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Statement: ...Secret documents reveal that Iran could obtain a nuclear weapon far sooner than we were told. And Tammy Duckworth voted 'yes' (on the Iran nuclear deal).
Speaker: independent voice for illinois pac
About the speaker: A conservative political action committee.
Date: August 9, 2016
Location: illinois
Topics: nuclear
Context: an attack video advertisement of Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth
Fact-check justification: In their anti-Duckworth campaign ad, the Independent Voice for Illinois PAC says "...Secret documents reveal that Iran could obtain a nuclear weapon far sooner than we were told. And Tammy Duckworth voted ‘yes.’ " Duckworth did vote in favor of the JCPOA, but the Independent Voice for Illinois PAC’s ad is still  on several fronts. The advertisement indicates there are multiple documents. But according to the Associated Press story the ad references, there is only one secret document. The ad also says these "secret documents" would allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon sooner than we were told. This, too, is . The document explains the secret agreement would boost uranium enrichment capacity, but never says Iran would be able to obtain a weapon sooner. Finally, an expert told PolitiFact Illinois that there is actually no contradiction between the main agreement and the secret document, just a bit more detail. Together, these points show a manipulation of the facts. IVFI misinterpreted information from the Associated Press in their advertisement, potentially leading people to believe Iran will have access to a completed and usable weapon before the deal expires. For that, we rate this  .
Statement: Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Speaker: george will
About the speaker: George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.
Date: May 9, 2010
Location: national
Topics: economy;foreign policy;pundits
Context: a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week
Fact-check justification: New York City's economy, in fact, was about three and a half times the size of Greece's in 2008. Just to be sure, we also compared statistics for GDP adjusted by "purchasing power parity" -- a tweak that eliminates distortions based on the relative value of currencies and the local costs of commodities. The adjusted GDP for Greece is $330 billion, which is smaller than Greece's unadjusted GDP, but only by a modest amount. (The adjusted GDP uses the U.S. as its yardstick for comparison, so its GDP number does not change.) All in all, we rate Will's comment .
Statement: The U.S. deficit "increases at $3 million per second.
Speaker: bill clegg
About the speaker: Bill Clegg, a lawyer, is a former executive director for ethics and compliance at Textron. He is also a a former member of the board of directors of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation and a current member of the Rhode Island Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline. He ran for Congress in the 2nd District in 2010. Born in 1955, he graduated from the University of Rhode Island and the Syracuse University College of Law. Clegg was also a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and served in Iraq in 2004. He is married and the father of two.
Date: June 24, 2010
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;federal budget;health care
Context: candidate web page
Fact-check justification: For the record, the two agencies don’t agree on what the debt was last Dec. 31. OMB says the debt was $11.876 trillion. The Bureau of Public Debt - which says it uses a daily tally, not estimates - reports that it was $12.145 trillion, a difference we couldn’t immediately resolve. In any case, neither number is even close to the candidate's  of $3 million added to the debt each second. So in the final tally, the -O-Meter rates it as .
Statement: Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn't budge, or even retreated a little bit.
Speaker: pete buttigieg
About the speaker: Pete Buttigieg is the Transportation secretary under President Joe Biden. Buttigieg was elected mayor of South Bend, Ind., in 2011 and was re-elected in 2015. He decided not to seek re-election and his term ended in January 2020. From 2009 to 2017, he served in the U.S. Navy Reserve and was a lieutenant. He received a bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard College and a first-class honors bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Pembroke College as a Rhodes Scholar. He ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primaries.
Date: April 1, 2019
Location: national
Topics: economy;income
Context: a podcast interview
Fact-check justification: Buttigieg said, "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit." Actually, income for every group, as calculated by the CBO, has increased beyond the rate of inflation since the 1970s. However, another measurement --  the share of income taken by the bottom 90 percent -- has indeed declined since 1973. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says President Obama and his allies in Congress gave "power" to control Medicare patients' health care decisions to "a commission of 15 unelected bureaucrats in Washington.
Speaker: marsha blackburn
About the speaker: Marsha Blackburn, a native of Laurel, Miss., was first elected to represent Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District in 2002. Blackburn was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018,
Date: February 29, 2012
Location: tennessee
Topics: health care
Context: a press release announcing her vote against the Independent Payments Advisory Board
Fact-check justification: Blackburn to her credit did not mention rationing -- connecting that practice to the IPAB is what pushed Boone’s  to judged  . But she did say that President Obama -- through the law -- would be giving the "power" to control Medicare patients’ health-care decisions to "a commission of 15 unelected bureaucrats in Washington." Since we find that the IPAB would not control decisions made at the individual patient level, we rate it .
Statement: There's about 9% of (the American Rescue Plan) actually going to COVID, meaning 91% of it is not even COVID-related.
Speaker: ted budd
About the speaker: Ted Budd is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represents parts of central North Carolina between Greensboro and Charlotte. He joined Congress in 2017.
Date: February 24, 2021
Location: north carolina
Topics: stimulus;coronavirus
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Budd said about 9% of Biden’s stimulus plan "is actually going to COVID, meaning 91% of it is not even COVID-related." In the first part of his statement, Budd accurately describes the proposed spending on efforts to combat the virus itself.  However, he’s  to suggest the rest of the bill isn’t related to COVID-19 at all. He may disagree with how much the bill would spend on unemployment insurance and other financial relief efforts. But the bill does aim to address the financial cost of the pandemic. His statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it .
Statement: Of the Trump administration's European travel restrictions that exempt the U.K.: "Well, you can just get into the Chunnel, and you'll be in the U.K.
Speaker: nancy pelosi
About the speaker: Rep. Nancy Pelosi represents a district in California. She served as speaker of the U.S. House January 2019-2021. Formerly the speaker of the House from 2007-11, Pelosi served as the House minority leader from 2003 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2019.
Date: March 12, 2020
Topics: corrections and updates;health care;public health;coronavirus
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: So someone in France who traveled to England would not be immediately exempt from the restrictions.   Pelosi’s statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it . RELATED: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s mistakes about European travel due to coronavirus
Statement: Says Bill Gates will provide "money-500K, car, phone, visa" or other gifts if you email him.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 17, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Social media experts will remind users to always be skeptical with posts claiming to be from celebrities but lack a verified status. We also checked with a representative of the real foundation, and they confirmed to us via email that the post did not come from them. The foundation has struggled with scammers trading on their name for years. The post does not come from Bill Gates’ foundation, so don’t expect any gifts to follow. We rate the post .
Statement: I started the whole year" as a senior on the University of Illinois football team and "led the team in interceptions and tackles from defensive back.
Speaker: scott turner
About the speaker: Scott Turner, a former NFL player, won election to the Texas House in 2012. He declared his candidacy for Texas House speaker in January 2014.
Date: January 8, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: candidate biography;education;sports
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Turner said he started every game of his senior season, leading the team in tackles and interceptions from defensive back. Turner indeed started every game. But he finished eighth in tackles and tied for second in interceptions with several players. He also did not lead defensive backs in either category. We rate this  as .  – The statement contains an 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: The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements "only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent.
Speaker: bill clinton
About the speaker: Bill Clinton was president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He is married to Hillary Clinton, the 2016 presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
Date: September 5, 2012
Location: national
Topics: welfare
Context: a convention speech
Fact-check justification:     Clinton said in his convention speech that the Obama administration "agreed to give waivers to those governors and others only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent, and they could keep the waivers only if they did increase employment."     That's an accurate recap of the planned changes to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. By granting waivers to states, the Obama administration is seeking to strengthen welfare-to-work efforts by letting states try different approaches based on their residents’ needs. That’s important too -- the waivers would be considered for individually evaluated pilot programs. HHS is not proposing a blanket, national change to welfare law.     The waiver offering was spurred by requests from several governors, including Republican governors, and Sebelius explicitly stated that only requests that "demonstrate clear progress" toward enhancing employment will be approved by HHS. Clinton’s statement is accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Despite opposition from national Club for Growth, Club for Growth Wisconsin "has endorsed" him for U.S. Senate.
Speaker: tommy thompson
About the speaker: Tommy Thompson, a Republican, was a 2012 candidate for the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. He served as governor of Wisconsin from 1987 until 2001, when he left office to become President George W. Bush's secretary of health and human services. He previously spent 20 years in the Wisconsin Assembly. Thompson briefly ran for president, withdrawing in 2007.
Date: September 12, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: What’s more, Club for Growth Wisconsin doesn’t even endorse in federal races. Our conclusion In trying to fend off criticism from the national Club for Growth, Thompson told a national TV audience he has been endorsed by Club for Growth Wisconsin in his U.S. Senate bid. He hasn’t been. And, under the group’s charter, couldn’t be. We rate Thompson’s  .
Statement: National Geographic's photo of the year" is a great white shark leaping out of the water.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: May 23, 2018
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: In December 2016, National Geographic posted a blog refuting a  that the photo was its photo of the year—an award the magazine doesn’t have. But editor Daniel Stone took the opportunity to blast  news as a "threat to those of us in the business of telling the ." He also shared 14 real shark photos. Check them out here . We rate this  !
Statement: Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country.
Speaker: rose mary grant
About the speaker: Rose Mary Grant is head of school at Highlander Charter School in Providence and president of the board of the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools.
Date: March 29, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: children;education;states
Context: a Providence Journal commentary
Fact-check justification: The study that Grant cited in her column did show that the learning gains of the state’s charter school students surpassed the learning gains of their Rhode Island peers and that these gains were greater than gains in the other states that participated in the study by Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes. But the writers of the study cautioned educators not to lose sight of the importance of proficiency. Grant did not reflect this concern in her column. Further, while she boasts that Rhode Island charter schools were "nationally recognized," the study cites Rhode Island as one of nine states that "deserve mention." For these reasons, we rule the statement . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Says Baltimore police are "trained by Mossad and Shin Bet.
Speaker: nation of islam research group
About the speaker: The Nation of Islam Research Group is the research arm of the Nation of Islam.
Date: April 26, 2015
Topics: israel;public safety;punditfact
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Nation of Islam Research group said that police in Baltimore had been trained by Mossad and Shin Bet. The source they cited referred to optional training in Krav Maga for the  police department and listed a trainer who gained experience in Los Angeles. There’s no  of any training ties to Israel. This  is utterly unproven. We rate the  .
Statement: Few, If Any, Doses of Spikevax or Comirnaty Available in United States, Despite FDA Approvals
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 2, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: After vaccines receive FDA approval, companies are allowed to market them under brand names, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman told USA Today . An article headline says, "Few, If Any, Doses of Spikevax or Comirnaty Available in United States, Despite FDA Approvals." The  falsely implies that Spikevax and Comirnaty are different from the non-branded COVID-19 vaccines that have been in use since December 2020. But the branded vaccines have the same formulation as the non-branded ones, which are widely available in the U.S. Comirnaty also is available in the U.S. We rate this  .
Statement: In Rhode Island, 9 percent of workers use the state's temporary disability insurance program each year while in New Jersey, the rate is only 3 percent.
Speaker: patricia morgan
About the speaker: State Rep. Patricia L. Morgan, a Republican from West Warwick, is a vice president and financial adviser with Spire Investment Partners and has served as member of the House in the Rhode Island General Assembly since 2011.
Date: July 2, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: disability;labor;states;workers
Context: a speech on the House floor
Fact-check justification: Rep. Patricia Morgan said that in Rhode Island, 9 percent of employees use TDI each year while in New Jersey, which also mandates TDI, the rate is only 3 percent. The actual rates are closer to 8 percent in Rhode Island and 4 percent in New Jersey. But New Jersey’s figures include only workers who receive state coverage, not private coverage. We don’t know how that would affect the usage rate there, but neither does Morgan. Because Morgan’s figures are so far off, the judges rate her statement . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, e-mail us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Bill Gates Outlines 2018 Plan To Depopulate The Planet.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: April 30, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: "When more children live, you get one generation that’s relatively big. Then, when families decide to have fewer children, the next generation is much smaller. Eventually, a country ends up with relatively more people in the labor force producing economically—and relatively fewer dependents (very old or very young people)," Bill Gates said in the 2018 letter. "That’s a recipe for rapid economic development, especially if countries take advantage of it by investing in health and education." We rate Mysterious Times’ post !
Statement: New Jersey's once-broken pension system is now solvent.
Speaker: 13th district gop slate
About the speaker: The 13th District GOP slate includes state Sen. Joe Kyrillos and Assembly members Declan O'Scanlon and Amy Handlin. The trio won their primary contests Tuesday, June 4 and will be on the November 2013 ballot.
Date: May 31, 2013
Location: new jersey
Topics: pensions
Context: A primary election campaign mailer
Fact-check justification:   A primary campaign flyer from Assembly members Declan O’Scanlon and Amy Handlin, and state Sen. Joe Kyrillos last week claimed, "New Jersey’s once-broken pension system is now solvent."   O’Scanlon said ‘once broken’ refers to the state’s pension system being on a path to insolvency or bankruptcy without major reforms – but admits the state has always been able to pay its pension bills. If the system was once broken, those bills wouldn’t have been paid. Furthermore, O’Scanlon and experts told us that a pension system being able to pay its obligations means the system is solvent. We rate this  .   To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Epstein dies while in custody, his private banker is found dead, a judge had a trial regarding Epstein and the Deutsche Bank. Her son has been killed now and her husband has been shot. The shooter who shot the son and shot the judge's husband has now also been found dead.
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: September 3, 2020
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The lawyer suspected in the shooting at Salas’ home was Roy Den Hollander, a self-described "anti-feminist" who had compiled a dossier on her and her family and arrived at their home that morning carrying a FedEx package.   "He was apparently angry at Judge Salas for not moving quickly enough on a lawsuit he had brought challenging the constitutionality of the male-only draft," according to the Times.   Days before the shooting at Salas’ residence, Hollander had traveled to San Bernardino County, Calif., where authorities say he shot and killed a rival men’s rights lawyer at his home. Hollander later killed himself.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: It's just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs.
Speaker: mike stenhouse
About the speaker: Mike Stenhouse is the chief executive officer of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity, a conservative think tank. A Cranston, R.I., native, he is a former player for the Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos. Previously, he was executive director of the Ocean State Policy Research Institute. He has an economics degree from Harvard University, served as chairman for the 2010 Rhode Island Clean Slate campaign, and as vice president of the Board of Directors for Rhode Island Special Olympics.
Date: June 13, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: environment;energy
Context: an appearance on a talk show
Fact-check justification: Stenhouse needn’t fret personally about which bulbs to use. There’s plenty of light emanating from his trousers. We rate this one  ! (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: It's not that there is no evidence the election was stolen, but that no court had the guts to HEAR the evidence. They dismissed the cases, NOT the evidence.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 25, 2022
Topics: elections;legal issues
Context: an image shared on Instagram
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claimed: "It’s not that there is no  the election was stolen, but that no court had the guts to hear the . They dismissed the cases, not the ." Although a number of lawsuits challenging the 2020 election’s results were dismissed for procedural or jurisdictional reasons, it’s  to say that judges refused to review the  of alleged fraud. Court records show that some judges dismissed cases after reviewing the  and determining it did not sufficiently prove election fraud.  We rate this  . RELATED: Donald Trump has lost dozens of election lawsuits. Here’s why RELATED: Trump did not win two-thirds of election lawsuits ‘where merits considered’ RELATED: The facts of a fair US election have only gotten stronger since Capitol attack
Statement: Bill Gates Explains That The COVID Vaccine Will Use Experimental Technology And Permanently Alter Your DNA
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 15, 2020
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Our Ruling A blog post shared on social media reads "Bill Gates Explains That The COVID Vaccine Will Use Experimental Technology And Permanently Alter Your DNA." This is . Gates never said that the first licensed COVID-19 vaccine would use experimental technology or permanently alter DNA; he said specifically that "we don’t know yet what the COVID-19 vaccine will look like." The most recent research also shows that RNA vaccines, which are being tested for COVID-19 right now, do degrade naturally and don’t alter DNA permanently. We rate this  .