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Statement: Says Jeb Bush "once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all.
Speaker: emily's list
About the speaker: EMILY's List is a political advocacy group that raises money to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights.
Date: May 14, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: education;women
Context: a column on Medium
Fact-check justification: Emily’s List said, "Jeb once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all." There are a handful of news stories that say Bush in 2001 asked the Legislature to set aside $1 million for chastity programs out of the state’s almost $5.8 million for family planning. That's a bit different from threatening existing programs with a gag order. More importantly, there's no  Bush's proposal went into effect. The health department said no requirements for abstinence programs were passed by lawmakers. We rate the statement .
Statement: In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited.
Speaker: kat cammack
About the speaker: Congresswoman Kat Cammack proudly serves Florida’s 3rd Congressional District as the youngest Republican woman in the 117th Congress. 
Date: July 21, 2022
Location: florida
Topics: abortion;health check
Context: a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
Fact-check justification: It is  that, so far, no state has banned forms of contraception. But the threat appears very real. And the absolute nature of Cammack’s statement — saying there’s "no way, shape, or form" that access to contraception is at risk — is not accurate. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands.
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 15, 2018
Location: national
Topics: immigration;homeland security;crime
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Trump said of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands." It’s difficult to determine how many MS-13 members have been deported under Trump’s administration, because immigration officials don’t break down deportation data by gang affiliation.  At least 1,200 MS-13 gang members were arrested from Oct. 1, 2016, through the end of Trump’s first calendar year. The time between an arrest and deportation varies per case, but an expert told us the process is lengthy. Trump’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Anthony Bourdain and Chris Cornell were killed while working on a documentary about "widespread pedophilia.
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 6, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: First, medical examiners ruled the causes of death of all four men as suicides. There’s no  that they were killed, much less for their involvement in a movie about pedophilia, as this post suggests.   There was once a "proposed feature documentary" called "The Silent Children" that aimed to "expose the truths of child sexploitation and human trafficking." But a spokesperson for the project told Reuters in 2020 that none of the people in the Facebook post were connected to the planned film, which was shelved in 2017 before any of them died.   We rate this post !
Statement: Says Tammy Baldwin is "more worried about the mastermind of 9/11" than supporting CIA director nominee Gina Haspel.
Speaker: leah vukmir
About the speaker: Republican Leah Vukmir was elected to the Wisconsin state Senate in 2010, representing a suburban Milwaukee district. She served in the state Assembly from 2002 to 2008. She lost a bid for the U.S. Senate in 2018.
Date: May 14, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: homeland security;patriotism;terrorism
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: In the days after 9/11, Baldwin, as a member of the House, voted for a measure overwhelmingly approved by Congress that gave the president authority to use force to invade Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks. In short, Vukmir provided nothing of substance to support linking Baldwin with a terrorist. Our rating Vukmir says Baldwin is "more worried about the mastermind of 9/11" than supporting Trump’s nominee for CIA director. She provided no information to back up an extreme  that Baldwin has serious concern for a terrorist that it is motivating her not to support the nominee. We rate Vukmir’s statement .
Statement: Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan.
Speaker: house republican conference
About the speaker: House Republicans are represented by the House Republican Conference.
Date: October 29, 2009
Location: national
Topics: abortion;health care
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: We've concluded before that if millions of uninsured people would now get insurance due to the health care plan, and some of the plans offer abortion coverage, we think it's fair to conclude that means more women would have access to abortion services. Our previous coverage has more detail on abortion and health care reform , and how it has been handled in the Senate. The House Republican Conference said that health reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan." We find this depends on how a person defines the somewhat vague term "federal dollars." We rate the statement .
Statement: Suggests Megan Thee Stallion was not shot in the foot.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 11, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: Facebook posts suggest Megan Thee Stallion was not a shooting victim but had stepped on glass. Megan initially told police and doctors her injury was caused by broken glass, and a document alleged to be the police report reflects that. A more detailed medical report from the day Megan was shot shows that there are bullet fragments in her foot. Police charged Lanez with assault with a semi-automatic firearm in connection with the shooting, and prosecutors have said they believe the  substantially supports the charges. We rate this  .
Statement: Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: January 7, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy;foreign policy;new hampshire 2012;trade
Context: Manchester, N.H
Fact-check justification: It did take the better part of three years for Obama and Congress to enact the languishing South Korea, Colombia and Panama trade agreements. But ultimately he did reach an accord with lawmakers that enabled the agreements’ relatively easy passage in both the House and the Senate, including strong support from Republicans as well as the votes of several dozen Democratic lawmakers. To say of "trade relationships" that Obama "has opened up none" deserves a rating of .
Statement: Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio.
Speaker: ted strickland
About the speaker: Ted Strickland was governor of Ohio from 2007 through 2010. He lost his bid for re-election in 2010 to Republican John Kasich.
Date: October 20, 2016
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;stimulus;workers
Context: the Ohio Senate debate
Fact-check justification: Strickland said Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio." As a candidate for Senate, Portman did call the 2009 automotive bailouts of GM and Chrysler a "lousy deal" in a press release from 2009. Strickland cited this remark without including the fact Portman said he still would have supported the bailout. Strickland’s  is accurate, but needs a slight clarification. We rate Strickland’s  .
Statement: Says he was "one of the 2 (state Senators) who voted against" North Carolina's body camera law.
Speaker: jeff jackson
About the speaker: Jeff Jackson represents the Charlotte area in the North Carolina state senate.
Date: May 3, 2021
Location: north carolina
Topics: voting record
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Jackson said he was "one of the 2 (state Senators) who voted against" North Carolina’s body camera law. Records show that is .
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton "filibustered legislation to reform" Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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: June 21, 2016
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;housing
Context: a campaign statement
Fact-check justification: In an attempt to assign responsibility for the financial crisis to Clinton, Trump’s campaign accused her of filibustering legislation that would have changed how two government-backed mortgage giants were regulated. Republican leadership chose not to bring the bill before the whole Senate after it passed out of committee. It is possible that they thought Democratic senators would filibuster, but based on the  available, we found no  that Clinton herself took any action in relation to the bill. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/a6493279-98a7-436c-85c6-c0d1a1955bd5
Statement: Says Donald Trump's book "The Art of the Deal" advises: "Never admit defeat. You win. If you don't win, claim they cheated.
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 19, 2020
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: We searched "The Art of the Deal" and found no mention of Trump advising people should "never admit defeat." The words "rigged" "aggrieved" and "chumps" don’t appear, though "losers" does four times. We rate this post ! This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more.
Statement: President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children.
Speaker: citizens for sanity
About the speaker: Citizens for Sanity is a conservative nonprofit whose leaders are associated with the America First Legal Foundation, which was founded by former Trump administration official Stephen Miller.
Date: November 2, 2022
Topics: children;federal budget;foreign policy;taxes
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: A Citizens for Sanity ad said that Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children." On a largely bipartisan basis, Congress has approved roughly $66 billion in assistance to Ukraine.  By comparison, proposals supported by Biden and that won support of only Democrats in Congress spent $482 billion on behalf of U.S. children in 2021. The child tax credit expansion alone paid out $92 billion to U.S. families with children, or 1.5 times the amount the U.S. has spent so far on the war in Ukraine. We rate the statement !
Statement: We don't give bonuses in the state of Missouri on any level of government.
Speaker: dan hegeman
About the speaker: Dan Hegeman, a Republican, is a Missouri state senator.
Date: March 8, 2017
Location: missouri
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a meeting with University of Missouri System Curator nominees
Fact-check justification: Sen. Hegeman called out the UM System for its inappropriate use of public and tuition funding by contrasting it with the rest of the state. "We don't give bonuses in the state of Missouri on any level of government," he said in a Senate Gubernatorial Appointments Committee meeting. While it is  that state law forbids bonuses, several government agencies have given them and legal retribution is inconsistent. Hegeman's  is accurate but needs clarification. We rate this  . CLARIFICATION, April 22, 2017: This article has been updated to clarify which state workers didn't pay a portion of their salary to the pension program. This change did not affect the ruling.
Statement: A news anchor warned that if Hurricane Ian "moves 20 miles to the west … you and everyone you know are 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 28, 2022
Location: florida
Topics: weather;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: But before Matthew skirted Florida, state officials and meteorologists feared a direct hit.   "Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate," then-Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. "This is going to kill people." In that 2016 broadcast, Smith was speaking to residents who were ignoring the state’s evacuation orders.   We rate claims that this clip is current, and related to Hurricane Ian, .
Statement: Pfizer paid "$2.8 million bribe payment" to the FDA for COVID-19 vaccine approval.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: April 2, 2022
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Social media users are saying a document recently released by the FDA shows that Pfizer paid the agency a $2.8 million "bribe" for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine. But those posts mislead by sharing a truncated version of the letter that describes a user fee. Those fees are paid to the FDA under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act. All drug companies must pay the fees to have their products reviewed for approval.  We rate this  .
Statement: Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: June 30, 2018
Location: national
Topics: supreme court
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Bloggers wrote that Justice Kennedy retired last week because "he and his son helped launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank." This story has all the buzz words to make a good conspiracy theory: Russia, real estate, billions of dollars, coincidence, corruption. But there is no  that Trump and Justin Kennedy ever had a relationship beyond Trump’s real estate loans. There is also no  that Kennedy was involved in Russian money laundering, as he left the bank before either of the major scandals happened, or that the Trump White House was blackmailing his father because of it. We rate this  .
Statement: Georgia's high school graduation rate topped 80 percent in 2010.
Speaker: sonny perdue
About the speaker: Sonny Perdue is the former governor of Georgia. He serves as Secretary of Agriculture for the Trump administration.
Date: October 26, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: speeches at schools across the state
Fact-check justification: They also use old data, so it's possible that fresh calculations will show a spike in rates. But at this point, it's doubtful they'll register a 17-point change as Georgia's leaver rate did. This means that while the high 2009-2010 graduation rate may be an encouraging sign, it's not quite a cause for celebration. Perdue's statement is accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. By PolitiFact's standards, it rates a .
Statement: Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there's nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.
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 1, 2021
Topics: climate change;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral image claims: "Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles." The quote is from an English botanist from 2008. It does not reflect the current scientific consensus, which is that human activity does contribute to global warming. We rate the post .
Statement: Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.
Speaker: liz cheney
About the speaker: Liz Cheney was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016 in Wyoming and lost a primary re-election in 2022. Cheney is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. She briefly ran for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming before abandoning her candidacy.
Date: April 11, 2021
Topics: federal budget;infrastructure;transportation
Context: an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Fact-check justification: Cheney said, "Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure." The figure she cited applies to spending on roads, bridges and highways, but excludes items in Biden’s proposal that experts say are widely considered to be infrastructure, including public transit, rail, airports, ports, waterways, the electrical grid, drinking water systems and broadband. Moreover, her narrow definition of infrastructure contradicts her own repeated use of the word "infrastructure" in relation to bills that cover a wide range of matters beyond roads, bridges and highways. We rate the statement .
Statement: During the Eisenhower Administration, "not a single soldier … died in combat.
Speaker: doris kearns goodwin
About the speaker: Doris Kearns Goodwin is a historian and author. Her books include Lyndon Johnson and The American Dream, The Fitzgeralds and The Kennedys, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir, and Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.
Date: May 8, 2011
Location: national
Topics: history;foreign policy;military
Context: an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: He was also a powerful proponent of covert operations and diplomacy during one of the most difficult periods of the Cold War and the president who argued most forcefully of the dangers posed by the military-industrial complex. He should be celebrated for those achievements, but not by overstating the facts." We agree that Goodwin’s broader point is reasonable, and we appreciate her quick acknowledgement of error. Still, she made a pretty clear-cut : Hundreds of combat deaths is a number vastly greater than saying that "not a single soldier had died in combat" under Eisenhower. So we rate her statement .
Statement: Let's be clear: 'drag shows' are strip shows.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: January 5, 2023
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education;families;lgbtq
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification: "Drag does not typically involve nudity or stripping, which are more common in burlesque, a separate form of entertainment."    When asked whether he had ever attended either a strip show or a drag show, Walker did not respond.   Our ruling  Walker claimed that "strip shows" and "drag shows" were the same type of performance.   Although both types of performance do include music and dancing, drag shows typically don’t include the central feature of strip shows: nudity or the removal of clothing.   We rate this  .