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Statement: Says Tom Cotton "voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola.
Speaker: mark pryor
About the speaker: Mark Pryor, a Democrat, has served in the U.S. Senate since 2003.
Date: August 25, 2014
Location: national
Topics: ebola;message machine 2014;public health;voting record
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: A Pryor for Senate ad said, "Tom Cotton voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola." Cotton voted against one version of a 2013 pandemic and emergency preparedness bill. However, Cotton voted for the final version, which Pryor also supported. The bill easily became law. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it .
Statement: If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps.
Speaker: john patrick
About the speaker: John Patrick is president of the Texas AFL-CIO, a state labor federation that says it represents more than 235,000 union affiliate advocating for working families in Texas. He previously served as the group's secretary-treasurer.
Date: January 12, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: food;poverty;workers
Context: a Texas Capitol press conference
Fact-check justification: Patrick said that in Texas, "if you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps." Our finding is that a household of two or more residents including a single full-time minimum-wage worker would clearly qualify for SNAP as would a household of four or more with two full-time minimum-wage workers. A three-person household with two such workers would gross too much to qualify. We rate this  .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/dd17f5aa-fc00-402c-9b32-89ed516a11b6
Statement: We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade.
Speaker: tony evers
About the speaker: Tony Evers, a Democrat, was elected Wisconsin governor in November 2018. His term begins in January 2019. Evers has served as the Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction, a non-partisan position, since 2009. He previously worked as a teacher and school district administrator.
Date: January 12, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education;state budget
Context: Speech
Fact-check justification: In his State of the State address, Evers said "we put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade." The 2019-2021 budget increased general aid by 3.5% when compared to the previous year. That’s the biggest hike for that pot of money since the 2005-2007 budget.  We rate this  .
Statement: Countries were exporting COVID-19 "diagnostic test instruments" in 2018.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 8, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a photo
Fact-check justification: That resulted in what many Facebook users are confused about: a list of export data about diagnostic testing instruments that appear to predate the coronavirus. The World Bank has since revised the title of the table to read: "Medical Diagnostic Test instruments and apparatus." "In light of misinterpretations that have occurred in recent days, the labeling in the WITS site has been updated to reflect the reality: COVID-19 tests did not exist before 2020," the organization said in its statement. The Facebook post is . We rate it .
Statement: Photo shows former French education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem herding sheep as a child in Morocco.
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: January 4, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: We were quite poor. I helped my grandfather with the goats, drew water from a well, and spent most of the day in flip-flops. I don’t have many specific memories, but I carry with me the feeling of a happy family life." She goes on to say that she moved to France to join her father in 1982, well before the photo of the girl in Morocco was taken.   We rate claims that this photo shows a young Vallaud-Belkacem .
Statement: The Vatican owns a telescope called Lucifer.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 21, 2021
Location: national
Topics: religion;science;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Facebook posts are recirculating an old rumor that the Vatican owns a telescope called "Lucifer." The Vatican has an observatory with an outpost in Arizona. But it doesn’t own or operate any telescope or instrument named Lucifer. That nickname was briefly given to a piece of equipment that attached to a telescope at the same observatory site that’s owned and operated by several institutions. The Vatican Observatory is not one of them. We rate this .
Statement: Says families now pay out 40 percent of their income to taxes.
Speaker: phil king
About the speaker: Phil King was chosen "Freshman of the Year" by his Texas House colleagues in the 1999 legislative session, he says on his biographical web page. He carried a major telecommunications deregulation measure in the 2005 session.
Date: January 13, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: income;taxes
Context: a newspaper article
Fact-check justification: King broaches a valid point about taxes absorbing a substantial share of income. But that share approaches 30--not 40--percent. We rate his statement . Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: Says Ben Shapiro said on Twitter that his "red pill moment" was sharing cupcakes with poor kids.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 29, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The screenshot was first posted to a subreddit called "ToiletPaperUSA." The satirical subreddit says it is "dedicated to the mockery of Turning Point USA and conservative pseudo intellectualism." The post is flagged on the thread as " news" and says it means that "the post is  and is most likely satire." Users on Facebook didn’t know that though, with many circularing the screenshot as if it were real and criticizing Shapiro over the words. We rate it !
Statement: Video shows Tucker Carlson speechless in interview with a guest.
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 26, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: A Fox News spokesperson told PolitiFact the video is .   We found the original video of Johnson posted on his YouTube page in July 2021. He wasn’t appearing on Carlson’s show, and we found no  that he’s ever appeared on the show.   Searching for his name on Fox’s website, we got no results.   We rate claims that his video is authentic .
Statement: The World Economic Forum hired "unvaccinated pilots" to fly people into Davos, Switzerland, for its annual meeting for safety reasons.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: January 15, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: What I did say was that wealthy businessmen have reached out to me for that purpose. "  We reached out to the World Economic Forum about the blog post but didn’t hear back.   We found no credible sources to corroborate this . Rather, on its website, the World Economic Forum has championed COVID-19 vaccines.   We rate this post’s headline .
Statement: Says gun ownership information could be recorded and collected by the federal government and insurance companies as part of the federal health care law.
Speaker: jason brodeur
About the speaker: Jason Brodeur is a member of the Florida House of Representatives serving District 33. He was first elected in 2010.
Date: January 16, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: health care;privacy issues;guns
Context: the Fort Myers News-Press
Fact-check justification: We left a message with Brodeur's legislative office, but did not hear back. Brodeur told the News-Press that his bill -- which would prevent doctors from asking patients if they own a gun -- was crafted to combat privacy concerns resulting from the passage of the federal health care law. It turns out Brodeur's trying to right a "" that isn't . The health care law included specific protections for gun owners -- so they wouldn't see insurance premium increases and their information wouldn't be included in a gun owner database or registry. We find this  .
Statement: Municipalities are now required to have two or more polling locations opened 24-hours a day, two weeks before any election.
Speaker: jim ott
About the speaker: Jim Ott (born June 5, 1947) is a Wisconsin politician and former television meteorologist.
Ott serves in the Wisconsin State Assembly representing District 23. Prior to being elected to the Assembly, he was a broadcast meteorologist in Milwaukee for Journal Communications's WTMJ-TV and Radio.[1][2]
Date: December 3, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;legal issues
Context: a newsletter
Fact-check justification: It set a two-week maximum time period for early voting. It did not require every municipality to offer it for that whole window. Likewise, it did not specify they would be open 24 hours a day. Those determinations will still be made at the local level, so inconsistencies are likely to remain. We rate Ott’s  .
Statement: There are giant human caucasian skeletons in Ohio that predate any known civilizations.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: September 26, 2022
Location: ohio
Topics: corrections and updates;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post said "there are giant human caucasian skeletons in Ohio that predate any known civilizations." This  traces back to decades-old myths and rumors — some of which stem from photo-editing contests. PolitiFact found no corroborated  suggesting that ancient, giant human skeletons were found in Ohio.  We rate these claims . Correction, Oct. 3, 2022: This fact-check has been corrected to reflect that Brush Creek Mound in Muskingum County, Ohio, is a separate, distinct landmark from Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio. The rating is unchanged.
Statement: The state of Ohio has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation right now and is leading the pack in terms of job creation.
Speaker: bill johnson
About the speaker: Bill Johnson is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Ohio's 6th Congressional District. His district covers all or part of 12 counties from Mahoning County in Eastern Ohio and stretching along the Ohio River to the southernmost part of the state.
Date: June 5, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a telephone town hall meeting
Fact-check justification: But monthly stats for March and April, both available at the time of his statement, showed Ohio losing jobs. And while Ohio’s jobless rate has improved considerably since it rose above 10 percent in 2009 and 2010, it is not one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. It now is below the national average. But now and at the time of Johnson’s , the state was in the middle of the pack. On the -O-Meter, Johnson’s  rates .
Statement: The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.
Speaker: suzanne devlin
About the speaker: Suzanne Devlin is a Turner resident who wrote a letter to the editor of the Statesman Journal in Salem.
Date: January 19, 2011
Location: oregon
Topics: guns
Context: a letter to the editor
Fact-check justification: (Fashionable, too. Look online to find a Pepto pink Hello Kitty version.) There’s a quibble with the definition of "assault rifle," but it’s a small one. We rate this  . Comment on this item.
Statement: John wasn't this raging populist four years ago" when he ran for president.
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: November 8, 2007
Location: national
Context: Chariton, Iowa
Fact-check justification: "Edwards is in a different place than he was in 1998," Guillory said. "But it's not like he couldn't go back and give his speeches from 1998. He's just running for a different office in a different context." We give Obama a  ruling on his remark that Edwards came to populism recently. His Senate record may not be the most substantial, but Edwards has consistently raised issues of economic inequality his entire political career.
Statement: We have one senator who's a 'yes' vote ... but he's in the hospital. And he's a 'yes' vote. So we can't do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill.
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: September 27, 2017
Location: national
Topics: congress;health care
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Trump said Senate Republicans would have enough votes to pass health care reform but for a hospitalized senator who’s unable to cast the deciding vote. At most, Senate Republicans have 49 "yes" votes — that’s short of the majority they need to pass the latest health care overhaul. This shortfall would not be overcome even with a "yes" vote from Cochran, who is not hospitalized, but rather recuperating at home after receiving medical treatment. We rate this .
Statement: Says Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president in 56 years to not attend a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day.
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: June 4, 2019
Topics: fake news;veterans;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral image on social media claims that president Trump was the "first" sitting U.S. president who did not attend the wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day 2018. It is accurate that Trump was elsewhere that day, but he is not the first president to be absent from the event. Three out of the four presidents who preceded Trump observed the holiday elsewhere. This screenshot is a blatantly  and incomplete depiction of a fact-check. We rate it !
Statement: The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.
Speaker: will weatherford
About the speaker: State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is Florida's Speaker of the House for 2013-14.
Date: March 28, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: a Board of Governors meeting
Fact-check justification: Weatherford defended his call for a tuition hike before the leaders of the state university system by saying students spend more on cellphones than "what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition. We found his point is accurate if you compare the average out-of-pocket cost for all schools against the average cellphone bill, but there are caveats. Remember, he’s just talking about tuition, not the many other costs involved with a student’s degree. For the cash-paying families that comprise a majority of the system, the comparison is a little off, with students paying more for tuition than the average cellphone. Others spend a lot less on tuition, or a lot more, depending on their university. More than one-third of Florida’s public university students receive enough merit- and need-based financial aid that they do not pay anything for tuition and fees. Weatherford’s  is accurate but needs clarification. We rate it .
Statement: Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 2, 2020
Topics: drugs;health care;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: We found no indication that Epstein was one of the primary stockholders in Moderna when he died on Aug. 10, 2019. He was awaiting trial for federal sex trafficking charges when he committed suicide in his prison cell.   Our ruling  A Facebook post claims that the vaccine developer Moderna is connected to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein. But none of the supposed connections are founded. We rate this .
Statement: $2,000 stimulus checks were due on Jan. 19.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 18, 2022
Topics: economy;stimulus;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: There has been no movement in Congress to authorize a fourth stimulus check amid the pandemic. Americans did not receive stimulus payments on Jan. 19, and there is no  that they will be distributed anytime soon.  We rate this .
Statement: The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find.
Speaker: kenneth block
About the speaker: Kenneth Block is a software engineer and president of Simpatico Software Systems. He founded Rhode Island's Moderate Party and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010. He switched to the Republican Party in 2013 and made an unsuccessful run for Rhode Island Governor in 2014.
Date: August 23, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: city budget;city government;county budget;county government;public safety
Context: TV interview
Fact-check justification: On "Newsmakers," Block said:  "When we studied firefighting costs in Rhode Island relative to other places, we determined that the cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find." However, the determination itself isn’t that reliable without an appendix and without consistent data, especially in regards to pension costs. Perhaps, Block and his team should just finish their reporting job. For those reasons, the judges rate his    .   (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms.
Speaker: paul ryan
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R.-Wis., became Speaker of the House in 2015 and served until his retirement in January 2019. Ryan was elected to represent southern Wisconsin in Congress in 1998 and for part of his tenure chaired the House Budget Committee. He was Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. He did not seek re-election in 2018.
Date: February 15, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: legal issues;government regulation;public health;guns
Context: a briefing with reporters
Fact-check justification: Our rating Responding to the Florida school shooting, in which the confessed shooter has some history of mental health problems, Ryan said we "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms." A federal law, and some state laws, do prohibit people adjudicated as "mentally defective" or involuntarily committed to a mental health facility from possessing a gun. But experts say that standard includes people who do not pose a danger to others. And it does not account for a much larger set of people who might be dangerous but have not been diagnosed with, or treated for, a serious mental illness. For a statement that is partially accurate but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, our rating is .
Statement: Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming.
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: December 8, 2015
Location: national
Topics: climate change;energy;foreign policy;terrorism
Context: an interview with NPR
Fact-check justification: Cruz said, "Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming." We found no instances of Morell testifying before Congress on this point. He did talk about Obama’s ISIS strategy on PBS, but Cruz misquotes what he said. Morell said U.S. military forces spared oil tankers and wells — not "oil fields" — in order to avoid "environmental damage." Preserving the environment for the local population is quite different from global warming, which no officials have brought up as a deterrent from bombing ISIS. The U.S. military has been striking oil assets but it has limited those strikes out of concern for civilian casualties, destroying the oil infrastructure and doing damage to the local environment. If climate change was the Obama administration’s top priority, experts said, it would make more sense to bomb the oil fields. We rate Cruz’s  .