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Statement: We have lost 600,000 jobs over the period of the last 10 years. Only Michigan and California have done worse.
Speaker: john kasich
About the speaker: John Kasich is the governor of Ohio. A Republican and a former congressman, he defeated Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 and was reelected in 2014. He ran for president in 2016.
Date: February 22, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: an interview on CNN
Fact-check justification: From its peak level of March 2007, however, Florida has lost 876,500 jobs -- more than any state except California. But for purposes of the -O-Meter, words matter. Kasich’s statement was that over the last 10 years, Ohio lost 600,000 jobs and that only Michigan and California have done worse. And in terms of net change over the decade, he’s right on the money. We rate his statement as .
Statement: More than 1.5 million people moved into Georgia between the past two Census counts, and a majority consider themselves, African-American, Latino or Asian-American.
Speaker: stacey abrams
About the speaker: Stacey Abrams, a Democrat and national voting rights activist, is running for Georgia governor in 2022. She lost the Georgia governor's race in 2018. She is a former House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and State Representative for the 84th House District.
Date: June 13, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: census
Context: In an article
Fact-check justification: "Both are definitely changing, that is , but not at the same rate." To wrap it up, Stacey Abrams hit the mark with her numbers. The significance of those changes, though, don’t immediately translate into similar shifts in the makeup of the state’s voters. If the point is to identify and register more would-be voters, more refined numbers about citizenship and age would be needed. For that reason, we rate Abrams’ statement as .
Statement: Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: October 10, 2016
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: food
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Donald Trump posted on Facebook that he "Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy." We’ll leave deciding whether or not the cookies can be considered "great" to you. But this place is not called Smiley Cookie. It’s called Eat’n Park. And it has been called that for 67 years. The mix-up’s understandable, though, and Trump did purchase the Smiley Cookies in question. We rate the  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/55743655-7a4a-4186-84f8-2fe48eadaa6d
Statement: Says Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur "actually lives" in "a fancy condo in the Washington, D.C.  suburbs.
Speaker: campaign for primary accountability
About the speaker: Campaign for Primary Accountability is a Texas-based political action committee that is targeting incumbent members of Congress.
Date: March 28, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: congress;elections;message machine 2012
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: Kaptur does spend at least part of her year, when Congress is in session, in a condo in suburban Washington. By asserting that she "actually lives" there, however, the ad suggests that is her permanent residence, a  that Kaptur disputes and that is not supported by her voter registration and her property tax payments in Ohio. Following that rationale, she would be ineligible to run for her seat from Ohio. And the same argument could be applied to virtually every other member of Congress. On the -O-Meter, the  rates .
Statement: Says Texas Rep. Terry Meza said changing the castle doctrine is meant to create a "peaceful" transfer of property from victims to thieves
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 8, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: A post
Fact-check justification: ...In most instances the thief needs the money more than the homeowner does. …On balance, the transfer of property is likely to lead to a more equitable distribution of wealth. If my bill can help make this transfer a peaceful one so much the better. "  The comments are part of a story labeled "semi-satire" that was written by someone who is a political satirist, and there is no  that Meza said anything similar.   We rate this  .
Statement: The new Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in the 2016 Election, just out with a Trump 50% Approval Rating. That's higher than O's #'s!
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: June 18, 2017
Location: national
Topics: polls and public opinion
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "The new Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in the 2016 Election, just out with a Trump 50% Approval Rating.That's higher than O's #'s!" There’s a grain of  here: Rasmussen did put out that result two days before Trump’s tweet, and Rasmussen was closest to the mark among pollsters in its final pre-election survey. However, Trump has engaged in some serious cherry-picking. Other polling in this time frame shows approval ratings for Trump that are seven to 11 percentage points below Rasmussen’s finding. And contrary to Trump’s assertion, Obama’s numbers in the same poll at the same point in his presidency were higher than Trump’s current results. We rate the  .
Statement: Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education.
Speaker: emily's list
About the speaker: EMILY's List is a political advocacy group that raises money to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights.
Date: June 16, 2014
Location: national
Topics: children;congress;economy;education;jobs;state budget
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: An ad attacking Tillis said he "cut almost $500 million from education." Literally, the ad is . As North Carolina's Speaker of the House, Tillis helped pass a budget in 2013 that increased actual spending on education in comparison to previous years. But the budget spent almost $500 million less than what was requested to maintain the status quo, accounting for inflation and increased costs of various services. Additionally, the actual budget increase had a lot to do with rising costs of employee benefits, and not a lot to do with money that ends up in the classroom. We rate this  .
Statement: Says drug dealers have "overdosed on purpose" to avoid prosecution.
Speaker: chris sununu
About the speaker: Chris Sununu is serving his third term on the New Hampshire Executive Council representing 20 percent of the state's population, which is about 265,000 people. The council votes on state contracts and appointments. He is CEO of Waterville Valley, one of the state's ski areas in the White Mountains. He is the son of former Governor John H. Sununu and brother to former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu.  
Date: October 6, 2016
Location: new hampshire
Topics: drugs;legal issues;crime
Context: a No Labels forum
Fact-check justification: Republican candidate for governor Chris Sununu said drug dealers have "overdosed on purpose" to avoid prosecution on drug charges. That’s not how the law works. New Hampshire’s "good samaritan" law shields people from drug possession charges if they call for help during an overdose. The law does not shield individuals from drug dealing charges and police can still investigate a crime and seize drugs when responding to an overdose. Police in various departments reported no instances of anyone intentionally overdosing to avoid drug charges. We rate the  .
Statement: For #Covid vaccines, shingles and even more dangerous and painful skin conditions may be the new thrombocytopenia.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 19, 2021
Topics: health check;coronavirus
Context: social media posts
Fact-check justification: An online post claims the COVID-19 vaccines cause shingles or other dangerous skin conditions. Although it contains a sliver of , it ignores important information. For instance, the  to date indicates this is an area to continue monitoring, but no direct link has been established between COVID-19 vaccination and shingles or other serious skin conditions. The study cited was not intended to prove cause and effect, and it was looking at patients who already had suppressed immune systems that made them more likely to get shingles whether they had a vaccination or not. We rate this statement .
Statement: Joe Biden is no longer the President-elect according to RealClearPolitics.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 9, 2020
Location: national
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks;pennsylvania
Context: a screenshot
Fact-check justification: CNN did not "uncall" Arizona or Georgia.   Even without those two states, Biden would have enough electoral votes to win the election. He is the president-elect. The Instagram post is . We rate it .
Statement: COVID cases in India plummet after government promotes ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine use.
Speaker: the gateway pundit
About the speaker: The Gateway Pundit is a conservative website.
Date: May 17, 2021
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Gateway Pundit claimed: "COVID cases in India plummet after government promotes ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine use." COVID-19 cases in India, one of the worst-hit countries in the world by the coronavirus, dropped in mid-May only after a nearly vertical spike in cases over the previous several weeks. The Indian government has given limited recommendations for using the two drugs in connection with mild COVID-19 cases. There is no  that the two drugs caused or contributed to a decline in cases in India. Neither is approved in the U.S. for COVID-19. And both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization recommend against using them to prevent or to treat COVID-19 infections, citing lack of scientific  of their effectiveness and the potential for serious side effects. For a  statement that has an element of , our rating is .
Statement: You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was 'progressive mainstream' back in 2003.
Speaker: patrick morrisey
About the speaker: Patrick Morrisey is the attorney general of West Virginia. Morrisey is running for the West Virginia U.S. Senate seat.
Date: May 1, 2018
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Morrisey said to Jenkins, "You said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003." Jenkins did use those words in an aspirational tone for a 2003 newspaper article. But Jenkins was talking about issues a hypothetical Democratic gubernatorial candidate should run on, not his own political philosophy. We rate the statement .
Statement: Climate change is caused by corporations using "weather modification patents.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: March 22, 2023
Topics: climate change;corporations;weather;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: When these gases accumulate in the atmosphere, they trap heat and raise surface temperatures, leading to changes in climate.   Without  to back the  that weather modification technology causes climate change, we rate the  . RELATED: US versus China: Which nation is doing more to address climate change? RELATED: What does extreme weather tell us about climate change?
Statement: Recent wildfires put more carbon in the atmosphere than "the human race has put out in the last 100 years.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: June 7, 2023
Topics: environment;climate change;fires;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: We rate the  that recent wildfires put more carbon in the atmosphere than "the human race has put out in the last 100 years" . RELATED: Geoengineered smoke? No. Satellites show smoke that covered northeast US was from Canadian wildfires RELATED: No  wildfires in Canada were set intentionally RELATED: No, this video doesn’t show that weapons ignited Canada’s wildfires
Statement: California's Proposition 63 would "CRIMINALIZE the sharing of ammunition between friends who may be hunting or shooting together.
Speaker: firearms policy coalition
About the speaker: The Firearms Policy Coalition is gun rights group based near Sacramento, Calif.
Date: June 16, 2016
Location: california
Topics: elections;guns
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: The Firearms Policy Coalition recently claimed California’s Proposition 63 would "Criminalize the sharing of ammunition between friends who may be hunting or shooting together." The initiative would create some new restrictions on bullet sharing. It would be it illegal to knowingly share bullets with a felon; to share with any other person banned from owning them; or with anyone who would subsequently share them with a banned person. It would also require people meet face-to-face to transfer ammunition. Breaking the new rules would be considered a misdemeanor. The coalition’s statement, however, gives the  and overly broad impression that friends on a hunting trip or at a shooting range could never legally share a bullet -- that somehow the measure would "criminalize" all aspects of sharing a box of bullets with your shooting partner. Instead, the vast majority of people could keep sharing, as long as they know or within reason should know they’re not sharing with a felon or another person prohibited from owning a gun and ammunition. We rate the  .    – The statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. Click here for  more  on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything.
Speaker: john kasich
About the speaker: John Kasich is the governor of Ohio. A Republican and a former congressman, he defeated Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 and was reelected in 2014. He ran for president in 2016.
Date: August 25, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: labor;unions
Context: a television interview
Fact-check justification: If Kasich had qualified his statement, he would have been on firmer ground. It is  that some public workers in Ohio receive a full or partial pension pickup. And it is  that at least two bargaining units have so far rejected concessions that would have employees paying all or part of their pension contribution share. But saying that "the leadership of those public employees unions don't want to pay anything," after an unqualified statement about public employees in general, creates the impression that that union leaders dealing with nearly 3,300 collective bargaining contracts have broadly rejected the idea of paying anything toward the employee's pension contribution. Because the governor's statement does contain some element of , but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, we rate it .
Statement: The earthquake in Turkey is a "scripted" use of geo engineering weather modification HAARP
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 7, 2023
Topics: science;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this month were generated by HAARP. But HAARP research, which involves sending high frequency radio waves into the ionosphere for research, cannot cause an earthquake, experts said.  Meanwhile, Turkey is in a region prone to earthquakes, and there’s no  the recent quakes happened because of anything other than natural causes. We rate the  .
Statement: Says the Texas Education Agency follows up to make sure undocumented immigrants paying in-state tuition at Texas colleges are applying for permanent residency.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
Date: January 29, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: immigration
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: "It's almost like a Catch-22," Van de Putte said. "There's so many hoops and barriers. Getting the education is just one part." For the moment, it appears that no state agency checks up on whether students benefiting from HB 1403 pursue permanent residency. We rate both Perry's  — and his campaign aide's attempted correction — .
Statement: President Trump is still supported by almost 85 percent of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio, and that's from recent polling, and still has a 58 percent approval rating in Ohio.
Speaker: jim renacci
About the speaker: Jim Renacci, a Republican, is running against U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, in 2018. Renacci is the representative from Ohio's 16th Congressional District. He is a businessman and also the former mayor of Wadsworth. He was first elected to Congress in 2010.
Date: April 25, 2018
Location: ohio
Topics: elections
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Renacci said, "President Trump is still supported by almost 85 percent of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio -- and that's from recent polling -- and still has a 58 percent approval rating in Ohio." While Renacci referred to 85 percent of Ohio Republicans, the CNN/SSRS poll his campaign cited from December 2017 was of national Republicans. However, Trump fared better in Ohio than the nation in 2016, so it’s not surprising that his support would be high in the state. A couple of other polls we found had Ohio GOP support slightly less at 75 percent. The part of his statement about the 58 percent approval overall refers to an Axios/SurveyMonkey poll. It showed 54 percent of Ohio registered voters said they approved of the way Trump is handling his job as president. By using the survey’s modeled error estimate of 4.5 percent Renacci gets to the 58 percent. A couple of polling experts said this sounds high. Overall support for Trump in Ohio is likely less than Renacci said.  We rate this  .
Statement: There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it's three.
Speaker: mark warner
About the speaker: Mark Warner, a Democrat, has represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate since 2009. He serves on the Banking, Budget, Commerce and Intelligence committees. He is the honorary co-chairman of the Forward Together PAC.
Warner gave the keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Warner previously served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. He also ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1996. Before public office, Warner was an early investor in the cell phone business, co-founded the company that became Nextel.
Warner was born in Indianapolis, Ind., and grew up in Illinois and Connecticut. Warner graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.
Date: April 11, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: deficit;federal budget
Context: a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board
Fact-check justification: In 2011, the ratio is 2.9 workers for each recipient. This year, about 157 million U.S. workers support some 55 million Social Security recipients, according to the SSA’s data. In 1950, 48 million workers supported 2 million recipients. That’s very close. We rate Warner’s  .
Statement: Gwinnett Medical Center is operating in the negative," in part, because of illegal immigrants.
Speaker: renee unterman
About the speaker: Renee Unterman, a Republican, is a Georgia state senator who represents portions of Gwinnett County.
Date: April 14, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: immigration;health care
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: The senator could also be right about illegal immigrants being part of the reason why the center is "in the negative." But there are no concrete numbers on how much illegal immigrants are costing the center. They could be a major burden to its finances or a minor blip on the spreadsheet. Under current reporting requirements, the numbers just aren’t verifiable. Without that additional information, we rate Unterman’s  as .
Statement: Says Fox News and Candace Owens tweeted that "New studies show that 68% of those who used ivermectin to treat or prevent covid are suffering long-term bowel and urinary incontinence.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 13, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an image shared on Facebook
Fact-check justification: An image shared on Facebook suggests Fox News and Candace Owens tweeted that "new studies show that 68% of those who used ivermectin to treat or prevent covid are suffering long-term bowel and urinary incontinence." These tweets are , and there’s no  that "new studies" with troubling ivermectin findings about incontinence actually exist. We rate this  .
Statement: The debt will soon eclipse our entire economy.
Speaker: paul ryan
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R.-Wis., became Speaker of the House in 2015 and served until his retirement in January 2019. Ryan was elected to represent southern Wisconsin in Congress in 1998 and for part of his tenure chaired the House Budget Committee. He was Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. He did not seek re-election in 2018.
Date: January 25, 2011
Location: national
Topics: deficit;economy;federal budget
Context: a response to the State of the Union address
Fact-check justification: It declined under Bill Clinton, from 64.1 percent to 57.3 percent, before rising from 57.3 percent to 69.2 percent under George W. Bush. It's expected to soar during Obama's first four years from 69.2 percent to 100.8 percent. We'll also note that these numbers could change over the course of the next two years, depending on economic conditions and policy choices. Still, we considered Boehner's statistics valid, and Ryan's formulation is equally solid. So we rate his statement .
Statement: COVID-19 vaccines "provide zero benefit relative to risk for the young and healthy.
Speaker: robert malone
About the speaker: Dr. Robert Malone is a vaccine scientist who became an anti-vaccine activist during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date: January 3, 2023
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a video shared on Instagram
Fact-check justification: Malone, an anti-vaccine activist, said COVID-19 vaccines "provide zero benefit relative to risk for the young and healthy." Although younger people face less of a health threat from COVID-19, vaccines reduce their chances of developing serious disease from the virus. As for risk, heart inflammation from the vaccines is rare among young people, and occurs more commonly among young people infected by COVID-19. We rate the statement . RELATED: Who is Robert Malone? Joe Rogan’s guest was a vaccine scientist, became an anti-vaccine darling RELATED: Coronavirus fact-checks RELATED: More deaths among vaccinated Americans not a reason to avoid vaccines, experts say