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Statement: Says "over 40 Republican leaders denounced" Steve Watkins' campaign
Speaker: democratic congressional campaign committee
About the speaker: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is responsible for assisting Democratic candidates for the U.S. House.
Date: October 22, 2018
Location: national
Topics: party support
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The DCCC said that "over 40 Republican leaders denounced" the Watkins campaign. The big group of 40 that stated concerns did so in late July. Reynolds, the district official who made those concerns public, says the Republicans are now behind the candidate. It may be conditional love, and there may be holdouts among others in the district. When something was  months ago but the actors have changed their minds, and when the context needs to be explained this fully, we rate it .
Statement: The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: March 1, 2021
Topics: race and ethnicity
Context: remarks with Mexico's president
Fact-check justification: Biden said "the fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic." That’s : The fastest-growing group is Asian Americans, with Hispanics ranking second. Hispanics did record the largest numerical increase in population of any group between 2010 and 2019, but that’s a different measure than "fastest growing." The White House said Biden should have referred to the fastest-growing school populations, even though his remarks overall did not address education. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says the Obama Administration has fulfilled all of Texas' requests for fire management assisting grants.
Speaker: jay carney
About the speaker: Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, was formerly employed by TIME magazine and CNN, according to a TIME biographical post.
Date: May 10, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: natural disasters 
Context: a press gaggle
Fact-check justification: Rhode Island has received the least (8). So far, Obama has issued one major disaster declaration for Texas — in August 2010, for Hurricane Alex, according to FEMA. Before that, President George W. Bush issued two major disaster declarations after hurricanes hit the state in July and September 2008. Carney correctly summed up the Obama administration’s approval of fire-fighting grants for Texas but he glosses over its denial of the disaster declaration, which could have covered more counties and provided retroactive assistance. We rate his statement as .
Statement: I'm the only candidate for governor who's rolled out any policies so far.
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.
He represented Fairfax County in the state senate from 2002 to 2010.
 
 
 
 
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Date: June 11, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: elections
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: At least twice, Cuccinelli has said McAuliffe hasn’t "rolled out any policies." McAuliffe has rolled out a number of detailed steps for ethics reforms in state government. His proposals to improve standardized testing in public schools and give localities options to end some taxes, while relying on commissions to make the hard decisions, both set goals and a route for achieving them. We’re not conferring wonk status on McAuliffe or anything close to it. But Cuccinelli’s statement is an obvious stretch and we rate it .
Statement: The price of insulin has been jacked up by Big Drug Corporations.
Speaker: tammy baldwin
About the speaker: Tammy Baldwin was elected to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 6, 2012. She represented Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District from January 1999 to January 2013. She served as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from January 1993 to January 1999. She was a Dane County supervisor from 1986 to 1994 and briefly served on the Madison Common Council, filling a vacancy, in 1986.
Date: March 16, 2022
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care;public health
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification: Baldwin said "the price of insulin has been jacked up by Big Drug Corporations." There is no question that U.S. consumers pay more than those in other countries. And there is strong  that drug company profits are a key factor in the higher costs. But experts note that there are other factors involved – and other steps along the way where profits are taken. And those entities also play a role in the higher costs. For a statement that is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context, our rating is .
Statement: A government panel that didn't include cancer specialists says women shouldn't receive mammograms until age 50...If government takes over health care, recommendations like these could become the law for all kinds of diseases.
Speaker: americans for prosperity
About the speaker: Americans for Prosperity is a conservative group advocates for limited government, free markets and fiscal and regulatory restraint.
Date: March 16, 2010
Location: national
Topics: health care;women
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: With a mother who died of cancer, Walsh is practically a poster child for the kind of person who the task force believes ought to get a mammogram before 50. And she gets her insurance through her husband's insurance. Nothing in the health care bill would change how she (or the four out of five Americans like her) would have received care through employer insurance. More importantly, Americans for Prosperity seized on an issue -- free mammograms for women between 40 and 50 -- that was specifically taken care of with not one, but two, Senate amendments. We rule this  !
Statement: The migrant caravan from Tapachula, Mexico "is the population of Minneapolis.
Speaker: mary miller
About the speaker: Congresswoman Mary Miller represents the 15th Congressional District of Illinois. She took office in January, 2021. 
Date: October 23, 2021
Location: illinois
Topics: immigration;border security
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Miller claimed the migrant caravan that set off from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula is "the population of Minneapolis." Minneapolis has nearly 430,000 residents, while the highest estimate we could find for the group leaving Tapachula was just under 1% of that total. We rate Miller’s  !  — The statement is not accurate and makes a  . Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "just ordered the evacuation of the capital city.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 18, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post shared on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A May 18 Facebook video’s caption claimed that Kim "just ordered the evacuation of the capital city." The post shared a video from 2017 — without listing its publication date — that referred to unsubstantiated claims from a Russian news outlet. We found no  that Pyongyang was evacuated in 2017 or earlier this month.  We rate this  .
Statement: Michael Dukakis created jobs three times faster" than Mitt Romney.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
Date: September 7, 2011
Location: national
Topics: jobs
Context: a debate at the Reagan Library
Fact-check justification: "Those are wonderful things, but Governor Perry doesn't believe that he created those things." In ruling on this statement, Perry is correct that Dukakis did grow jobs at a faster pace than Romney. But we find little  that meant Dukakis was better at job creation. Rather, larger factors were at work, such as the way the computer industry in Massachusetts was developing, as well as national economic trends. So we rate Perry's statement .
Statement: The current monkeypox outbreak was planned by government and industry leaders.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 21, 2022
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: In 2021, leaders from government, public health and industry discussed a simulated scenario of a monkeypox outbreak. The event was aimed at examining gaps in biosecurity and exploring ways to improve responses to threats. We rate this  . RELATED: What to know about the monkeypox outbreak
Statement: Says Jim Renacci ran against the Washington establishment in the election, but is now "hypocritically embracing it with big money, special interest fundraisers.
Speaker: democratic congressional campaign committee
About the speaker: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is responsible for assisting Democratic candidates for the U.S. House.
Date: December 7, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: campaign finance;elections
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: While Renacci publicly denounced Boccieri for accepting a large proportion of PAC money, he accepted PAC money himself all along, and continues to do so. He also publicly touted some of the ideological group PACs that backed his campaign. So while there is an element of hypocrisy given Renacci’s past criticism, the DCCC’s indignation needs to be put in context, especially since its candidate received a majority of his contributions from PACs. If Renacci’s PAC fundraising begins to outstrip his individual fundraising, he could end up deeper in hypocrisy territory. Meantime, we say the DCCC’s charge is .
Statement: As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton 'voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.'
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: June 28, 2016
Location: national
Topics: jobs;trade
Context: Monessen, Penn
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ " He accurately recasted Sanders’ words, but that doesn’t make the attack any more correct. Out of the 10 trade deals Clinton could have voted on, she voted in favor of six and against two. On two other deals (with Peru and Jordan), she didn’t vote but did vouch for them. As for subsequent job losses, independent research has shown the impact of NAFTA, for example, to not be significant one way or the other for jobs. Trump’s  is partially accurate and needs additional information. We rate his statement .
Statement: California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman "contributed to, and campaigned, for" Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Speaker: steve poizner
About the speaker: Steve Poizner is the former state insurance commissioner of California. He was a Republican candidate for governor in 2010, losing in the primary to Meg Whitman.
Date: April 10, 2010
Location: national
Topics: campaign finance;candidate biography;elections;message machine 2010
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: Signing on to a letter, by contrast, is a more passive kind of support, something closer to an endorsement statement. The Whitman campaign said she did nothing more active for Boxer than to sign the letter, and no  has surfaced to contradict that. The closest she came in the letter to "campaigning" was writing, "Join our effort to keep Senator Boxer in the U.S. Senate by adding your name to the growing list of her supporters in the high-tech community." Ultimately, whether that constitutes "campaigning" is a judgment call, and our view is that it probably would have been more appropriate for the Poizner campaign to have used the word "endorsed" rather than "campaigned." But it's unquestionable that Whitman supported Boxer financially and rhetorically in 2003, so on balance we rate Poizner's  .
Statement: Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District's budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board.
Speaker: ron oakley
About the speaker: Ron Oakley is a candidate for the Pasco County Commission in 2012. 
Date: April 16, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: water;taxes
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: But the bottom line is most of those eye-popping cuts came as Oakley was leaving office, and they were specifically ordered by Scott and the Legislature. For most of Oakley’s four years at Swiftmud, the agency saw much more modest budget reductions, thanks largely to declining state money and falling property values. Oakley’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. In this case, Tallahassee politicians should get the lion’s share of the credit for the 2011 cuts. We rate Oakley’s  .
Statement: Says Democratic recall opponent Tom Barrett is campaigning on "lifting property tax" limits.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: May 7, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: city budget;city government;message machine 2012;taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: It was part of a more sweeping  that taxes overall would go up with Barrett as governor. Barrett issued a statement during the campaign making it clear he wants to change the caps, so in that sense he would "lift" them. But he has not campaigned on the issue, nor spelled out how much he would modify the current limits. Walker’s  contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression -- our definition of .   (You can comment on this item on the Journal Sentinel web site )
Statement: The Milwaukee County bus system has "among the highest fares in the nation.
Speaker: chris larson
About the speaker: Chris Larson, a Milwaukee Democrat, was elected to the Wisconsin state Senate in November 2010. A former member of the Milwaukee County Board, he is a candidate for Milwaukee County executive in 2016.
Date: November 22, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: transportation
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: The highest fare -- in Nashville -- was $4 per ride. Our rating Larson said the Milwaukee County bus system has "among the highest fares in the nation." But the system’s’ $2.25 cash fare wasn’t at the top of a national comparison, with fares reaching as high as $4 per trip. And regular patrons who use a Smart Card are charged just $1.75 a ride, making the Milwaukee County bus system about on par with average costs. We rate the  .
Statement: I've cut the budget of the (lieutenant governor's) office by more than half.
Speaker: carlos lopez-cantera
About the speaker: Gov. Rick Scott apointed Carlos Lopez-Cantera Lieutenant Governor in 2014. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2004-12 and then became the Miami-Dade property appraiser. He ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but then dropped out.
Date: April 30, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: state budget
Context: an interview with Fox 13
Fact-check justification: Lopez-Cantera said, "I've cut the budget of the office by more than half." He omits some context about how his office budget works. Scott recommends a budget, which is then approved by the Legislature. Lopez-Cantera's own resources may be limited, but he downplays the access he has to Scott's vast governing operation for assistance. Months after Lopez-Cantera started, the budget rose by roughly double to bring it more in line to where it was when a lieutenant governor in the office. But after that increase, the budget allotment dropped the next year to slightly less than when Lopez-Cantera started to $240,693 — a 50 percent decrease. The budget largely pays for Lopez-Cantera’s salary as well as a special assistant. We rate this  .
Statement: Says North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against "an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants.
Speaker: george holding
About the speaker: George Holding is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina.
Date: May 19, 2016
Location: north carolina
Topics: immigration;congress;criminal justice;crime;public safety
Context: a debate on WRAL
Fact-check justification: Holding said Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against "an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants." Holding was correct about Ellmers’ conspicuous break from party ranks. But his description of the amendment was a bit , since anyone convicted of a felony for a sex crime was already prioritized for deportation. Ellmers has also long said she voted against the bill due to fears that it would lead to less reporting of domestic violence. That’s a key piece of context that was missing from Holding’s assessment of her record. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/a5a4c9e6-33ac-4988-8016-3a5a41cb3c5d
Statement: We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns.
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: October 15, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: criminal justice;crime;guns
Context: San Antonio
Fact-check justification: Clinton said: "We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns." That’s about right. But it leaves unsaid that the bulk of those deaths are suicides, not homicides. Also, in 2013, the latest year of available data, the rate of homicides by firearm was lower than the rate for 1999 through 2013. We rate this statement .  – 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.
Statement: The law governing the transition of presidential power "doesn't require there to be an absolute winner. It says the 'apparent' winner.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: November 18, 2020
Location: national
Topics: elections
Context: a roundtable with healthcare workers
Fact-check justification: Biden said the law governing the transition of presidential power "doesn’t require there to be an absolute winner. It says the ‘apparent winner.’" Biden has accurately phrased the language of the law, but the law is vague enough that it allows some leeway in making an "ascertainment" decision. It’s worth noting that the Trump administration has impeded a smooth transition in spite of the letter of the law, by challenging election results in courts. We rate the statement . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more.
Statement: For every 33 pregnant women that walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic, 32 receive an abortion.
Speaker: jean schmidt
About the speaker: Rep. Jean Schmidt represents Ohio's 2nd Congressional District. First elected in 2005, she was the first woman ever elected to represent southern Ohio.
Date: April 14, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: abortion;deficit;federal budget
Context: the House of Representatives
Fact-check justification: That means that pregnant women seeking prenatal care from more than 700 centers would be referred to outside providers. Women seeking prenatal care are not likely to be seeking an abortion, and none of those women are included in the totals cited by Schmidt’s sources. Schmidt’s  also overlooks that pregnant women who "walk into" a clinic could be there for any reason, not just for pregnancy-related services. On the -O-Meter, we rate Schmidt’s statement . Comment on this item .
Statement: Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States.
Speaker: mandy cohen
About the speaker: Mandy Cohen, secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, was appointed by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
Date: April 20, 2020
Location: north carolina
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Cohen said "Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States."  That’s  only if you compare the number of people dying of coronavirus daily against estimates of other causes from previous years. The CDC has advised against using those daily numbers to make sweeping claims about the biggest causes of death in America. Cohen’s  is partially accurate but leaves out important details that would give a different impression about the broader situation of health risks in America. We rate it .