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Statement: Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting.
Speaker: brit hume
About the speaker: Brit Hume is a Fox News political analyst.
Date: September 21, 2014
Topics: ebola;iraq;foreign policy;military;public health;terrorism;punditfact
Context: a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: Hume said the president is sending a much larger force to deal with Ebola than ISIS was getting. Hume’s statement only holds water so long as you limit the tally to the additional ground forces assigned to each mission. But that framework ignores the airstrikes, the main tool the president had used against ISIS as of Sept. 21, before the strikes were expanded to ISIS targets in Syria. If ISIS was "getting" something, what it got came from forces already in the region, and it seems to make little difference if an ISIS position was destroyed by a soldier newly arrived in the theater or one who had been there a while. At the very least, those strikes relied on carrier-based war planes. According to a former Air Force colonel and the Pentagon, the number of soldiers needed to launch those attacks is larger than the 3,000 troops deployed to fight the Ebola outbreak. We rate the  .
Statement: More than 80 percent of Americans believe we need to have universal background checks.
Speaker: nan orrock
About the speaker: Nan Orrock, a Democrat, is a Georgia state senator from Atlanta.
Date: March 4, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: guns
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: PolitiFact concluded more than 80 percent of Americans support universal background checks. Obama’s , though, was rated  because his statement suggested strong support for other proposals by his administration, not just universal background checks. To sum up, the senator said more than 80 percent of Americans support universal background checks on gun purchases. In each recent poll we reviewed, the public support for universal background checks was well above 80 percent. We rate Orrock’s  .
Statement: Says Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton has accepted $42,000 from strip-club interests and $10,000 from local alcohol distributors.
Speaker: raymond frank
About the speaker: Raymond Frank is a former Travis County sheriff and Air Force veteran.
Date: October 7, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: campaign finance;criminal justice;crime
Context: an advertisement
Fact-check justification: Frank says Hamilton has accepted $42,000 from strip-club interests plus $10,000 from local alcohol distributors. His math  holds, though it looks like up to $22,500 of the so-called strip-club total occurred after a donor no longer was shown as having an ownership stake in Sugar’s. Removing these possibly post-ownership donations whittles down the amount Hamilton’s campaign has gotten from such interests. Missing from the , too, is the fact that candidates are not restricted from accepting donations from such interests. We rate the  as .
Statement: We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats.
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: March 16, 2013
Location: national
Topics: consumer safety;corrections and updates;government regulation;regulation;states;supreme court;workers
Context: a speech at CPAC
Fact-check justification: Cruz, railing against modern interpretations of the Commerce Clause and the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, said, "We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats." While federal attention to toilet seats has dropped since its brief foray into seat shape in the ‘70s, and now mainly addresses toilet access for workers and height for wheelchair users, Cruz is firmly right that the courts, Congress, and executive agencies  federal power to regulate them. His toilet trivia is . Editor's note: We updated this item on March 26, 2013, to clarify that the U.S. Access Board requires most restrooms in ADA-covered buildings to have at least one accessible toilet.
Statement: Pritzker and Madigan want to change the constitution to allow a permanent jobs tax on middle class families.
Speaker: ideas illinois
About the speaker: Ideas Illinois is a project of the Coalition for Jobs, Growth and Prosperity, a 501(c)(4) non-profit group that advocates for low taxes.
Date: March 21, 2019
Location: illinois
Topics: taxes
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: An ad from the anti-tax organization Ideas Illinois claims Pritzker’s tax plan calls for changing the constitution "to allow a permanent jobs tax on middle class families." But Pritzker is proposing an income tax, which is exactly what its name implies: a tax on income, not on jobs. As for permanence, any initial rates set under a graduated tax can be revised up or down, just like the current flat rate has been changed in both directions over the last decade. The only difference is that a rate hike under the flat tax hits all taxpayers, while under a graduated tax it could be engineered to impact only the wealthy. We rate this  .  — The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: The Fulton County vote count will be finished by 11:30 p.m. on election night.
Speaker: barry garner
About the speaker: Garner is Fulton County's Director of Registration and Elections. He previously worked in Miami-Date County, Florida.
Date: November 2, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: elections
Context: a newspaper article
Fact-check justification: The only precincts that missed the 11:30 p.m. cutoff kept their doors open late because of high turnout. Garner's promise was that he'd be finished by then if polls closed as scheduled, so it's fair to say he met his goal.    Since workers counted almost all absentee ballots Tuesday night, results from precincts that closed on schedule arrived on time. Tallies appeared on the Web within minutes of deadline, and the department came extremely close to meeting Garner's high expectations. That makes Garner's statement .
Statement: We wiped out a $3.6 billion deficit without raising taxes.
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: January 3, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: Walker has disputed the characterization of the credit change as a tax increase, saying that decreasing a tax credit is reducing spending, not increasing taxes. But outside experts, including one with the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance and another with the Wisconsin Budget Project, told us they considered it a tax increase. And even though the language in Walker’s ad is somewhat different than his 2010 pledge, it still ignores those tax increases in his budget. The bottom line on Walker’s  of eliminating a $3.6 billion deficit without raising taxes: It’s a mixed message. So is ours: .
Statement: Says Mitt Romney belittled middle-class tax cuts "as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.'
Speaker: florida democratic party
About the speaker: the Florida affiliate of the Democratic Party.
Date: December 1, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: taxes
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Florida Democrats used Romney as an example of a Republican "willing to raise taxes on middle-class Americans just to pay for more tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires." They accused him of "belittling middle-class tax cuts as nothing more than 'little Band-Aids.'" But the context of his Oct. 11 debate performance shows he decries not "middle-class tax cuts," but "a temporary change to the payroll tax" as part of a stimulus bill. He argued, essentially, for permanently lower tax rates, including for the middle class. Meanwhile, the debate performance stands as an exception to Romney's published support for lowering payroll taxes. Democrats get some credit for accurately pointing out that in the debate, Romney didn't support Obama's effort to extend his payroll tax cut. He did indeed call temporary tax changes "little Band-Aids." But they ignore critical context from the debate and Romney's published tax proposals when they declare he belittled "middle-class tax cuts," creating the impression he opposes middle class-tax breaks. We rate the statement .
Statement: Photos show cemeteries and war memorials damaged during George Floyd demonstrations.
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 1, 2020
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The cracked memorial to Murphy, who was killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2005, was vandalized in July 2018 . A teenage boy was arrested after the stone engraved with Murphy’s image was found smashed at a lake on New York’s Long Island, Stars and Stripes reported at the time.    And, finally, that image of graffiti covering rows of names? It’s a Vietnam memorial in Venice, Calif., that was vandalized in 2016 . We rate these Facebook posts .
Statement: An "audit report" found that a voting system used in Michigan in the 2020 presidential election was designed to "create systemic fraud.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 15, 2020
Location: michigan
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: An article widely shared on Facebook said an "audit report" found that a voting system used in Michigan in the 2020 presidential election was designed to "create systemic fraud." The firm that made the fraud allegation, about voting in one Michigan county, provided this and other analyses and affidavits for lawsuits brought by Trump allies, falsely alleging voter fraud and election irregularities.  Michigan’s election director stated under oath that the report "ascribes motives of fraud and obfuscation to processes that are easily explained as routine election procedures or error corrections." And an official hand audit of the county’s votes confirmed that Trump won the county, with only slight changes in the vote totals that had already been certified. We rate the statement .
Statement: Ex-AARP members wrote this letter criticizing the "Biden Regime.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 18, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "   While much of this letter is the same as the Millers’ version, it is being shared as if it’s a new attack on Biden’s policies. In reality, it was written more than a decade ago, when its authors were frustrated with then-President Barack Obama’s administration.   Biden, of course, served in that administration as vice president, but this message has been edited and altered in the years since to mislead readers into believing it is current. It’s not. We rate this post .
Statement: Says the New York Times exposed the "real reason behind coronavirus hype: Crash the market to harm Trump's re-election chances.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: March 13, 2020
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Second, the New York Times article is a political analysis examining how recent events could affect Trump’s re-election chances. It cites as factors  COVID-19’s potential impact on the economy coupled with Joe Biden’s rise as the top presidential Democratic contender. But the story also notes that what’s happening now, in March, may ultimately have little bearing in November.   A report on the potential of a pandemic hurting a president’s re-election bid is not  that a worldwide virus was manufactured. This is !
Statement: Sixty-four percent of Americans support the Arizona immigration law.''
Speaker: glenn beck
About the speaker: Glenn Beck is the host of The Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show. He also hosts an Internet-based TV show. Beck formerly hosted a television talk show on CNN Headline News and then Fox News.
Date: May 27, 2010
Location: national
Topics: immigration;pundits
Context: commentary on his television show
Fact-check justification: Glenn Beck said on his program that 64 percent of Americans support Arizona's new immigration law. That statistic, however, comes from a single poll. Other polls show slightly lower approval ratings. Still, his underlying point that most Americans agree with Arizona is correct. We rate this one .
Statement: Says Ted Cruz is the "same senator who once supported a ban on sex toys.
Speaker: new york post
About the speaker: The New York Post is a daily newspaper for New York.
Date: September 12, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: candidate biography;sexuality
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: The Post ’s tweet called Cruz "the same senator who once supported a ban on sex toys." This statement incorrectly suggests that Cruz called for a ban on sex toys while serving in the Senate or otherwise personally held that belief. We find no  to support that contention. In his position as a state lawyer, still, Cruz helped unsuccessfully defend a Texas law barring commercial promotion of sex toys--an action giving this  an element of . We rate the statement .  – The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Andrew Tate was released from prison and "proven not guilty.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: February 21, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: A self-described misogynist, Tate, who has 5.1 million Twitter followers, is under investigation on suspicion of sexual assault and exploitation. Tate’s lawyer has said there is "no " against him and that Tate was "playing a character" on social media. Something did happen on Feb. 21 but it wasn’t Tate’s release — rather, a court in Bucharest extended his detention by 30 more days.   A judge had previously extended Tate’s custody until Feb. 27.   We rate claims that Tate has been released and proved innocent .
Statement: One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol.
Speaker: nathan deal
About the speaker: Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: January 31, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: alcohol;drugs
Context: a television commercial
Fact-check justification: Deal would have been more accurate to say that one out of every three automobile fatalities involves a drunken driver. That said, this is a minor point. Deal’s overall point holds. We won’t dock him on this technicality. He earns a .
Statement: Rick Scott "has heavily invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country.
Speaker: bill mccollum
About the speaker: Bill McCollum is a former Florida Attorney General. He campaigned to be governor and was defeated in the Republican primary on Aug. 24, 2010. 
Date: June 15, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: immigration
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Technically, no, but helping a relative keep their cell phone service available is financial help. McCollum's  was that Scott invested in a company that was "geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country." Emida’s spokesman and its press releases acknowledge that’s the business the company is pursuing. Even if some of Emida's products are just launching this year, news articles since at least 2003 have described the company as providing "money transfer" -- even a press release from the company used that phrase in 2004 -- so it is clearly "geared to" that business. We rate this  .
Statement: The 12 hottest years on record have come in the last 15 years.
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: February 12, 2013
Location: national
Topics: environment
Context: the State of the Union Address
Fact-check justification: Obama said, "The 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15." Data from NASA shows 13 of the hottest years on record have come in the last 15, and by a different data set produced by NOAA, 14 of the hottest years on record have come in the last 15. Obama was actually over-cautious in his statement, so we rate his statement .
Statement: President Trump has signed more bills into law "than any president previously before at this stage in the game.
Speaker: devin nunes
About the speaker: Devin Nunes is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing a district in California. He serves as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
Date: June 19, 2017
Location: california
Topics: congress
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: California Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, said on Trump’s 150th day in the White House that Trump had signed more bills into law "than any president previously before at this stage in the game." Research from GovTrack.us and reporting by news outlets show Trump’s 39 bills signed into law trailed totals by Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Carter and Clinton. It tied him with President George H. W. Bush’s total through this period. The congressman’s  would have been accurate had he cited the correct timeframe (the 100 day mark in office) and context (since President Truman). Instead, he repeated an outdated talking point. We rate Nunes’ statement .    –  The statement is not accurate. Click here for   more   on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Hays County in Central Texas has seen an "incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.
Speaker: lloyd doggett
About the speaker: Rep. Lloyd Doggett was initially elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.
Date: June 22, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Doggett said that Hays County had experienced "an incredible 845% increase in cases since June 7." Doggett was actually speaking about an increase in the 14-day average of new COVID-19 cases — a less common measurement of the increase in COVID-19 cases in an area — but his figure is accurate.  We rate this  .
Statement: Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget.
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: August 31, 2016
Location: national
Topics: immigration;children;debt;deficit;economy;families;federal budget;health care;history;homeland security;jobs;legal issues;medicaid;medicare;retirement;social security
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget." She has not pledged to grant amnesty in her first 100 days. She's promised to submit immigration legislation. Her plan doesn't "provide" Obamacare, Social Security and Medicare to immigrants. They'll have to pay into the system to get those benefits just like everybody else. In the case of Social Security and Medicare, it would be at least a decade — perhaps several — before they get any benefits. In the case of Obamacare, even if all 11 million undocumented immigrants were so poor they qualified for Medicaid, it would not "break" the $4 trillion federal budget. But Clinton has said they would not automatically be eligible for Medicaid or subsidies. Trump has gotten so much  here, we rate his statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/3878d3cf-2365-43a5-895f-219cac443911
Statement: Hillary Clinton is on trial for Bengazi (sic) this week.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 4, 2020
Topics: terrorism;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Her lawyers asked the federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to vacate the ruling. According to coverage of the hearing by the National Law Journal , Politico and other news reports: Judicial Watch attorney Ramona Cotca told the court that the group wants to identify all sources where Clinton emails reside, and wants the State Department to do an adequate search for emails. Clinton attorney David Kendall told the court a deposition could be harassing, saying footage of a video deposition could be used by Judicial Watch for political or fundraising needs. We don’t know how the legal maneuvering will turn out, but we do know the  that Clinton is on trial is . We rate the Facebook post .