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Statement: Says "Joe Heck voted 10 times to defund Planned Parenthood ... and Heck opposes a woman's right to choose, even when her health is at risk.
Speaker: catherine cortez masto
About the speaker: Catherine Cortez Masto was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2016 in Nevada. She previously served two terms as Nevada's Attorney General.
Date: August 29, 2016
Location: nevada
Topics: abortion
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: A Catherine Cortez Masto campaign ad claims Joe Heck "voted 10 times to defund Planned Parenthood," and "opposes a woman's right to choose, even when her health is at risk." Heck has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, a fact he publicly admits. The harder question to answer is whether to count procedural votes leading up to formal votes on the defunding measures as votes to defund the group. The ad is  accurate, but needs some clarification on the actual number of votes. We rate it . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/ab6a58e3-8036-4024-b176-c218b2187d5b
Statement: The Interior Department has only 30 days to review an exploration plan submitted by an oil company. That leaves no time for the appropriate environmental review. The result is, they are continually waived.
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: May 27, 2010
Location: national
Topics: environment;energy;oil spill
Context: a press conference at the White House
Fact-check justification: Ultimately, Obama was correct on everything he said about the law -- the 30-day limit, the difficulties of conducting a full study in that time frame, and the frequent waivers. But we're marking him down slightly for implying that the 30-day limit tied the administration's hands. If the administration had wanted to change MMS procedures short of rewriting the law, it could have done so by proposing more stringent requirements for the other environmental assessments undertaken during the permitting process, which are not time-limited under the law. And it could have pushed earlier to rewrite the law. On balance, we rate his statement .
Statement: Said Planned Parenthood's early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world.
Speaker: herman cain
About the speaker: Herman Cain is an author, columnist and talk radio host. Cain, a former pizza franchise CEO, ran for president as a Republican in 2012.
Date: March 15, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: abortion
Context: a talk at a conservative think tank
Fact-check justification: Why would Sanger try to destroy a race of people by giving them access to the very thing she thought could make life better? Planned Parenthood’s early objective was not to "help kill black babies before they came into the world." Sanger failed to rise above the ethnic and racial paternalism of her time, but that’s a far cry from being genocidal. Cain’s  is a , cynical play of the race card. We rate it .
Statement: Tim Ryan said "I do love" Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%.
Speaker: j.d. vance
About the speaker: J.D. Vance won the U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 2022. He has also worked as an investor, commentator, and bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy. 
Date: September 23, 2022
Location: national
Topics: ohio;congress
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: The Vance ad highlights Ryan’s "love" for Pelosi and his overlapping voting record with Pelosi and Biden.  Ryan’s voting record in the current Congress does align with Biden’s agenda and Pelosi’s recent votes, though as House speaker she does not vote on every measure. But the more glaring issue with the ad is that it snips out Ryan’s explanation of why he thought Pelosi should no longer lead the party. Vance’s ad does not account for Ryan’s notable decision to challenge Pelosi’s leadership after the 2016 election, leaving viewers without the full story.  Vance’s statement is partially accurate but takes things out of context. We rate this statement . RELATED : All of our fact-checks about Ohio
Statement: The leader of ISIS was imprisoned by American troops and ordered released to Iraq by Obama administration in 2009.
Speaker: james woods
About the speaker: James Woods is an actor. 
Date: August 5, 2014
Topics: iraq;terrorism;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Woods said Obama ordered the release of the leader of ISIS, now called Islamic State, in 2009. The Defense Department says the release took place in 2004 and Obama had nothing to do with it. We rate the  .
Statement: The Obama administration "didn't do anything about" swine flu.
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: March 4, 2020
Topics: coronavirus
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Trump said: "There were 60 million cases of swine flu" during the Obama administration "and they didn't do anything about it." His assessment on the nation’s response is . The Obama administration issued two emergency declarations, triggering billions of dollars in spending toward vaccines and other public health response measures. The statement is .
Statement: Ronald Reagan raised the national debt 18 times.
Speaker: jim webb
About the speaker: Jim Webb is running for president of the United States in 2016.
Webb, a Democrat, served as a U.S. senator from Virginia in 2007-13. He served as the first Assistant Secreatry of Defense for Reserve Affairs and Secretary of the Navy in the Ronald Reagan administration.
Webb is a 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and served as a Marine Corps infantry officer until 1972 and saw action in the Vietnam War, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross, Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts.
Webb was born in Saint Joseph, Mo. He also has a law degree from Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C. He has written fiction and nonfictions books and won an Emmy award for his 1983 PBS coverage of the U.S. Marines in Beirut. He frequently writes opinion columns for many publications.
Date: November 4, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: deficit
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Kogan, a former senior adviser to the Office of Management and Budget, said it’s a semantic question as to whether the July, 1987 should be considered its own increase, but added he personally would consider it a second debt ceiling hike. Our ruling: Webb said Reagan signed off 18 times on increasing the national debt. Figures from the Office of Management and Budget do show 18 laws were signed to increase the debt limit during Reagan’s eight years in office. A semantic argument can be made that the actual debt limit was raised only 17 times during the Reagan administration, but we don’t think it’s worth the haggle. We rate Webb’s statement .
Statement: The Clinton Foundation gives less than 10 (percent in direct aid). In 2013, they raised 140 million bucks, gave $9 million to people in direct aid.
Speaker: alex castellanos
About the speaker: Alex Castellanos is a Republican strategist and advisor to Donald Trump.
Date: September 4, 2016
Topics: candidate biography;punditfact
Context: a panel on Meet the Press
Fact-check justification: Castellanos said, "The Clinton Foundation gives less than 10 (percent in direct aid). In 2013, they raised 140 million bucks, gave $9 million to people in direct aid." Castellanos is cherry-picking one line-item that doesn't include all of the foundation's spending on charity. While outside grantmaking made up about 10 percent of its expenses in 2013, the foundation spent about $68 million, or about 80 percent, on in-house charitable programs to help those in need. We rate Castellanos’  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/f2b4836b-114e-453b-a297-7ceb2b7159fe
Statement: In Texas, the power companies have automatically raised the temperature of people's thermostats in the middle of a heatwave without their permission.
Speaker: tucker carlson
About the speaker: Tucker Carlson was a Fox News pundit until his departure in April 2023.
Date: June 28, 2021
Location: texas
Topics: energy
Context: a show
Fact-check justification: And then they get an email letting them know they've either been accepted or rejected." Our ruling  Carlson said last month that power companies are automatically raising the temperature of people’s thermostats "without their permission. "  Various demand response programs exist around the state, and thousands of customers have enrolled in them. Although social media posts and local news stations show that some people weren’t fully aware of the terms of the agreement, they had nonetheless granted permission.   We rate this  .
Statement: The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It's losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.
Speaker: afl-cio
About the speaker: The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 56 national and international labor unions. The AFL-CIO was created in 1955 by the merger of the AFL and the CIO. The AFL-CIO represents 11.5 million members.
Date: April 13, 2020
Topics: congress;federal budget;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said: "The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does … Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit." The Postal Service isn’t losing money from its deal with Amazon. But the 2006 law requiring the pre-funding of health benefits for future retirees — not pensions — has put a financial strain on the Postal Service and hurt its ability to turn a profit in some recent years.  However, the Postal Service has more financial problems than just the requirements of the law.  We rate this statement .
Statement: In the state of Indiana, I've signed more than $3.5 billion in tax relief.
Speaker: mike pence
About the speaker: Mike Pence is the former vice president of the United States. A Republican, Pence was elected governor of Indiana in 2012. Pence previously served for 12 years as a congressman from Indiana representing the Sixth Congressional District; he was first elected in 2000. During his time in the U.S. House of Represenatives, he served as House Republican Conference chairman and chairman of the House Republican Study Committee. Pence was born in Columbus, Ind. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1981 from Hanover College and a law degree in 1986 from Indiana University. After accepting Donald Trump's offer to be running mate, Pence ended his 2016 campaign to be re-elected as Indiana governor. 
Date: October 3, 2016
Location: national
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: Virginia
Fact-check justification: Pence said, "In the state of Indiana, I’ve signed more than $3.5 billion in tax relief." Figures from an office Pence controls did produce projections of tax cuts at that level. But it’s worth noting that a relatively small share of those cuts have happened already -- 84 percent are set to occur in fiscal years 2017 through 2022, a period far enough in the future to make it an open question whether the cuts will ultimately materialize. We rate the statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/49854eb0-8781-473e-998c-0a708cd719d1
Statement: Says Rep. John Katko "promised he wouldn't vote to defund Planned Parenthood and since he's been in office he's done that four times
Speaker: colleen deacon
About the speaker: Colleen Deacon is a Democrat running for the 24th Congressional District in 2016. She is a former aide to New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
Date: September 10, 2016
Location: new york
Topics: abortion;congress
Context: remarks at a campaign office opening for Hillary Clinton
Fact-check justification: At the opening of Hillary Clinton’s regional campaign office in Syracuse, Deacon said Katko voted four times to defund Planned Parenthood. She’s right. Katko voted defund the organization, according to voting records. We rate this  as .
Statement: Says House Democrats "voted to use your tax dollars for abortions" by voting against bill defunding Planned Parenthood.
Speaker: tennessee republican party
About the speaker: The Tennessee Republican Party represents Republicans in Tennessee.
Date: October 11, 2012
Location: tennessee
Topics: abortion;health care;public health
Context: a mailer sent for a state legislative campaign
Fact-check justification: A Tennessee Republican Party mailer claims that by voting against a 2009 bill aimed at defunding Planned Parenthood, Democrats were in effect allowing tax dollars to be used directly for abortions. That goes further than even current mainstream Republican dogma that allowing any funding of Planned Parenthood’s family-planning and women’s health initiatives helps indirectly fund abortions. Voting against the 2009 bill did not, in fact, allow for taxpayer funds to be used for abortions, and we therefore rule the  .
Statement: It's warmer on Mars than it is in parts of the United States and Canada during the polar vortex.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: January 7, 2014
Location: national
Topics: space;weather
Context: posts on Twitter
Fact-check justification: We’ve seen a lot of tweets about how it’s colder in the United States and Canada than it is on Mars, due to the frigid weather system known as the polar vortex. But that’s only correct if we cherry-pick the highest Mars temperatures. On average, our hypothetical Martian brethren are still way colder. We rate this  .
Statement: A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a "Make Whites Great Again Hat.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 27, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Online users are misidentifying a photo of a man in a "Make Whites Great Again" hat as ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin when it actually depicts a man named Jonathan Riches. We rate this .
Statement: Corona virus: Florida man arrested for robbery using cough as a weapon.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 26, 2020
Location: florida
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a satirical website screenshot
Fact-check justification: The CDC also includes a breakdown of all the ways COVID-19 can be spread on their website . This screenshot of "breaking news" is . It was originally from a satirical news site and has an obvious news generator watermark in the top right corner. It then got spun around the internet in a way that would fool people. We rate this post !
Statement: 58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote.
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 27, 2019
Location: national
Topics: elections;crime
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "58,000 non-citizens voted in Texas, with 95,000 non-citizens registered to vote." Trump omits that even the Texas Secretary of State has expressed caution in these numbers, calling the match in records "WEAK" and outlining a process county elections officials can undergo to check the flagged voters. At this point, we don’t know how many on the list culled over 22 years of data will be proven to be noncitizens who cast ballots — some may have gotten their citizenship after their driver’s license and voted legally. Because he inaccurately characterized the early stage of what Texas actually reported, we rate this  .
Statement: As California's Insurance Commissioner, "Steve Poizner pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance.
Speaker: ricardo lara
About the speaker: California State Sen. Ricardo Lara is a Democrat and a 2018 candidate for State Insurance Commissioner. 
Date: October 24, 2018
Location: california
Topics: immigration;health care
Context: full-page newspaper ads
Fact-check justification: Democratic State Sen. Ricardo Lara claimed in full-page newspaper ads that his opponent in California’s Insurance Commissioner race, Steve Poizner, "pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance," when Poizner previously held the state post. Poizner did make a general promise to block benefits for undocumented Californians, though that was eight years ago, in a Republican primary race for governor. He said in an ad: "I will stop taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal immigrants," though he didn’t specify the kind of benefits. Notably, Lara’s statement ignores Poizner’s shift on immigration. Poizner told newspapers this spring he now favors some benefits for undocumented Californians and a path to citizenship for DACA recipients, and that his past approach was "harmful." Poizner’s campaign did not respond to requests about his stance on health benefits for undocumented children, leaving his position on that unclear. In the end, we found there’s some  to Lara’s statement, but it leaves out important details and takes things out of context. We rate it  .   – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. Click here for  more  on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time.
Speaker: tucker carlson
About the speaker: Tucker Carlson was a Fox News pundit until his departure in April 2023.
Date: February 8, 2018
Topics: immigration;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Carlson tweeted, "There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time." The number of immigrants in the United States is the highest it’s ever been: about 43.7 million. The number of immigrants in the United States has been increasing since 1970, according to the Census bureau. Carlson pointed to the absolute numbers as backup for his . But it’s worth noting that immigrants as a share of the population reached its peak in 1890, at 14.8 percent. In 2016, immigrants accounted for 13.5 percent of the population. Carlson’s statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. We rate it .
Statement: Only 25 percent of what people buy is subject to Rhode Island's sales tax.
Speaker: joseph henchman
About the speaker: Joseph Henchman is an attorney and policy analyst with The Tax Foundation.
Date: November 19, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;taxes
Context: hearing testimony
Fact-check justification: Joseph Henchman of the Tax Foundation said: "Only 25 percent of what people buy is subject to Rhode Island’s sales tax." But the figure he cited actually referred to personal income, not what people buy. In fact, no one knows what percentage of everything that Rhode Islanders buy is subject to the sales tax because no one calculates total spending. Dion might have understood what Henchman meant, but we have to go by what he said. We rule his statement  . Correction: In the initial version of this item, Joseph Henchman was incorrectly identified as John Henchman in the Source List.
Statement: Says U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood described riots as "beautiful protests.
Speaker: jim oberweis
About the speaker: Jim Oberweis represents the 25th Senate District in the Illinois General Assembly. He is also the Republican candidate in the 2020 election for the state's 14th Congressional District. 
Date: September 18, 2020
Location: illinois
Topics: civil rights;race and ethnicity;public safety
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Oberweis’ ad says Underwood described riots as "beautiful protests." During the editorial board appearance the ad is based on, Underwood pivoted away from a question about "rioting and looting" by steering the conversation back to the kind of protests she supports. The ad left out that she went on to say the "beautiful protests" were in reference to people who "stood up for this cause of justice and equality." She also has since made clear she opposes the outbreaks of violence that have occurred at some demonstrations. We rate the ad’s  .  — The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: A New Hampshire congressman was arrested "when caught by Capitol police defacing the presidential limousine with swastikas.
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: May 8, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "That is government property." But other commenters quickly noted that Arnim Zola is a creation of Marvel who fights Captain America. According to Zola's biography on the Marvel website, he was "born in 1930s Switzerland where he became the world’s leading biochemist." New Hampshire has two congressional representatives , both Democrats: Chris Pappas and Ann Kuster . We are this Facebook post .
Statement: During the first 3 months of FY2022 Customs& Border Protection recorded 518k encounters w illegal immigrants at S border That's up 137% from same point in FY2021.
Speaker: chuck grassley
About the speaker: Chuck Grassley is a Republican senator from Iowa.
Date: February 5, 2022
Location: iowa
Topics: immigration
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Grassley called the Biden administration out for not being strict enough on immigration policy. He based his criticism on encounters that have risen 137% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022.  Grassley did not mention how multiple repeated attempts by individuals blamed on COVID restrictions have caused a rise in numbers. This provides context.  But, Customs and Border Protection numbers line up with what Grassley said. We rate the statement to be .