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Statement: Gov. Scott is pushing for a statewide voucher program that would take millions from our public schools and funnel it to private schools that mostly serve privileged families.
Speaker: rebecca holcombe
About the speaker: Rebecca Holcombe is the former education secretary of Vermont, and currently a Democratic candidate for governor. 
Date: July 15, 2019
Location: vermont
Topics: education
Context: statement announcing candidacy for governor
Fact-check justification: Holcome said "Gov. Scott is pushing for a statewide voucher program that would take millions from our public schools and funnel it to private schools that  serve privileged families." The former education secretary relies on a memo and State Board Meeting in which Scott’s education secretary describes his vision for a statewide voucher program — in both cases with a clearly stated caveat that his proposal is meant to provoke a further conversation.  It’s possible that Scott would like the state to move toward the type of system described in French’s memo, but he hasn’t publicly advocated for it.  Without knowing what Holcombe heard behind closed doors during her time in Scott’s administration, we don’t know whether her statement accurately conveys the administration’s intentions. And Scott is open about his support for expanding vouchers – if communities themselves support the change.   However, there is no publicly available  to support Holcombe’s  that the governor is pushing for a statewide voucher program. In fact, he has said explicitly that he doesn’t support such a major change. We rate this  .
Statement: In the state of Rhode Island 25 percent of our current physicians are graduates of for-profit medical schools.
Speaker: joseph mcnamara
About the speaker: Rep. Joseph McNamara, who represents Warwick and Cranston, has served in the Rhode Island House since 1995. He chairs the Health, Education and Welfare Committee and is the health and wellness coordinator in the Pawtucket School Department.
Date: May 15, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: education;health care;public health
Context: a House debate
Fact-check justification: McNamara concedes he misspoke on the House floor. He said "25 percent of our current physicians are graduates of for-profit medical schools." He meant to say that a quarter of Rhode Island’s doctors graduated from international medical schools. McNamara says he was relying on information Rodger presented: "We [legislators] assume that people give us information that is accurate." But Rodger did provide accurate information -- as far as it went -- McNamara just cited it inaccurately. We rule his statement . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: Congress only funded half the wall" between Mexico and the United States.
Speaker: bill richardson
About the speaker: Bill Richardson is the former governor of New Mexico, having served two terms in that position from 2003-2011. Richardson is also a former congressman, U.S. secretary of energy, and ambassador to the United Nations. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, and was President Barack Obama’s initial nominee for secretary of commerce in 2009.
Date: September 9, 2007
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: Miami, Fla
Fact-check justification: But Richardon's statement gives the impression the funding has stopped. In fact, the White House and Congress have taken steps to pay for the remainder of the fence, although there is still some disagreement about what form the fence will ultimately take. The White House requested another $1-billion in spending for the fence in 2008. The House approved the spending in June 2007 but with strict requirements because Democrats are skeptical of the proposal. The Senate has not yet approved it.
Statement: In the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, none of the candidates mentioned the "middle class" or "education.
Speaker: jay carney
About the speaker: Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, was formerly employed by TIME magazine and CNN, according to a TIME biographical post.
Date: June 14, 2011
Location: national
Topics: education;families;new hampshire 2012
Context: a comment to reporters aboard Air Force One
Fact-check justification: Carney was technically correct that education and the middle class were not mentioned in the debate. But several times candidates made references to middle-income people using other terms. And they never got asked about education. We rate the  .
Statement: Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position.
Speaker: david cicilline
About the speaker: David Cicilline was elected to the 1st Congressional District in 2010. Before that, he was mayor of Providence, beginning in January, 2003. A Brown University graduate, he received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Date: April 17, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: income;jobs;poverty;women;workers
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: David Cicilline said women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position." His spokesman said that was only a comparison among full-time, year-round workers. But we believe the average person would read his statement as a comparison of male and female workers in the same job, an indication that wage discrimination exists. But the source of that 77-cent figure is not based on a job-by-job assessment. It's an across-the-workforce number that fails to take into a host of factors that could skew the amount. All the data we examined showed pay gaps for women from as low as 58 cents to as high as $1.12 for every dollar earned by men.  And when you look at weekly earnings among wage and salary workers who work less than 40 hours a week, women earn more than men. In citing the 77-cent figure, Cicilline ignores conflicting estimates suggesting that the gender gap is narrower or, perhaps, nonexistent when lifestyle choices are taken into account. He also skirts a key problem: for most occupations, there is not enough good data to make the kind of comparison he is talking about. In other words, his statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression: our definition of  . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home.
Speaker: alan grayson
About the speaker: Alan Grayson was initially elected to Congress in 2008, then defeated for re-election in 2010. He was elected again to Congress from a different district in 2012. He lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2016.
Date: October 6, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: message machine 2010;religion;women
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: So where does this leave us?  An institute director and some of the teaching materials give strong hints that mothers are expected to be at home, but we don't find anything explicitly requiring mothers to forgo work in order to stay home. But even if that is the group's belief, Webster has employed several mothers in senior positions, and colleagues have said he didn't push his beliefs in the Legislature. That contradicts the impression given in the ad that Webster is personally opposed to mothers working outside the home. So we rate the ad's  .
Statement: Next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs.
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: May 16, 2011
Location: national
Topics: energy;regulation
Context: a fundraising letter
Fact-check justification: When we sent him a copy of the letter we received, he said it was "an earlier version that was sent out by AmeriPAC, which had no reason to believe it was  in any part." Arnold attached another version of the letter, the one he said CDFE sent out, and it words the  a little more carefully: "Democrats in Congress have mandated that you must give up using traditional light bulbs all because environmentalists believed that traditional light bulbs caused global warming." But we're fact-checking the earlier version from AmeriPAC because it was widely circulated and spread even further via chain e-mail. The  that next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs," has no basis in fact. It amounts to a manufactured, baseless charge, and we rate it .
Statement: Says "MAX carries 30 percent of evening rush-hour commuters traveling from Downtown on the Sunset and Banfield freeways.
Speaker: trimet
About the speaker: TriMet is the regional public transit agency.
Date: January 29, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: transportation
Context: an advertisement
Fact-check justification: That puts us about in line with the national average of 9.7 percent. None of this tells us whether 1.13 is exactly right, but we do feel that given the parity in the Census, it’s fair for TriMet to assume something close to parity here, too. In an advertisement, TriMet said the "MAX carries 30 percent of evening rush hour commuters traveling from Downtown on the Sunset and Banfield freeways." They were able to back up this  with reliable data. We rate this statement .
Statement: Wisconsin's lawsuit rules are so anti-business that the state's system is "one of the most promiscuous" in America.
Speaker: national federation of independent business-wisconsin
About the speaker: Wisconsin chapter of a national group representing small business owners and their interests.
 
Date: January 4, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: legal issues;small business
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: But the larger study he cites undercuts his own main point. It shows that Wisconsin -- based on 42 separate measures -- is actually among the best for business, not the worst when it comes to outcomes. The only other study cited in the debate, by the obviously pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce, had Wisconsin squarely in the middle of the pack. The verdict is in. We rate the group’s  .
Statement: Deaths from vaccines have totaled 1,621 from Johnson & Johnson, 4,799 from Moderna, 13,039 from Pfizer and 73 from unknown vaccines. And this is an undercount because "only 1% of deaths are reported.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: December 6, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;health check;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claims that there have been 1,621 deaths from the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, 4,799 from Moderna, 13,039 from Pfizer and 73 from unknown vaccines, and claims that this is an undercount because only 1% of people reported deaths.    Available data in VAERS does not confirm these figures. What’s more, VAERS can’t be used on its own to verify if a vaccine has caused an event. The government agencies that run the system warn that it accepts reports before verifying them, and reports can usually contain information that may have errors or lacks details.   We rate this  .  PolitiFact researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report.
Statement: In Rhode Island, there were thousands of jobs that were created" by the federal stimulus program
Speaker: james langevin
About the speaker: James Langevin has represented Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District since 2001. He was elected to the state's Constitutional Convention in 1986. Two years later, he won a seat as a State Representative and went on to become, at age 30, Rhode Island's youngest Secretary of State in 1995.
Date: October 16, 2010
Location: rhode island
Topics: jobs;stimulus
Context: campaign debates
Fact-check justification: Even Petrone, the state official keeping tabs on stimulus spending, can’t determine that. Nor can Langevin. The highest quarterly report shows 1,989.58 jobs actually created. It’s close enough to 2,000 to be literally , but, in our opinion, less than "thousands" would imply. For those reasons, we rate his  .
Statement: In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on.
Speaker: seth magaziner
About the speaker: Seth Magaziner is a Democrat who was elected Rhode Island General Treasurer in 2014. He is a former vice president at Trillium Asset Management, an investment firm in Boston. He has a bachelors degree in history from Brown University and a masters in business administration from Yale University.
Date: April 13, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: debt;economy;families;financial regulation;income;poverty;wealth;workers
Context: an appearance on “10 News Conference”
Fact-check justification: Seth Magaziner said, "In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on." He is accurately reporting the results of the FDIC's 2011 survey, the most recent available. Because this is a  you can take to the bank -- if you have one -- we rate it as  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: The U.N. Arms Treaty "infringes upon our right to keep and bear arms.
Speaker: monica wehby
About the speaker: Dr. Wehby has practiced for 15 years and has held numerous leadership positions at the local, state and national levels. She currently is the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Randall Children's Hospital in Portland.
Date: May 15, 2014
Location: oregon
Topics: guns
Context: a campaign website statement
Fact-check justification: He did not return phone calls or emails asking exactly how the treaty would infringe on the gun rights of U.S. citizens Previous fact-checks looking at this  found it lacked merit. Language in the treaty itself specifically leaves gun-control and ownership decisions up to member nations. The  is all flash and no powder. We rate it . Return to OregonLive.com/politics to comment on this article.
Statement: Says a study projects Wisconsin's coronavirus cases will peak on April 26, 2020
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 29, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a viral post
Fact-check justification: Facebook posts now circulating say Wisconsin will hit the peak for coronavirus cases on April 26. That gives us an unusual fact check, since at the time most of those stories were shared, the post referenced a May 22 date that is no longer the best estimate from this study. But Facebook’s design updates a linked story when the story is updated. We aren’t getting into whether this is an accurate model, since it’s a prediction of the future and there’s no way to say for sure. But we can examine the accuracy of the Facebook post itself. What is currently online in this viral post is an accurate reflection of the study, albeit one that requires a bit of extra context to understand the genesis of the current figures. We rate this .
Statement: Says the majority of Americans support gay marriage.
Speaker: anne hathaway
About the speaker: Anne Hathaway is an Academy Award-nominated actor.
Date: March 15, 2011
Location: national
Topics: lgbtq;marriage
Context: a letter to President Barack Obama
Fact-check justification: "But that said, it is hard to imagine the lines don't cross in the next 12 months or so, given how much the gap closed in each of the last five years." Bottom line, most of the polls taken in 2010 and 2011 show that while there is a clear trend in recent years toward support for gay marriage, but it is not quite yet a majority. But there are some polls that have found the tipping point has been reached, and that a slim majority now support gay marriage. And that includes the newest poll, from the Washington Post-ABC News . And so we rate the  .
Statement: Most of the U.S. Senate is comprised of multimillionaires.
Speaker: sheila oliver
About the speaker: Sheila Oliver is the speaker of the New Jersey Assembly. A Democrat, Oliver represents parts of Essex and Passaic counties.
Date: July 11, 2013
Location: new jersey
Topics: income
Context: an interview on NJToday
Fact-check justification: In an NJToday interview, Oliver claimed: "Most of the U.S. Senate is comprised of multimillionaires." Based on financial data analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics, 62 current senators had an average net worth in 2011 of more than $1 million. Of those senators, 13 had between $1 million and $2 million; 6 had between $2 million and $3 million; and 43 senators had more than $3 million. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com . Editor's Note: After this story was published, we learned that Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey is included in the database of personal finances for 2011 as a congressman. We have revised the story to show that 62 senators had an average net worth in 2011 of more than $1 million.
Statement: I sponsored the new Buy American law
Speaker: shemia fagan
About the speaker: Shemia Fagan is a first-term Democratic state representative, who is seeking re-election to House District 51. Her district straddles Multnomah and Clackamas counties. She is a business attorney, wife and mother of one son.
Date: August 15, 2014
Location: oregon
Topics: elections
Context: an Oregon Voters' Pamphlet statement
Fact-check justification: The office that drafts legislative proposals said the words can’t be used interchangeably, while a longtime Oregon politician said Fagan should "have been more careful" in her statement. The links Fagan provided to defend her statement fell short of being persuasive, and a quick and unscientific survey of "everyday people" failed to back her . If re-elected, Fagan said she plans to reintroduce the bill in the 2015 session. There’s still the chance, then, that her bill will become a law. In the meantime, we rate her  .
Statement: Antarctica has "an entrance to a different world" — a "mythic land" with green forests, giant animals, and "extraterrestrial technologies.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: July 7, 2022
Topics: history;science
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claims that there is "an enormous void" below Antarctica, that a "different world" exists there, and that it can be accessed through a hole in Antarctica. The post also claims that elites are conspiring to keep that a secret. Scientists are sure that the Earth is not hollow, partly because it’s much denser than the rocks found on the surface. Elites are not hiding the poles from the public — they can be seen in satellite images and visited by tourists. And life is impossible deep inside the Earth. We rate the post !
Statement: Video shows "California sets their own forest fires and claims them as climate change effects.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 17, 2022
Topics: climate change;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: "Heli-torch," read the caption in the Aug. 21, 2020, Instagram post sharing the video. "Fighting fire with fire. … We are not just burning the forest. This is a tactic to fight a brush fire. "  We rate claims that this footage shows fires that California alleges were caused by climate change .
Statement: They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID.
Speaker: steve kirsch
About the speaker: Steve Kirsch describes himself as an entrepreneur and technology expert.
Date: December 12, 2021
Topics: children;public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Kirsch claimed: "They've now killed close to twice as many kids from the vaccine as have died from COVID." Federal data show 771 deaths involving COVID-19 among children. Nine deaths have been associated with one of the COVID-19 vaccines, but none were children. The  of nearly twice as many children being killed by COVID-19 vaccines — 1,312, when none have been confirmed —  is  and . We rate it .
Statement: Says the reasoning behind Portland's high water and sewer rates is "all kinds of 'pet projects' unrelated to the core function of the water and sewer bureaus
Speaker: portlanders for water reform
About the speaker: Portlanders for Water Reform is a group that is trying to qualify a measure for the May 2014 ballot that would take control of Portland's water and sewer utilities away from the City Council and give it to an independently elected board.
Date: July 18, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: city government;water
Context: a fundraising letter
Fact-check justification: In a letter looking for donations, Portlanders for Water Reform clearly draws a link between the city’s high water and sewer rates and "all kinds of ‘pet projects’ unrelated to the core function of the bureaus." The e-mail clearly states that those projects are "the reasoning" for the high rates, leaving the impression that they’re the main cause, if not the only one. A closer look reveals they are a relatively small part the rising rates, shadowed by much larger projects. The statement contains some element of  in that these project contribute to increased rates, but it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, particularly larger projects like the $1.4 billion Big Pipe. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Gov. Chris Christie's "poll ratings have been going up.
Speaker: piers morgan
About the speaker: Piers Morgan was the host of the CNN show "Piers Morgan Tonight."
Date: June 14, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: polls and public opinion
Context: an interview with Gov. Chris Christie on "Piers Morgan Tonight"
Fact-check justification: Let’s review. Morgan said Christie’s poll ratings "have been going up." Polls measuring the governor’s job approval and favorability ratings all show a dip in the numbers among the most recent surveys. If we look at the same polls over a longer time frame, they show Christie’s ratings have remained relatively steady -- but staying even isn’t growth For these reasons, we rate Morgan’s statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Says that for two weeks after you get a flu shot you are an "active, live walking virus.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 12, 2019
Topics: fake news;public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "Only 1% - 2% of persons experience a slight fever that can last a day or so. The nasal spray vaccine can be associated with a runny nose or a scratchy throat for a day or two. These brief symptoms are just minor reactions to the vaccine." The only viral thing about this  is the  itself. We rate it !