2014.
Date: June 4, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: campaign finance
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Dewhurst says Cruz has raised most of his money from donors in Washington and out of state. Through early May 2012, in reality, Cruz had gathered less than 10 percent of his campaign’s itemized contributions from Washington givers and less than 40 percent from outside Texas. That’s not "most." Our sense is that spending by outside groups for or against Cruz or Dewhurst belongs in a different category than money either one has raised. Such groups are barred from coordinating expenditures with candidates. Still, Dewhurst’s statement has an element of ; Cruz has gotten considerable out-of-state support. We rate Dewhurst’s  .
Statement: The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn't go down -- it went up.
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: July 28, 2017
Location: national
Topics: immigration;homeland security
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Referring to border apprehensions, Trump said, "The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down, it went up." Calculations of the latest figures available from U.S. Customs and Border Protection do not show a 78 percent decline in apprehensions. The closest number to that would be based on cherry-picked numbers of the highest number of apprehensions in November to the lowest number, in April. Though there have been fluctuations over the years in the number of apprehensions, they certainly have gone down under past administrations. We rate Trump’s  .
Statement: Says Denzel Washington supports Donald Trump and speaks out against Barack Obama.
Speaker: americanpoliticnews
About the speaker: AmericanPoliticNews is a largely sensational webiste that post stories with shocking headlines that don't always add up. Details about the website and its writers are not listed. 
Date: November 15, 2016
Topics: elections;fake news;punditfact
Context: Internet sites
Fact-check justification: AmericanPoliticNews wrote a story claiming that Denzel Washington has thrown his support behind Trump, with the headline, "Denzel Washington Switches to Trump Shocks Hollywood, Speaks Out Against Obama." The story is completely fabricated and uses a quote from another story and attributes it to Washington. ! https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/d8025533-b897-4a23-910d-81d72aa711e5
Statement: U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade.
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: January 14, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: abortion
Context: a Republican gubernatorial debate
Fact-check justification: And for two-thirds of America, that's where they live." Summing up: On its face, Perry's statement that Hutchison "voted to continue Roe v. Wade" is  because senators have no such power regarding Supreme Court decisions. If Perry had substituted "affirm" for "continue," the statement would have been accurate, though perhaps less politically potent. But the brunt of Perry's charge is correct: Sen. Hutchison voted for a resolution that said Roe v. Wade should not be overturned. We rate his statement as .
Statement: In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they're tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it's not horrible. By the time they're in the 8th grade, they're 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they're near last.
Speaker: mitch carmichael
About the speaker: Mitch Carmichael, a Republican, is president of the West Virginia state Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2012; prior to that, he served in the state House.
Date: February 14, 2019
Location: west virginia
Topics: education
Context: an interview with WV MetroNews
Fact-check justification: Carmichael said that in West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last." Judging by the past six years of NAEP rankings, Carmichael’s specific figures are slightly off for fourth and eighth grades, but the trend he points out -- a decline for West Virginia between fourth and eighth grades -- is accurate and consistent. As for the end of high school, however, while West Virginia does drop to last among participating states, that finding is undercut by the reality that most states did not take part in the testing. That makes it difficult to know how well West Virginia fared nationally. We rate the statement .
Statement: President Trump just told Paul Ryan, 'You're fired.'
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: March 14, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: fake news
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: In January 2017, BuzzFeed News reported that according to that man, identified as Zeke Wilekenmeyer, the site is "an elaborate trolling operation aimed at conservatives." Ryan press secretary Ian Martorana told us: "That headline is pure fiction." Our rating Bloggers said: "President Trump just told Paul Ryan, ‘You’re fired.’" No such statement has ever surfaced in the mainstream news media, only on a website that warns that much of its material is satirical. Our rating is .
Statement: The Beirut bombing today was directly next to the Lebanon Central Bank, which is also owned by the most evil deep state family, the Rothschilds. There are no coincidences.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 4, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "BDL is a legal public entity enjoying financial and administrative autonomy," the bank’s website says. "Its capital is totally appropriated by the State." As Reuters first reported , the 2019 annual report from Rothschild & Co, the family’s strongest present-day tie to banking, does not mention ownership of central banks. Only a handful of countries, including the U.S. , have central banks with shareholders outside their respective governments. We rate these posts .
Statement: Sometimes I was the only 'no' vote on the entire board.
Speaker: jeff brandes
About the speaker: Jeff Brandes, a Republican who represents St. Petersburg, was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010 and was first elected to the Florida Senate in 2012. 
Date: May 13, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: voting record
Context: response to a question about his voting record
Fact-check justification: Sometimes I was the only 'no' vote on the entire board." Measuring "a lot" can be subjective, but Brandes is right that on two occasions he was the only "no" vote in the Legislature. In other cases, he bucked his party and stood with Democrats. We don't know if that adds up to taking them to the woodshed or not. But we do know it makes his statement .
Statement: Harry Reid's plan is basically giving the president a blank check.
Speaker: eric cantor
About the speaker: Eric Cantor is a former congressman who represented Virginia's 7th District from 2001 to 2014. He rose to House minority whip in 2009 and House majority leader in 2011. Cantor was upset by Dave Brat in the 2014 GOP primary for congress. He is now vice chairman and managing director of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank.
 
 
 
Date: July 26, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: deficit;federal budget
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Reid’s plan does not change that constitutional requirement. Cantor’s office failed to provide a single fact to back the Republican’s contention that Reid’s proposal would give the president a free hand in spending. Cantor’s spokeswoman said he was speaking metaphorically and people understand that. We find that logic hard to accept, particularly at a time of great public divide when the financial integrity of the nation is at stake. We rate Cantor’s statement .
Statement: There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible.
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: November 10, 2015
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: Milwaukee, Wis
Fact-check justification: Cruz said, "There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible." It’s generally accepted that the tax code is about 4 million words long and that the Bible is about 800,000. That’s five times as long. So Cruz’s  is .
Statement: Says a photo shows Beto O'Rourke "in college drunk and pissing his pants.
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: September 21, 2019
Topics: alcohol;candidate biography;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: More recently, the musician seemed to have some fun with the mistaken identity, posting an image of another, similar Facebook post on his Instagram on Sept. 18. "After listening to your latest album I’d say you’re pretty deserving of the presidency," one fan commented.   FactCheck.org spoke to (Sandy) Alex G , whose real name is Alexander Giannascoli, and he said the photo was taken backstage at a show in New York City in 2017 after he spilled a beer on his pants.   We rate this Facebook post !
Statement: Half of children struck by cars near schools are hit by parents driving children to school.
Speaker: safe routes to schools
About the speaker: Portland Safe Routes to School says it is "a partnership of the City of Portland, schools, neighborhoods, community organizations and agencies that advocates for and implements programs that make walking and biking around our neighborhoods and schools fun, easy, safe and healthy for all students and families while reducing our reliance on cars."
Date: November 10, 2010
Location: oregon
Topics: transportation
Context: a mailer
Fact-check justification: We’re not suggesting that proponents of safer roads have trumped up a figure to champion a cause. But the twisted tale of this  is a case study in how falsehoods get passed along with good intentions and nothing to back them up. Just because a statement keeps getting repeated doesn't mean it's  -- even if a source is cited. We find the  . Comment on this item.
Statement: Violent crime rates increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017.
Speaker: joe sanfelippo
About the speaker: Joe Sanfelippo was elected to the State Assembly in 2012 as a Republican from West Allis. He's a small businessman who owned and operated a landscaping business. He served a term on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 2008-12.
Date: February 13, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;crime
Context: the GOP weekly radio address
Fact-check justification: Arguing for a series of tough-on-crime bills, Sanfelippo said in a statewide radio address that violent crime "increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017." Almost every word of that is . Any comparison should have factored in the 2018 data, which was available at the time. The comparisons shouldn’t include the many places where reporting practices changed. And even the use of the word cities is  since the dataset includes towns and villages. Most importantly, Sanfelippo misstated the  he was trying to repeat. In actuality, there are more than 100 Wisconsin municipalities where the crime rate did not rise — more than half the communities included in the best available FBI data. That makes Sanfelippo’s  not only , but . We rate this .
Statement: Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 24, 2022
Topics: environment;energy;facebook fact-checks
Context: a photo
Fact-check justification: And a new one from a March 24 post follows that pattern with a photo it says shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated." The post includes two images, of an oil well and a mine. The caption says the oil well is where "100% organic material is pumped out of the ground, taking up around 500 to 1000 square feet," contrasting that with the mine, which it says "came at a cost of entire mountains, thousands of square miles of land and billions of gallons of oil and fuel." The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat  news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .)
Statement: Says Paul Soglin took Madison backward -- "businesses have left and murders have gone up.
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: January 11, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: city government;corporations;economy;crime
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: But the two large companies cited by Walker that pulled out of Madison cited business reasons, not Soglin, for leaving. And while a mayor can play some role in combating homicides, primarily through a police department, there are many factors that lead to murder. Walker’s statement contains an element of  but is overbroad. We rate it . div class='artembed'>
Statement: Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly impossible" to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Speaker: ed doyle
About the speaker: Ed Doyle is administrator of the Rhode Island chapter of Gun Rights Across America.
Date: April 25, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: criminal justice;crime;government regulation;regulation;guns
Context: a news release and Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Firearms rights supporter Ed Doyle said the wording of the gun control measures being debated at the State House "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database, [and make a permit to carry a concealed weapon] nearly impossible to get." The database and registration fee claims are correct. None of the proposed bills would inherently make it "nearly impossible" to get a concealed weapon permit. And we found that the definition of "assault weapons" in the legislation would not "outlaw practically every firearm." Consumers would have plenty of rifles, shotguns and pistols to choose from. Finally, none of the Rhode Island bills would eliminate any part of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, despite Doyle’s triple-exclamation point assertion. Because of the mix of fact and fiction in his statement, we rate it . (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: A photo shows a Russian warplane under attack.
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: February 24, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  The link to that tweet, now gone, includes a warning instead: "This tweet violated the Twitter rules. "  Reverse image searches show this photo predates the invasion.   We found several sources placing the image nearly 30 years back when in July 1993, two Russian fighters at an airshow in England collided mid-air. Both pilots, from the Russian Flight Research Institute, ejected from their planes and survived with minor injuries, the Independent reported at the time.   We rate claims that this shows a Russian warplane under attack during the ongoing conflict in Ukraine .
Statement: Leaked messages "between former President Barack Obama and Judge Reinhart foreshadowed the unlawful raid on former Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
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 15, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: "  We followed the initial account the post referred to but there were no leaked messages to be found there. These nesting doll-like accounts don’t know something that hasn’t previously been reported. Though records show Reinhart donated $1,000 to Obama when he was running for president in 2008, and another $1,000 to the Obama Victory Fund, a fundraising committee, we found no  to support the  that messages between the two men were leaked in connection with the search of Trump’s estate. There are no credible news reports, nor other other sources to corroborate this post.   We rate this post .
Statement: Four balanced budgets in a row, with no new taxes for anyone. The best job growth in 12 years. Nearly 130,000 new private-sector jobs. Merit pay to reward New Jersey's best teachers, and the most education funding ever.
Speaker: chris christie
About the speaker: Chris Christie announced June 6, 2023 that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. Christie was the governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. As governor, Christie won office in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Prior to that, he was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. 
Date: May 1, 2013
Location: new jersey
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: A new TV ad for Christie’s re-election campaign claims in part, "Four balanced budgets in a row, with no new taxes for anyone. The best job growth in 12 years. Nearly 130,000 new private-sector jobs. Merit pay to reward New Jersey’s best teachers, and the most education funding ever." The merit pay  comes across as being available statewide, but so far, the program only applies to teachers in Newark. Of the state’s 588 school districts, four others could offer merit pay eventually. Also, Christie may have a history of slashing education funding as a way to close budget holes, but the ad’s  about the most education funding, ever, is correct. We rate this portion of the ad’s claims . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: March 9, 2015
Topics: global news service;fake news;race and ethnicity;workers
Context: a post shared on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said that the South African government ordered a company to lay off over 3,000 white workers. The source of the figure remains unclear. While the government did tell the state utility company Eskom to increase the fraction of black workers in various job categories, it did not specify a number. And while the government could take Eskom to court if it failed to adopt a higher goal, it did not order the firm to fire anyone. On that point, even the union most closely identified with white workers agreed. Furthermore, even if that many whites did lose their jobs, the figure alone says nothing about whether more blacks might lose theirs. Eskom plans to downsize and in one plan leaked from the company, that’s exactly what could have taken place. Lastly, South African law bars a company from laying off a worker in order to meet affirmative action goals, an expert told us. We rate this  .
Statement: The State of Texas is funding … women's health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years.
Speaker: joe pojman
About the speaker: Joe Pojman leads the Texas Alliance for Life, a nonprofit that says it opposes abortion in all cases except to save the life of the mother.
Date: July 28, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: abortion;health care;state budget;women
Context: addressing a rally outside the Texas Capitol
Fact-check justification: Pojman said the state of Texas "is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years." Texas lawmakers this year voted to appropriate more for women’s health services than before--including the $50 million bump. This includes funding for general health services such as diabetes and cholesterol screenings. It also may be meaningful that programs are under reorganization. Too, lawmakers started putting more money on the table after their actions led the federal government to cut off tens of millions of dollars for reproductive services. 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.