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Statement: The reality" in Texas is that "you're flying helicopters, using fossil fuels, to put oil on wind turbines to defrost them.
Speaker: lara logan
About the speaker: Lara Logan is a host for Fox Nation. She was previously a correspondent for CBS News, and after that for Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Date: February 19, 2021
Location: texas
Topics: energy;pundits;facebook fact-checks;punditfact
Context: a TV segment
Fact-check justification: Logan said, "The reality is here (in Texas) that you’re flying helicopters using fossil fuels to put oil on wind turbines to defrost them." Logan’s  resembled debunked claims that said an image showed a helicopter spraying chemicals on a wind turbine in Texas. The image was actually taken years ago in Sweden. Aircraft-based sprays are one way to manually defrost turbines that haven’t been winterized, but experts we consulted said they hadn’t heard of that practice being used in Texas. One company that runs several wind farms in Texas said it isn’t using helicopters to spray oil on its turbines. The burden of proof is on the speaker, and Logan provided none. We rate her  .
Statement: Forty-five percent of Americans went without needed care because of costs in 2007.
Speaker: bill pascrell
About the speaker: Bill Pascrell is Democratic member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey.
Date: July 28, 2009
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: a speech on the House floor
Fact-check justification: Still, we do not believe these problems detract in any serious way from the congressman’s , but they are worth noting. These are the most recent numbers available from Commonwealth — and it’s hard to imagine that the rates of access problems would have dropped precipitously since the 2007 poll was taken. Back then, the national unemployment rate was averaging 4.7 percent. Today, it’s almost twice that. We rate this  by Pascrell to be .
Statement: Polls show Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle against Donald Trump.
Speaker: georgians for bernie sanders for president
About the speaker: Georgia FB group
Date: May 23, 2016
Location: georgia
Topics: elections
Context: Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A pro-Sanders Facebook group in Georgia said polls indicate Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle with Donald Trump. Major polls support that contention. But it’s difficult to say what the polls mean at this stage of the election cycle, when Sanders -- a relative unknown on the national stage -- is theoretically pitted against two well-known personalities, each with substantial baggage. That’s important context when looking at the numbers. We rate the statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/6ea583f3-d5b4-48c9-8437-fda465c0798f
Statement: Says CNN deleted an online poll showing Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic presidential debate to help out Hillary Clinton.
Speaker: nowthis
About the speaker: NowThis is a New York-based company that aims to share news via social media in short clips of GIFs and videos for largely mobile users.
Date: October 15, 2015
Topics: polls and public opinion;punditfact
Context: a video shared on social media
Fact-check justification: Sanders supporters are free to disagree with analysis by journalists and pundits of who won the Democratic debate. What isn’t up for debate, however, is the fact that CNN did not delete its poll of Facebook users, who overwhelmingly said Sanders won the debate. It’s still on a Facebook page managed by CNN. We rate the  . We've updated this fact-check to account for some of the issues we've heard from users about opening the links. Some of our links were not working on some readers' mobile devices.
Statement: They're paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years.
Speaker: steve rothman
About the speaker: Steven R. Rothman served as a Democratic congressman representing parts of northern New Jersey between January 1997 and January 2013. He left office after losing a primary election to Rep. Bill Pascrell.
Date: February 13, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: wealth;taxes
Context: a campaign video posted on YouTube
Fact-check justification: In a YouTube video, Rothman claimed the wealthiest Americans are paying a lower tax rate "than they have in the last 80 years." We looked at two measures -- the top statutory income tax rates and taxes paid as a percentage of one’s income. In both cases, Rothman’s statement is slightly off, but his overall point about current income tax rates is solid. The top statutory rate is lower now than during most of the last eight decades, and the top 1 percent of households were paying a smaller percentage of their income in federal income taxes as of 2007 than in nearly all of the previous 28 years. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Says Sen. Pat Toomey "even tried to shut down the federal government in order to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
Speaker: majority forward
About the speaker: PAC affiliated with Senate Majority PAC
Date: July 29, 2016
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: congress
Context: In a political ad
Fact-check justification: With Republicans calling to defund Planned Parenthood last year, a federal spending plan was pushed to the brink. Had a plan not passed before Oct. 1, the government would have shut down like it did in 2013. On September 30, a few days after voting for a failed spending bill that would have defunded Planned Parenthood, Senator Pat Toomey voted no on a final spending bill overwhelmingly approved by the Senate. So Toomey voted against a bill that averted a government shutdown. By doing so, he didn’t do the same thing as try to "shut down the government," as Majority Forward claims. We rate the statement .
Statement: More than 80 percent of Georgians don't support legislation to ease gun restrictions in houses of worship, in bars and on campuses.
Speaker: mary margaret oliver
About the speaker: Mary Margaret Oliver, a Democrat, is a state representative whose district includes portions of Decatur, Ga. A native of DeKalb County, Ga., she was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1987 and has also served in the Georgia Senate.
Date: February 18, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: guns
Context: a meeting
Fact-check justification: Most of the polling data we reviewed shows a majority of Georgians oppose firearms in houses of worship or on college campuses. But there’s not much data that we saw that surpasses the 80 percent mark. Oliver’s overall point that most Georgians oppose firearms in bars, on campus or in houses of worship is on the mark. But her specific percentage is too high, and she used the number to pursue a specific political point. We rate Oliver’s  .
Statement: There are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies.
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: May 16, 2012
Location: national
Topics: education;jobs
Context: St. Petersburg, Fla
Fact-check justification: Romney said that there are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies." The most recent comprehensive report we found on the matter found 47 job training programs under nine agencies. Also, a smaller subset of agencies account for a majority of spending on job training and number of people served. We rate Romney’s statement .   Update:  This report has been updated to include a response we received from the Romney campaign.
Statement: After Hurricane Hermine struck Tallahassee, "utility companies lined up trucks to restore power. But as mayor, Andrew Gillum refused help from workers.
Speaker: republican party of florida
About the speaker: The Republican Party of Florida represents Republicans in Florida.
Date: October 4, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: city government;natural disasters 
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: The Republican Party of Florida said after a hurricane struck Tallahassee, "utility companies lined up trucks to restore power. But as mayor, Andrew Gillum refused help from workers." The city of Tallahassee turned down an offer from Florida Power and Light to help restore power to residents after Hurricane Hermine in 2016. In Tallahassee, the mayor isn’t the chief executive of the city like he or she would be in New York, Boston or Tampa. So in the case of storm response, decisions didn’t ultimately fall to Gillum. They were made by the city’s general manager of utilities. Despite what the ad claims, the city accepted help from multiple outside utility companies to help restore power in Tallahassee. The  from the Republican Party of Florida has only an element of  but distorts the facts to give viewers the  impression. We rate this statement .
Statement: Congress as a whole is less popular than it's been since polling was invented.
Speaker: jim cooper
About the speaker: Jim Cooper has represented the 5th Congressional District -- esssentially Nashville -- since 2003. He previously served as representative of the 4th Congressional District from 1983 to 1995. He is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition of more fiscally conservative Democrats.
Date: March 20, 2012
Location: tennessee
Topics: congress;polls and public opinion
Context: The Hill
Fact-check justification: At least four recent polls put Congress’ approval rating at record or near-record lows. Even in those cases where the most recent approval rating is not the lowest on record, the difference between the most recent and the lowest ratings is just 1 percentage point. Thus, Cooper’s statement turns the dial to  on the -o-Meter.
Statement: Says this month's special session will cost the state $27,300 a day just for legislators' daily living expenses.
Speaker: jason isaac
About the speaker: Jason Isaac was initially elected in 2010 to represent District 45 in the Texas House. He's a 2018 candidate for the U.S. House seat to be vacated by Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio.
Date: May 30, 2011
Location: texas
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: But after the commission proposed authorizing the same rate members of the 2011 Legislature, Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus called for the rate to be lowered to $150 in a Nov. 29, 2010 letter stating the move would help the state tighten overall spending. Do lawmakers ever pass up the per diem? Patsy Spaw, the Senate secretary, told us that no senators have declined the payments since 2003 when Senate Democrats fled to New Mexico to impede the passage of redistricting legislation. Steven Adrian, executive director of the House Business Office, told us no representatives have submitted a request to withhold or reduce per diem payments this session. Isaac’s statement adds up to .
Statement: Says he "stood up to his own party by voting against the budget to stop runaway government spending.
Speaker: jim sullivan
About the speaker: Jim Sullivan, a Democrat, was elected to the Wisconsin state Senate in 2006 and was defeated for re-election in 2010. He represented the 5th District in the Milwaukee area. He ran unsuccessfully in the nonpartisan 2011 race for Milwaukee County executive.
Date: October 22, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: message machine 2010;state budget
Context: campaign literature distributed to district residents
Fact-check justification: So let’s review. Sullivan is telling voters in a campaign mailing that he "stood up to his own party by voting against the budget to stop runaway government spending." He was the only Senate Democrat to vote against the 2009-’11 state budget, which raised taxes and spending. But Sullivan’s vote didn’t threaten his party’s effort to pass the budget, he made no attempt to reduce spending in the plan and, on the previous budget and a budget repair bill, he voted with fellow Democrats to raise spending. We rate his statement .
Statement: Untaxed corporate earnings used to be "$2.5 trillion … I guess it's $5 trillion now. Whatever it is, it's a lot more. So we have anywhere from 4 (trillion) to 5 or even more trillions of dollars sitting offshore.
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 25, 2017
Location: national
Topics: corporations;taxes
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Trump described untaxed corporate earnings in overseas accounts as growing monumentally, from around $2.5 trillion to "anywhere from 4 (trillion) to 5 or even more trillions of dollars sitting offshore." The highest reported number of offshore earnings is $2.8 trillion. That could be off by a couple hundred billion dollars due to undisclosed untaxed earnings. But experts agreed the discrepancy could not add up to Trump’s $4 trillion or $5 trillion estimate. Business optimism and altered definitions of untaxed revenue couldn’t bridge that gap either. We rate this statement .
Statement: California's Prop 55 "prevents $4 billion in new cuts to our schools.
Speaker: yes on 55
About the speaker: The Yes on 55 campaign supports Proposition 55, a measure on the November 2016 ballot that would extend California's higher income tax rate to pay for schools.
Date: August 23, 2016
Location: california
Topics: education
Context: a television advertisement
Fact-check justification: The Yes on 55 campaign claimed in recent ads that "Prop 55 prevents $4 billion in new cuts to our schools." There would certainly be less money for schools if the tax extension fails. But the advertisements say nothing about the fact that Prop 30 was a temporary measure, and that its revenue was not promised forever. Nor do they mention that school budgets will continue to go up for several years until the Prop 30 revenue runs out after 2018. Supporters of 55 point to an estimated $4 billion school funding deficit by the 2019-2020 fiscal year, if the measure fails. They also cite a separate $4 billion operating shortfall for all its services by the same year. Another respected financial outlook, however, projects a $2 billion operating surplus for California that same year. That estimate paints a very different picture. If the ads had said Prop 55’s failure could lead to eventual school funding hardships, years from now, they would have been more accurate. But they leave the impression that the measure’s failure will lead to deep school cuts much sooner. And that’s not the case. We rate the Yes on 55  .    – The statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. Click here for  more  on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/fff84dad-ab0e-433a-a7ed-7bf75520d788
Statement: In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010.
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: January 8, 2013
Location: new jersey
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: State of the State address
Fact-check justification: Christie said during his State of the State address, "In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010." If measured from January 2010, New Jersey’s job growth  through November 2012 (December jobs figures didn’t come out until Thursday) was 66,700 jobs. Measured from February 2010 – Christie’s first full month in office – the net private-sector gains are 72,300 jobs. The numbers only get better. After the release of December’s job figures, New Jersey’s net private-sector job growth since January 2010 is 97,600 jobs. From February 2010, it’s 103,200 jobs. We rate the governor’s statement . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: More than 7,000 Americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last year.
Speaker: don beyer
About the speaker: Donald S. Beyer Jr. is the Democratic nominee for 8th District congressional seat Democrat in Northern Virginia. The seat has been occupied since 1992 by Democrat Jim Moran, who is not seeking reelection.
Beyer served two terms as Virginia's lieutenant governor from 1990 to 1998. He ran for governor in 1997 and lost to Republican Jim Gilmore. From 2009 to 2013, he was ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.  
Beyer and his younger brother, Michael, are the owners of nine car dealerships in Northern Virginia.
Beyer was born in 1950 in Trieste, Italy, the son of a U.S. Army officer. He was raised in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Williams College, magna cum laude, with a degree in economics.
 
Date: March 4, 2015
Location: virginia
Topics: environment;climate change
Context: an op-ed
Fact-check justification: Beyer wrote, "More than 7,000 Americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last year." The congressman lacks documentation and admits he got his facts . That makes our work easy: We rate Beyer’s statement .
Statement: Says Cecile Richards recently said there's room in "her movement" for people who personally believe abortion is wrong.
Speaker: andrew white
About the speaker: Andrew White, a businessman whose father, Mark, served as governor of Texas from 1983 through 1986, seeks the 2018 Democratic nomination for governor.
Date: May 11, 2018
Location: texas
Topics: abortion
Context: a Democratic gubernatorial debate
Fact-check justification: White said that Richards said there’s room in "her movement" for people who personally believe abortion is . White accurately echoed what Richards told MSNBC -- that a person can be pro-life and also understand that government shouldn’t make abortion decisions for all women. But White left out that Richards doesn’t think White has consistently showed strong support for women’s health and rights. That's vital clarification. We rate this debate statement .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: February 4, 2016
Location: national
Topics: economy;income;workers
Context: a Democratic debate on MSNBC
Fact-check justification: Sanders said Americans "are working longer hours for low wages ... and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent." The issues are whether Americans are working longer hours -- on average, they're not -- and whether "almost all" new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent. A lot of it has, but not "almost all." If Sanders were to argue that a disproportionate amount of income and wealth is going to the very richest Americans, he'd be right on the money. But he's over-exaggerating. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Kentucky Derby jockey John Velazquez turned down an invitation to the White House and said, "if I wanted to see a horse's ass I would of came in second.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 2, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: We reached out to Ron Anderson, an agent who represents Velazquez. He told us that Velazquez hasn’t been invited to the White House and didn’t make the statement that’s being attributed to him on social media. "He wouldn’t say something like that in a million zillion years," Anderson said.   Searching online, we didn’t find any  to the contrary.   We rate this post !
Statement: Says Scott Walker is proposing to add 485 employees "in the category of supervisor and management" to his Department of Administration.
Speaker: kathleen vinehout
About the speaker: Democrat Kathleen Vinehout is a Wisconsin state senator from Alma, in western Wisconsin. The former university professor and dairy farmer was elected to the Senate in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. She ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination to run against Gov. Scott Walker in the gubernatorial recall election in 2012.
Date: February 20, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor;state budget
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: But it’s also  that if the Legislature goes along with Walker’s plan, those employees would be more directly under his control. Our rating In sounding alarms about Walker’s budget, Vinehout says the governor is proposing to add 485 positions "in the category of supervisor and management" to his Department of Administration. Vinehout is correct on the number and, technically, they are "in the category" of supervisor and management. But while they are involved in the supervision and management of human resource activities, the vast majority are not actually in supervisory or management positions. For a statement that is accurate but needs clarification, our rating is .
Statement: Since President Obama took full control of Washington," every day, 13,000 more people "have been put on food stamps.
Speaker: national republican congressional committee
About the speaker: National Republican Congressional Committee
Date: January 25, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy;message machine 2012;poverty
Context: an advertisement
Fact-check justification: The NRCC ad is right on the number of additional Americans using food stamps during Obama’s time in office. But it’s  to suggest that Obama’s "full control of Washington" -- to the extent he even had full control -- was to blame. The broader economic cycle and changes in how the program is administered have had a major impact as well. On balance, we rate the  .