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Statement: Under the new health care law, "if a landscaper wants to buy a new lawnmower, or a restaurant needs a new ice-maker, they have to report that to the feds.
Speaker: john boehner
About the speaker: John Boehner of Ohio is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was formerly the Republican minority leader from 2007-2011, and was the majority leader briefly prior to that.
Date: August 24, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: health care;taxes
Context: a speech at the City Club of Cleveland
Fact-check justification: Repeal the whole provision and soften the health care bill’s requirement that individuals buy insurance with, if needed, government subsidies. If the insurance bill were to cost less, it would reduce the need for this money, Republicans say. You may agree or disagree with any of these approaches, but the issue here is simply Boehner’s statement on the $600 reporting requirement. It’s about mom-and-pop stores and lawn-mowing services, and we rate it . Comment on this item .
Statement: TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: May 29, 2022
Topics: education;public safety;facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: A tweet said that the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting was staged and cited as  separate TV news interviews showing two different men being identified as the father of a child shot to death in her classroom. However, the explanation is much simpler: One man was the child’s biological father and the other was her stepfather. There is no  the shooting, which claimed 21 lives, was staged. We rate this  .
Statement: For educational testing, Florida "has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old.
Speaker: florida stop common core coalition
About the speaker: The Florida Stop Common Core Coalition is a group that opposes Common Core.
Date: March 19, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: education;lgbtq
Context: a letter to supporters
Fact-check justification: The Florida Stop Common Core Coalition said that the American Institutes for Research promotes the identification of homosexual lifestyles in young children. It is  that AIR does research on LGBT youth issues and offers advice to organizations that request it on how to assist these children. This is one piece of the group’s initiatives, which also include work on disease management and student assessments. AIR does not advocate a homosexual lifestyle for children, nor is it an advocacy group at all. There is no indication that the organization or the state will have a homosexual agenda in its state testing. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details and takes things out of context. We rate the statement .
Statement: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.
Speaker: mandela barnes
About the speaker: Mandela Barnes is an American politician serving as the 45th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. A member of the Democratic Party, Barnes is a former state representative. On August 14, 2018, he won the Democratic primary in a landslide and became the running mate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony Evers. Evers and Barnes went on to win the November 2018 election, defeating incumbent Republicans Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch. Barnes became Wisconsin's first African American lieutenant governor.
 
 
Date: August 10, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;race and ethnicity
Context: a public forum
Fact-check justification: Meanwhile, there may be other factors at play as well, such as the fact the 2016 primary included competitive contests on the Republican and Democratic sides, while that was not the case in 2020. Our rating Barnes claimed that GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election. While closing polling places did appear to have a disproportionate impact on Black voters, the context of the  suggests the goal of closing polling places was racial disenfranchisement. While Republican maneuvering contributed to the chaos and uncertainty around the election, decisions on polling places were made in Milwaukee, not Madison.   We rate this  .
Statement: I also voted 98 percent of the time with Republicans in the Oregon Legislature.
Speaker: suzanne bonamici
About the speaker: Suzanne Bonamici is a member of the Oregon Senate. She is also the Democratic nominee to represent the state's 1st congressional district.
Date: January 10, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: bipartisanship;message machine 2012;voting record
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: They also work on many bipartisan issues.        But it’s  to say that she voted with Republicans 98 percent of the time. The closest she comes is a 90 percent match voting record with Sen. Jackie Winters over one session. We find no  of a Republican who has voted with her 98 percent of the time, much less the majority of Republicans. We rule the statement .
Statement: Says "Mimi Walters raised taxes on middle-class Californians.
Speaker: katie porter
About the speaker: Katie Porter is a Democrat running for Congress in 2018 in California's 45th Congressional District.
Date: September 5, 2018
Location: california
Topics: taxes
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: That's . While a provision in the tax bill will result in tax increases for some middle-class Californians, it won't for many more.  The ad ignores all that context, along with the fact that lion's share of the tax increases Porter is talking about will be paid for by wealthy Californians. Porter's statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Says Terry McAuliffe is "the person who invented the scheme to rent out the Lincoln Bedroom.
Speaker: ken cuccinelli
About the speaker: Ken Cuccinelli became acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on June 10, 2019. Cuccinelli, a Republican, was Virginia's attorney general from 2010 to 2014. In 2013, he lost the general election for governor to Democrat Terry McAuliffe. In 2016, he was a adisver to the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Born in 1968, Cuccinelli has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from Geroge Mason University School of Law and an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University.
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Date: August 10, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: campaign finance;ethics;history
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Cuccinelli, in attacking McAuliffe’s ethics, says the Democrat is "the person who invented the scheme to rent out the Lincoln Bedroom." McAuliffe authored a memo in early 1995 listing ways Clinton could connect with top Democratic patrons. But the original note did not mention White House sleepovers; that idea was later added in the handwriting of others. McAuliffe has always denied he came up with the scheme; Clinton in 1997 took full responsibility for the idea. No doubt, McAuliffe strongly backed the sleepovers and recommended heavy hitters that should be offered a night in the Lincoln Bedroom. But we see no  that McAuliffe "invented the scheme." We rate Cuccinelli’s statement .
Statement: Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule.
Speaker: rob portman
About the speaker: Rob Portman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is a former Republican congressman who also was a U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George H.W. Bush.
Date: July 25, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: deficit;federal budget
Context: an interview on MSNBC
Fact-check justification: "You could argue things are different now – it’s more difficult for Congress to act, and the spending and deficit problems we face combine with legislative uncertainty around the debt limit deadline to create undesirable financial market pressures," Hennessey wrote in his blog. But he added, "A debt limit extension of three, six, or nine months would be routine based on historic practice." That’s what Portman said, too -- that 34 of the last 44 have lasted for less than a year. Portman’s statement was accurate. On the -O-Meter it rates .
Statement: Says both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say Planned Parenthood is "terrific and that it should keep taxpayer funding.
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: May 1, 2016
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: an interview on "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Cruz said both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say Planned Parenthood is "terrific and that it should keep taxpayer funding." Trump and Clinton seem to agree that Planned Parenthood does some positive work as it pertains to things like cancer prevention, and Trump has described that work as "wonderful." However, Clinton supports their abortion services, and Trump does not. He thinks Planned Parenthood should not receive taxpayer dollars as long as they provide abortions. Clinton, on the other hand, has said Planned Parenthood should receive even more funding than it does now. We rate Cruz’s  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/e027987b-21b8-4919-bf16-b2931b5366cc
Statement: Says Joni Ernst "supports the lawsuit that's headed to the Supreme Court that will" repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Speaker: theresa greenfield
About the speaker: Theresa Greenfield in a Democratic candidate for Senate in 2020. 
Date: October 22, 2020
Location: national
Topics: health care;supreme court;iowa
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Greenfield said that Ernst supports the lawsuit striking down the Affordable Care Act. But Ernst has failed to give a clear, publicly stated stance on the lawsuit. Greenfield’s  is based on Ernst’s consistently critical assessment of the ACA and votes in favor of repealing the law. Ernst also voted to cut the individual mandate, which led to the law being challenged in court.  Even though Ernst hasn’t taken a position on the lawsuit itself, she’s expressed a repeated desire to roll back the ACA. We rate Greenfield’s  .
Statement: Spending of government money is 17 percent less than it was a decade ago.
Speaker: nathan deal
About the speaker: Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: January 17, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: state budget
Context: a twitter post
Fact-check justification: Deal explained the decrease in his speech. "Using 2012 dollars, our per capita spending of government money is 17 percent less that it was a decade ago," the governor said. Adjusted for inflation, the fiscal year 2003 budget would now be $20.15 billion. The difference between that budget and Deal’s proposed budget is about $3 billion, a 17 percent decrease. We rate this statement .
Statement: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wore a Nazi cross symbol.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 16, 2022
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts  that a Nazi symbol can be seen on Zelenskyy’s T-shirts. This is . The symbol visible on Zelenskyy’s shirt is the official emblem of Ukraine’s military and doesn’t represent a Nazi Iron Cross. We rate the  .
Statement: We know that Sunday mornings have usually been given over to conservative white men.
Speaker: michael eric dyson
About the speaker: Michael Eric Dyson is a professor of sociology at Georgetown University and an MSNBC political commentator.
Date: April 14, 2014
Topics: pundits;punditfact
Context: a broadcast of "The Ed Show"
Fact-check justification: Dyson said the the Sunday talk shows are usually given over to conservative white men. It would have been much more accurate if he just said white men. According to the liberal group Media Matters, conservative white males made up 29 percent of the guests when looking at four Sunday shows. That's the largest of any group when breaking things down for ideology, race and gender, Media Matters found. Our database for 2014 presents different findings. So far, 25 percent of all appearances on the Sunday talk shows in 2014 have been made by conservative white men. That's slightly less than neutral or "other" white men who made up 27 percent of all guest appearances so far in 2014. Dyson described the Sunday shows as having been "given over" to conservative white males. While that phrase isn't exact, it does suggest a dominant presence. The numbers don’t back that up. Conservatives outman the liberals but by the time you drill down to white, male, conservatives, they lose much of the edge. Dyson pushed too far on his adjectives. We rate the  .
Statement: Violent crime in South Bend doubled during Mayor Pete's tenure.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 10, 2020
Topics: crime
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: An article shared on Facebook claims: "Violent crime in South Bend doubled during Mayor Pete’s tenure." The raw numbers suggest such an increase — but not because the number of violent crimes doubled. What happened is that, based on guidance from the FBI, South Bend changed the way it defined a type of assault, and counting of that violent crime increased significantly. The FBI said South Bend’s violent crime numbers from 2016 forward can’t be compared with those from previous years. We rate the statement  .
Statement: Photos show Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer and Cory Booker violating COVID-19 safety precautions.
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 19, 2020
Topics: corrections and updates;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: In reality, the rally happened before such limitations existed.   We rate this post . Correction:   This story has been updated to reflect that Sen. Cory Booker is from New Jersey. The story initially said he was from New York.
Statement: McCain opposed the border fence.
Speaker: j.d. hayworth
About the speaker: J.D. Hayworth is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and host of a conservative talk radio show. He challenged Sen. John McCain for renomination in the 2010 Republican Senate primary, but was defeated.
Date: August 5, 2010
Location: national
Topics: immigration;message machine 2010
Context: a TV ad against John McCain
Fact-check justification: It also ignored McCain's key role in securing the passage of The Secure Fence Act of 2006, which authorized construction of a 700-mile fence on the border. Finally, it neglected to mention that the defeated amendment would have been paid for with cuts from other parts of the 2007 Homeland Security appropriations bill. Republican leaders -- who voted with McCain -- say that adopting the amendment would have resulted in cutbacks in hiring new border patrol agents. The ad is technically right that McCain voted against additional funding at one point. Still, we found that the  is a gross exaggeration, so we rate it .
Statement: Polling center tells some Republicans they 'already voted'" in the California recall election.
Speaker: breitbart
About the speaker: Breitbart is a conservative news website.
Date: September 13, 2021
Location: california
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks;punditfact
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: The Breitbart headline said, "Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in California recall election, suggesting that GOP voters were being targeted. The  indicates not rigging, but an election error, which happened at two polling places and was remedied. It affected potentially any voter, not just Republicans. And people were allowed to vote by casting provisional ballots. Those ballots will be counted so long as the voter is eligible.  The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it .
Statement: Says the Multnomah County Library system "is the second busiest in the nation.
Speaker: libraries yes! committee
About the speaker: The Libraries Yes! Committee is an organization that advocates on behalf of the Multnomah County Library System.
Date: October 21, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: taxes
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: A report released by the institute in December 2009, said Multnomah County Library boasted the third highest circulation rate in the country -- there’s no mention of who is first or second. Those figures, of course, would be somewhat dated compared to the other survey -- though potentially more complete. It’s often said that the Multnomah County Library system is the nation’s second busiest. The most recent available statistics from a survey used widely in the industry backs up the . We rate this  .
Statement: When McCain was questioned about hiring lobbyists to his campaign staff, "his top lobbyist actually had the nerve to say, 'The American people won't care about this.'
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: May 21, 2008
Location: national
Topics: elections;ethics
Context: Tampa, Fla
Fact-check justification: NBC News' Carrie Dann recounted the interview with Black as follows: "Asked today if questions about potential conflicts of interest might be affecting the choices of average American voters, Black responded bluntly: "Hell, no." He was careful to say that Sen. McCain is committed to maintaining the integrity of the campaign — hence his commitment to the re-vetting process. But, Black added, 'I do not believe that average voters out there care.'" Sure sounds like Black was saying he doesn't think the American people care about this issue. We rate Obama's statement .
Statement: Says Elizabeth Warren tweeted, "Looks like I'm the last woman of color left in this race.
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: December 4, 2019
Topics: candidate biography;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: (Parody)." The tweet that appears in the Facebook post is also here , and people have retweeted it about 3,700 times.   Back in December 2018, Warren said in a speech to a group of largely black students: "I’m not a person of color. And I haven’t lived your life or experienced anything like the subtle prejudice, or more overt harm, that you may have experienced just because of the color of your skin. "  We rate this Facebook post !
Statement: Says Beto O'Rourke "voted in favor of a $10 a barrel tax on every barrel of oil produced in the state of Texas.
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: October 16, 2018
Location: texas
Topics: energy;taxes
Context: San Antonio
Fact-check justification: O'Rourke didn't vote in favor of a $10 tax. He voted against condemning a proposal to do that, one that wasn't even up for consideration in his chamber or the Senate.  Also, despite Cruz’s suggestion, nothing about the proposal was directed specifically at Texas.    Cruz’s  thus has an element of  but is otherwise off the mark. We rate Cruz’s  .
Statement: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 30, 2021
Location: national
Topics: congress;facebook fact-checks;florida
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill. In 2017, Gaetz was the lone vote against a bill that directed federal officials to take steps to combat human trafficking, including the creation of an advisory committee. Gaetz said that combating human trafficking was important, but he was against creating a new federal entity to do so. We rate this statement .  RELATED: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on the -O-Meter RELATED: Graph showing rising human trafficking arrests under Trump draws on bogus data