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Statement: Says North Carolina's average teacher salary was at the national average "back when I was in public school.
Speaker: jeff jackson
About the speaker: Jeff Jackson represents the Charlotte area in the North Carolina state senate.
Date: December 3, 2019
Location: north carolina
Topics: education
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Jackson said North Carolina needs "to raise NC teacher pay to at least the national average -- which is where it was back when I was in public school." Jackson told us he graduated high school was 2000, so we looked at that year and the preceding decade.  And we found no  that NC’s average teacher pay ever matched the national average.  Jackson said he used the word "average" as a reference to the median salary among all 50 states. There’s some validity to his  that, generally speaking, NC could be seen as faring better than most other states for a couple years. But this argument strays from his original tweet, which made no mention of NC’s rank, median pay or how its pay compared to other states. We rate the tweet .
Statement: Says for every dollar the state spent on audits last year, it delivered $64 in cost savings.
Speaker: kate brown
About the speaker: Kate Brown is Oregon's governor. She previously served as secretary of state.
Date: October 15, 2011
Location: oregon
Context: a speech at the Oregon Summit
Fact-check justification: But back to the ruling statement. Brown said that for every dollar the Secretary of State spent on audits last year, it found $64 in cost savings. Her office has the figures to back this up, and, if anything, it seems like they might be underestimating the total potential savings. We’ll give this one a . Return to OregonLive to comment on this ruling.
Statement: Says Rex Tillerson "sued to keep a fracking project out of his backyard.
Speaker: food & water watch
About the speaker: Food & Water Watch is a consumer rights and environmental group based in Washington, D.C.
Date: December 10, 2016
Location: national
Topics: environment;corporations
Context: a campaign letter
Fact-check justification: Food & Water Watch said Tillerson "sued to keep a fracking project out of his backyard." Tillerson joined a lawsuit that listed noise nuisance and traffic hazards among the plaintiffs’ many concerns, though he later dropped out of the litigation. We rate the  .
Statement: If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable.
Speaker: kasim reed
About the speaker: Kasim Reed is Mayor of Atlanta.
Date: September 16, 2016
Location: georgia
Topics: trade
Context: a White House press conference
Fact-check justification: Reed said, "If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable." The mayor is cherry-picking studies on this issue. Of the numerous studies conducted on the possible outcomes of the TPP, some predict a loss of jobs, while others say higher-paying jobs will receive a boost. Overall, it’s difficult to calculate the stability of the jobs that may be lost or may be created as a result of the TPP. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate Reed’s comments .                   https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/23d9e56d-0279-4beb-b7ba-d978df6a8367
Statement: Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House.
Speaker: carly fiorina
About the speaker: Carly Fiorina is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. She is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). She was defeated in her attempt as the Republican nominee to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer in 2010.
Date: January 21, 2015
Topics: jobs;women;punditfact
Context: a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Fact-check justification: Fiorina said that Obama is not paying women equally in his own White House by "his own measures." That by "his own measures" in some ways is the key to this , though you wouldn’t necessarily know it by just reading Fiorina’s comment. Fiorina is trying to reference past occasions when Obama said that "women (are) paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men." That’s , because the pay gap is not all about discrimination. But the framing of the discussion post-State of the Union was different. Obama said, "this Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work." Fiorina followed with, "Every woman across the nation agrees that equal pay for equal work is absolutely required," and then, Obama’s "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House." The latest White House staffing data shows that there is a gap in average pay for men and women. But when the job titles are the same, largely so is the pay. In fact, for some job categories, women do a bit better than men. Fiorina’s dispute had to do with past rhetoric, not the issue as she framed it. We rate the  .
Statement: Says Russ Feingold "formed his own political group to pay himself and his staff millions.
Speaker: republican party of wisconsin
About the speaker: The Wisconsin Republican Party works to elect Republicans to state and federal offices and advance the GOP agenda.
Date: October 14, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: campaign finance;candidate biography
Context: a radio ad
Fact-check justification: Yes, records show the vast majority of money raised by Progressives United went to salaries and overhead — far more than the group itself projected. And yes, there is significant overlap between Feingold’s campaign staff and the leaders of Progressives United. But the ad didn’t allege Progressives United was inefficient or populated with Feingold confidants – it said it was formed "to" pay those staffers millions. And there’s no proof of that. We rate the  .
Statement: If Joe Biden steps down, Nancy Pelosi will become vice president.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 15, 2020
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: If Biden were elected president and then stepped down, Harris would assume the office, and she could nominate Pelosi to become vice president, or someone else. Whoever she nominates would have to be confirmed by both houses of Congress..   We rate this Facebook post . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click  here , for more.
Statement: It wasn't all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.
Speaker: sarah godlewski
About the speaker: Treasurer Sarah Godlewski is Wisconsin’s thirty-sixth State Treasurer and serves as the state’s chief financial officer. Godlewski is a candidate for U.S. Senate.
 
Prior to serving, she was the co-founder of a multimillion dollar socially responsible investment firm called MaSa Partners that invests in early-stage businesses. The Treasurer was also a founding member of WE Capital Fund which empowers female entrepreneurs through financing opportunities. Her work has been nationally recognized for achieving positive impact without sacrificing sound financial returns. 
 
Beyond investing, Godlewski worked at the Pentagon for almost a decade where she helped save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and worked to create a performance-based budget for local government. She is a big proponent of financial literacy and supported such initiatives as an adjunct professor. The Treasurer started her financial career supporting micro-lending initiatives in rural India where she saw firsthand how access to capital can positively transform entire communities. 
 
Godlewski dropped out of the Democratic U.S. Senate primary July 29, 2022, clearing the field of major contenders for the party's presumptive nominee, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.
Date: January 9, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;jobs;women
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification: With a link to a news article, Godlewski claimed: "It wasn’t all women that lost jobs, it was  Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment."  Federal statistics show that, as a group, women accounted for all of the job loss from November to December. What’s more, the number of employed white women increased during that time frame, while the numbers for Black and Hispanic or Latina women fell. We rate this  .
Statement: President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: September 22, 2011
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: Orlando, Fla
Fact-check justification: Some of the Obama speeches that Romney cited in his book certainly laid out Obama’s foreign policy ideas, and it seems fair to say that a less confrontational approach was among Obama’s goals. Obama had made no secret during the campaign that he intended to set a different course on foreign policy than Bush -- a committed unilateralist -- had pursued. Still, we think it’s  for Romney to portray these early speeches as part of a global apology tour. Using Romney’s standard, you could argue that any change in foreign policy that’s undertaken after a presidential transition and announced to the world would constitute an "apology" for the previous policy. On the substance of Romney’s charge, we believe that what we wrote in March 2010 still stands. While Obama's speeches contained some criticisms of past U.S. actions, those passages were typically leavened by praise for the United States and its ideals, and he frequently mentioned how other countries have erred as well. We found not a single, full-throated apology in the bunch. And on the new angle Romney has added -- that the trips were intended to offer the president a forum to apologize to other countries -- we think it’s a  charge. There’s a clear difference between changing policies and apologizing, and Obama didn’t do the latter. So we rate Romney’s statement
Statement: Says there is a report "that showed that, should we move to cover more people to a Medicare for All system, we could actually save the system trillions over an extended period of time.
Speaker: andrew gillum
About the speaker: Andrew Gillum won the Florida primary for governor in August 2018 and lost the November election to Ron DeSantis. He is a former mayor of Tallahassee and member of the Tallahassee city commission.
Date: September 2, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: federal budget;health care
Context: an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
Fact-check justification: Gillum said there is a report "that showed that, should we move to cover more people to a Medicare for All system, we could actually save the system trillions over an extended period of time." Trillions in savings would be one of a range of possibilities for how Medicare for All enactment could play out. But it’s not the only one, and independent analysts say it’s far from a sure thing that Medicare for All would save as much money as Gillum hopes it will. The statement is partially accurate. We rate it .
Statement: The Islamic State "just built a hotel in Syria.
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 16, 2015
Location: national
Topics: terrorism
Context: a speech announcing his 2016 presidential campaign
Fact-check justification: Trump claimed the Islamic State "just built a hotel in Syria." The Islamic State does occupy a luxury hotel, which they took over about a month and a half ago. However, it’s in Iraq, not Syria, and they didn’t build it. It’s an old hotel that the group refurbished and occupied. As far as we know, the hotel’s rooms are reserved for Islamic State commanders, and the event spaces are for weddings. At least for now, Trump doesn’t have to worry about the Islamic State running him out of the hotel business. We rate his  .
Statement: Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota.
Speaker: kevin cramer
About the speaker: Kevin Cramer is a U.S. Congressman representing North Dakota's At-large congressional district. He is running for U.S. Senate.
Date: May 4, 2018
Location: national
Topics: energy;government regulation;regulation
Context: an interview with Hugh Hewitt
Fact-check justification: Cramer said Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota." There’s no question that Heitkamp’s vote on the repeal of the Methane and Waste Production Rule was crucial, but saying hers was the deciding vote goes too far. McCain was a last-minute holdout who bucked the majority of his party. As for its impact on North Dakota, oil is a big industry and flaring a big issue, but the rule doesn’t only target North Dakota. In fact, it mirrors already existing regulations with regards to flaring, while adding related provisions and strengthening oversight. It’s also possible that North Dakota’s own rules on flaring could supercede the federal regulations. We rate this statement .
Statement: Roe was the end of women dying from abortions.
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 7, 2021
Topics: abortion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed, "Roe was the end of women dying from abortions." A caption on the post alludes to deaths from illegal abortions in non-clinical settings. Deaths from abortions were already becoming relatively rare by the time Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, as a result of medical advances and legal changes at the state level. But studies and experts say increased access to legal abortion after Roe v. Wade sharply reduced the number of pregnant women who died because of illegal abortions.  CDC data shows that the number of women who died from causes related to illegal abortions was zero or close to zero for most years from 1979 to 2017. Mortality rates for legal abortions have declined over the same period. Roe was an important factor in reducing deaths from abortions, but not the only one. We rate this  .
Statement: Says that with President Obama's re-election, state and federal income tax rates for some taxpayers will rise "to roughly 65 percent.
Speaker: mike white
About the speaker: Mike White of suburban Milwaukee owns Rite-Hite, a Milwaukee-based international manufacturing company. He serves on the boards of the the Village of River Hills, the Milwaukee music festival Summerfest and Concordia University Wisconsin's foundation.
Date: October 23, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: income;jobs;workers;taxes
Context: an email to employees
Fact-check justification: For example, the federal tax rate is 10 percent on income up to $17,400; the rate is 15 percent on income between $17,400 and $70,700; and so on. Norman's point is that high-earners like White pay the highest rate, currently 35 percent, only on the portion of income above $388,340. Our rating The owner of Milwaukee-based manufacturer Rite-Hite said that with Obama's re-election, the combined state and federal tax rate paid by his company would rise to about 65 percent. Experts say the rate might exceed 50 percent, but they see no way of it reaching 65 percent. We don't have the benefit of White's math to consider, but barring any other , we rate his  .
Statement: Last year, 36 million Americans didn't have a prescription filled because they couldn't afford it.
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: December 19, 2019
Topics: health care;health check
Context: comments made during the December Democratic presidential primary debate
Fact-check justification: If anything, it could be even worse than she suggested. Warren said that last year, 36 million Americans forewent a prescription because of the cost barrier. The data supports her . And other research further paints a picture of widespread affordability problems. We rate this  .
Statement: In the Alabama Senate runoff, "the candidate I endorsed (Luther Strange) went up MANY points after endorsement!
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: September 30, 2017
Location: national
Topics: polls and public opinion
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump tweeted that in the recent Alabama Senate runoff, "the candidate I endorsed (Luther Strange) went up MANY points after endorsement!" Trump can point to one poll that showed Strange narrowing Moore’s lead by four points after his rally. But other polling data doesn’t back this up, and his tweet glosses over the fact that he had announced his endorsement weeks earlier and that the increase in that one poll is so modest as to be within the margin of error. We rate his statement .
Statement: The United States has experienced "40 straight months of unemployment at 8 percent or higher.
Speaker: diane black
About the speaker: The former Tennessee state legislator was elected to Congress in the Republican wave of 2010. She lives in a suburb of Nashville, Gallatin, and represents the state's 6th Congressional District, which encompasses areas north, east and south of Nashville.
She has worked as both an emergency-room nurse and long-term care nurse, is married to a doctor and advocates for what she calls "market based" health-care reform.
Date: June 1, 2012
Location: tennessee
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Rep. Black did not go as far as some other Republicans and  that unemployment is as bad as during the Great Depression. She merely said it has been at 8 percent or higher for 40 straight months. Based upon the government’s own data, we rate her statement as .
Statement: Donald Trump's decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented.
Speaker: fox news channel
About the speaker: Fox News Channel is a 24-hour cable channel focused on coverage of breaking news and politics. 
Date: January 26, 2016
Topics: debates;punditfact
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Fox News said Donald Trump’s decision to skip its upcoming debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented." Fox takes its  a bit too far, as we found many examples in recent cycles of candidates skipping primary debates and in some cases even sitting out debate for a year at a time. The clearest comparison to Trump happened with Reagan about 35 years ago. However, the news channel has a point that the Trump situation is pretty uncommon.  We rate Fox’s  .
Statement: In states that have private-sale background checks for handguns "49 percent fewer women are shot and killed.
Speaker: lori haas
About the speaker: Lori Haas is the Virginia director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Her daughter, Emily, was grazed twice in the head during the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead and 17 wounded.
Date: January 19, 2015
Location: virginia
Topics: crime;states;women;guns
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Haas said in states with comprehensive background checks for handguns, "49 percent fewer women are shot and killed." She supports that statement by pointing to figures examining a narrower group of female firearms victims -- those killed in domestic violence situations. But figures examining the broader group of victims she cited in her statement -- women in general -- show 38 percent fewer women were shot and killed in the states with private-sale background checks on handgun sales. That’s not quite high as the figure she cited, but it still represents a lower rate of gun homicides of women in states with comprehensive background checks. But experts cautioned against reading too much into that correlation. They noted that there may be other factors beyond background checks that led to that result. We rate her  .
Statement: They're trying to rig the election again! Do not trust the Soros funded voting machines!!!
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 6, 2022
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claims that election machines are funded by Soros in an attempt to rig the midterm elections.  Soros has no stake in any company that makes voting machines, his spokesperson said. There is also no  that Soros has provided grant money to elections officials to buy equipment. We rate this .
Statement: Fires at food processing plants are an "attempt to starve us.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 22, 2022
Topics: agriculture;corrections and updates;fires;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post alleges that fires at 18 food processing plants in the past six months are the result of an intentional attempt to "starve" Americans. But of the 18 fires listed, 12 were ruled accidental, two are still officially under investigation, and no official cause has been announced on three others. One was in Canada. One was at a vacant building. And 12 happened in the past six months. There is no  that any of the fires were intentional. There also is no  that these fires have resulted in a food shortage crisis in the U.S. that could lead to starvation. We rate this  . UPDATE, April 28, 2022: This story has been updated with additional information on the Smithfield Foods fire, which was determined to be accidental. The rating is unchanged.