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Statement: The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory.
Speaker: russian embassy in canada
About the speaker: The Russian Embassy in Canada represents the Russian government's interests in Canada.
Date: March 1, 2022
Topics: foreign policy;military;ukraine;russia
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: The Russian Embassy in Canada said, "The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory." Not only does independent reporting find this notion to be , the assertion is undermined by multiple statements by Russia’s own government, relating Russian control of Chernobyl, Melitopol and Kherson. Russia currently controls areas that had been internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory since 1991, which would meet the definition of occupation under international law. We rate the statement !
Statement: Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises.
Speaker: steven frias
About the speaker: Steven Frias, a lawyer, is Rhode Island's Republican national committeeman.
Date: February 24, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: baseball;economy;recreation;sports
Context: a newspaper commentary
Fact-check justification: So here's the box score. Steven Frias said, "Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises." It appears that he belted this one out of the park. We rate his   . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000" and the U.S. $500.
Speaker: robert reich
About the speaker: Robert Reich is an economist at the University of California (Berkeley) who served as Labor Secretary under President Bill Clinton. He is a frequent political commentator on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos and MSNBC's Hardball.
Date: November 24, 2021
Topics: children;city budget;county budget;federal budget;state budget;ask politifact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Reich said: "Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000" and the U.S. $500. He accurately cited figures from a solid source, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but a different set of figures from the same organization shows a smaller discrepancy. The figures are for government spending, not total spending, on child care. We rate the statement .
Statement: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's "concession speech came with less than 20 percent of the precincts having been counted.
Speaker: linda curtis
About the speaker: Linda Curtis, director of Independent Texans, describes herself as the leading spokesperson, analyst and tactician for the Texas independent political movement. Curtis helped Carole Keeton Strayhorn run for governor as an Independent in 2006. She says she also helped form the Reform Party after Ross Perot's 1992 bid for president. Curtis lives in Bastrop, outside Austin.
Date: March 4, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: elections
Context: a Web post
Fact-check justification: So how does Curtis rate on the -O-Meter? Hutchison conceded after about 23 percent of precincts had reported -- not less than 20 percent as Curtis said, but close. Neither the Hutchison nor Perry campaign confirmed Curtis's hunch that they strategized to hurry the senator's concession--and there's no independent way to prove or disprove her speculation. Regardless, it isn't part of her statement. We rate Curtis's statement as .
Statement: In the past, President Obama has refused to meet with representatives from Cuban exile organizations.
Speaker: david rivera
About the speaker: David Rivera, a former Florida state Representative, is a Republican Congressman representing Congressional District 25 in South Florida. He was elected to the U.S. House on Nov. 2, 2010.
Date: January 25, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: foreign policy
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: Separately, Obama has contacted island dissidents. In November 2009 he personally responded to an e-mail message from Generación Y blogger Yoani Sánchez, telling her that her blog "provides the world a unique window into the realities of daily life in Cuba." Rivera's  is that "In the past, President Obama has refused to meet with representatives from Cuban exile organizations." Certainly, he has not met with all the many exile groups -- but he clearly has met with some representatives. We think Rivera overstated in claiming no meetings at all, so we rate his  .
Statement: Elena Kagan "has published five scholarly review articles, mostly on administrative law and the First Amendment. These articles were mostly on technical and procedural issues.
Speaker: david brooks
About the speaker: David Brooks is a columnist for the New York Times.
Date: May 10, 2010
Location: national
Topics: kagan nomination;legal issues;pundits;supreme court
Context: a column
Fact-check justification: Instead, we wanted to know how much Kagan wrote and what she wrote about. Brooks said she wrote five " technical and procedural" scholarly review articles. We found that there are several different ways to calculate how many law review articles Kagan has written; and some legal experts offer higher numbers. Finally, if Brooks only counts five articles, at least three of those were about significant First Amendment issues with broad impact, which is at odds with his description of the articles as " technical or procedural." So we rate his statement .
Statement: Says President Donald Trump is selling coronavirus-themed commemorative coins through the White House Gift Shop.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 29, 2020
Topics: corrections and updates;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: People are accusing Trump of trying to profit off the COVID-19 pandemic by selling $125 commemorative coronavirus coins. The White House Gift Shop is selling the coins on its website, but it's a private business. The shop has a historical connection to the White House, but it is not currently affiliated with the president, the White House, or any other government entity. We rate this . CORRECTION (May 6):  This article has been corrected to say the White House Historical Association manages souvenirs for White House tours.
Statement: Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn't the Russians.
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: May 21, 2017
Topics: fake news;homeland security;technology;punditfact
Context: an episode of "Fox and Friends"
Fact-check justification: Gingrich said DNC staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians." There is no trustworthy  supporting the theory that Rich was WikiLeaks’ source for thousands of DNC emails. The police believe his death was the result of a botched robbery, not a political assassination. The intelligence community and cybersecurity experts have reached a broad conclusion that all the available  points to Russia as the actual perpetrators — based on technical indicators and an understanding of how Russian influence operations work. Gingrich and others are talking about an unfounded conspiracy theory as if it's a matter of fact. It is far from it. We rate his  .
Statement: Thousands of politicians from across Ohio – along with their relatives, employees and friends – are still eligible to serve" on the proposed redistricting commission.
Speaker: protect your vote ohio
About the speaker: Group formed to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. 6, 2012 ballot that would change Ohio's redistricting process.
Date: August 1, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: congress;elections;redistricting
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: The state also has hundreds of school  boards. Each of these municipalities and boards can have several elected officials each. Still, the amendment would remove the state and federal politicians who up to this point have controlled the process and reaped the benefits. That’s an important point of clarification. We rate the statement .
Statement: House Dems introduce bill to remove citizenship requirement from presidency.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 18, 2017
Topics: congress;fake news;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: We can’t do worse than Trump’." Americannews88.com does not have any identifying information noting who’s behind it, its purpose or mission. Its Sept. 18 post also appears on TheLastLineofDefense.org , a website that says everything on it "is a satirical work of fiction." Americannews88.com’s post about House Democrats introducing a bill to remove the U.S. citizenship requirement to become U.S. president is  news. We rate it !
Statement: Hackers are posting sexual videos and pictures on your (Facebook) walls! You don't see them, but your friends do, then it seems as if you posted it.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 2, 2019
Topics: fake news;technology;privacy issues;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Warnings circulating on Facebook claims hackers are posting "sexual videos and pictures" on users walls without them being able to see it. There is no credible  that this threat is real, and the warnings remain vague and unsourced. Reposting such warnings will not keep anyone safe online, and cybersecurity experts say people should instead strengthen their account security and avoid installing third-party applications. This  is .
Statement: Says a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library.
Speaker: true pundit
About the speaker: True Pundit is a conservative website and aggregator.
Date: February 8, 2017
Topics: history;race and ethnicity;punditfact
Context: a web post
Fact-check justification:  Pundit said a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library." Even a cursory review of the video shows no such thing. King did acknowledge Sessions’ presence at the event, along with the presence of seven other dignitaries. But she did not go any further than mentioning his name. By contrast, she specifically thanked a local community group and the hosting university for their help in making the museum a reality. The website twists King’s actual words to a  degree, so we rate it .
Statement: Luke Bryan pulls his videos from CMT: 'Time for the Bud Light treatment.'
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 21, 2023
Topics: pop culture;facebook fact-checks
Context: an image shared on Facebook
Fact-check justification: Facebook posts claimed, "Luke Bryan pulls his videos from CMT: ‘Time for the Bud Light treatment.’" This originated on a satire website, but has been shared without the context that showed it was a joke.  We rate claims that don’t include a satire disclaimer . RELATED: Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' video includes footage from non-U.S. protests RELATED: Was Garth Brooks ghosted by Illinois fans over his pro-LGBTQ+ stance? No. That story is satirical
Statement: Six states "decided to stop counting" votes as Donald Trump was "headed for a win" on election night.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 4, 2020
Location: national
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: an image
Fact-check justification: Official results are not certified until all validly cast ballots have been counted, including ballots that are counted after election night." The Facebook post is . We rate it . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click  here , for more.
Statement: The Simpsons predicted the Capitol riots
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 7, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;jan. 6
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Willie has never been seen in any horned helmet, tattoos or American flag. The image of Willie used in this post showing the character with his arm raised appears to come from the Simpsons Tapped Out mobile game, as many pointed out online. In it, his upper body shows no tattoos and his red hair is unfettered by any headdress. No matter how badly you may have wanted this to be , it’s not. !
Statement: Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor.
Speaker: michele bachmann
About the speaker: Michele Bachmann, first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006, represents the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota. She was reelected in 2008. Previously, she served in the Minnesota State Senate. Prior to that, she spent five years as a federal tax litigation attorney. Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children, live in Stillwater, Minn., and own a mental health care practice.
Date: March 16, 2013
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;poverty
Context: a speech at the conservative CPAC conference
Fact-check justification: Bachmann said that of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor." That is  off-base. Even the broadest calculation of administrative costs for SNAP tops out at 5 percent of program costs, far below the 70 percent Bachmann claims. And the scholar behind the statistic she appears to have used as support said Bachmann has misquoted his work. !
Statement: The Florida Legislature raised taxes and fees by almost $2 billion" in the 2009 session.
Speaker: charlie justice
About the speaker: Sen. Charlie Justice is a Democrat representing St. Petersburg.
Date: December 18, 2009
Location: florida
Topics: economy;taxes
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Also, it's worth noting the Legislature didn't increase taxes all by itself. Gov. Charlie Crist had veto power over every revenue increase and chose to strike only two small items from the budget. Still, Justice's comment about new taxes is generally correct. State economists confirm that lawmakers passed new taxes totaling more than $2 billion last session. Even though he was slightly low, Justice was close enough to earn a .
Statement: Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and "requiring our law enforcement leaders to release" serious criminal offenders.
Speaker: ashley moody
About the speaker: Ashley Moody won the race for Florida Attorney General in 2018. She is a former Hillsborough County circuit court judge and a former federal prosecutor.
Date: March 9, 2021
Topics: immigration;homeland security;public safety
Context: a Fox & Friends interview
Fact-check justification: The canceling of an ICE detainer does not by itself trigger a person’s release from local or state custody. The detainers are placed on people who are already scheduled to be released. ICE said it’s still issuing detainers. Moody’s statement is partially accurate, but leaves out some context. We rate it .
Statement: I have never voted for a tax increase.
Speaker: marco rubio
About the speaker: Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016 and then dropped out and won re-election to the Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and took office Jan. 5, 2011. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and is a former Speaker of the Florida House. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 2000. He is from Miami and holds a law degree from the University of Miami.
Date: November 25, 2009
Location: florida
Topics: taxes
Context: his campaign Web site
Fact-check justification: Maybe the votes could be considered appropriate. Or reasoned. Or even necessary. But they were votes to raise taxes -- and he did say "never." We rate his  .
Statement: Wendy Davis raised money for a U.S. House Democrat who is a member of a Democratic socialists group.
Speaker: greg abbott
About the speaker: Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
Date: May 6, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: candidate biography;corrections and updates
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Abbott said Davis raised money for a member of a socialist group. Davis appeared at a Chicago fund-raiser for Schakowsky, who may have once participated in the Chicago chapter of the DSA and has been saluted by it. Abbott didn’t provide, nor did we find,  of Schakowsky being a current member of the group. We light a match when a statement lacks factual backup and seems . !  – The statement is not accurate and makes a  . Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. UPDATE, 6:18 p.m., May 12, 2014 : This article was updated to include detail about the newsletter excerpts relied upon by an author to conclude Schakowsky was a DSA member in the 1980s. This addition did not change our rating of Abbott’s reference to Schakowsky as a current DSA member.
Statement: We're making (Medicare) stronger. We're making Social Security stronger.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: September 5, 2018
Location: national
Topics: medicare;social security
Context: an exchange with reporters
Fact-check justification: Trump said that his administration is making Medicare and Social Security stronger. The forecast for both programs is worse today than a year ago. The main Medicare trust fund is expected to run out of money three years sooner. The main Social Security trust fund is expected to run out one year sooner. The Republican tax cut law and lower-than-projected wages accounted for most of the downgrade. We rate this  .
Statement: Georgia is nearly 50 percent Democratic and (the Republican majority) diminished our voting strength to 32 percent through gerrymandered maps.
Speaker: nikema williams
About the speaker: Nikema Williams is the interim chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Georgia.
Date: June 25, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: redistricting
Context: a party press release
Fact-check justification: Polling data in which voters self-identify their party affiliation seems to support Williams’ 50 percent , although some actual voting numbers show large advantages in votes for Republican candidates. The Democratic representation, taken at face value, is 32 percent, but placing the blame for that low representation on Republican-led redistricting is not totally fair. And besides, when Democrats are in control, they do it too, experts said. Williams’  contains some , but it leaves out significant context that might give the reader a different impression. We rated the  .
Statement: Greg Abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.
Speaker: wendy davis
About the speaker: Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth attorney, was initially elected to the Texas Senate in 2008. She was the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, giving up a shot at winning re-election to the Senate.
Date: December 3, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a post on her campaign website
Fact-check justification: Davis said Abbott defended more than $5 billion in cuts in public school funding in fighting hundreds of school districts in court. That’s factually correct as far as it goes, but this  is missing important details and context in that the state attorney general has a legal duty to represent the state in challenges reaching the Texas Supreme Court, which the latest school finance lawsuits are expected to do. It would be unusual for an attorney general not to defend a law and legislative actions in such a suit. We rate this partly accurate  as .  – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.
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: January 24, 2012
Location: national
Topics: environment;agriculture;government regulation
Context: the State of the Union address
Fact-check justification: Obama said his administration got rid of a rule that regulated milk in the same manner as oil, as an environmental hazard when spilled. The original regulation had been in effect since 1973, and the EPA under Obama moooooooved it out in April 2011. We rate the  .
Statement: Says as a result of the national health care reform, "the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care.
Speaker: robert menendez
About the speaker: Robert Menendez, a Democrat, has been serving as one of New Jersey's U.S. Senators since January 2006. Menendez previously served as a member of the House of Representatives.
Date: June 28, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: health care
Context: an interview on Richard French Live
Fact-check justification: In a TV interview, Menendez claimed that, as a result of the national health care reform, "the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care." The senator’s claims contain an element of , which is that the budget office has projected health care reform policies will likely lower federal deficits. But Menendez fumbled by citing those specific figures. Over the first 10 years, the budget office is projecting a reduction of $210 billion, not the "$250 million" cited by Menendez. As for whether there will be "$1.2 trillion in savings" in the second 10 years, the budget office has not projected any specific dollar figure for that period. Instead, Menendez’s  is based on a percentage of GDP that's considered by the budget office to be a rough estimate with a "greater degree of uncertainty." We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .