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Statement: We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000.
Speaker: allan fung
About the speaker: Allan Fung has been mayor of Cranston, R.I. since Jan. 5, 2009. In 2014 he made an unsuccessful run for governor as a Republican. He received his law degree from Suffolk University, worked as a prosecutor for the state attorney general's office, served as a lobbyist for MetLife and served two terms on the Cranston City Council, beginning in 2002. In his 2012 reelection bid, he was unopposed.
Date: November 4, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: city government;corporations;economy;jobs;government regulation;regulation;small business;workers
Context: a campaign speech
Fact-check justification: Allan Fung said his administration created more than 1,000 new jobs in the city. The city quickly produced a list of companies and an estimate of new jobs. When we spot-checked the list, business owners confirmed that they had received help from the city and the number of jobs was close to the city's tally. Although the  shows that Fung's administration deserves credit for helping them along, it was the businesses themselves that actually created the jobs. And all of this occurred as part of the recovery from a major recession. Because the statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate it  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, e-mail us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: For the past eight years, Gov. Carcieri and Mrs. Carcieri would host the lighting of the State House Christmas tree.
Speaker: john depetro
About the speaker: John DePetro is a talk-show host on WPRO.
Date: November 29, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: religion
Context: a talk-show discussion
Fact-check justification: Talk-radio host John DePetro stated, "For the past eight years Gov. Carcieri and Mrs. Carcieri would host the lighting of the State House Christmas tree" -- emphasizing the words "Christmas tree" --  to criticize Chafee's reference to "holiday tree." Certainly the Carcieri administration wasn't reluctant to use the term "Christmas tree." But we found more than a few exceptions that used the term "holiday tree" -- just as Chafee has -- and the word "Christmas" was noticeably absent. We rule DePetro's statement  . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: The fastest-growing part of the Pentagon's budget are health care expenses.
Speaker: evan bayh
About the speaker: Evan Bayh, a Democrat from Indiana, served two terms as governor (1989-1997) and two terms as U.S. senator (1999-2011), He is now a partner at McGuireWoods Consulting as well as a political commentator, a senior advisor at Apollo Global Management in New York, and a member of the advisory board of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Date: April 2, 2015
Location: new hampshire
Topics: health care;military
Context: Concord, N.H
Fact-check justification: Bayh said that "the fastest-growing part of the Pentagon’s budget are health care expenses." There’s little debate that generous military health care benefits are taking up an ever-increasing share of the Pentagon’s budget. While other parts of the budget have spiked, that’s in the past. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says one of Austin City Council Member Randi Shade's biggest contributors is the lobbyist for the Formula 1 racetrack planned outside Austin.
Speaker: kathie tovo
About the speaker: Kathie Tovo, who initially won election to the Austin City Council in 2011, won election to the District 9 single-member council district in 2014. Tovo is a former member of the city planning commission and former vice president of the Austin Neighborhoods Council, her campaign biography says.
Date: May 2, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: city budget;city government;ethics
Context: campaign mailers
Fact-check justification: The next-most-successful single bundler raised about $6,300, less than half Armbrust’s haul for Shade. Armbrust’s bundling is surely appreciated by the incumbent and signals the firm’s lawyers, including Suttle, want her to win a second term. But Tovo overshoots when she spears the racetrack lobbyist. Other members of his law firm are responsible for sending far more money Shade’s way. We rate the  .
Statement: Almost half of all vehicles stolen in Texas each year had keys left inside.
Speaker: robert chody
About the speaker: Robert Chody won election as Williamson County sheriff in 2016.
Date: December 27, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: crime;transportation
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Chody said that almost half of all vehicles stolen in Texas each year have the keys left inside. Surely some instances of keys left in stolen vehicles go unreported. Yet we identified no statewide data supporting this "almost half" assessment while our calculations rooted in a national group’s research indicate that less than 1 in 10 reported Texas vehicle thefts from 2013 through 2015 involved keys left in vehicles. 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: Children are "almost immune from this disease.
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 5, 2020
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a Fox and Friends interview
Fact-check justification: Trump said "children are almost immune from this disease." The White House cited a statement by the CDC director in support of schools reopening and a doctor who noted that kids rarely get severe cases, but that doesn’t mean that children are immune to COVID-19. It’s  to state that children are "almost immune" as we have seen cases spread at an overnight camp in the U.S. and at some schools, including in Israel. We rate this statement .
Statement: A post comparing two construction workers — "Joe legal" and "Jose illegal" — says "Jose" pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 14, 2018
Topics: immigration;education;health care;race and ethnicity;poverty;workers;facebook fact-checks
Context: posts on the Internet
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post compared two construction workers — "Joe legal" and "Jose illegal" — and said "Jose" pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and "head of the class" priority for his children in applying for college. The post ignores that many undocumented immigrants do, in fact, pay income taxes, payroll taxes, and state and local taxes. It also ignores that most undocumented immigrants cannot legally  federal benefits, such as food stamps and welfare. Finally, experts said there’s no way an undocumented immigrant would get placed at the head of the line for college admissions or financial aid compared with U.S. citizens and even legal immigrants. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Obama health reform law denies millions "access to affordable insurance.
Speaker: eric hovde
About the speaker: Eric Hovde, a hedge fund manager and businessman from Madison, entered politics by running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012. He finished second in the GOP primary.
Date: March 27, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care;workers
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: In the scenarios he cites, it is the employer who would be deciding to drop the employer-sponsored plan.        Our rating Hovde said Obama’s health care reform law denies "millions of Americans access to affordable" health insurance. Once the law takes full effect, some employers are expected to stop providing health insurance to their employees. But that's not the same as the law denying people access to affordable health insurance, particularly since other options for obtaining such insurance will be available. We rate Hovde’s  .
Statement: The federal government "reviewed and verified" his administration's numbers showing Wisconsin added 23,608 jobs in 2011.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: May 31, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Wisconsin, by contrast, put its numbers out -- and Walker immediately put them in campaign TV ads -- before BLS had verified them. Our rating Walker said the federal government had signed off on the positive jobs numbers and provided some information that supports Walker’s . But his statement leaves out the fact federal officials publicly will not verify the numbers, and the fact that the emails released do not contain any numbers, let alone the ones cited. Those missing, important details land his  at . (You can comment on this item on the Journal Sentinel's website ).
Statement: Says "10 days after Hurricane Katrina, this chamber passed two separate bills amounting to $60 billion. It has been nearly two months since we had Superstorm Sandy, and nothing has passed.
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: December 27, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: natural disasters ;weather
Context: a speech on the Senate floor
Fact-check justification: In a Dec. 27 speech on the Senate floor, Menendez said that "10 days after Hurricane Katrina, this chamber passed two separate bills amounting to $60 billion. It has been nearly two months since we had Superstorm Sandy, and nothing has passed." The senator’s  is on the mark. Within 10 days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana in August 2005, Congress approved two separate bills providing a total of $62.3 billion in disaster relief funding. The Senate on Dec. 28 approved a $60.4 billion aid package for Hurricane Sandy, but the House has delayed action on the emergency funding. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: The Obama administration offered "no magic number" of people that needed to sign up for health care on the marketplaces.
Speaker: gene sperling
About the speaker: Gene Sperling is the director of the National Economic Council for President Barack Obama.
Date: January 5, 2014
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Sperling denied the administration had a "magic number" for how many people it wanted to see enrolled through the exchanges for health insurance coverage. No one knows how many people need to sign up to make the health care law  work. And Sperling has a point that the mix of individuals signing up is likely more important than the raw number. But the Obama administration has used a number -- 7 million by March -- in the past. There’s no denying that. We rate this  .
Statement: Says opponent Ted Cruz has not led businesses.
Speaker: tom leppert
About the speaker: Tom Leppert, who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2012, served as mayor of Dallas from June 2007 to early 2011. He previously worked in business, also serving as CEO of The Turner Corporation, the nation's largest general building company, according to the biographical material on his campaign website.
Date: April 13, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: candidate biography
Context: Dallas
Fact-check justification: He earlier was "an associate deputy attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice," according to the entry, after serving as "domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign. "In addition, Ted clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the U.S. Supreme Court," the entry says. We asked Cruz’s campaign if Leppert’s  about his not leading any businesses holds up. Spokesman James Bernsen pointed to Cruz’s campaign biography. We rate Leppert’s  as .
Statement: Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis wrongly takes credit for small-business program
Speaker: leonidas raptakis
About the speaker: Leonidas "Lou" Raptakis has served as a state senator since 1996, representing Coventry and several surrounding communities, and regained his seat in 2013. Prior to that, he was a member of the House of Representatives for four years. He was a candidate for secretary of state in 2010. He is the owner of Venus Pizza in Coventry.
Date: June 23, 2010
Location: rhode island
Topics: candidate biography;small business
Context: announcing his campaign for secretary of state
Fact-check justification: It is clear to us that Mollis did not give his predecessors appropriate credit for coming up with the ideas he is finally now making happen. And Raptakis was right to pick up on that. Had he focused only on that discrepancy and not on Matt Brown's and Jim Langevin's so-called accomplishments, his statement would have more credibility. But he didn't. That's why we're calling it .
Statement: The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it.
Speaker: michael bennet
About the speaker: Michael Bennet is a senator from Colorado, appointed in January 2009 by former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to fill a vacated Senate seat. Bennet successfully ran for his first full term in 2010 and was re-elected in 2016. He received a degree in history from Wesleyan University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. In 2019, he announced he is running for the Democratic nomination for president.
Date: May 30, 2019
Location: national
Topics: climate change
Context: a CNN town hall
Fact-check justification: Bennet said that "the vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it." The polls we reviewed show that the majority of Americans do think the effects of climate change are currently taking place and that they are concerned about it. While one poll found that less than half of Americans believe Congress and Trump should make it a top priority, other polls show that when questioned about specific policies to address global warming, a majority of Americans say they support action. We rate Bennet’s  .
Statement: Elon Musk to donate $250 billion for reparations to African Americans in U.S.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 4, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: The Viral Cocaine story includes fabricated quotes that are attributed to people including "Dragon Master Adolph White of the North Carolina Chapter of the Klu Klux Klan," and "Antwan Morehouse of the Atlanta Division of the newly reformed Black Panther Party." We could not locate any record of real people with those names or titles. The story also falsely states that Musk is worth nearly $1 trillion. He is worth $306.4 billion as of Nov. 2, according to Forbes. We rate this  !
Statement: In New Orleans, nearly 100 percent of our kids are in charter schools.
Speaker: bobby jindal
About the speaker: Bobby Jindal is the governor of Louisiana and a candidate for president in 2016. He was elected to his first term in 2007. Prior to that, he served as a congressman from 2004 to 2008, representing the suburban areas north of New Orleans.
Date: July 15, 2015
Location: national
Topics: education;natural disasters 
Context: comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: Jindal said that "in New Orleans, nearly 100 percent of our kids are in charter schools." As of the 2013-14 school year, 91 percent of student in New Orleans go to charter schools. However, the high percentage is a reflection of the fact that the majority of schools in New Orleans are charter schools. Most of them were established after public schools within "in crisis" school districts (read New Orleans Public Schools) were handed over to the state-controlled RSD in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Over the years, these schools were converted to charter schools. Jindal’s statement is accurate. We rate it .
Statement: If we make no changes over the next 10 years, Americans will reach into their pockets and pay out about $11 trillion on insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and uncovered medical expenses.
Speaker: elizabeth warren
About the speaker: Elizabeth Warren is a senator from Massachusetts. Warren was elected to the Senate in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024. Warren received a bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Houston and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. In 2019, she announced her race for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out March 5, 2020.
Date: November 4, 2019
Topics: health care;health check
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: It’s just a question of how much taxes have to go up to pay for that." In her explanation of how she would structure and finance Medicare for All, Warren highlighted what Americans currently pay for "insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and uncovered medical expenses." The $11 trillion figure is staggering — and it checks out. Whether and how to address that issue is fiercely controversial, but on this particular stat, Warren’s statement is accurate. We rate it .
Statement: If Biden wins the election, there are people out there planning on mass murdering poc and lbgtq+ people. Please stay inside during the election and a few days after.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 2, 2020
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a series of images and screenshots
Fact-check justification: A series of social media posts  that Trump supporters and right-wing groups are "planning on mass murdering poc and lgbtq+ people" if Biden wins the election. There is no  to support that. The  appears to be a viral social media rumor, and experts say they show hallmarks of being part of a campaign to suppress the vote. While law enforcement agencies nationwide are bracing for post-election unrest, we could find no credible threats of "mass murder." Without additional , the  is . We rate it . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click  here , for more.
Statement: Atlanta is the No. 1 trading point for sexual slavery in America. Between 100 and 200 girls are sold into slavery in Atlanta every month.
Speaker: jimmy carter
About the speaker: Jimmy Carter was elected president of the United States in 1976 and served one term. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. The native of Plains, Georgia was submarine commander, peanut farmer, state senator and Georgia governor. 
Date: April 6, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: children
Context: interview while promoting book
Fact-check justification: You could look deeper into two of those accounts or read the report itself though, and see that it was an overreach. Both the media outlets and the former president could have done a better job.    Part of Carter’s statement accurately quotes the estimates that are out there on the girls involved. The part about Atlanta being "the No. 1 trading point for sexual slavery in America" is off base. Overall, we rate Carter’s two-part statement .
Statement: For every [coyote] they kill, the population will replace and usually multiply.
Speaker: online petition
About the speaker: Stop the Mass Killings of Coyotes is an online petition circulated on Rhode Island's Aquidneck Island. It follows approval by the Middletown Town Council to authorize a hunter to kill coyotes, following complaints from residents.
Date: April 8, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: environment
Context: an online petition
Fact-check justification: "This is just a short-term solution for a couple of individual coyotes," Mitchell said. Knowlton, the Utah expert, said local reduction programs can provide temporary relief from coyote problems. But, in general, wildlife advocates and scientific studies maintain that coyotes are such prolific breeders that trying to lower their numbers by killing them is ineffective. So it appears the petition, apart from the "mass killing" falsehood,  wasn’t feeding us a pack of lies after all. We rate the  about coyotes replenishing their numbers .
Statement: Paul Broun Jr. sides with sexual deviants to support sale of 'crush videos.'
Speaker: russell edwards
About the speaker: Russell Edwards is a Democrat running for Georgia's 10th Congressional District
Date: July 22, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: voting record
Context: his campaign Web site
Fact-check justification: Broun did vote against the resolution, but he articulated reasons that fall well within his political ideals and record. Whether those reasons trump pragmatic concerns about how best to crack down on distribution of the videos is another question. We had a problem with Edwards saying that Broun "supports" the sale of the videos, particularly since Broun condemned them. Voting against the resolution on constitutional grounds is not the same as supporting the sale of deviant material. We rate Edwards' statement about Broun's vote on HR 5566 as .
Statement: Says David Rivera "allowed House Republican leaders to strip key provisions from the STOCK Act" that would crack down on insider trading by members of Congress.
Speaker: luis garcia
About the speaker: State Rep. Luis Garcia, D-Miami Beach, is running for Congress against U.S. Rep. David Rivera in 2012.
Date: February 15, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;ethics
Context: a campaign press release
Fact-check justification: Garcia claimed that "Congressman David Rivera allowed House Republican leaders to strip key provisions from the STOCK Act that would crack down on corruption of public officials and on those who peddle political inside information for profit." It’s  that Rivera voted for a version of the bill that removed provisions related to corruption of public officials and on political intelligence consultants. But Garcia doesn’t offer any  that Rivera "allowed" it to happen other than voting for it. The statement makes it sound like Rivera had some sort of powerful role in making the legislation coming to pass. Actually, Rivera himself is under investigation -- and not exactly the guy House leaders would turn to when crafting legislation about ethics. We rate this  .
Statement: Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms.
Speaker: patrick mchenry
About the speaker: Patrick McHenry is a U.S. representative from North Carolina.
Date: April 1, 2010
Location: national
Topics: census
Context: an op ed article
Fact-check justification: And while decidedly conservative Texas has lagged behind the national average, there are lots of red states performing above the national average as well. A spokeswoman from McHenry's office told us he was just trying to be proactive and encourage all Americans to be counted. It's hard to find fault with that. Still, we just don't find any  that his premise that conservatives have been less likely to return their census forms than liberals is . We rule McHenry's statement .