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Statement: Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience.
Speaker: dave brat
About the speaker: Dave Brat represents Virginia's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to the seat in 2014 after pulling of a stunning upset of Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican Primary. He is active in the Freedom Caucus, a conservative wing of Republican congressmen.
Prior to Congress, Brat was chairman of the business and economics department at Randolph-Macon College. 
Brat, a midwestern native, has obtained a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in economics from American University. He began teaching at Randolph-Macon in 1996.
Brat served two Governors on the Joint Advisory Board of Economists. He was president of the Virginia Association of Economists.
Date: October 11, 2015
Location: national
Topics: congress;corrections and updates
Context: comments on "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Brat said, Republicans like Dent want to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience." Dent is critical of the Freedom Caucus but he told us he does not want to excommunicate them, nor could we find  that he’s expressed the desire to in the past. Brat may have been getting his moderate Republicans mixed up. It was Rep. Devin Nunes who suggested on the record that dissatisfied hardliners form their own party. We rate Brat’s  . Editor’s note: Shortly after we published the story, we received additional information from Brat’s spokesperson that we have added to the story. Brat's office also challenged our hearing of part of his back-and-forth with Dent. As such, we've removed a portion of Brat's quote in this fact-check. The changes do not affect our ruling. Here is a statement sent from Brat's office: "In Congressman Brat’s exchange with Congressman Dent, he clearly did not use the foul language that PolitiFact insisted but said, 'I’ve got quote for days.' "PolitiFact has engaged in the fabrication of a quote that Brat did not say. It discredits their entire publication and demonstrates that they are not in the business of publishing facts, but publishing  partisan attacks. It is dishonest, disgraceful and shameful. " On Sunday afternoon, the office was given only a few hours to refute a falsehood and a political attack. After sending 6 references supporting the statements of Congressman Brat, PolitiFact insisted that the references were not enough to support the claims and chose not to highlight them appropriately. "It is disappointing to see these actions out of a publication that claims to seek the ."
Statement: The unemployment rate for Wisconsin workers has reached historic lows. It's never been this low before, ever, ever, ever.
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: April 27, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;jobs;workers
Context: a rally
Fact-check justification: Meanwhile, Wisconsin's labor force participation rate -- a measuring stick that looks at the other side of the equation -- was 67.5 percent in February. That was more than four points better than the national rate. Our rating Trump said Wisconsin had the lowest unemployment rate ever at a recent rally in Green Bay. The available data backs up his  that Wisconsin hasn’t had a lower unemployment rate to its 2.9 percent. We rate Trump’s  .
Statement: TEA is allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools...If schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 2, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: education
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post shared by a Dallas area school said that the state is "allowing online learning with attendance stipulations but will not fund school districts if they do not open their schools" and "if schools do not open and are not funded there will be no more teachers or school at all." We found that while schools do stand to lose funding if they do not follow state guidelines when it comes to reopening their doors, districts have some flexibility in holding virtual school at the beginning of the year. This flexibility was expanded after this Facebook post was made. We also found that if a school were to lose its state funding, it would not necessarily shutter its doors. Rather, experts say that it would be a huge financial challenge and programs and staff would have to be cut. We rate this  .
Statement: So far, the Recovery Act is responsible for the jobs of about 2 million Americans who would otherwise be unemployed. ... [And] the Recovery Act is on track to save or create another 1.5 million jobs in 2010.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: February 17, 2010
Location: national
Topics: economy;stimulus
Context: an address at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Fact-check justification: With the notable exception of conservatives, the independent economists who have produced studies agree that the stimulus has saved or created upwards of 1 million jobs, and that the bill will likely create another million or so jobs in 2010. These numbers are based on a "counterfactual" study that is an estimate subject to some professional disagreement. And within this broad range of expert opinion, Obama chose a number on the high side. The numbers could easily be less than what he suggests. So we rate his  .
Statement: Six states can't get the votes counted. Six states in which @realDonaldTrump is leading. Six states where Dems are in charge.
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: a screenshot
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  to say that battleground states "can’t get the vote counted" because Trump was ahead there. We rate it . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more.
Statement: Joe Biden said, "The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 1, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims Biden went on MSNBC and said, "The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office."  He didn’t literally say it.  During the interview, Biden denied the sexual assault allegation and called for the National Archives to release any complaint it found from Reade. He did say that his sealed senatorial records could be taken out of context if made public, referring broadly to his personal papers held by the University of Delaware, not specifically to a complaint by Reade. The post is partially accurate because it’s based on something Biden did say, but it leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: Says Betsy Devos said "only" 0.02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 11, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts  that DeVos stated that "only" .02% of kids would die if they returned to school. DeVos made several public appearances recently and touted the safety of reopening schools soon, but she never said this.  We rate this !
Statement: Says Paul Ryan said that 22 million Americans "choose to be poor, so it's their own problem if they can't afford to be healthy.
Speaker: newslo.com
About the speaker: A network of websites associated with fake news. Other domain names associated with Newslo.com in the past include Politicops.com, Politicot.com, Politicass.com and more. 
Date: June 28, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: an Internet post
Fact-check justification: In most cases it is the first paragraph of the story, as happened here. The websites feature a pair of buttons that allow readers to highlight the  parts of their stories, so readers can conceivably know the difference. But it isn’t always obvious that’s the aim, leading the audience to believe the entire story is  — especially when other  news sites steal the articles and post them without any warning at all . Ryan did discuss how the Senate’s proposed legislation would affect poor people, but he never said 22 million people choose to be poor. We rate this  !
Statement: Says Rick Perry wrote a letter "supporting Hillarycare.
Speaker: ron paul
About the speaker: Ron Paul, a Texas physician, served two stints in the U.S. House. He also was the Libertarian Party nominee for president in 1988 before later seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2012. He didn't seek re-election to the House in 2012.
Date: September 7, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: health care
Context: a presidential debate
Fact-check justification: It's correct that Perry sent a letter to Hillary Clinton commending her efforts as the head of the president’s health care task force at a time when the president’s general goals and some possible specifics of the plan had been reported. Yet Perry's letter, dispatched more than five months before the plan was finalized, is clearly a request that the task force consider the interests of rural Americans. We rate the statement as .
Statement: Russ Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes" and "was the only Great Lakes senator to vote no.
Speaker: ron johnson
About the speaker: Ron Johnson is a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin. A businessman and accountant, Johnson defeated Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the 2010 election. He is seeking re-election in 2016.
Date: July 14, 2010
Location: national
Topics: environment;energy;message machine 2010
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: As a result, Johnson has some justification for saying that Feingold "voted against the law that protected our lakes." But the ad ignores that Feingold supported one of the temporary bans, and that he has a long record of protecting the environmental quality of the Great Lakes, including championing at least one bill that dealt directly with drilling. Meanwhile, we don't buy the campaign's rationale for excluding New York from the list of Great Lakes states. That fundamentally undercuts the ad's  that Feingold was the only Great Lakes senator to vote against the 2005 bill. On balance, we rate the ad .
Statement: Japan drops vax rollout
Speaker: hal turner radio show
About the speaker: Hal Turner uses internet and radio broadcasts to float conspiracy theories and hate speech. In 2010, he was sentenced to 33 months in prison for threatening three federal judges over their decision to uphold handgun bans in Chicago.
Date: October 27, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: Japan did not stop its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The country administered hundreds of thousands of doses on the day after the  was published. More than 71% of the country’s population had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Oct. 28. Ivermectin was not a factor in the country’s recent turnaround in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and is not approved by the Japanese government as a medicine to treat COVID-19. We rate this  !
Statement: Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.
Speaker: andrew cuomo
About the speaker: Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, was elected to his first term as governor of New York in 2010.
Date: April 14, 2020
Location: new york
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Cuomo didn’t say that all countries had increased infections after they reopened, and he also didn’t say explicitly that reopening caused the increase in the statement we fact-checked. He said that people who are anxious to reopen should be aware that there are cases where other countries reopened and then saw the infection rate increase.   There have been reports of increased infection rates in some countries that reopened.  We rate Cuomo’s  .
Statement: Fifty percent of the Ottawa police force have all turned in their resignation.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 7, 2022
Topics: public safety;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: All available Ottawa police officers are working. "  Officers have arrested and ticketed people participating in the protests, according to the police service.   We didn’t find any  that half of the city’s police officers have quit or threatened to.   Matt Skof, president of the Ottawa Police Association, a union that represents most officers in the service, told the Associated Press that none of the association’s sworn or civilian members have quit over the protests.   We rate this post .
Statement: Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain.
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: April 15, 2017
Topics: global news service;pop culture;technology
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: A viral post in India asserted that Snapchat CEO Spiegel said his company’s application was for rich people and not poor places such as India. The article that fueled this meme stated at the top that Spiegel allegedly said these words, not that he definitely had. The lawsuit behind the article provides no  beyond saying that a former employee said the exchange took place. If there was a conversation, it happened a year and half ago, which raises questions of how accurately the exact words can be relied on. We might learn more, but until then, we rate this statement .
Statement: Under Emanuel, CPS has become the most understaffed school district in Illinois.
Speaker: troy laraviere
About the speaker: Troy LaRaviere is the president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association and a former principal of a Chicago elementary school.
Date: June 1, 2018
Location: illinois
Topics: education
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: A recent Tribune investigation revealed CPS’ failure to protect students from sexual abuse by district employees. LaRaviere suggested staffing levels could have played a role in that scandal, saying that, "under Emanuel, CPS has become the most understaffed school district in Illinois." The correlation LaRaviere sought to make is impossible to prove. However, his  about low staff-to-student ratios lies on firmer ground. Data from the Illinois State Board of Education show that last year CPS employed just one staffer—teachers, administrators and other trained professionals—for every 16 students. The statewide average was one per every 11. By that measure, CPS tied for second to worst in the state. Technically speaking then, CPS is not the most understaffed in the state as LaRaviere says. It is almost the most understaffed, a quibbling distinction that might bear relevance in math class or on the debate club but is besides the point for purposes of evaluating the credibility of his . We rate it .
Statement: Says a photo shows the height difference between Donald Trump and Mike Bloomberg.
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: February 13, 2020
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .)   That’s because while Trump is taller than Bloomberg, this photo has been altered to make him look about half a foot taller.   The original photo , taken at the New York Observer’s 25th anniversary in March 2013, shows Bloomberg between Trump and Jared Kusnher, the president’s son-in-law. In the real image, Bloomberg’s head clears Trump’s chin.   We rate this post .
Statement: We are seeing "the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists" under the Patriot Act.
Speaker: steve chabot
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot has proudly served Ohio's First Congressional District for 18 years. A lifelong Cincinnatian, Steve previously served as a Cincinnati City Councilman and Hamilton County Commissioner for four years each prior to being elected to Congress in 1994.
Date: October 21, 2021
Location: national
Topics: criminal justice;education;terrorism;coronavirus
Context: a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee
Fact-check justification: Chabot said the U.S. Justice Department is treating "American parents as domestic terrorists" under the Patriot Act. The Justice Department has moved to create a task force that spans federal, state and local agencies to focus on threats against local school officials. The department’s National Security Division is one of many participants in that task force, and it was created through the Patriot Act. Legal scholars say the Patriot Act plays little role in criminalizing threats of this sort. Many other federal and state statutes apply to violence and threats of violence. The memo and press release from the Justice Department don’t mention terrorism or the Patriot Act, and to date, the federal government has not acted against anyone. There can be a concern about government overreach, but at this point, those concerns are theoretical. We rate this  .
Statement: President Barack Obama is "ending Medicare as we know it.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: March 12, 2012
Location: national
Topics: health care;medicare
Context: a campaign memo
Fact-check justification: Overall, then, the Romney news release is a talking point in search of facts. It takes some shreds of  and combines them with worst-case-scenario speculations, then deploys overheated language. Even if each of his five claims were , it would be a stretch to say that they added up to "ending Medicare as we know it." But given their degree of inaccuracy, the memo doesn’t have a leg to stand on. We interpret "ending Medicare as we know it" to mean a fundamental, structural change to the program, one so significant that it is almost unrecognizable as a result. Romney’s charge that Obama would "end Medicare as we know it" is at least as overheated as the Democratic charge that the Ryan plan would "end Medicare." Under Obama’s approach, Medicare would still be a large, single-payer, federally run health care program for seniors -- slimmer in some areas, more generous in others, with a smattering of different rules. That’s not "ending Medicare as we know it," which is just the latest line in a long history of political attempts to scare seniors. We rate Romney’s  .
Statement: Obama wants to increase the size of government by 23 percent.
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: August 20, 2008
Location: national
Topics: federal budget
Context: a radio ad called "Millions"
Fact-check justification: Here's what Pounder had to say about that: "By size of government, we are referring to government spending outside of mandatory spending. It's the argument that outside of mandatory spending, this is the most immediate way that Barack Obama will have an impact on government spending and when you include his spending proposals it accounts for a 23 percent increase." That's the equivalent of saying, "By size of government, we are referring to a government with no Social Security, no Medicare, no Medicaid, no food stamps, no federal employee retirement benefits and no interest on the national debt." The McCain campaign's math is flat-out . So , in fact, their precise 23 percent figure isn't merely a  , it's !