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Statement: Says Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic insulting his supporters.
Speaker: viral image
About the speaker: Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny but political argument. Sometimes these images are passed across social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit so widely that the original source is nearly impossible to determine.
Date: July 29, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Though the voice in the video sounds like the president, comedian J-L Cauvin — a talented Trump impersonator — has claimed credit .   The footage that appears in the video was posted on July 27, unedited, by a CBS affiliate. Trump says little, listening instead, as he tours the FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Innovation Center in Morrisville, N.C.   But the video that’s being shared on social media is , and claims that it’s real are . !
Statement: Florida "remains the top travel destination across the world.
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 15, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: tourism
Context: a news release about Florida's tourism statistics
Fact-check justification: While touting Florida’s tourism numbers, Scott said, "The Sunshine State remains the top travel destination across the world." There isn’t one simple way to declare "the" top travel destination in the world. But Scott’s  would probably elicit a " mais non! " from Scott’s counterparts in France, who can boast to being the undisputed global leader of international tourists. And if you don't consider France a fair comparison, recent data on travel spending shows that California edges out Florida. Visit Florida is clamoring to achieve that No. 1 ranking, but we didn’t find proof that we are already there. Scott is clearly a cheerleader for his own state, but the data to back up his  is murky and difficult to substantiate. We rate the  .
Statement: As a state rep, I was considered the fourth-most conservative in the Legislature.
Speaker: rick green
About the speaker: Green, a former Texas state representative from Dripping Springs, was a 2010 candidate for the Texas Supreme Court.
Date: January 14, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: states
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: It appears that Free Enterprise gave conservative credit only to the lawmakers who did that on those two measures, and Green was not one of them, according to the House Journal. His wife, Kara Green, the campaign's treasurer, said her husband did not support either measure. Summing up: Green accurately recaps his conservative ranking — albeit by a single group, the Free Enterprise PAC, during his first of two terms. He omits the fact that he was not considered fourth-most conservative in his second term, according to the group. We rate his statement as .
Statement: The accuracy of the Obama tax calculator
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: October 14, 2008
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: campaign Web site
Fact-check justification: The Obama tax calculator doesn't falsify information or make things up. But it's not entirely accurate, either, especially when it comes to tax increases for higher incomes.  It's not accurate to say higher incomes don't get a tax cut when actually they get a tax increase.  A calculator suggests a well-calibrated instrument that displays an objective answer, and we can't say that about the Obama campaign's device. So we issue a "Buyer Beware" and rate the Obama tax calculator .
Statement: Says Mitt Romney wants to add $2 trillion to defense budget that the military hasn't asked for.
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: October 22, 2012
Location: national
Topics: debates;military
Context: a presidential debate
Fact-check justification: The president said Romney planned to increase defense spending by $2 trillion and that was money the military hadn’t asked for. Military leaders have testified in support of the president’s spending plan, and we found no  of disagreement behind the scenes. We rate the statement .
Statement: Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood.
Speaker: bishop thomas tobin
About the speaker: Thomas J. Tobin has been the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence since May 31, 2005.
Date: January 22, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: abortion;health care;human rights;religion;women
Context: a newspaper column
Fact-check justification: Bishop Thomas Tobin said that  "... Abortions account for 94 percent  of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood." He cited as his source the Susan B. Anthony List, which arrived at that percentage using numbers that don’t represent all services provided to pregnant women by Planned Parenthood. Because Planned Parenthood says it doesn’t track that number, we don’t know what percentage of pregnant women seen by the agency receive abortions. But neither does the Susan B. Anthony -- nor Bishop Tobin. We rate his   . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund.
Speaker: marco rubio
About the speaker: Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016 and then dropped out and won re-election to the Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and took office Jan. 5, 2011. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and is a former Speaker of the Florida House. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 2000. He is from Miami and holds a law degree from the University of Miami.
Date: February 25, 2016
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: comments during the Houston GOP debate
Fact-check justification: Rubio said, "When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund." The "bailout fund" is actually a provision in the Affordable Care Act called risk corridors, designed to temporarily aid insurers as they adjust premiums. Rubio helped persuade Congress to prevent Health and Human Services from being able to cover expenses its own budget. But experts have said Rubio is  to call the program a bailout, and that the program is supposed to pay for itself through fees from insurers. Furthermore, the program hasn’t been "wiped out." At best, Rubio and Congress have temporarily limited one potential way CMS could have covered insurance companies' losses. We’ll have to see what happens when the program expires after 2016 -- then any outstanding bills will be due, one way or another. We rate Rubio’s statement .
Statement: For his first interview as president, Barack Obama chose Arab TV for an apology.
Speaker: secure america now
About the speaker: Secure America Now is an independent, non-profit group that claims 2 million members of all political stripes, united behind "policies that will protect our nation against terrorist infiltration, attack and capitulation to our enemies."
Date: July 4, 2012
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;message machine 2012
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Secure America Now’s ad says, "For his first interview as president, Barack Obama chose Arab TV for an apology." The ad particularly emphasizes that Obama apologized. Obama’s first television interview after taking office was with the Al Arabiya network at the White House. But the ad gets nothing right beyond that. By saying "all too often the United States starts by dictating," Obama was not apologizing but being diplomatic about past strategies that failed to yield results. What’s more, the ad criticizes Obama’s approach to Iran, but his quote actually referred to the Israelis and the Palestinians. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts and gives an  impression. We rate it .
Statement: Eighty percent of Wall Street executives and their spouses' donations go to Democrats.
Speaker: louie gohmert
About the speaker: Louie Gohmert, a U.S. House member since 2005, is a former chief justice of the Texas 12th Court of Appeals and Smith County state district judge. He lives in Tyler.
Date: April 12, 2014
Location: national
Topics: campaign finance;financial regulation
Context: a speech at the New Hampshire Freedom Summit
Fact-check justification: Gohmert said that "80 percent of Wall Street executives and their spouses' donations go to Democrats." Gohmert would have had a stronger argument if he’d said that was the case six years ago, when candidate Barack Obama was vacuuming up Wall Street donations. The problem is, that’s no longer . In fact, the exact opposite pattern has held for Wall Street donations during the past three election cycles. In addition, Gohmert overstated Franc’s percentages and ignored the difference between donations to Democratic presidential candidates and congressional candidates. We rate his  .
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen.
Speaker: reince priebus
About the speaker: Reince Priebus was the first chief of staff to President Donald Trump, replaced by John Kelly in July 2017. Priebus was previously chairman of the Republican National Committee, a post he assumed in 2011. He is also the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He was an unsuccessful Wisconsin state Senate candidate in 2004. He is a Kenosha, Wis., native and lawyer.
Date: April 12, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: campaign finance;candidate biography;foreign policy;military;negative campaigning
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating Priebus said Clinton took "money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen." The monarchies of Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Oman have contributed to the Clinton Foundation, but Yemen, which does not have a king, has not. And although Priebus’  was made during a discussion of the foundation as well as contributions to political candidates, his phrasing could have left the impression that Clinton herself, rather than the foundation, received the money. For a statement that is partially accurate, our rating is . To comment on this article, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's web page .
Statement: Most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception.
Speaker: cecilia muñoz
About the speaker: Before joining the Obama Administration, Cecilia Muñoz was senior vice president for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at Latino civil rights organization the National Council of La Raza.
Date: February 1, 2012
Location: national
Topics: families;health care;religion
Context: a post to the White House Blog
Fact-check justification: Muñoz said, "according to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception." We read the study, which was based on long-collected, frequently cited government survey data. It says essentially that — though the statistic refers specifically to women who have had sex, a distinction Muñoz didn’t make. But that’s not a large clarification, since most women in the study, including 70 percent of unmarried Catholic women, were sexually experienced. Catholic bishops argue it’s more relevant to note the percentage of sexually active women who don’t want to become pregnant and who currently use hormones, IUDs or sterilization — since the smaller number would provide smaller justification for spreading the cost of contraceptives to the general public. But we think it’s reasonable to note that most women have used contraceptives even if they aren’t currently using them. It means most women would find occasion to take advantage of the new co-pay-free contraceptive rule.  Meanwhile, Muñoz used the phrase "have used," which made it clear she meant women who had used contraception before, not necessarily now. It would have been clearest if Muñoz had specified she was talking about women who have had sex — and perhaps that the statistic referred to women ages 15 to 44. But her statement was otherwise accurate. We rate it .
Statement: More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured.
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: November 3, 2014
Topics: health care;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Cain said that "more people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured." While it’s reasonable to ask questions about the limitations of the available data, there is wide consensus from five private-sector organizations that roughly 10 million more Americans are insured today than were before the law began operations in late 2013. That’s inconsistent with Cain’s , so we rate it .
Statement: Gas prices are high "due to the Democrats' war on fossil fuels.
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: March 18, 2022
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;gas prices;transportation
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification: Johnson claimed that the "astronomical gas prices" are "due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels." He noted, among other things, halting subsidies for oil companies, ending fossil fuel company drilling on public lands and ending the Keystone XL pipeline.  Experts say those things could have had a small impact, but it’s more likely that the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the supply and demand for oil, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent  sanctions are having a much larger impact.  We rate this  , meaning the statement contains an element of , but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
Statement: You're more likely to die of influenza right now" than the 2019 coronavirus.
Speaker: dr. drew pinsky
About the speaker: Dr. Drew Pinsky is an American internist and television personality.
Date: February 3, 2020
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;punditfact;coronavirus
Context: a Daily Blast Live segment
Fact-check justification: Dr. Drew said "you’re more likely to die of influenza right now" than the 2019 coronavirus. The key phrase in this  is "right now." It’s  that, as of March 10, the flu poses a more immediate threat to the American public than the 2019 coronavirus. That’s because it’s currently more widespread; the CDC estimated there were as many as 49 million flu illnesses from October to February, while there have been 647 coronavirus cases in the United States. But the mortality rate of the flu is lower than that of COVID-19 — the former is estimated to be as high as 0.1%, while the latter is around 3.4% so far. That means you’re more likely to die if you get the coronavirus than if you get the flu, even though you’re less likely to contract COVID-19. Dr. Drew’s  is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it .
Statement: Says Joe Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state.
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: May 20, 2019
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: Montoursville, Pa
Fact-check justification: Trump said that Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state." Biden was only 10 when his family moved from Scranton to Delaware, but he maintained ties, to various degrees, for the rest of his youth and adulthood. Moreover, in the Senate he was sometimes called "Pennsylvania’s third senator" due to his close attention to legislation affecting neighboring Pennsylvania. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate the statement .
Statement: A Boston church burned during "a homosexual marriage" and there were no survivors.
Speaker: tiktok posts
About the speaker: Posts on the video-sharing platform TikTok.
Date: June 9, 2023
Topics: fires;lgbtq;religion
Context: a TikTok post
Fact-check justification: The church has shared positive messages about LGBTQ+ rights and Pride month on its Facebook page in the past, prompting criticism. But it wasn’t hosting a LGBTQ+ event  — or any event at all — when the fire started.   Authorities and local journalists said there was no one inside the building and no injuries were reported in the fire, which drew nearly 100 firefighters from several different departments. Spencer Fire Chief Robert Parsons confirmed that to PolitiFact, writing in an email that the church was "empty and locked." We rate the  that a Boston church burned during "a homosexual marriage" and there were no survivors .
Statement: Phoenix is the kidnapping capital "of the Western Hemisphere.
Speaker: helen glover
About the speaker: Helen Glover has been with WHJJ radio since 2005 and was a finalist in the 2002 season of the TV show Survivor.
Date: July 9, 2010
Location: rhode island
Topics: immigration;crime
Context: a comment on her talk show
Fact-check justification: (The ABC News article makes no mention of the Western Hemisphere.) So did Glover take a few seconds to set the record straight for her listeners later that morning? We listened to all three hours of her Monday show, available as a podcast on the WHJJ website. She touched on immigration, but never corrected the record. So we'll do it for her and give her a .
Statement: Under any objective measure, our static compensation has failed to keep pace with economic realities.
Speaker: carl heastie
About the speaker: Carl Heastie is the Speaker of the New York State Assembly. He is an Assemblyman from the Bronx.
Date: November 30, 2018
Location: new york
Context: a public hearing
Fact-check justification: To support his case that state lawmakers deserve a pay raise, Heastie said that "under any objective measure," lawmakers’ compensation had not kept up with their expenses. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census show how inflation has far outpaced legislators’ static salaries and how other New Yorkers’ have enjoyed growth in their household incomes over the last 20 years. However, a complete look at legislators’ compensation package would include their per diem income, which increases over time, and their health care and retirement benefits. We rate Heastie’s  .
Statement: The "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices.
Speaker: glenn hegar
About the speaker: Glenn Hegar, a former Texas House member initially elected to the Senate in 2007, was elected Texas state comptroller in 2014. Hegar describes himself as a sixth-generation Texan who farms land that's been in his family since the 1800s. He is the former chair of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
Date: January 2, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: gas prices;income
Context: speaking to reporters
Fact-check justification: Hegar said the "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices." Provided gas prices don’t go back up, that percentage seems in the ballpark for how much Texans could save on gas compared to what they spent, though it's also possible to get to higher and lower projections. We rate this statement .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters "took $213,000 from insurance interests" and that she supported a plan that "strips protections for people with pre-existing conditions and slaps an age tax on older Californians.
Speaker: house majority pac
About the speaker: House Majority PAC is the biggest-spending Democratic super PAC operating in the House landscape.
Date: October 9, 2018
Location: california
Topics: health care
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: The House Majority PAC says that Mimi Walters received $213,000 from insurance interests in her campaign for Congress, and claims she supports a plan that strips health care for people with pre-existing conditions and imposes an age tax on senior Californians. It is accurate that Walters supported legislation that would have likely resulted in less coverage for those with previous medical conditions and hiked premiums for older enrollees. Though calling the vote an "age tax" is . Walters did take in over $213,000 from the insurance industry. But that was over five years and includes donations from property and car insurers. We rate this  .
Statement: A 2018 executive order gives Trump the ability to impose martial law
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 15, 2020
Location: national
Topics: military;facebook fact-checks
Context: Facebook posts
Fact-check justification: Social media posts say that a 2018 executive order gives Trump the power to impose martial law.  Six scholars of constitutional law and presidential power told us that the executive order doesn’t give the president the power to impose martial law.  Under the Constitution, the president does not have the power to unilaterally impose martial law.  We rate this !