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Statement: Many state and federal agencies have such 'navigators' involved in helping folks maneuver through the often complex processes associated with filing benefits claims, for example -- even buying health insurance.
Speaker: bill nelson
About the speaker: Bill Nelson was first elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida in 2000. He lost re-election to Gov. Rick Scott in 2018. Nelson previously served in the Florida Legislature, Congress and as state Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner.
 
Date: September 19, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: health care
Context: a "Tampa Bay Times" op-ed
Fact-check justification: Seeking to assuage concerns about Obamacare navigators, Nelson said, "Many state and federal agencies have such ‘navigators’ involved in helping folks maneuver through the often complex processes associated with filing benefits claims, for example - even buying health insurance." Let’s review our findings: There are differences in terms of some of the requirements and training to become an Obamacare navigator versus those who provide assistance for some of these other programs. However Nelson didn’t say they are identical: He said that we already have such ‘navigators’ to help Floridians access services. We rate this  .
Statement: #Business formation is still on the rise in Ohio! So far in 2011 we've assisted w/ 44,443 new business filings.
Speaker: jon husted
About the speaker: Jon Husted is running as Mike DeWine's running mate for the 2018 Republican primary for governor. Husted was elected Ohio secretary of state in 2010. He previously was a state senator from Ohio's 6th district and served two terms as speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Date: July 18, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: corporations;economy
Context: a tweet on Twitter
Fact-check justification: So where does Husted’s tweet land on the -0-Meter? The figure in of itself is correct and points to a slight post-recession upward trend.    But the context around the  tweet – the figure is worth boasting about because it’s a sign of economy recovery – seems overly optimistic, especially given the news release’s footnote that there’s no guarantee these filings mean more jobs will be created. Husted’s  is accurate, but leaves out details that provide clarification. PolitiFact rates this  .
Statement: Anyone who knows you can just" look it up to "see if you voted.
Speaker: amy schumer
About the speaker: Amy Schumer is a comedian and star of Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer.
Date: November 3, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;legal issues;government regulation;states
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: Depending on the state, you might need information such as a date of birth to do an online search. And if you don’t have such details, you might have to make a request from a state elections office. Moreover, an individual’s voting history is not a public record in at least one state (Virginia). For a statement that is partially accurate but leaves out important details, our rating is . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/23001946-d8d0-4426-b34d-3209ac90ff47
Statement: Says Rick Scott "raised property taxes.
Speaker: charlie crist
About the speaker: Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign.  As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.
Date: July 31, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: education;state budget;taxes
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: Crist said, "Rick Scott raised property taxes." As Florida homeowners know, the taxes they pay are based on both tax rates and what the current property values are. What Crist means is that because taxable values are rising, collections from school property taxes are going up, even though the tax rate for the Required Local Effort is not going up. Scott did sign a budget his first year that briefly raised those rates, but collections dropped anyway -- a phenomenon that happened to Crist, as well. Even as collections are projected to increase, both the rates and tax revenue are now less than when Scott took office. Collections are increasing because property values are going up after a historic recession and loss of real estate values. Given all these factors, we rate Crist’s statement .
Statement: Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022
Speaker: tony evers
About the speaker: Tony Evers, a Democrat, was elected Wisconsin governor in November 2018. His term begins in January 2019. Evers has served as the Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction, a non-partisan position, since 2009. He previously worked as a teacher and school district administrator.
Date: April 14, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: legal issues;taxes;marijuana
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification: Evers tweeted "Regulating and taxing marijuana — much like we do alcohol — would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022.  Experts consulted by PolitiFact Wisconsin, generally speaking, had no quarrel with the state’s math, but questioned the implementation schedule baked into the estimates. In other words, if legalized marijuana were to go forward, it may not generate the revenue Evers claimed because it may take too long to get a licensing system in place, and to license and open retail outlets. In a nutshell, the Evers projections are plausible, but may be overly optimistic. For a statement that is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, our rating is .
Statement: The medical marijuana ballot initiative "doesn't require a physician writing a prescription" and can be for conditions like "having a back that needs to be scratched.
Speaker: don gaetz
About the speaker: Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, is a Republican state Senator and a former school superintendent.
Date: February 13, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: florida amendments;health care;marijuana
Context: a "Florida Face to Face" interview
Fact-check justification: Gaetz said the medical marijuana ballot initiative "doesn’t require a physician writing a prescription, and it can be for purposes as specious as a back that needs to be scratched." Because of federal law, doctors won’t be writing prescriptions. Instead they will write a certification after examining the patient, determining the patient would benefit from marijuana and how long the patient should use it. Gaetz’s statement suggests Floridians could get marijuana without a doctor being involved, but that’s not the case. Gaetz’s  that someone can get marijuana for having a back in need of scratching is also . The ballot language says that a condition must be debilitating, which means it weakens the person. While many different types of conditions could qualify under this definition, a back that simply needed scratching wouldn't qualify. We rate this  .
Statement: Photo shows Amish who drove 2.5 hours with the "Freedom Convoy" to cook them food at their next stop.
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: January 30, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  We looked for reports to corroborate the story that Amish followed and fed convoy participants but only found more cases of Graham’s photo being misused. One post said it showed "Mennonites from St-Jacobs … uniting to join the freedom convoy" while another said it showed "Amish people in St Jacobs Canada (joining) the Canadian truckers convoy!" What we do know: that’s not what this photo shows, and we rate claims to the contrary . RELATED LINK: Looking at how many trucks are participating in the "Freedom Convoy" in Canada
Statement: Says of Mitch McConnell, "What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office.
Speaker: alison lundergan grimes
About the speaker: Alison Lundergan Grimes is a Democrat challenging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for his Senate seat in 2014. She currently serves as Kentucky's secretary of state.
Date: August 15, 2014
Location: national
Topics: congress;corrections and updates;income;message machine 2014;wealth
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Grimes’ ad said, "What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office." What's problematic here is the ad’s strong suggestion that McConnell somehow managed to leverage his public office into personal riches. In , most of the growth in his wealth stems from his marriage and money his wife received after her mother died. The statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate this  . Correction, Aug. 25, 2014 : An earlier version of this article included the figure for Grimes’ salary that was reported on her Senate candidate financial disclosure form. However, this figure -- $188,000 -- included earnings from 2013, as well as from part of 2014. To make the comparison equivalent to McConnell’s salary, we’ve adjusted her annual pay to $117,329.)
Statement: When discussing education savings accounts, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids.
Speaker: brandon creighton
About the speaker: Republican Brandon Creighton serves as a Texas Senator representing District 4, which includes Conroe.
Date: March 19, 2023
Location: texas
Topics: education
Context: Interview with WFAA
Fact-check justification: In discussing education savings accounts, Creighton said, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids."  Creighton cited a dashboard from EdChoice, an Indianapolis-based organization that advocates for vouchers and tracks legislation. The dashboard lumps together school choice programs, such as tax-credit scholarships and vouchers, along with education savings accounts. There are currently 32 states, along with Washington, D.C., that have some form of school choice program. EdChoice finds only 11 states offer education savings accounts. Although the average viewer gets the impression he was referring to education savings accounts, Creighton’s spokesperson said he was referring to school choice programs more broadly.  The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: Miss USA boycotts Miss Universe pageant: 'I'm not competing against a man.'
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 16, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Meta , which owns Facebook and Instagram.) The blog post was first published on Dunning-Kruger-Times, which is part of the America’s Last Line of Defense "network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery. "  Rikkie Valerie Kolle recently became the first transgender woman to win the Miss Netherlands title, and BBC News reports that Kolle will compete in Miss Universe later this year.   But Natasha Berkleston doesn’t appear to be a real person , and we found no news reports or other credible sources suggesting the real Miss USA — Romano — has said she won’t compete in Miss Universe or that she criticized Kolle’s win.   We rate this post .
Statement: Says a "5G LAW PASSED while everyone was distracted" with the coronavirus pandemic and lists 20 symptoms associated with 5G exposure.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 28, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed that the government used the coronavirus pandemic to distract from the passage of a 5G law. Trump signed a law March 23 that aims to "secure and protect" 5G infrastructure in the U.S. The legislation has a provision to protect American companies, but it says nothing about installing more 5G towers. While some experts have said there could be adverse health effects associated with 5G, other reports say the fears are overblown. Misinformation about 5G and the coronavirus can be traced to a Russian propaganda campaign that seeks to delegitimize the implementation of 5G. The Facebook post contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Pregnant women getting the Tdap vaccine "voluntarily are quite literally the experiment.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: May 13, 2023
Topics: public health;women;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: The CDC said that safety monitoring by it and the FDA has found the Tdap vaccine safe for pregnant women and their babies. Administering the vaccine during pregnancy does not increase risk for pregnancy complications such as low birth weight or preterm delivery, the CDC said. Tdap is recommended during pregnancy in more than 50 countries, said Dr. Elyse Kharbanda, executive research director, HealthPartners Institute in Minnesota. "Studies from our group and others have consistently demonstrated the safety of Tdap vaccine when administered in pregnancy," she said. We rate the Instagram post .
Statement: Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich said, "If a woman is not intelligent enough to keep her legs closed, how can we entrust the abortion decision to her?
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: March 28, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: But WalkWithHer.com does have a feature we haven’t often seen on  news sites: A link to information on how to make a Digital Millennium Copyright Act removal request. Readers are invited to send the site a written  that copyrighted material from the Internet is being improperly reproduced. The link gives an address in the country of Georgia. Kasich vetoed one abortion bill and signed the other, but he never made the misogynistic statement attributed to him in the  post. We rate this statement !
Statement: We [the city of Atlanta] are overbuilt on housing.
Speaker: yolanda adrean
About the speaker: Yolanda Adrean is an Atlanta city councilwoman who represents portions of north Atlanta that include Buckhead.
Date: June 20, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: housing
Context: Website
Fact-check justification: This was a tough one for the old -O-Meter. Adrean’s statement does not apply to some popular intown neighborhoods and new housing starts are few and far between even as the city’s population continues to inch up, but demand is still low. The councilwoman is not , but she’s not totally right either. Her statement is accurate but leaves out important details. That’s our definition of .
Statement: Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
Speaker: richard durbin
About the speaker: Dick Durbin in the senior U.S. senator from Illinois and the Democratic majority whip.
Date: September 23, 2019
Location: illinois
Topics: guns
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: While speaking about legislation that would expand background checks to all gun sales, Durbin said 90% of police back such a policy. He was referencing a 2017 survey by Pew Research Center, which asked police at departments that employ 100 or more officers whether they support requiring background checks for private gun sales and sales at gun shows. Eighty-eight percent responded that they did. However, it’s important to note that survey left out officers at smaller, more rural jurisdictions who may not share the same views, and we could not find any other recent polls that addressed the question. We rate Durbin’s  .  — The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "People are dying who have never died before.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 4, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But the quote, or something close to it, has been circulating on social media for more than a decade.   "I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who said: ‘People are dying who have never died before,’" someone tweeted in 2009.   According to a book of selected letters by Hemingway, he once wrote that someone had "advised us all to be careful as men are dying this year who have never died before. "  Sandra Spanier, general editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, told AFP that the author used the phrase two other times and attributed it to a friend, Edward "Bra" Saunders. We rate claims that Greene said it .
Statement: Today the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of America.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: July 22, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy
Context: a message on Twitter
Fact-check justification: Sanders tweeted that "the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of America." The statistic correctly compares the combined net worth of the bottom 41.5 percent of American families with the six Walton family members. We think the additional points -- that many people with a negative net worth are not necessarily poor and that percentages about wealth distribution can be deceiving -- are important and interesting. Nevertheless, Sanders’  is solid. We rate it .
Statement: The Build Back Better Act "includes $34.5 billion in cuts" for charity care funding to hospitals.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: December 7, 2021
Location: national
Topics: health care;medicaid;florida
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Scott said the Build Back Better Act includes $34.5 billion in cuts to charity care funding for hospitals. Scott’s  is accurate about the size of proposed cuts to charity care programs, but it fails to account for the $43.8 billion in the bill to provide insurance to people who don’t have it today, which would reduce the need for charity care. The impact of the package on individual hospitals will vary, depending on how fast people sign up for new insurance and local conditions. But the experts we heard from agreed that both changes need to be assessed together. We rate this  .
Statement: Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy.
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: July 24, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: guns
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Following the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado, Menendez claimed at a news conference that "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy." Three states, including New Jersey, limit the number of handguns one can purchase in a 30-day period, but there are no limits under federal law on the purchase of firearms and ammunition. Federal regulations only mandate reporting multiple gun sales in certain cases. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Says 31 percent of Texas physicians accept all new Medicaid patients, down from 67 percent in 2000.
Speaker: texas medical association
About the speaker: The Texas Medical Association says it's the nation's largest state medical society. Its membership includes nearly 45,000 physicians and medical students.
Date: December 7, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: medicaid
Context: a Twitter post
Fact-check justification: The association’s tweet said 31 percent of physicians accept all new Medicaid patients, compared to 67 percent in 2000. These figures were based on poll responses rather than a harder indicator--and the clarification that they came from a poll was missing from the Twitter post. We rate this  as .
Statement: A common cold can cause a positive COVID-19 test.
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: July 12, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Some cause disease and some don’t.   A spokesperson for the CDC told AFP that the traces of other coronaviruses — like the common cold — won’t produce a positive result from COVID-19 viral test. This post, which is a screenshot of part of a CDC webpage about COVID-19 antibody tests, is cropped in a way that may suggest the warning pertains to the viral test. It doesn’t. We rate the  that a common cold can cause a positive COVID-19 test .
Statement: Says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn't understand the charge.
Speaker: wisconsin alliance for reform
About the speaker: The Wisconsin Alliance for Reform is an outside group that has been running TV ads in the 2016 U.S. Senate and state Supreme Court races. It describes itself as "a coalition of concerned citizens and community leaders committed to creating greater economic opportunities for Wisconsin families."
Date: March 8, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Our rating The Wisconsin Alliance for Reform says Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn’t understand the charge." Kloppenburg agreed with two other appeals court judges in ordering that the sex offender get a hearing. They did not rule, however, that the offender didn’t understand the charge he had pleaded guilty to. Rather, they ruled there should be hearing on the fundamental question of whether he did understand what he had pled to. For a statement that contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, our rating is .