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Statement: Republicans have " won a thousand seats since Obamacare.
Speaker: sean duffy
About the speaker: Sean Duffy is a Republican member of the U.S. House, representing Wisconsin's 7th District in the northwestern part of the state. The former Ashland County district attorney was elected In November 2010, taking the seat previously held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Obey of Wausau.
Date: July 17, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating Duffy said "We’ve won a thousand seats since Obamacare." There are many reasons for the decline of Democrats beyond dissatisfaction with Obamacare, including frustration over Washington gridlock, voters’ fears over budget deficits, national security, immigration, tax reform, the global economy, wages and jobs. Therefore, Obamacare is not the sole reason for the GOP seat gains, but one of many. But the "thousand seats" figure Duffy cites is accurate. We rate Duffy’s  .
Statement: Says a photo shows armed soldiers protecting Joe Biden's inauguration.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 15, 2021
Topics: military;public safety;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Election officials and courts have rejected Trump’s  and baseless claims about widespread election fraud and irregularities. A Facebook post suggests that a photo shows armed soldiers protecting Biden’s inauguration. Thousands of troops are expected in D.C. to protect Biden’s inauguration; an increase in security is due to threats of potential violence, especially after a mob rioted the Capitol earlier this month. But the photo shared on Facebook shows National Guard troops at the Lincoln Memorial in June, during protests for racial justice. We rate the post .
Statement: At a 2015 dedication of an FBI building in Florida, Rep. Frederica Wilson "stood up there ... and talked about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building, and how she took care of her constituents because she got the money, and she just called up President Obama, and on that phone call he gave the money -- the $20 million -- to build the building. And she sat down.
Speaker: john kelly
About the speaker: John Kelly is President Donald Trump's chief of staff. He previously served in the Trump administration as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. 
Date: October 19, 2017
Location: national
Topics: history
Context: a White House briefing
Fact-check justification: Kelly said that Wilson "stood up there ... and talked about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building, and how she took care of her constituents because she got the money, and she just called up President Obama, and on that phone call he gave the money -- the $20 million -- to build the building. And she sat down." However, in her speech, Wilson didn’t mention funding for the building, much less  credit for it or tell the audience how she leveraged influence with Obama to secure it. Wilson did describe how she helped secure legislation to name the building for two slain agents, but Kelly’s description leaves out that the FBI pressed her to make that effort and that she shared credit with several other lawmakers, including the Republican House speaker and Florida’s Republican senator. Wilson also spoke at some length about the bravery of the slain agents and the FBI in general. We rate Kelly’s statement .
Statement: With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine.
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: October 19, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a Senate floor speech
Fact-check justification: We realize that Reid was taking some linguistic liberties, and we agree that he has a point that the biggest culprit in the anemic job market is the situation with government jobs, not private-sector jobs. Still, at PolitiFact, we often say that words matter, and the notion that "private-sector jobs have been doing fine" is not at all "very clear," to use Reid’s characterization. Current levels of job growth are, at best, treading water, and perhaps not even that. For the economy to gain steam, it has to create, by some estimates, two to three times as many jobs per month as are currently being created. We rate Reid’s statement .
Statement: A video shows that "OnlyFans has guys on campus encouraging your daughters to do porn for 'financial freedom.'
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: February 10, 2022
Topics: sexuality;facebook fact-checks
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: "The individual’s use of the space was in violation of our campus policies, and he was quickly asked to leave campus. This person is not a representative of FIU and their actions do not reflect the values of our community." In its statement, OnlyFans said: "OnlyFans is not affiliated with this individual and he is not employed by nor does he represent the company in any way. These actions are not sanctioned by OnlyFans and fall outside our acceptable use policy, which prohibits impersonating OnlyFans or one of its employees." We rate the tweet .
Statement: Thanks to (Rick) Perry's bad budgeting, the (Texas) highway department has to convert some modern paved state roads back to gravel.
Speaker: texans for america's future pac
About the speaker: Texans for America's Future, founded to prevent the election of Rick Perry as president, says its latest focus is on electing Democrats in Houston and Harris County.
Date: September 18, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: state budget;transportation
Context: a radio ad
Fact-check justification: The PAC said that thanks to "Perry's bad budgeting, the (Texas) highway department has to convert some modern paved state roads back to gravel." TxDOT indeed cited financial pressures as a reason for not repaving 83 miles of rural roads that it wants to convert to gravel. But we saw no sign of Perry playing more than his role of signing budgets into law. Those actions don’t strike us as sufficient to blame Perry for the gravel plans, which also reflect the agency’s judgment that it doesn’t make sense to repave certain roads only to have them repeatedly buckle under big trucks part and parcel of the fracking boom. Significantly, too, Perry sought billions of dollars in additional road funding from the 2013 Legislature; some funding came through and voters could approve more. While this  has a pebble of , we stripe it as . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  – The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation
Speaker: john kitzhaber
About the speaker: John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, was governor of Oregon for two terms, starting in 1995. He was inaugurated in 2011 for an unprecedented third term.
He was elected to the Oregon Legislature in 1978, rising to the position of Senate President. He spearheaded the Oregon Health Plan as a legislator and as governor. Kitzhaber graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon Medical School (now Oregon Health & Science University). He worked as an emergency room physician in Roseburg from 1974 to 1988.
Date: July 18, 2014
Location: oregon
Topics: economy;trade
Context: a campaign debate
Fact-check justification: A spokesman said Kitzhaber has previously said that Oregon "is one of" the most trade-dependent states in the U.S. If he had said that, we would have reached a different ruling. As it is, we find Kitzhaber’s  . Thoughts on this ruling? Click on over to OregonLive.com/politics and leave a comment
Statement: Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.
Speaker: newt gingrich
About the speaker: Newt Gingrich is a political adviser and author. A former Georgia congressman, Gingrich served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. Gingrich sought the GOP nomination for president in 2012.
Date: July 31, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a newspaper interview
Fact-check justification: The Gingrich camp said the Gawker article was an insult to those followers. But as we and others found, there is strong  that not all of these followers are real. There are Twitter followers and there are bona fide Twitter followers. Gingrich has 1.3 million of the former, not so many of the latter. We rate the campaign’s  as .
Statement: Between Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas over 8,000 same-sex couples are raising children.
Speaker: get equal texas
About the speaker: Get EQUAL Texas is part of a national group that says its mission is to mission "empower the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community and our allies to take bold action to demand full legal and social equality, and to hold accountable those who stand in the way."
Date: February 9, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: children;civil rights;families;lgbtq;marriage
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: He said he did not and that it would be difficult to do so. One factor that complicates the calculation: "There likely is a meaningful difference as I believe that city residents (generally and among same-sex couples) are less likely to be raising children than suburban couples." All told, it appears that 7,761 same-sex couples--not more than 8,000--are raising children in metropolitan statistical areas that include Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas. That total is even lower if referencing the cities alone, as the statement does, though by how much is hard to say. We rate the statement .
Statement: The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Wisconsin's photo ID election law
Speaker: debbie wasserman schultz
About the speaker: Debbie Wasserman Schultz became the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in 2011 and resigned in July 2016. The Florida Democrat was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 after serving in the state senate. She represents Congressional District 23 in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Date: October 10, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Indeed, the federal appeals court overturned the lower-court decision and sent it back to a Wisconsin court, where an earlier action halting it remains under appeal. Our rating Wasserman Schultz said the Supreme Court struck down Wisconsin's photo ID election law. The high court temporarily halted the law from going into effect but did not take any action on the viability of the law itself. The ultimate fate of the law is yet to be determined. We rate her  .
Statement: Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution.
Speaker: rick santorum
About the speaker: Rick Santorum is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. He is a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and was a Republican presidential candidate in 2012.
Date: February 19, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: legal issues;supreme court
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: She never said that she did. What Ginsburg did do was give a nuanced opinion of what rights and concepts a good constitution should embody. Although Ginsburg said that Egypt should draw from newer constitutions, she made a concerted effort to praise key concepts of the U.S. Constitution, such as an independent judiciary and the ideas embodied by the words "We the people."     Santorum’s take on Ginsburg’s comments twisted a handful of words to mean something that they did not. He earns a .
Statement: Says his proposed education spending "is the highest state funding level in Florida history.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: March 5, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: his State of the State address
Fact-check justification: Scott talked up the state’s share of education spending in his budget proposal as an historic investment, and it is in terms of actual dollars. But his overall recommendation for education spending remains short of what Florida students received before the economic crash, and about the same as it was from 2004 to 2007 when considering inflation. Scott’s  is partially accurate but missing important details. We rate it .
Statement: Failure to raise the debt limit does not force a U.S. default on debt payments.
Speaker: randy forbes
About the speaker: Randy Forbes is from Chesapeake and represents Virginia's Fourth District in Congress. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2001. He serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee, where he is chairman of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee.
Forbes previously served in Virginia's House of Delegates from 1989 to 1997 and in the State Senate from 1997 to 2001. He also was chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from 1996 to 2001.
Forbes received a bachelor's degree from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, in 1974, and a law degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 1977.
Date: May 5, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: deficit;economy;federal budget
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: On both, Forbes is right. The Treasury has already said we can reach the max and be OK for a couple months. Beyond Aug. 2, debt payments could continue at the expense of maiming popular government programs. That’s an option. So we rate Forbes’  .
Statement: Says that since lawmakers acted, "we have 130 new businesses across Texas doing helicopter hog hunts.
Speaker: sid miller
About the speaker: Sid Miller, a former Texas House member, won election as state agriculture commissioner in November 2014.
Date: July 9, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: animals;recreation;sports
Context: a commentary by Ken Herman of the Austin American-Statesman
Fact-check justification: Miller said that thanks to the law he authored authorizing hunters to shoot feral hogs from helicopters, "we have 130 new businesses across Texas doing helicopter hog hunts." That figure reflects about the number of state permits issued one recent year allowing Texans to observe or hunt animals from the air. Best we can tell, though, around 20 new helicopter hog hunting ventures took flight after Miller’s proposal became law. 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: Jefferson Davis statue to be replaced with Obama likeness.
Speaker: tdalliance.com
About the speaker: A website associated with fake news.
Date: May 12, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: We attempted to reach the site through its Contact Us form, but did not receive a response. The site’s About Us page reads, "Fox News The feedback Page is a Conservative Christian look at the Government, today’s news , and  a way for the page author to attract hot chicks." Its Facebook information page calls the site "the #1 name in newsfotainment." Not only is the site’s story  about there being an Obama statue in the works in the Crescent City, but it steals details from a legitimate news story from a real media organization to make its ruse harder to discern, all while impersonating Fox News. We rate this  !
Statement: Illegal immigration costs state taxpayers over $3 billion every year.
Speaker: alison littell mchose
About the speaker: Alison Littell McHose is a New Jersey assemblywoman. A Republican, she represents the 24th Legislative District, which covers Sussex County and parts of Morris and Warren counties.
Date: June 30, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: immigration
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: McHose cites FAIR’s estimate that illegal immigrants cost New Jersey taxpayers more than $3 billion annually, but a number of experts say there’s really no accurate way to assess costs. The FAIR report also looks at estimated costs from parts of two different years -- not year over year, or a trend over several years. Still, experts agree that in most cases -- not including the Texas case we cited -- illegal immigration costs taxpayers more than what those immigrants pay into the economy. We rate this  .   To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Women "own just 1 percent of the world's land.
Speaker: oxfam ireland
About the speaker: Oxfam Ireland is the Irish chapter of the international organization that aims to find practical ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty.
Date: July 22, 2014
Topics: poverty;women;punditfact
Context: an info-graphic tweet
Fact-check justification: Oxfam Ireland circulated a graphic with the  that women own 1 percent of the world’s land. The organization cited well-known bodies such as the World Bank and the United Nations, but none of those sources offered hard . In fact, several pointed back to UN Women, and statisticians there reject this figure. The data that do exist suggest that women own much less land than men but the situation varies widely from country to country. Plus, the statistic implies that whatever land women don’t own, men do, and that is hugely . We rate the  .
Statement: When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street.
Speaker: charles payne
About the speaker: Charles Payne is a Fox News contributor and the host of Fox Business Network's “Making Money with Charles Payne."
Date: June 17, 2019
Topics: economy;elections;punditfact
Context: a TV appearance
Fact-check justification: Payne said, "When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street." The Dow fell 14.8% between Obama’s 2008 election and inauguration, so Payne was right about the extent of the drop. The other numbers check out as well. More importantly, experts said the decline was not a crash in and of itself, but instead part of a longer trend resulting from the 2008 financial crisis and issues that had been bubbling for months. The reaction was hardly dramatic or "instant." We rate this statement .
Statement: We live in "a time of historically low violent crime rates and historically high gun ownership rates nationally.
Speaker: fred thompson
About the speaker: Fred Thompson was a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He graduated from Memphis State University and earned a law degree at Vanderbilt University. Thompson practiced law and served a variety of government counsel positions, including as minority counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee"). In his acting career Thompson has appeared in 18 films, and recently worked as a TV actor, playing a prosecutor on the series Law and Order. Thompson was born in Alabama in 1942. He has been married to Jeri Kehn since 2002, and has four children, two from his first marriage. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 22, 2008.
Date: August 21, 2007
Location: national
Topics: guns
Context: article on his campaign Web site
Fact-check justification: However, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said it is impossible to estimate how gun ownership has grown because there is no national gun registry. Violent crime had been at historic lows, dropping between 1993 and 2004. However, the FBI reports that the estimated rate of violent crime increased 2.3 percent in 2005 and 1.3 percent in 2006. Advocates on both sides of the issue have used the statistics to argue their own cases. The neutral Congressional Research Service declared in May 2005 that there's not enough  on either side: "According to a recent study...none of the existing sources of statistics provide either comprehensive, timely or accurate data with which to definitively assess whether there is a causal connection between firearms and violence."
Statement: The percentage of vaccinated employees at United Airlines increased after the mandate because unvaccinated employees left the company.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: October 7, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: As of Oct. 13, Hobart said, 232 were facing termination for failing to comply with the mandate.   A day earlier, a federal judge said United must delay its plan to put unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave if they requested an exemption from the mandate.    But the  that the airline achieved a 99% vaccination rate because nearly 27,000 unvaccinated employees left the company is .   The "overwhelming majority of our employees chose to get vaccinated," Hobart said, "and the numbers back that up. "  We rate this  .
Statement: Says under the Affordable Care Act, New Jersey's "new (Medicaid) enrollees won't qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014.
Speaker: amy handlin
About the speaker: Amy Handlin is a Republican state Assemblywoman representing part of Monmouth County. Handlin previously served as a Monmouth County freeholder and a member of the Middletown Township Committee.
Date: April 4, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: health care;medicaid
Context: the Times of Trenton
Fact-check justification: In an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton, Handlin claimed that federal officials "already indicated New Jersey’s new enrollees aren’t entitled to federal funds" and that "new enrollees won’t qualify for the matching federal funds simply because we added them onto the rolls before 2014." But the issue is not over whether matching funds will be granted, but how much. New Jersey currently receives a 65 percent match for certain low-income parents covered by the NJ FamilyCare program. That match is slated to drop to 50 percent, representing half of the rate to go to some other states. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .