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Statement: For the first time, the Honor Guard soldiers that march at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery have been issued live ammunition.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 24, 2020
Topics: military;facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: They carry weapons but no live ammunition, said Army Staff Sgt. Maryam Treece, who handles public affairs for The Old Guard. She told PolitiFact she did not know why the statement would have been made. Barbara Lewandrowski, a spokeswoman for Arlington National Cemetery, told PolitiFact in an email that uniformed security personnel provide "around-the-clock protection of all of the cemetery’s 639 acres" but wouldn’t comment on how they were armed, citing "operational security." We rate the statement .
Statement: Nobody's addicted to" marijuana.
Speaker: john morgan
About the speaker: John Morgan is an attorney for the law firm of Morgan & Morgan. He spearheaded the campaign in Florida to change the Constitution to allow the use of medical marijuana which passed in 2016.
Date: September 22, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: drugs;marijuana
Context: Bay News 9 show, “Political Connections”
Fact-check justification: Orlando attorney John Morgan said that "nobody’s addicted to" marijuana. Morgan quickly admitted that he was , and experts agreed. We rate the  .
Statement: Wisconsin is "dead-last in creating new businesses" for "three years in a row.
Speaker: andy gronik
About the speaker: Democrat Andy Gronik, a businessman who lives in the Milwaukee suburb of Fox Point, announced in July 2017 that he would run for governor of Wisconsin in 2018 in his first run for public office. He dropped out of the race on June 21, 2018.
Date: July 11, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;jobs;small business
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: But that index, while it takes into account what portion of a state’s businesses were created in a given year, also considers two other variables. So, it supports Gronik’s statement only to a point. Conversely, Wisconsin ranked between 29th and 34th for 2014 through 2016, according to the latest figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those rankings are based strictly on the percentage of a state’s business establishments that were created in each year. Gronik’s statement is partially accurate -- .
Statement: Says Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, "The age of consent for sexual acts must be lowered to age 12 years old.
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 24, 2020
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Bottom line: The words weren’t Ginsburg’s, and they weren’t used to express support for the proposal — the purpose was to demonstrate gender-neutral language. Still, this section of the report has inspired many  claims and fact-checks over the years. In 2005, Slate published a story about the  after Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Ginsburg "wants the age of consent to be 12." "Ginsburg and her co-author argue that the law should be rewritten to outlaw sexual abuse of any minor, male or female, by any person who is significantly older, male or female," Slate said. We rate this post .
Statement: Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families.
Speaker: national republican congressional committee
About the speaker: National Republican Congressional Committee
Date: May 2, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;jobs;poverty;wealth
Context: an email statement
Fact-check justification: Was there even rioting at the rally Sutton attended? News coverage indicates violent behavior was the exception and that protests at the event were generally peaceful. Meanwhile, the material provided by the NRCC fails to support the notion that Sutton would support rioting. The NRCC  is beyond .   On the -O-Meter, the  rates .
Statement: Ninety percent of the topsoil has inadequate moisture to grow crops.
Speaker: john kasich
About the speaker: John Kasich is the governor of Ohio. A Republican and a former congressman, he defeated Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 and was reelected in 2014. He ran for president in 2016.
Date: July 25, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: agriculture;states;water;weather
Context: an announcement at the Ohio State Fair
Fact-check justification: Absolutely." In the email, Watters did allow that the reporting process for soil conditions is subjective "so we cannot say they are entirely accurate and people’s emotions get involved when we are under this much stress in the crops across Ohio." So where does that leave our agrarian-minded governor as we harvest our crop of facts? While an argument could be made that the weekly crop weather report shows only that 90 percent of the Ohio topsoil is inadequate to grow "normal" crops, we think it’s clear that’s what Kasich meant in his remarks, even though he didn't use the word normal. We rate his statement .
Statement: Military brass band plays 'Hit the Road Jack' as Trump leaves office.
Speaker: youtube videos
About the speaker: Videos uploaded to YouTube.
Date: January 19, 2021
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a YouTube post
Fact-check justification: This YouTube 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 .) A military spokesperson told the Associated Press that the band was practicing the "National Emblem. "  You can listen to a 1914 recording of the march here .   We rate this YouTube post .
Statement: A new medical diagnosis code has been designated for people who decline vaccines, and it will be used to help determine who will go into "education camps.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 14, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims that a new medical diagnosis code has been designated for people who decline vaccines, and it will be used to help determine who will go into "education camps." The diagnosis code is not new and has been in use since 2015. There is no  to support the  that the government plans to send unvaccinated people to education camps. The  misconstrues remarks by CDC Director Walensky, who said that vaccine-hesitant essential workers would be provided with education and counseling. We rate this  .
Statement: Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis.
Speaker: rebecca bradley
About the speaker: Rebecca Bradley was appointed as a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in October 2015 by Republican Gov. Scott Walker. She is running for a 10-year term on the court in the April 2016 election. She formerly was a judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court and on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. 
Date: March 21, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;children;ethics;families;legal issues
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating Bradley says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis." But we found no  of that. Four of five longtime family law lawyers told us such representation is not done regularly -- they had never seen a lawyer represent a former boyfriend in a contested family law case. The other expert said he could recall cases similar to Bradley’s, but couldn’t say whether they occurred on a regular basis. We rate Bradley’s statement .
Statement: Says President Barack Obama broke his promise to keep a Wisconsin GM plant from closing.
Speaker: paul ryan
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R.-Wis., became Speaker of the House in 2015 and served until his retirement in January 2019. Ryan was elected to represent southern Wisconsin in Congress in 1998 and for part of his tenure chaired the House Budget Committee. He was Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. He did not seek re-election in 2018.
Date: August 29, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs
Context: Tampa
Fact-check justification: That's not quite the same thing as pledging keep the Janesville plant open. We find nothing in the article that he explicitly promised to keep it open. Our rating Ryan said Obama broke his promise to keep a Wisconsin GM plant from closing. But we don't see  he explicitly made such a promise -- and more importantly, the Janesville plant shut down before he took office. We rate Ryan's statement .
Statement: You don't even have to go outside Obama's campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel.
Speaker: tennessee republican party
About the speaker: The Tennessee Republican Party represents Republicans in Tennessee.
Date: February 25, 2008
Location: national
Topics: israel
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: "Either he (Obama) didn't ask Malley for his advice, or he did ask for his advice and didn't accept it," Rosner said. While some would argue that it is problematic for Obama to even talk to people are who are not seen as pro-Israel, Rosner said, "I think it's all a bit hysterical." The allegations that Obama has surrounded himself with advisers who are anti-Israel are largely based on two men who, according to Obama's campaign, are simply not key advisers to Obama. Those who do comprise the heart of Obama's Middle East advisory team are described by most as centrists and pro-Israel. We rate the  from the Tennessee Republican Party news release .
Statement: Washington's State Board of Health will discuss mandatory COVID-19 quarantines and vaccine requirements for schoolchildren at a Jan. 12 meeting.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 9, 2022
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification:   A Facebook post shared a flyer warning that Washington’s State Board of Health in a Jan. 12 meeting was going to discuss changes that would allow for the forced quarantines of unvaccinated families and require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend school. The board is discussing rules changes to the state’s administrative Code to bring it in line with a state law ( ESHB 1551 ) that went into effect in June 2020. The changes are related to language about HIV and not at all related to quarantine or isolation policies, nor do they discuss using law enforcement to enforce quarantines. The board is not taking any action about vaccine requirements for students, but is expected to hear a status update from an advisory group tasked with making a recommendation. Any recommendation or vote would take place at a future hearing. We rate this  .
Statement: The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break.
Speaker: paul ryan
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R.-Wis., became Speaker of the House in 2015 and served until his retirement in January 2019. Ryan was elected to represent southern Wisconsin in Congress in 1998 and for part of his tenure chaired the House Budget Committee. He was Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. He did not seek re-election in 2018.
Date: September 27, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: income;wealth;taxes
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: It’s worth noting, as PolitiFact New York found , that the framework would increase the number of people who don’t have to pay federal income tax, although that’s not something that helps the middle class. Our rating Ryan says the Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break." Missing details in the framework for the tax reform make it difficult to tease out exactly how various taxpayers would fare, so it’s possible there will be more for middle-class taxpayers. But based on the framework, while there are some benefits for the middle class, what’s more clear is there are specific provisions benefiting the wealthy. For a statement that contains only an element of , our rating is .
Statement: Leaked audio recording of Biden and Zelenskyy talking in private.
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: February 21, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks;ukraine
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: That account, also private, referred users to follow @FuriousPatriot , "to be accepted faster," and that account, also private and advertising the shovel, referred users to follow yet another private account "to be accepted faster. "  In November, a similarly styled post urged people to follow an Instagram account with a purported leaked audiotape of the 911 call placed by the husband of U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after an intruder broke into their San Francisco home in October.   We requested to follow the account where the supposed leaked audio of Biden and Zelenskyy was posted but as of publication time, that request hadn’t been granted.   However, we searched for news reports and other sources to corroborate this latest post’s , and found none.   We rate it .
Statement: Young Americans across this country are no longer proud to be American.
Speaker: vivek ramaswamy
About the speaker: Vivek Ramaswamy is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. He previously worked in the finance and biotech sectors.
Date: June 18, 2023
Topics: patriotism
Context: an interview with "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: Ramaswamy said, "Young Americans across this country are no longer proud to be American." One recent poll shows that 23% of adults younger than 30 said they find patriotism to be very important. Another poll shows that 25% of those ages 18 to 34 were "extremely proud" to be an American. Data is not available for this demographic’s changes in poll responses over time, but Gallup’s Jones said the generational gap in patriotism has been increasing. Still, young Americans surveyed express some degree of national pride, with 75% responding in one poll that they are "moderately proud" to be American. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out the important details that a majority of young Americans expressed moderate pride during polling, and patriotism has declined across all age groups. We rate Ramaswamy’s  .
Statement: Says actor Mike Mitchell died because of a COVID-19 booster shot.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: August 8, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Turkey authorized the use of a third COVID-19 shot in June — and included Pfizer’s vaccine as an option — as the first people to get vaccinated got their shots roughly six months earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported . The CDC has not yet advised people in the U.S. on whether to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, but that may change soon . An Instagram post suggests that Mitchell’s fatal heart attack was tied to his third COVID-19 shot. But there is no  linking his heart attack to the vaccine, and the post failed to mention that he had a history of heart conditions and surgeries. We rate this  .
Statement: Kelly Ayotte "voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants.
Speaker: maggie hassan
About the speaker: New Hampshire Democrat Maggie Hassan was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. She formerly served as governor and as a state lawmaker in New Hampshire. 
Date: November 2, 2016
Location: new hampshire
Topics: education;voting record
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Maggie Hassan says Kelly Ayotte "voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants. The day before, she voted against an amendment to that budget that would have restored that $90 billion." What Ayotte voted on was a budget resolution, a broad outline for spending, which is non-specific and non-binding. It’s not the same as a vote for an actual budget, which dictates federal spending. Moreover, the resolution didn’t call for a cut to Pell Grants. It made the spending discretionary, rather than mandatory. The change would have made the grants more vulnerable, but it’s not the same as a cut . We rate the  .
Statement: Last year, "for the first time in 51 years, the cost of prescription drugs actually went down.
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: February 4, 2020
Topics: drugs;health care;health check
Context: his State of the Union
Fact-check justification: Trump said that in 2018, "for the first time in 51 years, the cost of prescription drugs went down." Nothing has changed since our previous rulings on this statement. And the continued drug pricing trend suggests that prices may be stabilizing, but they are not coming down. And consumers are not experiencing that relief. We rate this  .
Statement: The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: June 15, 2016
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;military;terrorism
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Trump said "the Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State." U.S. efforts to court "moderate" opponents of Assad may have benefited other Islamic extremist groups such as al Nusra, but any such benefits were an unintended consequence of U.S. policy, not a goal of that policy itself. That’s different from the argument made by Trump -- that the U.S. was actively supporting ISIS or its predecessors. In fact, experts say that assertion is flat . The implication that the Obama administration was actively helping the United States' enemies is . It has always been U.S. policy to oppose AQI and ISIS, and the United States has aggressively fought the group for years. We rate Trump’s assertion .
Statement: Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs.
Speaker: sarah palin
About the speaker: Sarah Palin was the Republican nominee for vice president in 2008. She is also the former governor of Alaska and the author of  Going Rogue: An American Life. Sarah Palin's previous experience includes leading the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and serving as the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
Date: July 14, 2009
Location: national
Topics: environment;cap and trade;climate change;economy;energy
Context: the Washington Post
Fact-check justification: The expectation is that there will be a net job creation."    So, back to Palin's . She's correct that there is a program in the bill that would help displaced workers, but she paints a narrow view of how the bill will affect employment. Yes, some workers will be displaced and need to be retrained, but some experts are projecting growth and new jobs in industries that benefit from the new policy. We rate her  .
Statement: I'm probably one of the four or five best-known Americans in the world.
Speaker: rudy giuliani
About the speaker: Rudy Giuliani is the former mayor of New York City. He was born in Brooklyn in 1944 and previously served as a federal prosecutor, as well as an associate attorney general under President Reagan. He graduated from Manhattan College and earned a law degree from New York University Law School. He has been married since 2003 to Judith Nathan and was married twice before. He has two children, Andrew and Caroline. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 30, 2008.
Date: September 19, 2007
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: London
Fact-check justification: We here at PolitiFact finally turned to an unscientific — but world-famous — measure of celebrity: Google hits. Here's what we found: "George W. Bush": 36.4-million hits "Oprah": 21.9-million hits "Tom Cruise": 10.1-million hits "Angelina Jolie": 9.9-million hits "Brad Pitt": 7.2-million hits "Hillary Clinton": 5.8-million hits "Bill Clinton": 5.8-million hits "Dick Cheney": 2.5-million hits "Arnold Schwarzenegger": 2.3-million hits "Rudy Giuliani": 2.1-million hits. That puts Giuliani at No. 10. And we didn't even include Madonna, because we couldn't figure out how to weed out the religious and artwork references. For all of the above reasons, we rate this  "."
Statement: Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.
Speaker: tucker carlson
About the speaker: Tucker Carlson was a Fox News pundit until his departure in April 2023.
Date: August 11, 2020
Topics: pundits;punditfact
Context: a TV segment
Fact-check justification: Carlson said Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women." Harris said she believed four women who, in 2019, alleged that Biden had inappropriately touched them in public or semi-public settings and made them uncomfortable. The women had not accused Biden of sexual assault. We rate this statement .
Statement: Says Scott Walker "said he wouldn't touch" the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.
Speaker: jon erpenbach
About the speaker: Jon Erpenbach is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin state Senate. He was elected to a Madison-area district in 1998.
Date: September 25, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor;legal issues;state budget;unions;workers
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification:  . State Rep. Dale Kooyenga says the University of Wisconsin System  "is larger than any business in the state of Wisconsin."  . Walker says Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country."  .