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Statement: Despite having their budget increased by over 40 percent since 2009 … pending claims for benefits with the (Department of Veterans Affairs) have increased from 391,000 to 890,000 under the Obama Administration.
Speaker: tom graves
About the speaker: Tom Graves represents Georgia's 9th Congressional District.
Date: April 23, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: veterans
Context: a ZPolitics op-ed
Fact-check justification: In sum, Graves’ numbers are correct. The VA’s budget has increased by more than 40 percent, and the number of pending claims has skyrocketed from some 391,000 to 890,000 under the Obama administration. Graves also was accurate in noting that the increase took place under the president’s watch. While the VA’s benefits system has been troubled since well before Obama took office, efforts during his administration have not prepared the department for its current challenges. We rate Graves’ statement .
Statement: George Bush sent people to war without body armor.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: January 31, 2008
Location: national
Topics: iraq
Context: Los Angeles
Fact-check justification: In March 2007, Clinton and fellow Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia sent a letter to the Comptroller of the United States, calling on him to initiate a GAO investigation to reassess the body armor systems used by the military. The following month, the GAO issued a report, which concluded that "Army and Marine Corps body armor is currently meeting theater ballistic requirements and the required amount needed for personnel in theater, including the amounts needed for the surge of troops in Iraq." Nevertheless, with emerging technology and debate over the best type of body armor, the GAO is reassessing body armor, said Roger Charles, vice chairman of the nonpartisan Soldiers for the  Foundation, which has been at the forefront of the body armor debate. Clinton's comment about troops heading into war without body armor, while it wasn't  for all, was  for some soldiers at the beginning of the war. So we rate Clinton's comment .
Statement: (Barack Obama) set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries as a way to protect against something like the coronavirus, exactly. Do you know that Trump closed 37 of them?
Speaker: joy behar
About the speaker: A co-host on the ABC talk show The View.
Date: March 9, 2020
Location: national
Topics: public health;pundits;punditfact;coronavirus
Context: an episode of ABC's "The View"
Fact-check justification: Behar said Obama "set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries as a way to protect against something like the coronavirus" and "Trump closed 37 of them." News reports in 2018 said the CDC was planning to shrink its operations to help foreign countries prevent infectious diseases because it didn’t expect to receive new funding once the supplement it received in 2014 ran out. But the programs didn’t shut down in the end. The spending bill that lawmakers ultimately passed that year provided more money for those CDC programs than Trump’s budget request originally asked for. Behar corrected her statement. We rate it .
Statement: The Electoral College is much more advantageous for Democrats.
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: July 16, 2018
Location: national
Topics: elections
Context: Helsinki
Fact-check justification: Trump said that "the Electoral College is much more advantageous for Democrats." There may have been a popular misperception prior to the 2016 election that Democrats had a large number of solidly blue states that made it much easier for them to reach 270 than the Republicans. But professional handicappers never considered states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to be solid for the Democrats, even in the 2008 and 2012 elections — and any notion that they continue to be solidly Democratic going forward was exploded by Trump’s wins in those states, making his use of the present tense dubious. There may even be a modest Republican lean to the Electoral College in this political moment, but we couldn’t find  of a permanent bias either way. We rate the statement .
Statement: A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families.
Speaker: ken cuccinelli
About the speaker: Ken Cuccinelli became acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on June 10, 2019. Cuccinelli, a Republican, was Virginia's attorney general from 2010 to 2014. In 2013, he lost the general election for governor to Democrat Terry McAuliffe. In 2016, he was a adisver to the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Born in 1968, Cuccinelli has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from Geroge Mason University School of Law and an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University.
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Date: August 22, 2019
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: a panel discussion
Fact-check justification: Cuccinelli said a federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are  families." It’s not entirely clear where Cuccinelli’s 30% figure comes from.  The Associated Press reported that in the latter half of April, border officials identified around 100 possible cases of fraudulent families, and found that one third were fraudulent. But these findings were based on traditional investigative methods like document screening, and happened before the DNA testing program went into effect.   An article in the Washington Examiner published on May 18 — about a week after phase one of the DNA pilot program ended — reported the 30% statistic, citing an unnamed immigration official.  But in June, the ICE released data that showed around 20% of suspicious cases turned up DNA  that disproved a family relationship. The relevant agencies did not respond to our request for information. We rate this .
Statement: Pfizer staged the Will Smith and Chris Rock confrontation at the Academy Awards because it "has a new alopecia medication coming out.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 28, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: But neither drug will be available to the public in the near future. The earliest anticipated date for federal regulatory approval of either drug is 2023. Media reports have said there is no  to support the  that Will Smith’s slap was staged. The Academy has initiated disciplinary proceedings against Smith, and he apologized for his actions. We rate this  .
Statement: President Barack Obama "said over 20 times he did not have the legal authority" to act as he did on immigration.
Speaker: michael mccaul
About the speaker: Michael McCaul was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004.
Date: December 2, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: immigration
Context: a committee hearing
Fact-check justification: McCaul said Obama "said over 20 times he did not have the legal authority to" act as he did on immigration. The Texan’s count is too high – we see less than 15 solid examples from 2010 into 2014 – but his statement is spot-on about Obama often saying he couldn’t do more absent congressional action. We rate the  .
Statement: Wayfair CEO steps down.
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 10, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat  news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .)   Wayfair’s CEO and co-chairman, Niraj Shah, founded the company with Steve Conine in 2002, according to descriptions of Wayfair’s executive leadership team on its website.   A spokesperson for Wayfair told PolitiFact that Shah has not resigned.   We rate this post .
Statement: A photo shows two men on the run who pretend to be homeless and then "attack and rob you.
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 9, 2022
Location: ohio
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  We did a reverse image search for one of the booking photos in the post about Columbus, Ohio, and found a May 26 news story about the men, who are accused of wearing clown masks during a deadly shooting in Volusia County, Florida.   Both men were indicted on first-degree murder charges, so it would be unlikely that they have since been released from custody and are disturbing an Ohio community.   A search of Volusia County online records shows both men remain in custody. The Columbus Division of Police regularly posts booking photos of people who have been arrested and the crimes that they’re accused of committing, but we didn’t find these men among them.   We rate this post .
Statement: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried "not far" from President Kennedy's grave.
Speaker: john depetro
About the speaker: John DePetro is a talk-show host on WPRO.
Date: May 10, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: history;islam;crime;pundits;religion;terrorism
Context: a comment on WPRO radio
Fact-check justification: Saying that Kennedy is buried "not far" from Tsarnaev is like saying Newport is not far from the eastern tip of Cape Cod, that Rhode Island's State House is not far from Derry, N.H., or that the site of the Boston Marathon bombing is "not far" from the the southernmost tip of Narragansett, R.I. And to say that such a distance should somehow spark offense strikes us as mildly , so we rate his 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: CNN says Dick Cheney will be advising Biden on foreign policy.
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: November 7, 2020
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Former President George W. Bush, whom Cheney served with, is one of the few senior Republicans who have congratulated Biden on his victory. But there’s nothing to support the claims in these posts, and CNN hasn’t reported on Cheney joining the Biden team.   We rate them . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more.
Statement: Ninety-four percent of the bills that pass the Senate have no debate, no vote, no amendments, no reading of the bill, no online disclosure.
Speaker: jim demint
About the speaker: Jim DeMint is a former U.S. Senator from South Carolina. He is now president of The Heritage Foundation .
Date: May 26, 2010
Location: national
Topics: transparency
Context: YouTube video of a floor speech
Fact-check justification: Indeed, those unfamiliar with Senate procedures might be shocked to learn that even 56 percent of legally binding bills passed the chamber without debate. But DeMint wasn't content to limit himself to such . In making his point, he ran up the score. Ultimately, we find that DeMint's goals, laudable though they may be, are undercut -- not strengthened -- by the math he chose to present in his floor speech. We'll own up to our own mathematical error, but we stand by our overall judgment from the initial article: !
Statement: Florida "decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.
Speaker: kamala harris
About the speaker: Kamala Harris is the vice president of the United States. Harris was elected as a senator from California in 2016. She previously was California’s attorney general from 2011 to 2017. From 2004 until 2011, she was the district attorney of San Francisco. Harris received a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Howard University and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. In 2019, she ran for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in December. On Aug. 11, 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden named Harris as his running mate.
Date: July 20, 2023
Location: florida
Topics: corrections and updates;education;history;race and ethnicity
Context: a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Fact-check justification: Harris said Florida "decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery." That is not the only lesson Florida students would be taught under the standards that also include many other aspects of Black history and slavery. But the one Harris cited is included, and has drawn significant criticism. The middle school standards approved by the Florida state education board say students should learn about "skills" learned by slaves that could be "applied for their personal benefit." Several historians who have studied slavery cast doubt on this lesson’s educational value.  We rate this statement . CLARIFICATION, July 28: We updated this story to clarify a paraphrased quote from Katheryn Russell-Brown.
Statement: On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent.
Speaker: richard cordray
About the speaker: Richard Cordray is running for Ohio governor in 2018. Cordray was appointed as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during President Barack Obama's administration. He is the former attorney general of Ohio and a Democrat.
Date: December 14, 2017
Location: ohio
Topics: wealth;taxes
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Cordray said in a speech, "If you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent." He was referring to taxes paid as a percentage of GDP, which wasn’t clear from his remarks. And, a growing portion of the individual income tax figure he cites was effectively taxes paid by businesses as "pass-throughs" on individual tax filings. Overall, though, his numbers are in the ballpark. We rate this  .
Statement: The American people have endured 21 consecutive months of 9% or higher unemployment [and] 2.6 million jobs have been lost," since the stimulus bill was signed.
Speaker: george allen
About the speaker: George Allen was a U.S. senator from 2001-2007. He was governor of Virginia from 1994-1998.
Date: February 17, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: jobs
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Allen said "the American people have endured 21 consecutive months of 9 percent or higher unemployment," and that "2.6 million jobs have been lost" since the stimulus bill was signed in February 2009. The unemployment moved above 9 percent in May 2009 and has been at that level or higher for 21 months. Since March 2009, 2.57 million jobs have been lost, which rounds up to the 2.6 million figure cited by Allen. Allen ignores the number of jobs saved or created by stimulus, but the figures he uses in his  are correct. We rate his statement .
Statement: Mark Kelly "voted to allow prison inmates to receive stimulus checks five separate times.
Speaker: saving arizona pac
About the speaker: Saving Arizona PAC is a political action committee with at least $13.5 million in backing from billionaire Peter Thiel. It supports Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Blake Masters.
Date: October 11, 2022
Location: arizona
Topics: federal budget;ad watch
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Saving Arizona PAC claimed Kelly "voted to allow prison inmates to receive stimulus checks five separate times." Stimulus checks have been sent to Americans three times in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Inmates were eligible to receive all three payments. There weren’t five votes by Kelly or five payments to inmates. Kelly, who wasn’t in office when the first stimulus package passed, voted for two of the measures, one signed by Trump and one signed by Biden. He also voted not to exclude inmates from the Biden package, which was the only vote specifically about inmates getting stimulus checks. The statement contains an element of  that Kelly voted in favor of stimulus checks, which prison inmates were eligible to receive. But the  ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, including that Kelly was not even in office when one of the stimulus payments was approved, with support from Republicans.  We rate it . RELATED : Fact-checking ads in the 2022 election campaigns RELATED: Arizona fact-checks
Statement: This election marks the largest Senate gains for a president's party in a first midterm election since at least President Kennedy's in 1962.
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: November 7, 2018
Location: national
Topics: elections
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: If the results hold and Republicans win in Mississippi, Florida and Arizona, Trump would be correct that Republicans’ Senate gains in the 2018 midterms (+3) represent the largest first midterm Senate pickup since President John F. Kennedy’s Democratic party gained four seats in 1962. Those races are not yet called, though. While Republicans are in a better position in all three states, Trump is counting gains that are not yet certain. We rate statements based on what's known at the time they were made. So we this  rates .
Statement: Fireworks have never been safer, and their use continues to increase each year.
Speaker: bill weimer
About the speaker: Bill Weimer is the vice president of Youngstown, Ohio,-based Phantom Fireworks, the nation's largest retailer of consumer fireworks.
Date: June 26, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;financial regulation;patriotism;regulation
Context: a newspaper column
Fact-check justification: But, the statistical record shows that the rate of injury from fireworks declined nationally while their use increased dramatically, and while laws governing their consumer use loosened. There still are injuries, but the annual rate has plateaued even while consumption continues to grow. We found no stronger explanation than the concurrent regulatory and policing work of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory to make fireworks safer. Weimer’s  is accurate. On the -O-Meter it rates .
Statement: Many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting.
Speaker: matt bevin
About the speaker: 46-yearold investment manager.
Date: April 3, 2014
Location: national
Topics: animals;history
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Bevin said that "many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting. In looking at the most prominent founders, we found no indications that any of the founders were avid and frequent participants. We rate the  .
Statement: State law says that once the state appraises a piece of property, they can only pay it a certain amount above appraisal.
Speaker: kasim reed
About the speaker: Kasim Reed is Mayor of Atlanta.
Date: August 7, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: city government;corrections and updates;sports
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Or will "some other resources," as Reed described them in the interview, come into play. Stay tuned. Reed’s statement is based largely on the state attorney general’s interpretation of a portion of the Georgia Constitution, which is appropriate because the land will be purchased by a state agency. Given that, we reverse our earlier ruling. We rate Reed’s statement .
Statement: The United States is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout.
Speaker: bruce elfant
About the speaker: Bruce Elfant  won election as Travis County tax assessor-collector in 2012.
Date: August 5, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: elections
Context: an interview with Dick Ellis, KOKE FM, Austin
Fact-check justification: Elfant said the U.S. is "about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout." Texas is nearly last among the states in voter registration and turnout and U.S. voter turnout ranks low internationally, though that's among all nations, not the limited number of countries considered industrially developed. We rate the 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.