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Statement: The COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous because 23 people died in Norway "within hours" of receiving it.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 17, 2021
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post says, "23 people die within hours of taking the COVID vaccine. ... I’ve never taken a flu shot and I’m certainly NOT letting anyone inject this garbage in to my body." The  implies the deaths were caused by the vaccine. Norway health officials said 33 elderly people died after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. (The initial figure of 23 was later updated.) But the vaccine has not been proved to be the cause of death, and those who died were very frail nursing home residents with serious underlying illnesses. The Facebook post says people died "within hours" of getting the vaccine, but authorities said only that 23 deaths occurred within six days of vaccination, and published reports do not indicate when the other 10 deaths occurred. An average of 45 people die each day in Norwegian nursing homes and similar institutions, so it is not clear that the deaths represent any excess mortality or a connection to the vaccine. Because it lacks important context and misrepresents when the deaths occured, we rate this post .
Statement: States "haven't even begun to spend the (election security) money they have now.
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: August 2, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: elections;homeland security
Context: an interview with CBS News
Fact-check justification: Rubio said states have "not even begun" to spend the election security money they have now. That is at best an exaggeration and in terms of state activity, factually . At least 24 states have started spending the recently released federal dollars and just as important, they are signing contracts and making commitments to spend millions of dollars in the coming months. The only element of  is that states have just begun to spend this new money, and it is a small portion of what has been approved. This is one possible way to understand Rubio’s statement. But if that was his meaning, he could have said so. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Barack Obama "didn't do executive orders in the beginning.
Speaker: whoopi goldberg
About the speaker: Whoopi Goldberg is an award-winning actress and comedian who co-hosts ABC's daytime talk show, The View.
Date: January 25, 2017
Topics: candidate biography;punditfact
Context: a segment on ABC's 'The View'
Fact-check justification: Goldberg said Obama waited "at least a couple of months" to issue executive actions. That’s not correct; Obama issued an executive order on his first day in office, and 16 with in his first month. Although it’s hard to compare one president’s actions to the other, experts said Trump and Obama both issued important orders in the beginning of their presidency, which is common practice. We rate this statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/ee69d395-6457-4516-91b2-9055099e7528
Statement: Nothing was done. I mean, $25 million was spent, but we don't have that (gun ownership) database.
Speaker: loretta sanchez
About the speaker: Loretta Sanchez is a Democratic member of Congress who represents California's 47th district, an area that includes parts of Anaheim, Santa Ana and Garden Grove.
Date: January 20, 2016
Location: california
Topics: guns
Context: a Capital Public Radio interview
Fact-check justification: Rep. Loretta Sanchez said in a recent interview that California Attorney General Kamala Harris has done "nothing" to address a backlog of cases in a high-profile gun ownership tracking system. The database allows law enforcement to seize guns from people with criminal records and mental illness. "So the Legislature gave the Attorney General $25 million to match up those people who were felons versus those people who were buying guns. Just a database, so that we could weed out what was going on with respect to those people who shouldn’t be able to purchase guns – by existing law. Nothing was done. I mean, $25 million was spent, but we don’t have that database," Sanchez said. Not only does the program exist, but some progress has been made. The backlog has been cut from more than 20,000 cases to 12,700. That’s after Harris’ office spent $15 million of $24 million allocated by the Legislature and governor. Some continue to argue that the cases should be cleared more quickly, citing the mass shootings that have continued across the country. But there’s no denying that the Attorney General’s Office, under Harris, has put a dent in the backlog, allowing for the seizure of thousands of guns. And that’s far from "nothing." While there’s room to criticize the pace of the program, Sanchez’s statement amounts to a complete misrepresentation of reality. We rate the  . Click here for more  on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.   Senate Bill 140 Supplemental Budget Report
Statement: Says "Mike Madigan and Kwame Raoul team up to raise property taxes.
Speaker: erika harold
About the speaker: Erika Harold is a Republican candidate in the 2018 election for Illinois attorney general.
Date: August 13, 2018
Location: illinois
Topics: taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Harold says "Mike Madigan and Kwame Raoul team up to raise property taxes." Her statement contains an element of  in that Raoul and Madigan did sponsor legislation in 2014 that initially contained a proposal from Emanuel for a new property tax levy for several ailing pension funds. But the tax component was not the primary aim of the bill, which also sought to shore up the funds by cutting city worker retirement benefits and requiring both workers and the city to put more money into them. That tax language didn’t even make it into the final version of the bill. Yet Harold’s  spuriously suggests Raoul teamed up with Madigan for the express purpose of hiking taxes, leaving out all mitigating context. We rate it .
Statement: We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion.
Speaker: daniel harrop
About the speaker: Daniel Harrop is a Providence psychiatrist who made unsuccessful runs for mayor of Providence as a Republican in 2006, 2010 and 2014.
Date: December 15, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: city budget;debt;labor;pensions;workers;taxes
Context: an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers
Fact-check justification: In December, Daniel Harrop said, "We see a quarter billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion." Harrop was citing numbers from different sources and different years, and those numbers are moving targets. They all support his underlying point: Providence's pension program is woefully underfunded, even with recent concessions negotiated with the city's unions. Based on the latest report of the city's actuary, which was not available at the time Harrop made his statement, the candidate was correct on his $1.2 billion figure. At the same time, there was significantly more than a quarter billion dollars set aside in the city's coffers for pension costs. But the number he cited accurately reflected the approximate amount the city had in its investment portfolio. On balance, we rate his statement  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Gov. Rick Perry "has overseen the highest Texas unemployment in 22 years.
Speaker: back to basics
About the speaker: Back to Basics is a political action committee that aims to "shed light on who are politicians are working for — themselves and their pals instead of hardworking Texas families," according to the group's website.
Date: August 24, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: economy
Context: a newspaper ad
Fact-check justification: on a Republican Party  that as mayor of Houston, White "presided over" construction of a Planned Parenthood "abortion clinic." We found White no more responsible for the privately funded clinic than he was for the weather or baseball playoffs during his tenure. In this case, Back to Basics' numbers stand up: The state's unemployment rate under Perry has hit a 22-year high. But the suggestion that the governor is to blame does not. We rate Back to Basics' statement as .
Statement: Black Lives Matter and antifa set Catholic church on fire in Minneapolis.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: April 20, 2021
Location: national
Topics: race and ethnicity;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claims that Black Lives Matter and antifa activists set a fire that damaged a century-old church in Minneapolis. Protests in the city against police brutality have resulted in some buildings being destroyed by rioters, but authorities say there’s no  linking the church fire to the protests or activists.  We rate this  .
Statement: Says there is a 4,250% increase in fetal death from the flu shot.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 22, 2019
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claimed that there is a 4,250% increase in fetal death from flu shots. That  can be traced to a 2013 study that found an increase in fetal death among pregnant women between two consecutive flu seasons. But the CDC and experts say the way that data was collected was problematic. The bulk of research shows there is no connection between miscarriage and the flu shot, and the CDC and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend all pregnant women get the vaccine. The Instagram post is . We rate it .
Statement: In 1976, the first year that Pell Grants were fully funded, a full Pell Grant paid 72 percent of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. Today, a full Pell Grant covers just 34 percent of those costs.
Speaker: sheldon whitehouse
About the speaker: Sheldon Whitehouse is a Democratic U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
Date: July 29, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: education
Context: a Senate speech
Fact-check justification: He cited a report from the Advocacy & Policy Center of College Board, a nonprofit membership organization that sells standardized tests and does education research. That report notes that the maximum Pell Grant has risen to $5,550 for the 2010-11 academic year. "This amount covers 34 percent of the average published tuition, fees, room, and board at a public four-year college," the report says, using an average cost of $16,140 for attending a four-year public institution in 2010-11. Whitehouse appears to have done his homework. We rate this  .
Statement: In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.
Speaker: joe volk
About the speaker: As Executive Director of a large Milwaukee Non-Profit,  Joe Volk he has operated numerous programs serving the homeless including; an emergency shelter for homeless families, a domestic violence shelter, homeless outreach program, supportive housing, and safe haven. For 25 years, Joe was the Chairperson of the Milwaukee Shelter Task Force and for 10 years, he was the administrator of the Milwaukee Continuum of Care for the Homeless.
Date: November 17, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;housing;income;poverty
Context: TV interview
Fact-check justification: In connecting affordable housing and the pandemic to homelessness, Volk claimed: "In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing." But the study he cited is far narrower than the way he stated the , which can be read as applying to all households, renter and homeowner alike.  In fact, far less than 50% of Wisconsin’s population is severely cost-burdened – meaning that they pay more than 50% of their income on housing costs, including rent and utilities. We rate the  .
Statement: Says iPads and iPhones "are built in the United States of America.
Speaker: john mccain
About the speaker: John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona, a post he held from 1987 to his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. McCain was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent his career in the military, as his father did. He was a combat pilot in Vietnam who was shot down and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. He was born in 1936 in Panama. 
Date: March 6, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;this week - abc news;trade
Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
Fact-check justification: (Apple did not respond to an inquiry for this story.) It’s  that Apple, a U.S.-based company, has thrived in the global market against foreign-based competitors. But McCain was  to suggest that iPads and iPhones "are built in the United States of America." They aren’t. So we rate his comment .
Statement: Breaking: 3 liberal celebrities arrested for conspiracy to assassinate President Trump.
Speaker: the miami post
About the speaker: The Miami Post is a website that posts some fake news.
Date: May 6, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Luckily they let me tweet from prison. Haha." A headline said "Breaking: 3 liberal celebrities arrested for conspiracy to assassinate President Trump." No such bust has occurred. We rate this statement .
Statement: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' government-run health care plan… could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants.
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: October 28, 2020
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Trump’s TV ad said, "Joe Biden and Kamala Harrs’ government-run health care plan … could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants." Biden has not called for only a government-run plan. He has called for a voluntary public option alongside private options.  The ad leaps to conclusions about how Biden’s plan would impact hospitals and Medicare coverage, relying largely on articles by groups that oppose the public option. Experts said Biden’s plan doesn’t include enough specifics to reach conclusions, but it’s a stretch to conclude that he would put Medicare coverage at risk. The study the campaign cited about the public option leading to rural hospital closures cites a huge range and makes some assumptions and also acknowledges that rural hospitals are already closing. The only kernel here is that Biden’s plan allows immigrants here illegally to pay for health insurance, but it’s  to state that he would "give" them the benefits. We rate this  .  This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections #Chatbot on WhatsApp.
Statement: The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years.
Speaker: americans for job security
About the speaker: Americans for Job Security is a conservative-leaning issue advocacy group that favors "free markets and pro-paycheck public policy."
Date: July 9, 2010
Location: national
Topics: message machine 2010;state budget;states
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: Finally, we should note that some people don't believe a state agency director has that much control over the amount of money an agency receives from the state. The reduction in state funding was part of large-scale budget cutting during a year of low tax revenues, according to a review of Norton's tenure at the Public Health and Environment Department in the Denver Post . The Americans for Job Security ad said that "the state bureaucracy she managed grew by $43 million in just three years." The ad leaves out the fact that state funding was lower at the end of her tenure than it had been at the beginning. So we rate its  .
Statement: The Wall Street Journal reporting proves that "Pizzagate" is real.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: July 8, 2023
Location: national
Topics: technology
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Now have pizzagate truthers insisting that I am now covering up for the pedophile network THAT WE WROTE ABOUT YESTERDAY by failing to acknowledge that "Cheese Pizza" got cited by urban dictionary in 2010. PolitiFact reached out to the newspaper for comment but did not y hear back. We rate the  that Wall Street Journal reporting proves that "Pizzagate" is real ! RELATED: How Pizzagate went from  news to a real problem for a D.C. business
Statement: The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts.
Speaker: alan grayson
About the speaker: Alan Grayson was initially elected to Congress in 2008, then defeated for re-election in 2010. He was elected again to Congress from a different district in 2012. He lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2016.
Date: November 17, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: taxes
Context: a speech on the House floor
Fact-check justification: And it substantiates Grayson's broader point, which is that extending the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans means they will save a lot of money in federal taxes. In a pair of dramatic House floor speeches, he said that the Republican plan to extend the Bush-era tax cuts would result in the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans saving $83,347 a year. He's quoting a study from the group Citizens for Tax Justice accurately, and the math is largely backed up by the more independent Tax Policy Center. But he neglects to mention that another GOP-embraced tax plan would shrink the tax savings of the wealthiest Americans slightly and that a significant chunk of the tax cuts he's talking about are also supported by Democrats and President Obama. So we rate this  .
Statement: The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent.
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: June 10, 2014
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;military
Context: her book, "Hard Choices."
Fact-check justification: Clinton said, "the U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent." There is a military presence in Africa, but it’s limited to one base with little combat infrastructure, and it’s commanded from a location that is not even located on the continent. That’s by design; the command’s planners sought to create a preventive, collaborative force rather than one that was heavily armed. Experts we interviewed took little issue with the overall impression of her comment, particularly as it describes the United States’ challenges in responding to a crisis in north Africa. We rate Clinton’s statement .
Statement: Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled.
Speaker: sean patrick maloney
About the speaker: Sean Patrick Maloney is the congressman representing New York's 18th Congressional District. He was first elected in 2012.
Date: August 3, 2017
Location: new york
Topics: health care;medicaid
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Maloney said "most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled." The word "most" may mean different things to different people. Not even dictionaries are clear, where meanings vary from "the majority of" to "nearly all of." Nationally, two-thirds of people on Medicaid are either children, seniors or disabled, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. For us, we rate two-thirds as .
Statement: Says Rick Perry "proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico.
Speaker: d.a. king
About the speaker: D.A. King is president of the Dustin Inman Society, an organization that pushes for tougher anti-illegal immigration laws.
Date: October 11, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: immigration
Context: an op-ed
Fact-check justification: The website failed to note that the speech was made two years before the study. By signing the bill that allowed the study, and through his 2001 speech, we can see how some find seeds for Perry’s support of a binational health insurance program with Mexico. But the governor never acted on the study, and he hasn’t appeared to talk much about the subject since 2001. Still, Perry pushed for the study, which implies his interest in the idea. We rate King’s  about Perry as .
Statement: Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average.
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: May 19, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: environment
Context: a letter to President Barack Obama
Fact-check justification: Perry said that since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent — a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average." Those figures are accurate, but the  (like Perry’s 2010 statement) takes into account only one NOx source — industrial — which it failed to note. Nearly three-quarters of NOx emissions come from other sources. Perry’s declaration also didn't reflect on federal laws and oversight that figure into pollution reductions. Texas didn’t make the gains in isolation. We rate the  .  – 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. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/b398cd7d-b142-4589-9226-15f4c422d557