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Statement: Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.
Speaker: martha mcsally
About the speaker: Martha McSally, a Republican, is a former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Representative from Arizona. McSally served 26 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring in 2010 as a full colonel. She was the first female fighter pilot to fly a combat mission and command a fighter squadron. She was elected to public office for the first time when she won election to Congress in 2014.
Date: June 22, 2020
Location: arizona
Topics: health check
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: In her new TV ad, McSally claims she will "always protect those with preexisting conditions." But nothing in her voting record, which tracks closely with the Republican repeal-and-replace philosophy, supports this . And she has continually declined opportunities to oppose a pending legal threat to the ACA, including its provisions related to preexisting conditions, by a group of GOP governors and supported by the Trump administration. Meanwhile, the legislation her campaign cited to justify her stance falls short in terms of meaningfully protecting Americans with preexisting medical conditions. McSally has not in the past or present taken actions that back up her statement. We rate it .
Statement: The FBI raided a "Cleveland office linked to Ukraine. Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney all had sons getting tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 5, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: It’s correct to say that a company linked to Ukraine was recently raided by the FBI. But there is no  that the sons of Biden, Pelosi, Kerry and Romney got "tens of millions of dollars from no-show jobs in Ukraine." They are all unrelated to the ongoing investigation of Kolomoisky’s alleged money laundering. The post is . We rate it .
Statement: Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison.
Speaker: paul krugman
About the speaker: Paul Krugman is a columnist for the New York Times and professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008. He describes himself as liberal.
Date: May 28, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: jobs;pundits
Context: The New York Times
Fact-check justification: In his May 28 column, Krugman claimed "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison." Krugman’s analysis is correct. In terms of the percentage increases in total jobs and private-sector jobs as of April 2012, New Jersey’s growth since the beginning of Christie’s tenure has been less than the increases in New York, Connecticut and the nation as a whole. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Photo of "tea party" protests shows crowd sprawling from Capitol to Washington Monument
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 12, 2009
Location: national
Topics: history
Context: conservative blogs
Fact-check justification: Power Line took the picture down all together. But because mistakes can still live forever on the Internet and many people who saw the photo on Facebook were unaware it was found to be the  picture, we decided to still rate it on the -O-Meter. And  it is. UPDATED: We updated this item to include new details about the Promise Keepers photos.
Statement: Says Dan Forest wants to use tax dollars "to help rich people send their kids to private school using vouchers.
Speaker: roy cooper
About the speaker: Roy Cooper, a Democrat, is the governor of North Carolina. Previously he was the attorney general, a state senator and a state representative.
Date: October 14, 2020
Location: north carolina
Topics: education
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Cooper said Forest wants to use tax dollars "to help rich people send their kids to private school using vouchers." Cooper was referring to the fact that Forest has said he wants to make North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program available to "every family in North Carolina." That language suggests high-income families could access the funds. However, Forest says he’d implement a weighted lottery system to ensure low-income families have the best chance of accessing funds. It’s unclear how that system would work.  Cooper’s statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details, specifically Forest’s stated intent to give preference to poor families. We rate this  .
Statement: We have a national debt the size of our nation's economy for the first time since World War II.
Speaker: mike pence
About the speaker: Mike Pence is the former vice president of the United States. A Republican, Pence was elected governor of Indiana in 2012. Pence previously served for 12 years as a congressman from Indiana representing the Sixth Congressional District; he was first elected in 2000. During his time in the U.S. House of Represenatives, he served as House Republican Conference chairman and chairman of the House Republican Study Committee. Pence was born in Columbus, Ind. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1981 from Hanover College and a law degree in 1986 from Indiana University. After accepting Donald Trump's offer to be running mate, Pence ended his 2016 campaign to be re-elected as Indiana governor. 
Date: March 24, 2023
Topics: debt;economy
Context: an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo
Fact-check justification: Pence said, "We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II." Pence has a point that today the national debt, depending on what measure is used, is either 100% of GDP or slightly less. However, today’s debt-to-GDP level is not 100% for the "first time since World War II."  By one commonly used measure, it’s been above 100% since 2013, and by another, it hit 100% in 2020. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it  .
Statement: Says Roy Moore "has advocated getting the federal government out of health care altogether, which means doing away with Medicaid, which means doing away with Medicare.
Speaker: doug jones
About the speaker: Doug Jones is the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate special election in Alabama.
Date: September 27, 2017
Location: national
Topics: health care;medicaid;medicare
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Jones said Moore wants to end the federal government’s role in Medicaid and Medicare. The record clearly demonstrates Moore wants to repeal Obamacare. He may not have articulated what he wants the health insurance system to look like, but we found no  to suggest he wants to end the federal government’s role in Medicaid and Medicare. We rate Jones’ statement .
Statement: By rubber-stamping the Bayer-Monsanto merger, the Justice Department is handing control over one quarter of the world's seeds and pesticides market to one ginormous agribusiness.
Speaker: elizabeth warren
About the speaker: Elizabeth Warren is a senator from Massachusetts. Warren was elected to the Senate in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024. Warren received a bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Houston and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. In 2019, she announced her race for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out March 5, 2020.
Date: February 4, 2019
Location: national
Topics: agriculture
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Warren said the Justice Department "rubber stamped" a deal that cleared the way for one firm to control one-fourth of the seeds and pesticide market worldwide. The regulatory process took many months and Bayer had to sell substantial business lines to win approval. "Rubber-stamped" gives the  impression that it happened without scrutiny or conditions. The market share number is generally correct. However, Bayer plays a commanding role in the sale of some seeds, such as corn and soybeans, and not in others. And the experts we reached described the limits of control, even when one or two firms dominate a market. We rate this  .
Statement: The man in a mugshot is "responsible for lighting 32 of the wildfires" on the West Coast.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 20, 2020
Location: california
Topics: environment;climate change;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A post suggests climate change has nothing to do with the fires burning in the Western U.S., blaming instead one man for setting 32 wildfires. That isn’t . Brandon McGlover was arrested in 2018 for lighting nine fires in southwest California and is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence. Also, experts say that climate change has modified environments in the West Coast, making them more conducive to wildfires. ​ We rate this post .
Statement: A Waushara County school closed because of state budget cuts supported by Republican Wisconsin state Sen. Luther Olsen.
Speaker: progressive change campaign committee and democracy for america
About the speaker: The Progressive Change Campaign Committee "works to elect bold progressive candidates to federal office and to help those candidates and their campaigns save money, work smarter, and win more often."
Democracy for America "provides campaign training, organizing resources, and media exposure so members have the power to support progressive issues and candidates up and down the ballot."
Date: August 1, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: state budget
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: But that’s only one piece of the picture. Much of the district’s cut in direct state aid was offset by budgetary changes allowed by the "tools" Walker and the GOP advocated. But the school district still had a shortfall -- and told parents that the time had come for closing Poy Sippi because of the "historic budget cuts" advanced by Walker and supported by Olsen. What’s more, the wave of retirements prompted by the changes contributed to the timing. We rate the  .
Statement: As governor, Mike Huckabee supported higher income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, grocery taxes, tobacco taxes, beer taxes, Internet taxes, nursing home bed taxes.
Speaker: club for growth
About the speaker: The Club for Growth is an anti-tax group.
Date: December 26, 2007
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: As for the specific taxes cited in the ad, the Club is correct that Huckabee supported increases in income taxes, sales taxes, gas taxes, tobacco taxes, Internet taxes and nursing home bed taxes. He also opposed the repeal of grocery and beer taxes, which the the Club says indicates he supported "higher taxes." Overall, we find the Club for Growth ad to be technically correct because Huckabee did support the tax hikes cited or opposed repeals of the others. But the ad is  because it takes his comments out of context given the financial crisis he was dealing with in Arkansas and the mandate to balance the budget. And so we find the Club's  to be .
Statement: Says Oregon state employees received a "catch-up" pay raise in 1981 -- just two years after they agreed not to take a raise in exchange for a retirement benefit.
Speaker: dennis richardson
About the speaker: Dennis Richardson is a member of the Oregon House, representing District 4. He is an attorney and owns the law firm of Dennis Richardson & Associates, P.C., in Central Point.
Date: June 30, 2011
Location: oregon
Topics: labor;retirement;unions
Context: a press briefing
Fact-check justification: Readers can decide for themselves whether they did, and whether they should continue to get their retirement contributions paid. What we can say for sure is that even with the 6 percent retirement pickup added back to paychecks, the 15.3 percent so-called "catch up" raise was not out of line given inflation. And two, state workers didn’t get most of that 15.3 percent increase until the next biennium, at which point COLA cost-of-living increases were frozen for another two years. State workers may have done better economically than private sector employees, but that’s not what Richardson said in his original statement. We find his statement .
Statement: There's only one candidate under investigation -- Terry McAuliffe.
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 22, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: ethics
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Cuccinelli said McAuliffe is the only gubernatorial candidate under formal investigation. He cites an SEC probe into the tactics GreenTech Automotive used to attracted foreign investors. McAuliffe was chairman of the electric car company until last December and remains one of its key stockholders. But there has been no indication that McAuliffe is a target of the SEC investigation. The burden of proof falls on Cuccinelli to prove his charge against McAuliffe, and he comes up empty. The good news for Cuccinelli is that we can also say that he is not the focus of any current investigations. The bad news is that we rate his ad  .
Statement: Jobs incentive program "created over 1,200 high-wage jobs since 2009.
Speaker: tammy hall
About the speaker: Tammy Hall, 50, was elected to the Lee County Board of Commissioners District 4 seat in November 2004.  In November 2005, she served as chairwoman, becoming the first woman to chair the board in its 119-year history. Previously, she represented Ward 1 on the Fort Myers City Council.
Date: September 27, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: county budget;economy
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: "I think the message is that we are out there, doing our part as government to allow those jobs to accumulate," she said. Does "FIRST INITIATIVE -- Economic incentive program created over 1,200 high wage jobs since 2009" accurately convey that message and the facts? The number of jobs created is overstated by about 38 percent and most remain unfilled now.  Also, the FIRST INITIATIVE program isn’t the only source of incentive money being used. So we rate this  .
Statement: Video shows John F. Kennedy Jr. in a "real presidential convoy.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 9, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the crash probably happened after Kennedy, who was inexperienced at flying his plane alone at night, became disoriented in haze .    Their bodies were recovered in seas southwest of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1999, after a recovery team of U.S. Navy divers searched the ocean floor for about 18 hours, the Washington Post reported at the time. Kennedy’s body was found in the cockpit, still strapped to his seat.   His cremated remains were scattered at sea.   We rate this post !
Statement: Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino.
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: June 13, 2016
Location: national
Topics: homeland security;crime;race and ethnicity;terrorism
Context: Orlando
Fact-check justification: Clinton said that "hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino." Calculations by the director of an academic center found that the number did triple after those attacks. But it’s worth noting that his data does not show whether or not they remained at that elevated level, or for how long -- something that would be a reasonable interpretation of what Clinton said. The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, so we rate it .
Statement: I have tremendous support from women.
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: November 3, 2016
Location: national
Topics: elections;women
Context: Jacksonville, Fla
Fact-check justification: Trump said that he has "tremendous support from women." His campaign pointed to a poll that shows him gaining ground with women, but on average, he lags behind Clinton by 11 percentage points. And even the poll cited by his campaign finds he still faces a 13-point gap. His best performance shows that 41 percent of women support him, but his polling average is 39 percent, appreciably lower than the fraction that have backed previous Republican candidates. That doesn’t seem to meet the common definition of "tremendous." We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/ff7283d3-87b1-41e0-ba0c-9b417b759980
Statement: Under the president's plan, he cuts Medicare by $716 billion, takes that money out of the Medicare trust fund and uses it to pay for Obamacare.
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: August 15, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: health care;medicare;tampa bay 10 news
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Romney said, "Under the president's plan, he cuts Medicare by $716 billion, takes that money out of the Medicare trust fund and uses it to pay for Obamacare." This wording isn't as troublesome as other statements we've seen on this topic, including from Romney himself. Still, Romney's most-recent attempt at this  needs significantly more explanation. In this instance, Romney’s  gives the impression that the law takes money that was already allocated to Medicare and funds the new health care law with it. In fact, the law uses a number of measures to try to reduce the rapid growth of future Medicare spending. Those savings are then used to offset costs created by the law -- especially coverage for the uninsured -- so that the overall law doesn't add to the deficit. We rate his statement . PolitiFact Florida is partnering with 10 News for the 2012 election. See video fact-checks by clicking here .
Statement: When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One.
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: April 27, 2016
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: Washington
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One." While there appears to be some variation in protocol for presidential arrivals, it’s credible to view the absence of one of the Castro brothers at the airport as something of a snub, particularly since Raul Castro had met two visiting religious leaders there just months earlier. However, Trump  here when he says "no leader was there, nobody, to greet him," since Cuba’s foreign minister and other high government officials were present. And there is at least one "precedent" for the foreign minister greeting a visiting president -- Nixon’s trip to China in 1972, which is actually a pretty good comparison for the type of trip Obama was making. We rate the statement .
Statement: Common Core is "education through Washington D.C.
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 10, 2016
Location: national
Topics: education
Context: Miami
Fact-check justification: Trump said Common Core is "education through Washington D.C." The education standards for English and math were unveiled in 2010 after state school officials, nonprofits, teachers, parents and experts settled on broad education goals. Washington was not a player in that game, although Obama has given states that have education standards a leg up when applying for grant money. We rate Trump’s statement .
Statement: There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people.
Speaker: john stossel
About the speaker: John Stossel is the host of "Stossel," a weekly show with a libertarian bent that appears on the Fox Business Network. He also contributes to Fox News programming as a pundit and used to co-anchor ABC's "20/20."
Date: December 4, 2014
Topics: public health;science;punditfact
Context: an interview on "Fox and Friends"
Fact-check justification: Stossel said "there is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people." His definition of good obviously differs with the vast majority of scientists and researchers studying the effects of secondhand smoke. They say the data does show that secondhand smoke kills people. And that the data is indeed solid. Stossel’s  rates .