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Statement: The Democrat controlled House never even asked John Bolton to testify.
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 27, 2020
Location: national
Topics: impeachment
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "The Democrat controlled House never even asked John Bolton to testify." The House asked Bolton to appear voluntarily for a deposition on Nov. 7. He did not, saying that he would only appear if he were subpoenaed and if a court ruled that he should. We rate Trump’s statement .
Statement: We had a press conference here that interestingly no one in the mainstream media covered.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
Date: April 15, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: candidate biography
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: We found one Statesman news article that could explain why Perry says no one from the mainstream media covered the press conference. The article by Jason Embry of the Statesman’s Capitol staff -- published a week after the event -- states that Perry's remarks gave him a bounce in national attention even though the resolution itself “ drew a mention in the print editions of the state’s daily newspapers” the day after the press conference. So, how does Perry’s recap stand up? The AP and the Statesman are clearly part of the mainstream media. We rate Perry's statement as .
Statement: Gene Green is the NRA's favorite Democrat in Congress. ... "It's no wonder the congressman has a lifetime A rating from the NRA.
Speaker: adrian garcia
About the speaker: Adrian Garcia served as sheriff of Harris County, Texas, from 2008 to 2015, resigning to run for mayor of Houston. Garcia subsequently announced his challenge to Rep. Gene Green, the incumbent District 29 congressman, in the March 2016 Democratic primary.
Date: February 5, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: guns
Context: a campaign news release
Fact-check justification: Adrian Garcia said that his competitor in the Democratic race for Texas’ 29th district, Rep. Gene Green, has a "lifetime A rating" from the NRA and is the NRA’s "favorite Democrat in Congress." Green has certainly been a strong supporter of gun rights over his 23 years in the House. The gun control measures Green’s campaign pointed out that he supported were part of packages like the 1994 crime bill, in which Green voted with his party. However, the votes Garcia cites seem to have been cherry-picked from Green’s long career in Congress. While Green has voted against child safety locks, as Garcia said, he also later voted for them. In recent years, Green has inched away from NRA interests, supporting bipartisan gun legislation and President Obama’s executive action on gun safety. Garcia’s  on Green’s "lifetime rating" also misses Green’s 1994 sharp drop in favor with the NRA and his recent slight shift away from the organization. As for the NRA’s "favorite Democrat," Green is not the only Democrat to support gun rights, or to be supported by the NRA. He’s not even the organization’s strongest Democratic supporter, based on its most recent ratings. He is part of a shrinking group of pro-gun Democrats. We rate this  .   – 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: Even so-called moderate Democrats like Joe Biden have endorsed a ban on fracking, which would eliminate 516,000 Michigan jobs and reduce the state's gross domestic product by $159 billion over five years.
Speaker: paul junge
About the speaker: Paul Junge is a former TV news anchor with Fox47 in Lansing and is one of several Republican candidates looking to unseat U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly in Michigan's 8th Congressional District. 
Date: June 10, 2020
Location: michigan
Topics: environment
Context: a campaign website
Fact-check justification: Junge said, "Even so-called moderate Democrats like Joe Biden have endorsed a ban on fracking, which would eliminate 516,000 Michigan jobs and reduce the state’s gross domestic product by $159 billion over five years." Biden miscommunicated his stance in a debate, but the campaign clarified his position, which the Junge campaign is distorting. Biden supports a ban on new fracking on federal lands and waters, not a total ban.  Meanwhile, the job and GDP loss projections Junge cites come from an analysis that researchers say overstates the impact of a ban on fracking.  The campaign did not respond to a request for further comment.  We rate this statement .
Statement: Amendment 2 will bring kid-friendly pot candy to Florida.
Speaker: vote no on 2
About the speaker: The Vote No on 2 campaign opposes United for Care's proposed 2016 constitutional amendment that would allow medical marijuana in Florida. The campaign is funded by the Drug Free Florida Committee, an anti-drug group started in 2014 by longtime GOP fundraiser Mel Sembler and his wife, Betty, with financial backing from casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.
Date: September 22, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: marijuana
Context: a mailer
Fact-check justification: Vote No On 2 said, "Amendment 2 will bring kid-friendly pot candy to Florida." The proposal would allow edible forms of marijuana, but the amendment does not specifically identify candy. Calling it "kid-friendly" plays on parents’ fears without any proof that’s what will happen.  The statement is partially accurate but requires additional context. We rate the statement .
Statement: I believe, without having definitive proof, that the military is in charge of our country ... because Joe Biden is an illegal president.
Speaker: l. lin wood
About the speaker: L. Lin Wood is a defamation attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia. He represented Richard Jewell, a security guard who was falsely accused in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996. Wood is a supporter of Donald Trump and litigated on his behalf in lawsuits related to the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Date: January 25, 2021
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an interview with the Patriotically Correct Radio Show
Fact-check justification: We reached out to Wood for a comment, but we haven’t heard back. His statement is  and . We rate it ! RELATED: A note to our readers who think President Trump won
Statement: Federal spending is "all discretionary, other than interest on the national debt. Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same is true with Medicare and Medicaid.
Speaker: george will
About the speaker: George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.
Date: March 13, 2011
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;pundits;this week - abc news
Context: an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
Fact-check justification: Social Security is discretionary. We have the discretion to change the law. Same is  with Medicare and Medicaid." Will is making a broad statement here and leaves out a few details. But he’s largely correct, and we rate his statement .
Statement: 79.4% of babies who die of 'SIDS' had a vaccine the same day.
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: October 26, 2021
Topics: children;public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: The timing of the 2-month and 4-month shots and SIDS has led some people to question whether they might be related. However, studies have found that vaccines do not cause and are not linked to SIDS." We rated  a  made in June that SIDS "is absolutely a side effect of vaccination. "  We cited the lack of any  that vaccines cause SIDS, and noted that studies actually show that receiving recommended immunizations can lower an infant’s risk of SIDS. We rate the viral image .
Statement: 500,000 people have signed up for #Obamacare.
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: November 13, 2013
Location: national
Topics: health care;medicaid
Context: a post on Twitter
Fact-check justification: Wasserman Schultz said "500,000 people have signed up for #Obamacare." The numbers add up if you count different parts of the law that work together to expand coverage, but it’s a little simplistic. The fate of many of the Medicaid enrollees remains up in the air due to the problems with the federal marketplace. It’s unclear whether those individuals will receive their benefits on time, and some are being asked to take additional steps to sign up. Her statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate her statement .
Statement: We've had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before.
Speaker: duey stroebel
About the speaker: Stroebel is a property developer and manager from Cedarburg who was elected to the state Assembly as a Republican in 2011. He was elected to the state Senate in 2015, where he represents District 20.
Date: March 7, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;states
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Stroebel said, "We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before." The implication baked into this  is that the law must not have hampered voting if turnout was still historically high. But the data doesn’t make that case, especially since turnout rose in the U.S. overall in recent years. Turnout in the 2018 gubernatorial election was the highest ever — as part of a nationwide surge — but the other elections held since voter ID passed don’t show such a historic jump. And many weren’t close. In the presidential elections, turnout rose in 2020, but it dropped in 2016 even as voter turnout rose nationally. We define  as "a statement that contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression." That fits here.
Statement: New Kansas law will "authorize genital inspections of children in order for kids to play sports.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: April 5, 2023
Topics: children;lgbtq;sports;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Tweet
Fact-check justification: A tweet claimed that a new Kansas law will "authorize genital inspections of children in order for kids to play sports."  Kansas’ Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, or HB 2238, prohibits transgender women from competing in women’s sports in public schools and the private schools that compete with them. It contains no language about physical examinations. But the measure leaves it up to the state’s athletic association, and the governing boards of colleges and universities, to create rules and protocols to enforce the law. Those organizations have not yet decided how they will ensure the law is followed. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case.
Speaker: john bradley
About the speaker: John Bradley, the district attorney in Williamson County since 2001, lost his 2012 bid for the Republican nomination.
Date: May 14, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: candidate biography
Context: the Austin American-Statesman
Fact-check justification: Duty points out that her office prosecutes adult misdemeanors and juvenile felonies, though it appears that none made it to trial in recent years. Hers may be a reasonable point. Still, Bradley specified that Duty had not conducted adult felony prosecutions. This published  rates .
Statement: Ohio has lost more population than every other state in the country except for two.
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: December 14, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: economy
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Only Louisiana at 1.4 percent and Rhode Island at 0.4 percent grew at a more sluggish pace. Michigan’s population dropped 0.6 percent. That would leave Ohio ranked 47th over the past decade in population growth. We rate Kasich’s statement .
Statement: Dems have removed any mention of 'God' from their Platform.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 16, 2020
Topics: religion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post says that "Dems have removed any mention of ‘God’ from their Platform." That’s not , as the party’s 2020 platform includes a reference to "God-given potential." It also makes numerous references to faith, including a section that outlines its intent to protect religious freedom and uphold "separation of church and state enshrined in our Constitution." The Democratic Party in 2012 introduced a platform that did not mention God, only to quickly re-insert the reference. The party’s platforms in recent years have had fewer mentions of the word God than in the past. But the assertion that the Democratic Party platform doesn’t include a reference to God is . We rate it .
Statement: The first tweet was sent from Austin.
Speaker: steve adler
About the speaker: Attorney Steve Adler won election as mayor of Austin in December 2014, drawing 67 percent of the vote in a December 2014 runoff. He was sworn in Jan. 6, 2015. He sought re-election in 2018.
Date: May 17, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: city government;corporations;history;technology
Context: Austin
Fact-check justification: Adler said the first tweet was sent from Austin. That’s not so. Twitter gained momentum during a SXSW conference in Austin, but the first tweet had been sent nearly a year earlier from California, where the company is based. This  gets a rating that fits well under 140 characters: !  – The statement is not accurate and makes a  . Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/3ce670ca-0573-406e-a6b2-3cbe92a6fe74
Statement: Says Russ Feingold "wanted to get money out of politics. Now he's profiting from that same dark money.
Speaker: national republican senatorial committee
About the speaker: The National Republican Senatorial Committee helps elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate.
Date: November 10, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: campaign finance;candidate biography;elections
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: For a statement that is partially accurate but leaves out important details, our rating is . More on Russ Feingold NRSC says Feingold cast the "deciding vote" for the "largest tax increase" in history.  Feingold says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."  Feingold says Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."
Statement: Biden slipped up and came out saying he's going to tax your 401k. Are any of you EVEN paying attention?
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 19, 2020
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims, "Biden slipped up and came out saying he’s going to tax your 401k."  Biden doesn’t want to tax 401(k) accounts. Instead, he wants to balance out retirement plan tax benefits so that they apply equally to people across incomes by replacing the current deduction with a 26% refundable tax credit.  Tax policy experts said that it’s  to characterize Biden’s proposal as a tax on 401(k) accounts, because everyone would still see their taxes reduced when contributing to a retirement account. We rate this  .
Statement: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II.
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, 2019
Topics: immigration;corrections and updates;history;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts sharing an image of thousands of migrants on a ship  that it depicts "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II." The image is real, but it was taken in 1991 at an Italian port and shows thousands of Albanian migrants trying to enter the country. We rate this . Correction, July 29, 2019: "La Nave Dolce" literally translates to "The Sweet Ship" in Italian. An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that it translates to the movie's alternate English-language title, "The Human Cargo."
Statement: We now sell more products made in America to the rest of the world than ever before.
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: August 6, 2013
Location: national
Topics: corrections and updates;trade
Context: a speech on homeownership
Fact-check justification: President Obama said the United States is selling more products made here to other countries than ever before. We should note that the overall outlook for U.S. exports has several trouble spots: While sales are expected to grow, they will grow more slowly in the months to come. Also, the nation’s trade deficit remains high. The president’s statement, though, focused only on the overall value of all exports. His statement was accurate, and we rate it . Editor's note: This report has been updated to clarify the location of the Bureau of Economic Analysis with the Commerce Department.
Statement: Quotes President Donald Trump as saying, "You tell people a lie three times, they will believe anything. You tell people what they want to hear, play to their fantasies, and then you close the deal.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: January 13, 2019
Topics: ethics;fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "If you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you," Trump said. So the book is still relevant today, but not in the way the meme says. The meme comes from New Century Times, a left-leaning news aggregation site that we’ve rated  before . The fact-checking site Snopes called out this meme in May 2016, but obviously, the point needs to be repeated. This is .
Statement: Every student paying out-of-state tuition actually covers more than the cost of instruction.
Speaker: james jolly
About the speaker: James Jolly is a Regent with the University System of Georgia.
Date: October 1, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: immigration
Context: a University of Georgia System newsletter
Fact-check justification: Again, that's less than UGA's out-of-state tuition and fees, which were $22,342 that year. Students who pay out-of-state tuition frequently receive scholarships and other money from their college to help them with costs, but if they cannot document their lawful immigration status, they are not eligible, said John Millsaps, a spokesman for the Board of Regents. Multiple approaches conclude that the cost of educating students in Georgia's public colleges is less than full out-of-state tuition and fees. This means that if illegal immigrants pay the proper price, taxpayers are not financing their education. We therefore rule Jolly's statement .
Statement: 54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster.
Speaker: elizabeth warren
About the speaker: Elizabeth Warren is a senator from Massachusetts. Warren was elected to the Senate in 2012 and was re-elected in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024. Warren received a bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Houston and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School. In 2019, she announced her race for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out March 5, 2020.
Date: September 12, 2019
Location: national
Topics: guns
Context: Houston
Fact-check justification: Warren said "54 senators said let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster." Warren was referring to votes on gun control legislation on April 17, 2013. A background check amendment failed when 54 senators voted for it, falling short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster threat. However, the vote to ban assault weapons failed with only 40 votes. We rate this statement .
Statement: Former President Donald Trump issued an Oct. 27 statement saying he was told his Twitter account "will be back up and running on Monday.
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: October 27, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: I LOVE !" He didn’t mention returning to Twitter.   Several conservative commentators , Russian state media , and an MSNBC show were duped by the  statement circulating online, Insider reported . But we found no  that it’s actually from Trump.   We rate claims that it is .