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Statement: Bill Gates' daughters aren't vaccinated.
Speaker: viral image
About the speaker: Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny but political argument. Sometimes these images are passed across social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit so widely that the original source is nearly impossible to determine.
Date: October 31, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: And in 2021, Jennifer Gates posted on Instagram about getting her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. "Sadly the vaccine did NOT implant my genius father into my brain — if only mRNA had that power," she wrote with a winking emoji, poking fun at conspiracy theories about the vaccine.   CNN reported at the time that the post, which is no longer online, showed "the 24-year-old medical student wearing a mask and holding up an ‘I got my COVID-19 vaccine’ sticker. "  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation told PolitiFact in an email that the Gates are "all vaccinated. "  We rate claims that Phoebe and Jennifer Gates aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 or childhood diseases !
Statement: Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage.
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: March 13, 2016
Location: georgia
Topics: elections
Context: an interview on "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Trump said Thomas DiMassimo had desecrated a U.S. flag by "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage." He is correct. A YouTube video posted by DiMassimo shows him dragging a flag on the ground and later standing on it. This is offensive to many, but legal under the First Amendment. We rate Trump’s statement .
Statement: The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: July 16, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: afghanistan;federal budget;iraq;military
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Scott said "The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%." Scott’s statement isn’t telling the whole story. A reader could falsely assume the entire Florida Guard is furloughed. But the furloughs only affect about 8 percent of the overall Florida National Guard, or about half of the full-time force. Also, the 20 percent pay cut is not annual or permanent; they are losing that amount for one-third of the year. Additionally, not every furloughed civilian employee has served in Afghanistan or Iraq. Among the 966 guard members being furloughed, about 40 percent have been deployed. Scott’s  contains some elements of : Many Guard members have risked their lives in overseas deployments and now some face pay cuts for part of the year. But the details that Scott omitted are important for understanding the full effect of the furloughs. We rate this  .
Statement: If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid.
Speaker: steve crisafulli
About the speaker: Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, is Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for 2014-16.
Date: April 28, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: health care;medicaid;state budget
Context: the Tampa Bay Times
Fact-check justification: Crisafulli said, "If we choose Obamacare expansion, 600,000 will lose eligibility for their subsidies, of which 257,000 would be forced into Medicaid." Crisafulli is using incendiary language to describe state projections about Medicaid expansion. The state estimates that about 609,000 Floridians would lose access to subsidies to buy insurance under an expansion. About 257,000 of those people would be uninsured, likely because they’re too poor to buy their own. The rest could enroll in Medicaid if they wanted to. So his numbers can be considered accurate. But experts tell us saying those people would be forced into the program isn’t accurate. Many of the very poor would likely see becoming eligible for Medicaid as a benefit.  We rate the statement .
Statement: Says the state's new collective bargaining law effectively eliminates police unions' ability to negotiate.
Speaker: steve loomis
About the speaker: Steve Loomis is the president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association.  CPPA serves as the bargaining unit for all non-supervisory patrol officers, detectives, and radio dispatchers in Cleveland and has about 1,450 members. 
Date: May 9, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: public safety;unions
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: SB 5 does greatly reduce safety force workers’ collective bargaining abilities and gives management the last word on which offer is chosen. But that last word kicks in if the two sides can’t agree on a contract. Safety forces do still have the ability to try to negotiate terms on wages and safety equipment. That’s a point of clarification. On the -O-Meter, Loomis' statement rates as .
Statement: The economy we preside over today is better than the one we inherited.
Speaker: hank johnson
About the speaker: Hank Johnson, a Democrat, represents Georgia's 4th Congressional District
Date: January 26, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: economy
Context: an online posting
Fact-check justification: Congressman Johnson is correct about that. But major components like housing and unemployment are still in the dumps. Until those key areas turn around, it’s hard to argue that the overall economy has improved. Johnson’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give readers a different impression. Under our guidelines, the congressman’s statement rates as .
Statement: North Carolina has "one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country.
Speaker: pat mccrory
About the speaker: Pat McCrory, a Republican, was governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. Previously, he served as mayor of Charlotte.
Date: April 28, 2016
Location: north carolina
Topics: economy;income;population;states
Context: an official announcement
Fact-check justification: McCrory is right that North Carolina has "one of the fastest growing populations." As for the economy, North Carolina did have the fastest-growing GDP in the country between the first quarter of 2013, when McCrory took office, and the third quarter of 2015. The pace has slowed recently, but that doesn't change the  of the statement. We rate this  .
Statement: Evidence growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics.
Speaker: mo brooks
About the speaker: Mo Brooks is a Republican who represents a district in Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: January 7, 2021
Topics: elections;public safety;jan. 6
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: "  Brooks tweeted, " growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics." We’ve found no credible reports that people who identify as antifa "orchestrated" the riots at the Capitol, and Brooks did not provide clear and irrefutable . What the available  shows is that Trump supporters were the ones who violently stormed the Capitol. Videos, pictures, and statements from people at the Capitol directly contradict Brooks’ . We rate Brooks’ statement .
Statement: State pension fund staffers "lost billions. Then Sink gave them bonuses.
Speaker: republican party of florida
About the speaker: The Republican Party of Florida represents Republicans in Florida.
Date: September 21, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: economy;message machine 2010;retirement
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: Now let's return to the key , that state pension fund staffers "lost billions. Then Sink gave them bonuses." This ad accurately highlights Sink's oversight role of the state's pension fund but after that, this ad stretches the facts and misleads the viewer. The $24 billion is not gone. Sink did not personally make the risky investments or give bonuses to staffers, and the staff bonuses preceded the fund's loss in value. We rate the RPOF ad .
Statement: In Providence, R.I., it's illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.
Speaker: buzzfeed
About the speaker: BuzzFeed is a website that specializes in news, entertainment and lists - lots of lists.
Date: July 14, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: legal issues;pop culture
Context: a web site list
Fact-check justification: So oral hygiene fans can breathe a minty-fresh sigh of relief. A toothbrush and toothpaste can legally be purchased together any Sunday in Providence. Maybe someday this PolitiFact item will be part of a BuzzFeed list titled "217 Examples of How BuzzFeed Didn't Check Its Facts." It'll be a hot one because we give the website a  ! (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: Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it's highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.
Speaker: donald trump jr.
About the speaker: Donald Trump Jr. is the son of President Donald Trump and his former wife Ivana Trump.
Date: July 16, 2021
Topics: race and ethnicity;science;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video on Facebook
Fact-check justification: However, we don’t know for certain whether lightning caused the mural to collapse. It’s possible the outer wall of the building was already unstable, or that vandals tore the Floyd memorial down.   If lightning did strike, it’s within reason to suppose that the shock caused the brick wall to crumble.   In either case, a supernatural or divine phenomenon did not have to bring the mural down.   We rate this  .
Statement: A study showed that President Barack Obama's health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.
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: July 12, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: federal budget;health care;medicaid;medicare;state budget;states
Context: an op-ed piece
Fact-check justification: Our rating In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, Walker said "Obamacare" will push people off employer-sponsored insurance, drive up premiums, increase dependency and make 122,000 people, including pregnant women, ineligible for Medicaid. The context of his comments is his assertion that this will "devastate Wisconsin." Walker pulls some numbers from an actuarial study of the impact of the law, but cherry-picks data, leaves out critical facts and mischaracterizes some of the numbers, creating a highly  impression. Indeed, some of the numbers he attributes to the study are really estimates from his own administration. We rate his , taken as a whole, .
Statement: The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent.
Speaker: rudy moise
About the speaker: Rudy Moise is running in Congressional District 24 in 2012. The district includes portions of Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
Date: May 1, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: children;education
Context: a campaign website
Fact-check justification: Moise said that his district has a "staggering high school dropout rate of almost 61 percent." Moise points to a report about graduation rates from the Schott Foundation which provides some interesting data. But we have several problems with it as it relates to Moise’s dropout . • Most critically, Moise's  is based on a measurement for black males. We saw nothing in his comment to indicate he was talking about male dropouts only. • Also, the number is based on 2007-2008 data even though data is available from 2010-2011. • The number subtracts graduation rates from 100 percent and concludes that the rest are dropouts. This leaves out some categories such as students who need a fifth year to graduate. • Finally, the data is for the entire Broward and Miami-Dade school districts, not the congressional district, which includes only portions of those districts Moise didn’t explain these caveats on his campaign website when he made his . He erred by trying to boil down a complex area of data into a single phrase about dropout rates that requires far more explanation and more thorough data. We rank this  .
Statement: All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: March 4, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: his State of the State speech
Fact-check justification: Scott said, "All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000." The schools that make up the state college system have accepted a challenge from Scott to offer $10,000 degrees, but only about half currently do. Also, there are several other caveats as to who can get a cheap degree and in what major. Lastly, the $10,000 degree doesn't cover books, housing, meals, fees and other expenses. Scott left out important context in his remarks at the State of the State address. We rate his  .
Statement: There was a raid on the Biden residence yesterday by the military!
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 21, 2022
Topics: military;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: We found nothing to corroborate the allegation that the military raided the Biden residence on March 20, whether that refers to President Joe Biden’s White House abode, his beach house in Delaware, the home of his son, Hunter Biden, or any other Biden-affiliated residence.   In October, we fact-checked a  that the military had raided the younger Biden’s home and rated it . The story was fabricated and posted on a website that has previously published  news.   Searching online for news reports about a military raid involving any of the Bidens, we found articles about the president discussing in February a U.S. military raid in Syria that left an ISIS leader dead, but nothing involving the president or his family members as a target.   The post is unfounded, and we rate it .
Statement: Says former NBA player Rick Fox was also on board with Kobe Bryant
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 26, 2020
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: I have personally communicated with Rick Fox via text since the news about Kobe dying came out PLEASE STOP spreading “news” unless you personally can confirm it! So far, seven of the nine people killed in the crash have been identified . The group was headed to a girls’ basketball game which Bryant was scheduled to coach. Victims include an assistant coach, parents and players from the club team, including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna; and the pilot of the helicopter.   This  is .
Statement: The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing.
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: March 9, 2016
Location: national
Topics: environment;climate change
Context: Florida
Fact-check justification: Clinton said, "The Clean Power Plan is something that Sen. Sanders has said he would delay implementing." Sanders advocates for more ambitious action on climate change, which some experts argue could delay the plan. But Sanders himself has never said what Clinton is suggesting, and he has supported the Clean Power Act in words and action. We rate Clinton’s  .
Statement: Oregon, once again, remains among the top five hungriest states in the nation.
Speaker: oregon food bank
About the speaker:  
Oregon Food Bank distributes food to agencies that feed people who are hungry throughout Oregon and Clark County, Wash.
Date: November 15, 2010
Location: oregon
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: There are some numbers here that would appear to back them up. And two experts agree that Oregon is on the high end of things -- certainly higher than the national average. Still, those same two experts discourage out-and-out rankings. Then there’s the fact that quite a bit of variation is possible no matter how you look at the numbers. For those reasons, we rate this  .
Statement: Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit.
Speaker: will weatherford
About the speaker: State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is Florida's Speaker of the House for 2013-14.
Date: May 9, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: debt;deficit;federal budget;health care;medicaid
Context: an op-ed
Fact-check justification: Weatherford defended his key role in blocking federal money to help insure more low-income Floridians by pointing to the effect of all that extra health care spending on the country’s national deficit and debt. "Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit," Weatherford said. There’s no doubting the federal Medicaid expansion is a lot of dough, with the government slating about $900 billion over 10 years for each state to expand the program, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Ramping up federal spending for Medicaid, one of the biggest long-term deficit-drivers , will not be cheap. Weatherford’s commentary, however, is vague. He ignores nonpartisan research showing the cost of expanding Medicaid coverage is offset by other parts of the health care law. And yes, states that decide not to expand Medicaid can prevent more federal spending, but it would just further reduce the deficit -- by how much is unknown -- on top of its already slated contraction. Saying Medicaid expansion will "drastically" enhance the deficit is unproven. Weatherford’s  hits a note about federal spending but omits key information. We rate it .
Statement: Says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing.
Speaker: philip levine
About the speaker: Philip Levine lost the August 2018 Democratic primary for Florida governor. In November 2013,  Levine was elected Mayor of Miami Beach and served two terms. Levine is CEO of Royal Media Partners, an exclusive partner of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 
Date: March 2, 2017
Location: florida
Topics: city government;housing
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: Levine says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing." Some research and news articles have argued that Airbnb has decreased the rental supply and therefore is driving up prices, but it’s questionable whether all of those units can be described as "workforce housing" in already expensive areas with a lack of affordable housing. Levine did not point to  proving that Airbnb has decreased real estate values. It’s too soon to fully assess the impact of Airbnb on housing markets, and that’s difficult to do when it only represents a small fraction of the housing supply in any city or region. We rate this  .
Statement: New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation.
Speaker: christine quinn
About the speaker: Christine Quinn is the former speaker of the New York City Council. She is currently the vice chairperson of the New York State Democratic Party.
Date: May 23, 2018
Location: new york
Topics: wealth;taxes
Context: a presentation at the State Democratic Convention
Fact-check justification: Christine Quinn said New York state has the "second-highest millionaires tax in the nation." That’s only  for New York City residents. Millionaires outside New York City have a lower rate than those in seven other states. Her  contains an element of  about New York City. We rate it .
Statement: Grocery chain Aldi will send people who share a Facebook post a "bag full of family necessities" worth $750, and 100 random bags also have a voucher for $500.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 15, 2022
Topics: food;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A message shared on a Facebook page claimed that grocery chain Aldi would give away free bags of food to users who share the post with other people. An Aldi official said the post was not a real promotion, and the page has no affiliation with the company. The page contains several indicators that it’s , including the lack of a verification badge, a misidentification of the company’s CEO, and an account manager based in a country where Aldi has no presence. We rate this  .
Statement: China was behind the interference and the effort to overthrow our government and the election, election fraud.
Speaker: l. lin wood
About the speaker: L. Lin Wood is a defamation attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia. He represented Richard Jewell, a security guard who was falsely accused in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996. Wood is a supporter of Donald Trump and litigated on his behalf in lawsuits related to the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Date: January 18, 2021
Location: national
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: an interview with the Patriotically Correct Radio Show
Fact-check justification: We reached out to Wood for a comment, but we haven’t heard back. His  is . We rate it . RELATED:   A note to our readers who think President Trump won