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Statement: You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check.
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: April 8, 2021
Location: national
Topics: guns
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Biden said, "You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."  This is overstated. If you go to a gun show and buy a firearm from a federally licensed seller, you will have to pass a background check, just as if you went to a bricks-and-mortar gun store. You would only escape a background check at a gun show if you bought from a seller who isn’t federally licensed. While the data is incomplete, federally licensed sellers have been found to make up a substantial share, and perhaps a majority, of gun show vendors. We rate Biden’s statement . RELATED: Support for universal background checks on gun buyers is near 90% RELATED: Fact-checking Joy Behar on mass shootings and the assault weapons ban RELATED: House passes gun background check bills supported by Biden
Statement: Texans spend $2.5 billion gambling in our neighboring states every year.
Speaker: texans for economic development
About the speaker: Texans for Economic Development, representing horse track interests, seeks legislation asking Texas voters to legalize slot machines at tracks and several Indian reservations.
 
Date: April 19, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: gambling
Context: a web banner ad
Fact-check justification: Stephen Reeves, a spokesman for the anti-gambling, Baptist-backed Christian Life Commission, said counting license plates is a poor way of gauging how much Texans spend in casinos. He followed up by email: "However, if doing so I would suggest that the frequency that a particular car shows up must be taken into account to determine how much money they are ‘spending.’" Our take: The fruit-salad methodology used by the consulting group was not perfect. Absent precise data, though, TXP’s estimate of how much money Texans gamble in neighboring states looks reasonable, though it’s a stretch to  Texans gamble the same total amount every year. We rate the statement .
Statement: There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days.
Speaker: richard blumenthal
About the speaker: Richard Blumenthal has been a United States Senator from Connecticut since Jan. 5, 2011. A Democrat, he formerly served as the state's attorney general.
Date: February 15, 2016
Location: national
Topics: bipartisanship;congress;history;legal issues;supreme court
Context: an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball
Fact-check justification: Also, justices sometimes announced their resignations months before they step down from the bench, so their departures could take effect the day before or the same day a successor is sworn in. In the case of the 237-day gap cited by Blumenthal, Powell is listed as leaving the court the day he announced his resignation. Blumenthal was talking about the length of vacancies, not the gap between an announced departure and the swearing-in of a new justice. And on his specific timeline, he is correct. We rate it .
Statement: The man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was "back on the street" because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only "served two years.
Speaker: david a. clarke jr.
About the speaker: David A. Clarke Jr. served as Milwaukee County sheriff from 2002 to 2017.
Date: April 26, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;crime;guns
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: But Clarke’s  ignores the fact that Chiles would not have been given the maximum sentence, since he had been a cooperating witness in a homicide and a recommendation for a lesser sentence was part of the plea agreement. Our rating Clarke said the man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was "back on the street" because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only "served two years." Chiles’ sentence was four years, not 13. Chiles did spend two years behind bars, as Clarke indicated, but he was also sentenced to two years of extended supervision. For a statement that contains only an element of , our rating is .
Statement: Just like Hillary Clinton," Russ Feingold had a "run-in with corruption and scandal by using a personal slush fund -- a.k.a. the Feingold Foundation --  while plotting another run for U.S. Senate.
Speaker: republican party of wisconsin
About the speaker: The Wisconsin Republican Party works to elect Republicans to state and federal offices and advance the GOP agenda.
Date: September 12, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: campaign finance;ethics;foreign policy
Context: a web ad
Fact-check justification: There is no Feingold Foundation. The "personal slush fund" reference is to a political action committee established by Feingold that spent significant sums that benefited Feingold -- for salaries and consulting fees to Feingold and his former aides, and to buy copies of a book he wrote. But the Clinton Foundation got into controversy not over its spending, but for potential conflicts of interest, given that it accepted donations from foreign countries that had business before Clinton as secretary of state. And while Clinton clearly broke State Department rules by setting up a private email system, nothing has been established beyond allegations that Feingold did anything improper with emails during his employment by the State Department. For a statement that has only an element of , our rating is .
Statement: School children can earn higher grades by studying Islam under a new "nationwide Muslim outreach program" announced by President Barack Obama.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: December 7, 2013
Location: national
Topics: education;islam
Context: viral posts on the Internet
Fact-check justification: Social media posts have reprinted or linked to a story titled, "Obama Administration Announces Nationwide Muslim Outreach Program For Children Grades K-12," that claims, among other things, that school children can earn higher grades for studying Islam.  It’s not . No such program exists. In fact, part of the story has been recycled from a previous satire article that we and others debunked. We rate this  .
Statement: Says President Barack Obama has launched "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" than President George W. Bush.
Speaker: lz granderson
About the speaker: LZ Granderson is a commentator for ESPN and CNN.
Date: September 28, 2014
Topics: iraq;military;religion;terrorism;punditfact
Context: comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Fact-check justification: Granderson said Obama has conducted "twice as many strikes (on) countries that are predominantly Muslim" as Bush. By Granderson’s count -- Bush four countries, Obama seven countries -- it’s a little less than twice (1.75 times to be exact). While you can make arguments that both Bush and Obama have bombed additional countries, we think Granderson -- and Lizza before him -- are using reasonable figures based on what’s publicly known. Granderson’s  is accurate but could use the caveat nearly twice. As such, we rate it .
Statement: In Texas, "the No. 1 name for new male babies — many of whom will vote one day — is Jose.
Speaker: mike murphy
About the speaker: Mike Murphy is a Republican political strategist.
Date: June 12, 2009
Location: national
Topics: immigration;elections;pundits
Context: Time magazine
Fact-check justification: In Texas, Jose was followed by Jacob, Daniel, Christopher, Joshua, David, Angel, Ethan, Juan and Michael. In case you're wondering, that same year in Texas, the most popular name for a girl was Emily, followed by Isabella, Abigail, Emma, Madison, Sophia, Mia, Natalie, Ashley and Ava. We're not rating Murphy's political advice one way or the other. But the numbers confirm he had his facts right about Jose. We rate Murphy's statement .
Statement: Wisconsin lost over 600 farms last year & our farmers can't afford the #TrumpShutdown.
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: January 2, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: agriculture;economy;trade
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: The numbers show the 600 is in the ballpark among dairy farms. While dairy farms make up a small percentage of the state’s overall farm total, recent years show a downward trend there as well And we know dairy farms were especially battered in 2018. Additionally, it is clear at least some state farms -- particularly those involved in dairy -- are being negatively affected by the shutdown. We rate Baldwin’s  .
Statement: Inner-city students "fall back and don't succeed, whereas if there was a less intensive track, they would.
Speaker: john eichelberger
About the speaker: John H. Eichelberger, Jr is a state senator who represents the 30th District. The 30th includes Blair County, where Eichelberger is from, Fulton County and portions of Cumberland, Franklin and Hungtington Counties.
Date: February 13, 2017
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: education;race and ethnicity;urban
Fact-check justification: If our students are not being provided with that guidance and options in a significant way, then we need to take a closer look at that to ensure that every student deserves the chance to succeed no matter their skin color or economic situation."    Our Ruling Eichelberger said, Inner-city students "fall back and don’t succeed, whereas if there was a less intensive track, they would." While there are experts who support offering vocational education to low-income students, we were not able to find any research that backs Eichelberger’s comment. To the contrary, studies show that low-income students with experience in accelerated courses fare better in college. We rate this statement .
Statement: California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically.
Speaker: worldnetdaily
About the speaker: WorldNetDaily is a conservative Internet news Web site owned by the Western Center for Journalism.
Date: January 21, 2018
Location: california
Topics: immigration;corrections and updates;states
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Conservative news websites and commentators claimed California plans to register undocumented immigrants to vote. This isn’t the first time such unsubstantiated claims have been made. But the recent spat was sparked by the World Net Daily headline : "California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically." In reality, the California law that goes into effect in April 2018 will automatically register only those eligible to vote when they renew or obtain a driver’s license. Undocumented immigrants are excluded. The law does nothing to change the federal requirement that one must be a U.S. citizen to register to vote. State officials said safeguards are already in place to prevent state DMV workers from typing in any voter information for AB 60 license holders. The state allows unauthorized immigrants to obtain a driver’s license, but explicitly excludes that group from the automatic voter registration. The allegations on this topic are recycled. And they’re still blatantly untrue. We rate World Net Daily’s  .  –  The statement is not accurate and makes a  . UPDATE: After we published our fact check, World Net Daily published a separate   article saying a spokeswoman for the California Department of Motor Vehicles "cleared up an inaccuracy in WND’s initial report." It said the spokeswoman explained that California’s licenses for undocumented immigrants "are not eligible for the new voter registration system." As of Jan. 29, 2018, World Net Daily had not updated its original report with this information.
Statement: Joe Biden intentionally "let it fall apart" in Afghanistan because he "wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.
Speaker: charlie kirk
About the speaker: Charlie Kirk is the founder and president of Turning Point USA, a conservative group that advocates for limited government and free markets.
Date: August 16, 2021
Topics: afghanistan;immigration;human rights;foreign policy;military;pundits;punditfact
Context: a radio show segment
Fact-check justification: Kirk said Biden "let it fall apart" in Afghanistan because he "wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently." There’s no  that Kabul fell to the Taliban as part of an intentional scheme to change the U.S. population in a way that favors Democrats. And even in the highly unlikely scenario that all potential Afghan refugees were to become U.S. voters, there is no  about how they would vote or that their votes alone would serve to "change the body politic permanently."  There’s also no  that the withdrawal of U.S. troops, which happened largely on a schedule struck by Trump, was for that purpose, either. In any event, it takes several years before a refugee resettled in the U.S. could become eligible to vote. We rate this statement !
Statement: Chesterfield has eliminated more positions from its general government operations than the Commonwealth has from the entire state government since (fiscal) 2009.
Speaker: james stegmaier
About the speaker: James J. L. Stegmaier has been the Chesterfield County administrator since July 2007. Before that appointment, he was the deputy county administrator for management services beginning in 1997 and the director of the county budget and management department fro 1986-97. 
Stegmaier graduated from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., in 1976, and also holds a master's degree in public administration from the University of Virginia. He has also attended the Government Finance Officers Association Executive Finance Institute at Georgetown University, Leadership Metro Richmond, and the Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia.
Date: December 14, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: county government;jobs;state budget
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Matt Harris, the county’s senior budget analyst, told us Chesterfield had 3,816 full-time equivalent employees on July 1, 2009. The number dropped to 3,664 on Nov. 1, 2011. The county lost 152 full-time equivalent workers. Our ruling: No matter which set of numbers you use, Chesterfield has eliminated more jobs from its general government operations than Virginia has from its entire state government since fiscal 2009. We rate Stegmaier’s  .
Statement: Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas' marriage ban later this year.
Speaker: tim cook
About the speaker: Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple and serves on its Board of Directors.
Date: March 29, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: lgbtq;marriage
Context: an oped column
Fact-check justification: Cook said: "Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ marriage ban later this year." Cook fairly summarized Bell’s legislation. But clarification was missing in that the proposal wasn’t "being considered" by lawmakers either then or when we completed our review a couple of weeks later. Like a lot of bills, HB 623 awaited legislative attention. 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.
Statement: All but one of the 50 states already have some form of a balanced budget amendment in their state constitutions.
Speaker: john cornyn
About the speaker: John Cornyn is a U.S. senator from Texas, former Texas attorney general and former justice on the Texas Supreme Court. He earlier served as a Bexar County state district judge.
Date: December 1, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: federal budget;state budget
Context: an op-ed
Fact-check justification: Only two states — not 49, as Cornyn says — have amended their constitutions to require balanced budgets. Counting amendments plus provisions tucked into original constitutions, however, 45 states have balanced-budget stipulations, according to NCSL's count. NASBO considers 46 states to have constitutional or statutory balanced-budget requirements. Also, despite the letters of those statutory and constitutional strictures, they aren't universally viewed as mandatory. We rate his statement .
Statement: Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: November 19, 2015
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;terrorism
Context: a speech at Georgetown University
Fact-check justification: Sanders said, "Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen." This is an accurate assessment. The Saudis have prioritized the conflict in Yemen over the fight against ISIS, as evidenced by the amount of resources it has committed to both crises. We rate Sanders’  .
Statement: Says "Jacky Rosen has refused to tell us whether she supports Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton.
Speaker: national republican congressional committee
About the speaker: National Republican Congressional Committee
Date: May 16, 2016
Location: nevada
Topics: elections
Context: an automated call
Fact-check justification: The NRCC says Democrat Jacky Rosen "has refused to tell us whether she supports Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton." PolitiFact was unable to find an instance where Rosen refused to answer questions about her presidential preference. Rosen has said on at least two occasions, one publicly and one to a reporter, that she supports Hillary Clinton. We rate this  ! https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/9e384e29-e070-4a65-8cfb-83ea090814cb
Statement: Map proves the Pennsylvania Senate election was rigged.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 9, 2022
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: "Every four years, we get new election results, and every four years, people start passing around state- or county-level results maps that show a massive sea of red — reflecting Republican strength in expansive, sparsely populated rural areas. New York City occupies a few pixels; Sweetwater County, Wyo., with its 44,000 people, occupies hundreds of times as much real estate. So, every four years, we get a flood of maps reframing the results to emphasize the number of voters supporting each candidate, not the number of acres." The same appears to be  in the midterms, but the land-based maps are certainly not  that the election was rigged. We rate this post !
Statement: An ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona "showed Trump ahead by 250,000" votes, and "nearly 950,000 ballots are declared illegal, nearly all for Biden.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 5, 2021
Location: arizona
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A widely shared social media post claimed that an ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona "showed Trump ahead by 250,000" votes, and "nearly 950,000 ballots are declared illegal, nearly all for Biden." No findings have been released from an ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Ariz., that is being conducted by firms hired by Arizona Senate Republicans. There is no  that the audit has turned up any illegal ballots or changes in votes that would give Trump the lead in Arizona. The , with its sky-high figures, is  and . We rate it !
Statement: The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell.
Speaker: alison lundergan grimes
About the speaker: Alison Lundergan Grimes is a Democrat challenging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for his Senate seat in 2014. She currently serves as Kentucky's secretary of state.
Date: October 6, 2014
Location: national
Topics: environment;climate change;energy;message machine 2014
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: A Grimes ad claimed that "the only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell." The assertion is that McConnell and his wife took $600,000 from anti-coal organizations. But the overwhelming bulk of that was earned by Chao from sitting on the board of directors for Wells Fargo, a bank that, despite some steps to curb its support of mountain-top removal mining, still maintains $1.8 billion in coal investments, environmental groups say. Meanwhile, Grimes’ campaign has directly and indirectly benefited from money and ads from environmental groups and activists critical of coal. We rate the  .
Statement: The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 12, 2022
Location: national
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks;new york;guns
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts  that the mass shooting in the New York City subway was a  flag. This is baseless and relies on unsourced social media posts. The attack was real. !   RELATED:  flags: They’re real, but far less widespread than social media suggest
Statement: Says direct shipment of wine "makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click.
Speaker: joseph cryan
About the speaker: Joseph Cryan is a Democratic state Assemblyman representing parts of Union County. He previously served as the Assembly Majority Leader and the chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.
Date: August 21, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: alcohol;government regulation
Context: an op-ed piece published on CourierPostOnline.com
Fact-check justification: The ruling Cryan claimed that allowing wineries to ship their product directly to consumers makes "underage drinking as simple as a mouse click." But even if an underage individual can order a bottle of wine online, the two major shipping companies in the U.S. require an adult signature in order to deliver the package. Cryan’s   a legitimate concern, but we can’t ignore the hint of  in the statement -- that shipping wine directly to homes provides another opportunity for underage access.    We rate his statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .