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Statement: Ken Cuccinelli would "take money away from public schools to fund private schools.
Speaker: terry mcauliffe
About the speaker: Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, was elected governor of Virginia on Nov. 5, 2013. He received 47.8 percent of the vote in defeating Republican Ken Cuccinelli, who came in at 45.2 percent. Robert Sarvis, a Libertarian, finished a distant third with 6.5 percent.
McAuliffe's inaguration as Virginia's 72nd governor is scheduled on Jan. 11, 2014.
McAuliffe, a wealthy businessman and noted political fundraiser, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008. In 2009, McAuliffe unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Virginia governor.
McAuliffe was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Feb. 9, 1957. He has a bachelor's degree from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. McAuliffe has lived in Fairfax County for more than 20 years, is married and has five children.
 
Date: October 16, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: education;state budget;taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: McAuliffe says Cuccinelli would "take away money from public schools to pay for private schools." Cuccinelli’s K-12 plan opens that possibility by proposing tax credits for the parents of children in failing public schools to defray their cost of switching to private education. The program, if passed by the General Assembly, would have enormous symbolic meaning because it would crack Virginia’s tradition of not directly aiding private schools. McAuliffe’s statement, however, lacks perspective. It doesn’t note that Cuccinelli’s program would be very small. This year, only six of Virginia’s 1,828 public schools are failing. They are attended by 3,335 of the state’s 1.27 million students. In the unlikely scenario that every failing-school parent switched their children to private schools, Cuccinelli’s tax credit would have cost about $16.9 million this year -- one-third of 1 percent of the state’s public education budget. Cuccinelli says he would not cut the K-12 budget to pay for his plan. But in the long run under other governors, the revenues available to fund public education would be reduced -- very marginally -- to support the private school tax break. So there’s a sliver of accuracy to McAuliffe’s statement, but it creates a  impression of Cuccinelli’s education platform. We rate the  .
Statement: Planned Parenthood is "the only health care that a significant number of women get. About 30 percent of women, that's their health care.
Speaker: harry reid
About the speaker: Harry Reid is a former U.S. senator from Nevada. He served as the Democratic minority leader in the U.S. Senate immediately prior to leaving office.
Date: July 29, 2015
Location: national
Topics: abortion;health care;women
Context: a Senate floor speech
Fact-check justification: Reid said Planned Parenthood is "the only health care that a significant number of women get. About 30 percent of women, that's their health care." That’s not the case -- Planned Parenthood saw 2.7 million patients in 2013, not the 39 million it would have needed to see for Reid’s  to be accurate. Even if every Planned Parenthood patient had no other health care options, the group would have seen about 2 percent of women, not 30 percent. His office acknowledged that Reid, making off-the-cuff remarks, got the talking point . In this case, he really got it . We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Russ Feingold said that with Obamacare, "we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the Lie of the Year.
Speaker: u.s. chamber of commerce
About the speaker: From the chamber's Web site: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations. More than 96% of U.S. Chamber members are small businesses with 100 employees or fewer."
Date: October 28, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;health care;government regulation
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Our rating The U.S. chamber says Feingold said that with Obamacare "we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the Lie of the Year." Feingold did make that statement about keeping doctors and insurance plans during his 2010 Senate campaign. And that was PolitiFact National’s 2013 Lie of the Year. We rate the statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/1d26d6c2-f62b-48ee-827c-0c3e0efb4e6b
Statement: Every single one" of former President Barack Obama's Medal of Freedom recipients in this video "was on Epstein's flight logs.
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
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Insider also created a searchable database of the flight logs, though a subscription is required.   Gates is the only name that appears in the logs. As other news organizations have reported , the logs show that Gates flew on Epstein’s plane once in May 2013. (Gates told The New York Times through a spokesperson that he hadn’t been aware that it was Epstein’s plane; Gates also told the PBS NewsHour he regretted having had personal dinners and meetings with Epstein, purportedly to raise money for global health initiatives.)   We rate claims that every single person in this video receiving Medals of Freedom from Obama also appears in Epstein’s flight logs .
Statement: Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas.
Speaker: eddie bernice johnson
About the speaker: Eddie Bernice Johnson is a U.S. House member who has represented Texas’ 30th district since 1993.
Date: August 8, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: elections;crime
Context: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fact-check justification: Johnson said, "Studies have shown that voter fraud is non-existent in Texas." She did not provide, nor did we find, studies showing such fraud to be non-existent. To the contrary, Abbott’s records show 18 convictions, no-contest pleas or guilty pleas on voter fraud charges from 2002 through 2012. That’s not a lot of fraud, by any means, but it still evidently occurred. Johnson might have meant to say "virtually non-existent," but the -O-Meter holds individuals accountable for what they actually say. We rate this statement as .   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  – The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: The Trump budget "cuts $845 billion, almost a trillion dollar cut in Medicare.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: March 12, 2019
Location: national
Topics: medicare
Context: a speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters
Fact-check justification: Biden said Trump’s budget cuts $845 billion, "almost a trillion dollar cut," in Medicare. There are several problems with this. A more accurate figure lies between $515 billion and $595 billion. Just about all of the reductions target providers and there’s broad agreement that hospitals and other providers could be more efficient. These are reductions against a baseline, but spending rises steadily year to year. Biden pushed the numbers even further by calling it an "almost a trillion dollar cut." We rate this  .
Statement: Poll shows that men are more likely to do chores than women in U.S. households.
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: May 18, 2021
Topics: women;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: And so forth.   We reached out to MSNBC about the graphic but didn’t immediately hear back.   What we do know: The data itself, as presented in the Facebook post, is .   Gallup’s poll found that women bear a larger load of household duties in the United States. We rate this post .
Statement: Says it will cost $220 per square foot in hard construction costs to rebuild Portland Public high schools.
Speaker: our portland, our schools
About the speaker: "Our Portland, Our Schools" is a group supporting a Portland Public Schools' bond measure on the November 2012 ballot.
Date: September 20, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: education;message machine 2012
Context: campaign material
Fact-check justification: In this case, total square footage price is estimated to be between $310 to $353 for the three high schools. Those numbers are a significant upgrade from the stated $220, and, guess what -- they are in the ballpark of the original square footage costs in the district’s first attempt at a bond. We decline for the time being to weigh in on the "reasonableness" of the hard costs or final costs. What we can say is that the difference amounts to a pretty important detail missing from the statement. We rule the statement .
Statement: Says each of the past three years "has been the hottest on record.
Speaker: derrick crowe
About the speaker: Derrick Crowe of Austin, a former small businessman, in 2017 announced his bid for the Democratic nomination to represent the 21st Congressional District running south from Travis County into Bexar County.
Date: June 3, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: climate change
Context: an Austin American-Statesman news story
Fact-check justification: Crowe said each of the past three years was the "hottest on record." There’s scientific consensus that this was so, according to averaged global surface temperature readings, though it’s worth pointing out that those temperatures add up to a single indicator of climate conditions. We rate the  .  – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 10, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: immigration;economy;jobs
Context: a Facebook comment
Fact-check justification: A Facebook comment published in the American-Statesman said: "Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol." If so, such immigrants have fooled the federal E-Verify system and the agency that oversees the Capitol grounds. We rate the  .  – The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Michigan election bills are "designed to make it easier for people to vote.
Speaker: michael macdonald
About the speaker: Sen. Michael MacDonald represents the 10th district in the Michigan Senate which includes Sterling Heights, Macomb Township and most of Clinton Township.
Date: March 24, 2021
Location: michigan
Topics: elections;voter id laws
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: MacDonald claimed that Senate Republicans’ election bills are "designed to make it easier for people to vote." While the package contains some measures that expand voting access, it includes more substantial changes that would make it harder to vote in Michigan for many people. We rate this  .
Statement: Undocumented immigrants get Medicare for free.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 31, 2019
Topics: immigration;medicare;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post claims that legal residents must pay for Medicare while undocumented immigrants get the federal health insurance for free. As far as payment for Medicare goes, some people do have to pay a premium for Part A, according to CMS, but most don’t. And everyone must pay for Part B if they want it. But the meat of this statement is about immigrants and the suggestion that they’re milking Medicare benefits that law-abiding citizens don't get. While there have been reported cases of some undocumented immigrants having improperly received benefits, undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for Medicare. We rate this Facebook post as .
Statement: The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.
Speaker: julian bradley
About the speaker: Julian Bradley (born February 11, 1981) is a politician and businessman. A Republican, he represents the 28th District of the Wisconsin State Senate. The 28th district comprises southwestern suburbs of Milwaukee and the city of Milwaukee, including Franklin, Greenfield, Greendale and Hales Corners, as well as the towns and villages of southeastern Waukesha County, part of the town of East Troy, and the village and town of Waterford. He is the first black Republican to serve in the Wisconsin Senate and only the second black Republican to serve in the Wisconsin Legislature. 
Date: March 15, 2021
Location: national
Topics: legal issues;states;taxes;wisconsin
Context: news article
Fact-check justification: In an interview, Bradley said the latest stimulus checks are going to "imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters." Prisoners can, in fact, receive payments under the latest COVID-19 package — something that’s been  since the federal government started providing pandemic relief.  Implying that this is the work of Democrats, as Bradley did, leaves out the fact the same was  of packages passed under Trump. We rate his  .
Statement: Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport.
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: January 5, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: immigration;candidate biography;legal issues
Context: an interview with The Washington Post
Fact-check justification: Trump said Cruz "has had a double passport." Trump didn’t provide and we didn’t find  that Cruz, who relinquished his dual citizenship in 2014, ever carried passports for the U.S. and Canada--nor, Cruz’s camp advises, did he ever apply for a Canada passport. We rate the  .  – The statement is not accurate. Click here for  more  on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."
Statement: If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: December 5, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;families;federal budget;income;taxes
Context: a report
Fact-check justification: But saying that the number of middle-class Rhode Island families to be affected is 400,000 is a substantial exaggeration. We rate Mr. Obama's   . (With staff reports from Paul Edward Parker and Philip Marcelo. 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: Cancer institute finally admits marijuana kills cancer.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: July 10, 2018
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: The cannabis page was updated in August 2015, like the story says, and in August 2018. But nowhere on the site does it say "marijuana kills cancer." Here’s some information it does include: However, "no ongoing clinical trials of cannabis as a treatment for cancer in humans were identified" in a search of studies, according a National Cancer Institute web page . So while cannabis has been shown to kill cancer cells in labs, and it may benefit the side effects of cancer treatments, like chemotherapies, it’s not an FDA-approved cancer treatment, there isn’t enough  for doctors to recommend it as a treatment for cancer-related symptoms and the National Cancer Institute has not admitted that marijuana kills cancer. We rate this statement .
Statement: Under a proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan, people on Medicare will only have $15,000 from the federal government to spend on their health care.
Speaker: bill maher
About the speaker: Bill Maher is a comedian and host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. He also works as a comedian and actor.
Date: April 15, 2011
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;health care;medicare;pundits
Context: an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
Fact-check justification: We don’t take a position on whether the Ryan prescription for Medicare is good or bad policy. There’s a debate to be had, for instance, over whether $15,000 will be enough to purchase a good insurance plan for Medicare beneficiaries, who are older and sicker, on average, than Americans as a whole. And according to CBO, the typical 65-year-old would be responsible for a bigger share of costs -- including premiums, deductibles and co-payments -- under Ryan’s plan than under traditional Medicare, due to such factors as higher administrative costs (including profits) for private plans and a slower increase in the government’s contribution over time than the rate at which medical costs increase. Still, we think that Maher’s basic description of what Ryan’s proposal would do -- which was essentially unchallenged by his fellow panelists -- misleads viewers who are unfamiliar with Ryan’s proposal. So we rate his comments .
Statement: Says "President Obama's proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon.
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 11, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: energy;gas prices;transportation;taxes
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: But that’s a direct tax on gas, not on the oil companies. Our rating Ryan said: "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon." Estimates are in the 24 cents range for the $10-per-barrel tax that Obama proposed on oil companies. But it’s not a sure thing, if the tax became law, that all of the tax would be passed onto consumers. We rate the statement .
Statement: Irish superstar Saoirse Ronan dies after on-set accident in St. Lucia.
Speaker: st. lucia times
About the speaker: fake news on celebrities and politics
Date: March 16, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Fact-check justification: Consequently, we couldn’t find anyone named Bradley Cyril who works as a known coroner. Also mentioned in the story are supposed injuries suffered by actress Charlize Theron , the "irreplaceable star" for Mary Queen of Scots .  Not only is Theron injury-free, she is not in the film. The film is also under the production companies Working Title Films and Focus Features, not Good Universe . We rate this post .
Statement: There's 400 more people working in health care today in New Hampshire than when we passed the budget.
Speaker: william o'brien
About the speaker: William O'Brien is a Republican from Mont Vernon who serves as speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Date: May 7, 2012
Location: new hampshire
Topics: health care;state budget
Context: an interview with the Telegraph editorial board
Fact-check justification: The health care industry was a bright spot during the recession, but job estimates show that it didn’t rebound from the state budget cuts the way O’Brien reported. The most recent state estimates show that jobs in the health care industry, combined with social assistance, have remained flat or even decreased – not gained – since April 2011, when the House initially passed the budget. And since the state budget took effect in June 2011, the industry has lost about 700 jobs. There is one measure that shows some growth, but it was only a snapshot and doesn’t cover the time period O’Brien was talking about. Based on the most authoritative numbers that include the most recent data, we rate this  .