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Statement: Says Gov. Scott Walker "hasn't done a public event this entire year.
Speaker: chris larson
About the speaker: Chris Larson, a Milwaukee Democrat, was elected to the Wisconsin state Senate in November 2010. A former member of the Milwaukee County Board, he is a candidate for Milwaukee County executive in 2016.
Date: August 27, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: state budget;transparency
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: So, attendance is limited at some public events Walker attended, but not at others. In any case, Larson’s  was absolute. Our rating Larson said Walker "hasn't done a public event this entire year." Larson may believe Walker needs to be more open, but it’s  to say Walker hasn’t done even one public event in 2013. We rate the statement .
Statement: Gov. Romney's own health care plan in Massachusetts ... requires by law that a representative from Planned Parenthood sit on the MassHealth advisory board.
Speaker: fred thompson
About the speaker: Fred Thompson was a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He graduated from Memphis State University and earned a law degree at Vanderbilt University. Thompson practiced law and served a variety of government counsel positions, including as minority counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee"). In his acting career Thompson has appeared in 18 films, and recently worked as a TV actor, playing a prosecutor on the series Law and Order. Thompson was born in Alabama in 1942. He has been married to Jeri Kehn since 2002, and has four children, two from his first marriage. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 22, 2008.
Date: November 14, 2007
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: an email press release
Fact-check justification: It does perform abortions, but Angus McQuilken, vice president of public affairs, says gynecological exams, birth control, treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy testing and the like make up the bulk of its services for MassHealth patients. MassHealth only pays for abortions deemed "medically necessary," or in the case of rape or incest. Thompson's campaign further charges that although Planned Parenthood got a seat on the board, antiabortion groups did not. That's , too. But by the nature of the advisory board, there would be no reason for such groups to get a seat: Although some antiabortion groups provide pregnancy counseling and adoption services, they are not major providers of health care.
Statement: We've cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we've added over 1.3 million jobs.
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: November 9, 2017
Location: florida
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: a Tampa news conference
Fact-check justification: Scott said, "We’ve cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we’ve added over 1.3 million jobs." Scott is including anything that reduces government revenues to  he's cut taxes 75 times. But, as we've said before, the list includes things that are clearly not tax cuts. In addition, Scott is claiming those tax cuts have resulted in the creation of 1.3 million jobs. The fact is, state economists predicted Florida would add 1 million jobs in over the same time period before Scott was even elected governor and had an opportunity to enact his policies. Experts say tax cuts may be a reason the state has seen jobs rebound, but it's not the sole or even most important reason. Scott’s  is partially accurate and overplays the connection to more than 1 million jobs. We rate this  .
Statement: NASA prepping 17-year-old Alyssa Carson to become first human on Mars.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: July 19, 2018
Topics: space;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: A headline claims NASA is "presping 17-year-old Alyssa Carson to become first human on Mars." Carson certainly wants to go into space. And that may happen. But she has no official connection to NASA. We rate this  . Erasmo Passaro is a rising sophomore attending St. Petersburg High School who is working with PolitiFact as part of the Poynter Institute’s MediaWise program .
Statement: More Hispanics "have been elected statewide (in Texas) on the Republican ticket than on the Democratic ticket.
Speaker: republican party of texas
About the speaker: The Republican Party of Texas says it promotes a conservative government philosophy in the Lone Star state.
Date: December 5, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: history;redistricting
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: Not entirely. Munisteri’s omits some important context about Texas politics: No Democrat, regardless of ethnicity, has won statewide office for 15 years. Put another way, no Latino Republicans won statewide until after every statewide Republican nominee started prevailing. Conversely, Democrats weren’t electing many Hispanics when they dominated Texas politics, either. We rate Munisteri’s statement .
Statement: Forty years ago, a federal Pell Grant paid for nearly 80% of tuition, fees, room and board at a four-year college.
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: June 24, 2019
Location: vermont
Topics: debt;education
Context: Washington D.C
Fact-check justification: Sanders said that 40 years ago a "federal Pell grant paid for nearly 80% of tuition, fees, room and board at a four-year college." While this is accurate for public four-year colleges, it is not  of private four-year institutions. Based on the data the Vermont senator cited for his statement, a Pell grant would only cover 38% of the cost of a private university in the late 1970s — well off the nearly 80% of costs Sanders says the grants covered at a "four-year college." While Sanders statement is accurate, it leaves out the important context that this number refers only to four-year public college. We rate this statement .
Statement: Says "Donald Trump himself contributed $100,000" to the Clinton Foundation.
Speaker: david plouffe
About the speaker: David Plouffe is a senior adviser to President Barack Obama. He also managed President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Date: August 28, 2016
Topics: candidate biography;punditfact
Context: an interview on Meet the Press
Fact-check justification: Plouffe said, "Donald Trump himself gave $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation." Tax records show the Donald J. Trump Foundation gave $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation in 2009, and spent an additional $10,000 for a table at a Clinton Foundation gala the following year. The Clinton Foundation also lists Donald J. Trump (as well his daughter Ivanka and Ivanka’s father-in-law) as a contributor. It’s important to note that Trump made the donation through his foundation, not out of his personal income. But Trump himself acknowledges the donation. We rate Plouffe’s statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/552526f7-e5b8-4ccb-9206-517f0a5819f7
Statement: Says a photo that shows a group of dead, scorched sheep is from Australia wildfires.
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 4, 2020
Topics: animals;fake news;fires;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The image, which we found included in a Jan. 11, 2013, CNN article, shows a group of sheep lying in a New South Wales field after devastating bushfires swept through the area. The caption below the image reads: "Burned sheep lie in a paddock near Bookham in New South Wales on Wednesday. An estimated 10,000 sheep have died in the New South Wales bushfires." The photo was not manipulated and does show animals killed from bushfires in Australia, but it was taken several years ago. We rate this .
Statement: People of color and those of not, they use marijuana at the same rate. People of color are three times more likely to get arrested and convicted.
Speaker: ralph northam
About the speaker: Before he was inaugurated as the 73rd Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Ralph Northam served as an Army doctor, pediatric neurologist, business owner, state Senator and Lieutenant Governor.
A native of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Northam was educated at the Virginia Military Institute.  After graduation, Northam was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He served eight years of active duty and rose to the rank of major.
He attended Eastern Virginia Medical School and then traveled to San Antonio for a pediatric residency, where he met his wife Pamela, a pediatric occupational therapist at the same hospital.  Northam did his residencies at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and served as chief neurological resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital. As an Army doctor, he served in Germany, treating soldiers wounded in Operation Desert Storm.
Date: December 3, 2020
Location: virginia
Topics: criminal justice;drugs
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: In his bid to legalize pot in Virginia, Northam said, "People of color and those of not, they use marijuana at the same rate. People of color are three times more likely to get arrested and convicted." Surveys show Black people and white people do use pot at just about the same rate in Virginia. But Black people are 3.5 times more likely than white people to get arrested in Virginia for marijuana offenses, and four times more likely to get convicted. If anything, Northam has slightly understated his case, but we don’t usually penalize for that. We rate his statement .
Statement: Becerra supports Bernie's government takeover of your health care, eliminating your employer-provided coverage.
Speaker: tom cotton
About the speaker: Tom Cotton, a Republican, was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 from a district in Arkansas.
Date: February 22, 2021
Topics: health check
Context: a digital ad opposing Xavier Becerra's nomination to be HHS secretary
Fact-check justification: The ad states, "Becerra supports Bernie’s government takeover of your health care, eliminating your employer-provided coverage." Becerra’s past remarks illustrate he does support Medicare for All or other programs in which the government would run and fund health insurance. We rate this  .
Statement: Roy Cooper won't say how he will pay for 'free' college tuition.
Speaker: pat mccrory
About the speaker: Pat McCrory, a Republican, was governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. Previously, he served as mayor of Charlotte.
Date: March 9, 2016
Location: north carolina
Topics: education;state budget;taxes
Context: a post on his Facebook page
Fact-check justification: McCrory's  is overly broad, failing to distinguish between college and community college. In enrollment numbers and especially the cost of tuition, that's a massive difference. Adding the single word "community" might have toned down the intended rhetorical effect of the quote, but it also would've added needed context. Still, Cooper does propose offering free tuition for community college, which would cover hundreds of thousands of students statewide. He has said what the state won't pay for (the full cost of tuition) and one way he won’t pay for it (tax hikes), but it’s correct to say that Cooper does not have a specific plan – or at least one that’s publicly available – for paying for his proposal. We rate this  .
Statement: President Obama's lawsuit claims it is unconstitutional for Ohio to allow servicemen and women extended early voting privileges during the state's early voting period.
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: August 4, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: elections
Context: a press statement
Fact-check justification: And as a member of the American Legion and a lifetime member of the AMVETS, I find these claims outrageous." Indeed, Obama’s lawsuit clearly states that it seeks to permit all Ohioans - not just members of the U.S. military -  to vote during the three days before the election, as was the case in 2008. The suit in no way suggests restricting early voting by members of the military. It is simply dishonest for Romney and his backers to  that Obama’s effort to extend early voting privileges to everyone in Ohio constitutes an attack on military voters’ ability to cast ballots on the weekend before elections. We rate the  .
Statement: When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall.
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: January 20, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: immigration;corrections and updates;trade
Context: Norwalk, Iowa
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall." The trade deficit is about $50 billion. Estimates to build a wall vary widely, though the ones we saw were smaller than the trade deficit. It’s impossible to know a precise figure because Trump hasn’t offered a detailed plan. However, Trump’s overall message here is  because he suggests that the size of the trade deficit is proof that Mexico could pay for the wall. In reality, the trade deficit has nothing to do with whether the Mexican government could afford to write the United States a check to build the wall. We rate this statement .
Statement: Says Pat Toomey visited Joe Sestak and other veterans in 2002 "and then came home and voted against every veterans appropriations bill.
Speaker: joe sestak
About the speaker: Joe Sestak is a retired admiral and former congressman from a suburban Philadelphia district. He defeated incumbent Arlen Specter for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in 2010, but lost in the general election to Republican Pat Toomey.
Date: January 25, 2016
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: veterans
Context: a talk with the Pennsylvania Press Club
Fact-check justification: Sestak said that Toomey "voted against every veterans appropriations bill." Toomey did vote against major veterans appropriations bills between 2002 and 2005 while in the House. But as a senator, he repeatedly voted in favor of other bills that benefitted vets. Toomey did vote against veterans appropriations when he voted "no" to the omnibus bills in 2011 and 2015, but he also voted "yes" to stand-alone bills the same year and didn’t support the larger spending plans for reasons beyond the veterans appropriations. Sestak and his campaign mischaracterized Toomey’s record on veterans appropriations by saying Toomey voted against funding veterans programming "every" time. We rule the  .
Statement: Oregon's Umpqua Community College "where the shooting occurred was a gun-free zone.
Speaker: greg steube
About the speaker: Greg Steube was first elected to Congress in 2018 to represent Florida’s 17th District which spans Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, and Okeechobee counties, as well parts of Sarasota, Lee, and Polk counties. He was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010. He is an Army veteran and lives in Sarasota.
Date: November 19, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: guns
Context: House Judiciary Committee hearing on his bill allowing concealed carry on college campuses
Fact-check justification: Steube said Oregon’s Umpqua Community College "was a gun-free zone." The school does have a policy generally prohibiting firearms on campus. However, Oregon law allows for students with valid concealed carry permits to bring guns on school grounds with some restrictions. An Umpqua official confirmed that students with concealed carry licenses are allowed to bring them on campus in compliance with state law, just as Steube wants to see in Florida. Steube’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them.
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: September 4, 2008
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: St. Paul, Minn
Fact-check justification: "By 2012, middle-income taxpayers would see their after-tax income rise by about 5 percent, or nearly $2,200 annually. Those in the top 1 percent would face a $19,000 average tax increase — a 1.5 percent reduction in after-tax income." Given this analysis, McCain abbreviates Obama's plan too much. Obama's tax plan includes tax cuts for many. We rate McCain's statement that Obama will raise taxes to be .
Statement: Says 23 percent of ninth graders in Newark will graduate with a high school diploma in four years and "we spend $100,000 on their education in those four years, more than is spent on any other set of students in the United States.
Speaker: chris christie
About the speaker: Chris Christie announced June 6, 2023 that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. Christie was the governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. As governor, Christie won office in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Prior to that, he was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. 
Date: November 14, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: education
Context: an interview at Facebook headquarters
Fact-check justification: Christie claimed that 23 percent of ninth graders in Newark will graduate in four years, costing $100,000 per student, more than is spent on any other set of students in the country. Christie’s graduation statistic only includes students who graduate after passing a particular state standardized test and omits a group of students who also graduate in four years through alternate routes. A state measure that includes debt payments and other factors shows Newark spent $22,992 per pupil in the 2009-2010 school year, or $91,968 for four years. But that’s not the highest per-pupil cost in the country. Overall, we rate Christie’s statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Minnesota imposed an Islamic anti-blasphemy law.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: June 24, 2017
Topics: fake news;islam;punditfact
Context: Internet posts
Fact-check justification: Third, even if this hotline were law (it’s not), anti-blasphemy laws are unenforceable in the United States because blasphemy is considered protected speech under the Constitution. To suss out the raison d’etre of this  news article, look no further than its inflammatory headline, which reads, "State Of Minnesota Has Just Handed Over FULL CONTROL To Muslims So They Can Take Down ‘Infidels.’ " This calculated effort to stoke Islamophobia among credulous readers at a moment when reports show anti-Muslim hate crimes have risen across the country is dangerous. We rate this statement !
Statement: Says rival Jill Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens.
Speaker: daniel kelly
About the speaker: Daniel Kelly was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2016, filling the post of retired Justice David Prosser.
Date: March 3, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;legal issues
Context: campaign email
Fact-check justification: Kelly claimed Karofsky wants "to disarm law abiding citizens."  Rather than cite any past rulings as , Kelly points to a series of tweets and a Karofsky quote in a newspaper story on the race.  In both cases, Karofsky indicates she feels lawmakers should take steps to reduce gun violence -- even calling on them to "step up to the plate." But nowhere did she call for disarming residents. Indeed, in both places she framed the comments around abiding by the constitution, even noting it’s up to policy-makers to "decide what the law should be." As , that’s pretty thin. Our definition of  is a "statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression." That fits here. window.gciAnalyticsUAID = 'PMJS-TEALIUM-COBRAND';
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