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Statement: North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms.
Speaker: dan forest
About the speaker: Dan Forest is North Carolina's Lieutenant Governor.
Date: June 22, 2020
Location: north carolina
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Forest tweeted that "46 states have gyms/fitness centers open" and that "North Carolina is one of four states that does not." Our review found that North Carolina, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts are the only states where gyms remain closed across the state. It’s worth noting that, in other states, government leaders are opening gyms in some counties, but not others. But Forest’s wording is broad enough to account for that variation.  We rate this  .
Statement: Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed 'watered-down' HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa.
Speaker: daily caller
About the speaker: The Daily Caller is an online publication with a conservative lean.
Date: September 19, 2016
Topics: global news service;consumer safety;corrections and updates;public health
Context: the Daily Caller
Fact-check justification: The Daily Caller said that the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Health Access Initiative distributed "watered-down HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa." At the most literal level, the statement is a misreading of a report from a conservative Republican who said the foundation "likely facilitated" the distribution of watered-down HIV/AIDS drugs. Neither version of the  -- centering around the drugmaker Ranbaxy -- is proven. In fact, a host of regulatory agencies have found the drugs in question to be safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said there was no  the drugs themselves were substandard. The World Health Organization, South Africa’s Medicines Control Council and the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency tested the Ranbaxy drugs and found them to be safe. Such testing dates back to at least 2005. We rate this statement . Update and correction (Sept. 29, 2016): After this item posted, we heard from Mark Tapscott, executive editor of the Daily Caller News Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization that says it provides investigative reporting for the public benefit. The group does not publicly list its donors. Tapscott listed what he called nine factual errors in our story. We reviewed his claims and found most of them without merit, as they failed to distinguish between Ranbaxy’s HIV/AIDS drugs and its other products. Tapscott, however, correctly noted that in 2004 WHO decertified three of Ranbaxy’s HIV/AIDS drugs. Ranbaxy’s HIV/AIDS drugs were recertified the following year. The story now reflects that information, as well as the correct year in which the Justice Department filed charges against Ranbaxy. Our rating remains unchanged. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/19ee7189-664a-4b8e-869b-f11f5b211c33
Statement: Photos of a person in a skirt show the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 24, 2022
Location: texas
Topics: crime;sexuality;facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: These Facebook posts were flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat  news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .) (Screengrab from Facebook) We separately looked into claims that Ramos is transgender and found no  to corroborate them.   Claims that these photos of a transgender girl show Ramos are .
Statement: Says "Nancy Pelosi came out in favor of MS-13.
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: May 22, 2018
Location: national
Topics: immigration;homeland security;crime
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Trump said Pelosi "came out in favor of MS-13." Trump’s  is based on Pelosi’s criticism of Trump for using the word "animals" during an immigration meeting with California officials. Trump used that term after a sheriff spoke about MS-13 gang members. A day after Trump’s comment, Pelosi said "calling people animals is not a good thing" and defended "undocumented immigrants." Pelosi did not mention MS-13 gang members in her comments. While Trump blasted media reports and others for missing the context of his remarks, he did just that with Pelosi’s comment. We rate it .
Statement: John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks and fund Obamacare.
Speaker: senate conservatives fund
About the speaker: The Senate Conservatives Fund, focused on electing conservative senators, was founded by former Sen. James DeMint.
Date: December 9, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: corrections and updates;debt;financial regulation;health care;taxes
Context: as quoted by Politico
Fact-check justification: The PAC said Cornyn "has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks, and fund Obamacare." It's not that simple. Cornyn voted for the 2008 bailout and has occasionally voted to raise the debt ceiling. Also, Cornyn’s 2013 vote for the taxpayer-relief act raised taxes for most households though, signficantly, it also preserved lower income-tax rates than ones that would have hit if the measure didn’t make it into law. Finally, the idea that Cornyn voted to fund Obamacare by agreeing to general appropriations is a political turnip; how those votes are interpreted probably depends on one’s political prism. Beyond that, the government evidently can tap the funding it needs to implement the law regardless of congressional spending decisions. Cornyn voted against the Obamacare law when it came to be and continues to oppose it. We rate this partially accurate , which takes some votes out of context, as . CORRECTION, 1:13 p.m., Dec. 12, 2013 : This story has been amended to reflect Cornyn’s vote against raising the debt ceiling in October 2013. This change did not affect our 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: Models projecting COVID-19 deaths "are talking about without mitigation.
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: May 5, 2020
Topics: coronavirus
Context: an interview on ABC
Fact-check justification: When Trump was asked about new models projecting COVID-19 deaths, Trump responded that they "are talking about without mitigation." The Johns Hopkins data was preliminary, and not designed as a forecast. The researcher told NPR that he assumed some degree of mitigation. Trump is clearly  about the University of Washington’s model, which does take into account mitigation efforts. We rate this  .
Statement: We lost more jobs in this great recession than the last four recessions combined.
Speaker: george will
About the speaker: George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.
Date: April 3, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs;labor;this week - abc news
Context: a roundtable segment on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
Fact-check justification: We wondered, though, whether the result would be different if we factored in the size of the labor force, which has grown over the past three decades. It’s impossible to make the same exact comparison Will did -- that is, comparing the sum of the past four recessions with the current one -- because you can’t simply add together percentages drawn from different time periods. But we thought we’d at least see whether the 2007-2009 recession registered more jobs lost on a percentage basis than any of the prior ones. Here are the numbers for jobs lost as a percentage of the labor force: Jan. 1980 to July 1980: 1.0 percent July 1981 to Nov. 1982: 3.1 percent July 1990 to March 1991: 1.1 percent March 2001 to Nov. 2001: 1.2 percent "Great Recession" -- Dec. 2007 to June 2009: Recession decreased jobs by 5.4 percent So job losses in the "Great Recession" have, on a percentage basis, exceeded those in each of the past four recessions. We rate it .
Statement: Says David Perdue wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, which would cost Georgia schools $1 billion a year and eliminate millions in student loans.
Speaker: democratic senatorial campaign committee
About the speaker: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate.
Date: October 14, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: education;federal budget
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: That brings us back to the ad, which claims David Perdue supports eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, a position that could cripple Georgia schools, students and loan recipients. Our research finds there is reason to believe Perdue does support abolishing the department and transferring funding to the local level. But it is alarmist to suggest the end of the department would be the end of all K-12 money. And suggestions that it would mean the end of student loan programs ignores the history that has already shuffled their administration. For that reason, we rate the  .
Statement: Julie Lassa willingly took a hefty pay raise at a time when people throughout her district and the state were losing their jobs.
Speaker: sean duffy
About the speaker: Sean Duffy is a Republican member of the U.S. House, representing Wisconsin's 7th District in the northwestern part of the state. The former Ashland County district attorney was elected In November 2010, taking the seat previously held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Obey of Wausau.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: state budget
Context: a campaign news release
Fact-check justification: So, where does that leave us? The Duffy campaign is partially right: Lassa took the pay raise -- for about 13 months. But long before they launched the attack and before she announced her congressional campaign, Lassa had already started to give some back. With her approach, she will give 48.41 percent of her raise back, or about half. That’s where we rate Duffy’s statement as well: .
Statement: The administration has issued rules for "$1 abortions in ObamaCare" and "requires all persons enrolled in insurance plans that include elective abortion coverage to pay" an abortion premium.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: March 12, 2012
Location: national
Topics: abortion;health care
Context: blog posts and links on the Internet
Fact-check justification: The  that the Obama administration has issued rules for "$1 abortions in ObamaCare" is ; the administration has simply set a floor for how much money per month of the premiums paid by those who have chosen plans that include abortion must be placed in a segregated account in order to make sure that there’s enough money available to pay for abortion services incurred by people enrolled in that plan. The bigger charge -- that the Obama health care law "requires all persons enrolled in insurance plans that include elective abortion coverage to pay a separate premium from their own pockets to fund abortion" -- is also . The provision in question only affects people who purchase insurance plans that cover abortion and who do so on the exchanges -- a much narrower group than the  suggests. And people who make such purchases will be paying their private dollars into abortion coverage accounts voluntarily. Despite some puzzling wording, ultimately the law allows for full disclosure of its abortion rules at the most obvious time, when someone is signing up for coverage. On balance, we rate this  .
Statement: Says Minnesota has more Fortune 500 companies than Oregon and "one of the most obvious differences is they've invested in their schools.
Speaker: jefferson smith
About the speaker: Jefferson Smith represents Oregon State House District 47.  He is a native of east Portland, the district he represents.
Date: July 9, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: economy;education
Context: school board testimony
Fact-check justification: Oregon used to be above the national average in per-student funding and we still didn’t rank high in the number of Fortune 500 companies. There are dozens of factors for a business to consider. That said, Smith’s central point here is accurate -- better education is important to business -- and most of his numbers stand up. But we think it’s important to understand that improving education, while important, won’t necessarily lead to dozens of Fortune 500 companies locating in Oregon. We’ll call this one .
Statement: Roughly 25% of RI has a criminal record
Speaker: direct action for rights & equality
About the speaker: Direct Actions for Rights and Equality (DARE), was formed in 1986 in Providence. It says its mission is to organize low-income families in communities of color to win economic, social and political justice. It is unrelated to the national D.A.R.E. programs in which police officers teach children about the dangers of drug abuse and violence.
Date: March 9, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: criminal justice;jobs;labor;legal issues;crime
Context: an online petition
Fact-check justification: Chief Devine and his staff estimate the  percentage might be 4 or 5 percent. They can’t be sure of the exact percentage because of the way the data is collected, but they’re certain it’s nowhere near 25 percent. DARE’s statement is based on old, flawed statistics that were tweaked and re-tweaked to make a point. The idea that 1 of every 4 Rhode Islanders is a criminal is  on its face. We rate the statement .
Statement: Quotes George Soros as saying "I've made my life's mission to destroy the United States. I hate this country and I hate all of the people in it!
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 20, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A quote attributed to Soros is spreading on social media, claiming he told Newsweek in 1979 that he’s made it his "life’s mission to destroy the United States," and that he hates the country and all the people in it. There is no  that Soros said anything close to this. As well, not one news source in the last 40 years has ever mentioned, reviewed or criticized the comment. This is faux quote is !
Statement: Virginia now is the number one exporter of (agricultural) products to Cuba. We have now jumped to number one.
Speaker: terry mcauliffe
About the speaker: Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, was elected governor of Virginia on Nov. 5, 2013. He received 47.8 percent of the vote in defeating Republican Ken Cuccinelli, who came in at 45.2 percent. Robert Sarvis, a Libertarian, finished a distant third with 6.5 percent.
McAuliffe's inaguration as Virginia's 72nd governor is scheduled on Jan. 11, 2014.
McAuliffe, a wealthy businessman and noted political fundraiser, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008. In 2009, McAuliffe unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Virginia governor.
McAuliffe was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Feb. 9, 1957. He has a bachelor's degree from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. McAuliffe has lived in Fairfax County for more than 20 years, is married and has five children.
 
Date: March 21, 2016
Location: virginia
Topics: economy;trade
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: McAuliffe said Virginia is the top exporter of agricultural products to Cuba. The numbers from the latest year available back his . We rate his statement .
Statement: Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history.
Speaker: jeb bush
About the speaker: Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. 
Date: August 21, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;taxes
Context: a fundraising email
Fact-check justification: Bush said, "Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history." Yes, in 1999, Trump proposed a historically large one-time tax increase. Trump said the tax would have raised $5.7 trillion and wiped out the national debt. It would have applied only to the wealthiest Americans. This  rates .
Statement: More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office.
Speaker: tammy baldwin
About the speaker: Tammy Baldwin was elected to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 6, 2012. She represented Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District from January 1999 to January 2013. She served as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from January 1993 to January 1999. She was a Dane County supervisor from 1986 to 1994 and briefly served on the Madison Common Council, filling a vacancy, in 1986.
Date: June 24, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care;public health
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Baldwin said "more Americans are uninsured today than when Trump took office."  Census Bureau statistics show that there was a steady decline in the number of uninsured Americans following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act — a trend that reversed and began ticking upward under Trump. We rate Baldwin’s statement .
Statement: Photo shows "Myrtle Beach 30 minutes ago.
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 3, 2020
Topics: weather;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The image was posted on Instagram on May 20 by Brent Shavnore, who creates digital storm art. The photo also appears in the artwork section of his website.   In an Instagram story about his background, Shavnore explains that he "started getting bored with regular photography and took it to the next level. "  You can watch a tutorial of how he created a similar image as the one in the Facebook post using two photos from Miami and a storm in Colorado here . We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Collusion is not illegal.
Speaker: eric bolling
About the speaker: Eric Bolling is a conservative political commentator. He is a former Fox News host.
Date: July 11, 2017
Topics: elections;legal issues;punditfact
Context: comments on 'Fox News Specialists'
Fact-check justification: Bolling said "collusion is not illegal." Legal scholars told us the word "collusion" is vague and may not be specifically used in legal language. But conduct that may be described as collusion could potentially be subject to multiple federal laws, including statutes on foreign contributions to elections and fraud. We rate Bolling’s statement .
Statement: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar vowed "to remove senior's 'entitlements,' Social Security/Medicare.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: December 23, 2019
Topics: medicare;social security;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: There was no press conference for cutting entitlements. In fact, both congresswomen have spoken in favor of Medicare for All, which would change the private insurance system to a government-run approach that would cover most Americans. Ocasio-Cortez has also advocated for the Social Security 2100 Act, which aims to raise the program’s benefits — including those provided by Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance. The article is  and makes a  . We rate it !
Statement: Says Gov. Scott Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country.
Speaker: tom barrett
About the speaker: Tom Barrett served as the 44th mayor of Milwaukee from 2004 until 2021. The mayoral position is non-partisan. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly (1984–1989), Wisconsin Senate (1989–1993) and U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2003).
Barrett lost bids for governor in 2002, 2010 and in the 2012 recall race against Gov. Scott Walker. He was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg on Dec. 23, 2021.
Date: April 26, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;jobs;workers
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Indeed, in 2008 and 2009, amid and immediately after the recession - while Democrat Jim Doyle was Wisconsin’s governor - the state lost 164,000 jobs, although it added 12,000 in 2010. Our rating Barrett said Walker "has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country." He is accurate on the job losses but overstates Walker’s role in causing them. We rate Barrett’s statement .   (You can comment on this item on the Journal Sentine's web page .)
Statement: During the Reagan era, while productivity increased, "wages for working people remained frozen.
Speaker: michael moore
About the speaker: Michael Moore directed the movie "Capitalism: A Love Story" and is a well-known documentary filmmaker. His movies includes "Roger and Me," "Bowling for Columbine," "Fahrenheit 9/11," and "Sicko." He won the Academy Award for best documentary in 2002 with "Bowling for Columbine," and he was a nominee in 2007 for "Sicko." Michael Moore's Web site is www.MichaelMoore.com.
Date: October 2, 2009
Location: national
Topics: economy
Context: his movie "Capitalism: A Love Story"
Fact-check justification: Still, adjusted for inflation, and when looking at nonsupervisory production workers, it's  that during the Reagan years, productivity rose while wages remained frozen (or even dipped slightly). We dock Moore some points, though, because the decline/stagnation of wages pre- and postdated the Reagan era; and total compensation (including payments for benefits) rose. Moore left out some important qualifiers. Still, while you may not agree with Moore's conclusions, he can back up his  with legitimate numbers. And so we rate it .
Statement: USPS failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: November 4, 2020
Location: national
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks;florida
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Posts on Facebook and Twitter said that the U.S. Postal Service failed to deliver 27% of mail-in ballots in South Florida. That was based on data that the postal service clearly said did not reflect ballot delivery rates. The sources cited by websites spreading this  included that reality check. The two largest counties in South Florida went to postal facilities to find any wayward ballots. In one county, they found none. In another they found 30. All issues were resolved before Election Day. There is nothing to this . We rate it . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more.