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Statement: Ted Strickland stands in lockstep with Hillary Clinton and the abortion lobby in their desire to force Americans to pay for abortion on demand, up until the moment of birth, with their taxpayer dollars.
Speaker: ohio right to life
About the speaker: Ohio Right to Life is the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee. Its stated mission is to promote and defend the right to life of all innocent human beings, from the time of fertilization until natural death.
Date: August 2, 2016
Location: ohio
Topics: abortion
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Ohio Right to Life’s press release said, "Ted Strickland stands in lockstep with Hillary Clinton and the abortion lobby in their desire to force Americans to pay for abortion on demand, up until the moment of birth, with their taxpayer dollars." Strickland supports the Democratic party platform, so although "lockstep" sounds sinister, it simply means Clinton and Strickland hold similar positions when it comes to abortion rights. Those positions are not accurately described by Ohio Right to Life.  Abortions "on demand, up until the moment of birth" are a hypothetical non-event, according to health care professionals. As for abortions being paid for with tax dollars, this is a vast oversimplification of rules surrounding Medicaid, which provides health care for poor women.   We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/9c664b20-be6e-46f5-93f4-bb96a98299e7
Statement: Connecticut's take on slot machines is 25 cents on the dollar. And the state's take on table games:  zero.
Speaker: diane hurley
About the speaker: Diane Hurley is chief executive officer of Newport Grand in Newport. She has worked in various capacities at the business, which her family owns, since it opened in 1976.
Date: October 14, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;gambling;state budget
Context: an interview on "10 News Conference"
Fact-check justification: The rest went to the house, with 25 percent to the state. Hurley’s accounting of Connecticut’s cut is accurate. We rate her   . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: May 13, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: taxes
Context: a campaign tweet
Fact-check justification: Scott for Florida tweeted, "Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families," highlighting a list that actually contained 41 items. These tax cuts range from credits to exemptions to changing rates and penalties. The list focuses heavily on businesses, and like his original 24 cuts, is full of caveats. Some are counted more than once, some are only changes to scheduled increases. This year’s legislative session added a few more measures aimed at consumers, but businesses still benefit from much of it. Scott’s tax  is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: The "working tax cut" created "over 40,000 new jobs in just the last four years.
Speaker: associated industries of florida
About the speaker: Associated Industries of Florida is a lobbying group focused on business issues.
Date: April 14, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: AIF rolled out a big ad campaign to combat SB 1832, saying the insurance industry’s "working tax cut" created "over 40,000 new jobs in just the last four years." The problem is the number, which is cherry-picked and . And even if the jobs number was right -- and again, it's not -- experts say the tax cut would only be one factor in a company's decision to expand operations in Florida. We rate AIF's  !
Statement: (McCain) said he was opposed to overturning Roe v. Wade. Now he's for overturning Roe v. Wade.
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: April 26, 2007
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: Stratham, N.H
Fact-check justification: My voting record is clear, of 17 years of pro-life. I continue to hold that position, and I … continue to believe that Roe vs. Wade was a very flawed decision, as in the opinion of most experts." In South Carolina this year, McCain said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned." We find McCain's brief remark of support falls short of a full-fledged change in position, so we rated Romney's  .
Statement: Six people in Florida die as a result of (not expanding Medicaid) every day.
Speaker: charlie crist
About the speaker: Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign.  As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.
Date: February 7, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: health care;medicaid;poverty
Context: an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown."
Fact-check justification: Crist said that Florida’s decision not to expand Medicaid means that "six people in Florida die as a result of that every day." The statistic is based on a recent study, but experts note a few caveats. First, Crist used the study’s high-end figure; using the low-end figure cuts the number of deaths to three a day. Second, experts caution about uncertainties about the studies upon which the new study was based. And third, while many experts agree that it’s plausible to assume that the lack of Medicaid coverage could lead to deaths, they were careful to add that it is difficult to pinpoint a number as precise as the one Crist offered. On balance, we rate this  .
Statement: If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.
Speaker: tom cotton
About the speaker: Tom Cotton, a Republican, was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 from a district in Arkansas.
Date: March 9, 2015
Location: national
Topics: legal issues;foreign policy
Context: a letter to Iranian leaders
Fact-check justification: The letter written by Cotton said that if Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time." We found broad agreement among experts that a future president or a future Congress could indeed undo or modify the kind of agreement that’s currently being negotiated with Iran, but the senators’ letter makes the process sound more clear cut and easier than it actually is.  The statement is accurate but needs additional information, so we rate it .
Statement: Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story.
Speaker: newt gingrich
About the speaker: Newt Gingrich is a political adviser and author. A former Georgia congressman, Gingrich served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. Gingrich sought the GOP nomination for president in 2012.
Date: January 4, 2015
Topics: pundits;punditfact
Context: an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
Fact-check justification: Gingrich claimed Obama got a pass on his association with the controversial Wright, while saying a 12-year-old speech by Scalise has blown up into a national story. You can argue that the Wright controversy didn't sway the majority of people's opinions about Obama -- he won election in 2008 and 2012 -- but it's  to  the Wright story wasn't covered the way Scalise's troubles have made national news. In the days after ABC News first reported the Wright-Obama connection in 2008, the story littered print and TV media. Meanwhile, a poll found that 85 percent of Americans had at least some knowledge of the matter. We rate Gingrich's  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/3b79b98c-ed32-4f7d-a253-c76c37556f86
Statement: Video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with South Korea's president.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 6, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: Footage from the 2019 event is identical to the video posted on Facebook. The event was the first time Putin and Kim had met and was billed as a historic event, occurring "amid efforts by the United States to persuade the North to abandon its nuclear weapons," ABC News reported . Some people commenting on the Facebook post understood that the video showed the North Korean leader and not the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in , as the caption claimed. But other commenters did not seem to be clued in, and interpreted the recent posting as an indication that the meeting happened amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. We rate the  that video footage shows a recent Putin meeting with the South Korean president .
Statement: We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation.
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: July 20, 2016
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;debt;deficit;economy;history;state budget;states
Context: a speech at the Republican convention
Fact-check justification: Pence said, "We in Indiana have ... the highest credit rating in the nation." It actually shares that distinction with several other states and those top ratings predate Pence's governorship by a few years or more. Because the statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate it . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/45b7ec67-5d4a-4ad0-bf5d-21983a4a7573
Statement: The IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 16, 2022
Topics: congress;taxes;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook video claims that "the IRS is about to double in size, with 87,000 new armed agents and an additional $80 billion in order to primarily enhance IRS enforcement and operations." Biden has approved $80 billion for the IRS to enhance enforcement and operations. But the agency is not doubling in size nor is it newly arming its agents. Many of the new hires will be made over a 10-year period, and will come as the agency prepares for about 50,000 retirements over five to six years. For more than a century, the IRS has had a small armed division of agents who are assigned to respond to criminal investigations. The vast majority of IRS employees are not armed, however, and this funding will not change that. Routine audits are usually done by mail. We rate this  . RELATED VIDEO:
Statement: More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.
Speaker: mark pocan
About the speaker: Mark Pocan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2nd Congressional District on Nov. 6, 2012. He is from Madison and previously served as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin state Assembly. 
Date: April 7, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: civil rights;elections;crime;government regulation
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: So the number of cases of in-person fraud by impersonation may be higher than that cited by Levitt, but no independent source suggests it is higher than the number of lightning strikes. Our rating Pocan said: "More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation. Roughly 300 people per year are struck by lightning in the United States. But cases of voter fraud -- someone impersonating another voter -- are documented even less often. We rate Pocan’s statement .
Statement: Obama released 10 Russian agents from U.S. custody in 2010 during Hillary's uranium deal.
Speaker: puppetstringnews.com
About the speaker: A website associated with fake news.
Date: November 26, 2017
Topics: fake news;foreign policy;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Most of the Clinton Foundation donations in question occurred before and during Clinton’s 2008 presidential run, before she could have known she would become secretary of state. The decision in 2010 to greenlight the Uranium One deal was approved by a panel comprising multiple governmental agencies, so it’s  to conclude the State Department, then headed by Clinton, acted unilaterally. We sent a message to Puppet String News via Facebook and did not get a reply. By all indications, the prisoner release is no more connected to the Uranium One deal than any number of other events that occurred in 2010. We rate this  .
Statement: A Kansas City tourism sign had a terrible typo.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 23, 2021
Location: missouri
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: Several stories said the original post was made by an account that has been suspended by Twitter as of Nov. 15. The Kansas City Star pointed out that the account, You Had One Job (@_youhadonejob1), got the  location for the sign in its tweet, which read, "Welcome to Kansas." Our rating A Facebook post claims that a sign reads that Kansas City welcomes 25 million visitors "anally," instead of "annually." However, the image was a . We rate this  .
Statement: Obama-Led U.N. Has Just Made It Official, U.S. To Immediately Pay Blacks 'Reparations'.
Speaker: freedom daily
About the speaker: Freedom Daily bills itself as “a forum for discussing meaningful conservative American and world news."
Date: December 9, 2016
Topics: fake news;foreign policy;race and ethnicity;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: The website Freedom Daily said in a headline that the "Obama-Led U.N. has just made it official, U.S. to immediately pay blacks ‘reparations’." The posts track back to a U.N.-affiliated panel that concluded America’s history of slavery has stacked the deck against modern African-Americans. The group found that reparations to those citizens are justifiable. Every part of the eye-grabbing headline is : Obama doesn’t lead the United Nations, the report is non-binding and has no official impact on the federal government, and there are no plans for the U.S. to immediately pay reparations. About the only thing accurate thing in the posts are that such a study even exists, but it’s presented in such a  way that it’s beyond just . It rates !
Statement: Says the Obama administration "sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London ... only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars.
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: January 11, 2018
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said Obama sold the otherwise fine American embassy in London and relocated at a cost of $1.2 billion. Actually, the Bush administration put the plan in place after concluding that the existing embassy could not meet security requirements. The cost was about $200 million less than Trump said, $1.02 billion rather than $1.2 billion, and was financed through the sale of the old embassy and two other State Department properties in London. While he is correct that the sale occurred on Obama’s watch, the wheels were turning and preliminary contracts had been signed earlier. Trump’s tweet blows past those key details. We rate this  .
Statement: According to (Barack) Obama's newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation.
Speaker: mr. conservative
About the speaker: Mr. Conservative is a conservative website.
Date: January 29, 2014
Location: national
Topics: health care;privacy issues;guns
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: The post we’re checking said that, "according to (Barack) Obama’s newest unconstitutionally enacted law, health care professionals are now required to violate HIPAA privacy laws and submit medical data to the government," which is "then used as justification for gun confiscation." The elements of this  range from  to flat-out . The one area of reasonable concern is that some jurisdictions may lack full due process for declaring someone mentally incompetent, potentially putting some people at risk of seeing their guns confiscated. But this depends on how proactively the authorities enforce gun laws. Experts say widespread gun confiscation is implausible. The rule isn’t a law, it isn’t enacted and it isn’t unconstitutional according to Supreme Court jurisprudence. It isn’t a requirement, and it doesn’t involve routine diagnostic data compiled by "health care professionals" such as doctors. We rate the  .
Statement: Says the Beaumont school district's superintendent is the highest-paid in the state.
Speaker: stefani carter
About the speaker: Stefani Carter is a Republican state representative from Dallas.
Date: February 16, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: education
Fact-check justification: According to the TEA data, Jenney’s salary of $260,339 ranked No. 24 in the state. In addition to that, according to his contract, he received $9,600 a year for a car allowance and $4,200 for a cell phone and other technology. The district paid about $35,000 that year for Jenney’s life insurance and disability income protection insurance. For the year, Jenney received a performance-based contribution of $36,000 to a retirement plan and a $26,000 supplemental salary payment, plus a $20,000 annuity payment. Sum total: about $390,000.
Statement: Says that "perpetrators of domestic violence accounted for 54% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety.
Speaker: eddie rodriguez
About the speaker: Eddie Rodriguez has represented Austin since he was first elected to the Texas House in 2002.
Date: November 9, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: crime
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: Rodriguez wrote that according to an Everytown study, "perpetrators of domestic violence accounted for 54% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016." Rodriguez’s statement incorrectly suggests that domestic violence was a precursor to 54 percent of mass shootings. The research he cited did not confirm as much. Rather, it says 54 percent of such shootings involved a person shooting multiple family members. Other research suggests that about 20 percent of individuals who committed such shootings from 2006 through 2016 had a history of domestic violence. We rate Rodriguez’s  .  – The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House.
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: February 8, 2021
Topics: education;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Obama’s office did not immediately respond to PolitiFact’s questions about this post.   But back in June, when a variation of this  was circulating on social media — that she had decided to complete her "PHD in law" — a spokesperson for Obama told the Associated Press that she hadn’t earned any new degrees since leaving the White House. Obama earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School before she returned to Chicago in 1988 and joined the law firm where she met Barack Obama. We found no  to support the  that she recently earned a doctorate after her husband’s second term ended.   We rate this post .
Statement: I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders' plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I'll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I'll have no more student debt.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 28, 2020
Topics: debt;education;taxes;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said: "I pay $165 a month on my student loans for the next 13 years to pay them off. With Bernie Sanders’ plan, my student loans will be forgiven. I’ll only have to pay $450 extra in taxes a month for the next 25 years to make sure I’ll have no more student debt." Sanders’ various proposals to raise taxes have not been scored out in enough detail to determine how much more any given taxpayer might pay. We rate the statement .