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Statement: We have drawn down to presurge levels. Basra, Mosul and now Sadr City are quiet and it's long and it's tough and there will be setbacks.
Speaker: john mccain
About the speaker: John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona, a post he held from 1987 to his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. McCain was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent his career in the military, as his father did. He was a combat pilot in Vietnam who was shot down and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. He was born in 1936 in Panama. 
Date: May 29, 2008
Location: national
Topics: iraq
Context: Greensdale, Wis
Fact-check justification: But what else could he have meant by "quiet"? And when it comes to describing events in a war zone, tense is rather important. We find that McCain erred in his assertion about troop levels and in his characterization of conditions in Mosul. He was, however, accurate in describing the situation in Sadr City and Basra. We say his statement is .
Statement: With 40 billion dollars, Elon Musk could have given each of the 330M people living in America a million dollars and still had $7B left over.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 26, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post shared a tweet that claimed Musk could have given every American $1 million and still had $7 billion left over with the money he spent to buy Twitter. That math, however, doesn’t add up. With $40 billion, 330 million Americans would get about $121.21 each. This  is .
Statement: We have an 80 percent graduation rate in high school after spending more per student than any country in the world other than Liechtenstein, I think, or Luxembourg and a couple other small countries.
Speaker: jeb bush
About the speaker: Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. 
Date: April 17, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: New Hampshire
Fact-check justification: Bush said, "We have an 80 percent graduation rate in high school after spending more per student than any country in the world other than Liechtenstein, I think, or Luxembourg and a couple other small countries." The national average for the graduation rate was 81 percent in 2012-13, according to one method the federal government uses to calculate the rate. Among advanced countries, the United States ranked fifth in per student spending for secondary education behind Austria, Luxembourg, Norway and Switzerland. Liechtenstein wasn’t on the list, but since Bush expressed uncertainty, we think his statement is still accurate. We rate this  .
Statement: The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget.
Speaker: david lewis
About the speaker: David Lewis is a Republican member of the N.C. House of Representatives from Harnett County. He chairs the Rules Committee and the Elections Committee and is a top budget-writer.
Date: June 1, 2017
Location: north carolina
Topics: education;families;state budget;states
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: North Carolina Republican Rep. David Lewis, a top budget writer in the House of Representatives, said that chamber’s budget will eliminate the waiting list for NC Pre-K. The program, which serves needy children and military families, turned down 4,668 children this year due to a lack of seats, according to the state. And Lewis is right that the House’s version of the budget has enough money to create at least that many new seats if it becomes law. We rate this  .
Statement: Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were.
Speaker: allen frances
About the speaker: Allen Frances is professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University.
Date: August 25, 2019
Topics: environment;climate change;punditfact
Context: remarks on CNN's "Reliable Sources"
Fact-check justification: Frances said, "Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were." Not only does Frances’ comparison exaggerate the predicted climate change death toll compared to that of the dictators, he also lays the blame for potential future deaths at Trump’s feet alone, which even experts critical of Trump consider wrongheaded. We rate the statement .
Statement: This would be the largest casino in the United States.
Speaker: it's still a bad idea
About the speaker: The It's Still a Bad Idea coalition is opposed to Measures 82 and 83 on the Oregon 2012 ballot. The measures would authorize a private casino in Wood Village.
Date: September 10, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: gambling
Context: a campaign press event
Fact-check justification: Especially when they have called a press conference to counter deceptive campaigning by the other side. Lilly said that the proposed casino in Wood Village would be the largest in the country, which is not only , but downright . Her revised statement that the proposed casino would be the second largest in the country isn’t even close to accurate either. That shows a reckless disregard for accuracy. We rate the statement .
Statement: Georgia is now the eighth most populous state in the nation, moving from the number 10 position in just four years.
Speaker: nathan deal
About the speaker: Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: January 14, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: census;economy
Context: the governor's State of the State address
Fact-check justification: That was the point Deal was trying to make, when he claimed Georgia is now the 8th most populous state and moved up two spots in just four years. The governor was off on the state’s ranking four years ago. We only moved up one spot. But he is right about where the state’s population is now – and how that population can tie to jobs. We rate Deal’s statement .
Statement: Nathan Deal saved the HOPE scholarship program.
Speaker: zell miller
About the speaker: Zell Miller was governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999. He served in the U.S. Senate from 2001 through 2004.
Date: October 27, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: television ad
Fact-check justification: With bipartisan backing from the General Assembly, Deal made changes that eased financial pressures on the popular HOPE scholarship. But the program also changed significantly. The program is still making higher education more affordable for many students. But now, only about 10 percent of HOPE recipients receive scholarships that cover 100 percent of their tuition costs. You could make the argument that Miller makes here: Deal -- with a little help -- saved the HOPE scholarship. But Miller’s declaration needs a bit of context to be fully understood. We rate his statement .
Statement: Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants.
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: November 26, 2007
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Romney vetoed a bill in 2004 that would have allowed illegal immigrants who graduated from Massachusetts high schools to pay in-state tuition at state-run colleges and universities. "I hate the idea of in any way making it more difficult for kids, even those who are illegal aliens, to afford college in our state," Romney said at the time. "But equally, perhaps a little more than equally, I do not want to create an incentive to do something which is illegal." In 2006, the Massachusetts legislature tried to pass the measure again in order to override his veto, but was unsuccessful. The -O-Meter says Romney's statement is .
Statement: Grandparents must pickup up all their grandchildren every weekend no matter what or they will be fined $5,000.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: October 11, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a web post
Fact-check justification: Another way to check is to go on the website GovTrack.us . They have compiled a database with all of the bills considered, voted on and enacted. Using this database, we searched all bills enacted during Obama’s administration related to grandparents. There was no law that mandated grandparents to pick up their grandchildren every weekend. The unknown author of this article made up the statement that said Obama signed a law that grandparents have to spend time with their grandchildren on the weekend, so we rate the statement as !
Statement: Paula Deen supported and campaigned for Barack Obama.
Speaker: larry elder
About the speaker: Larry Elder announced April 20 that he is running as a Republican for president. He lost the California gubernatorial recall election in 2021 and is a conservative radio talk show host.
Date: June 28, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: pop culture
Context: an online op-ed
Fact-check justification: All three cried foul on Elder’s  and said they were unaware of Deen ever publicly supporting Obama or getting involved in politics. So Elder’s  that Deen campaigned for and supported Obama falls like a biscuit with no baking powder. The source for these claims traces back to an Us Weekly magazine item, and unless Us Weekly is privy to some information that it is not willing to share, there seems to be nothing to substantiate its . And because its information is , so is everyone else -- including Elder -- who has used the magazine data as a source for their claims of Deen backing Obama. We rated Elder’s  .
Statement: Says President Obama has grown the federal government payroll by 141,000 workers and wants to add 125,000 more.
Speaker: reince priebus
About the speaker: Reince Priebus was the first chief of staff to President Donald Trump, replaced by John Kelly in July 2017. Priebus was previously chairman of the Republican National Committee, a post he assumed in 2011. He is also the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He was an unsuccessful Wisconsin state Senate candidate in 2004. He is a Kenosha, Wis., native and lawyer.
Date: November 16, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: federal budget;jobs
Context: a Twitter post
Fact-check justification: Like others in his party, state GOP chairman Reince Priebus’  on federal hiring takes a statistical approach that makes the 2009-’10 trend more dramatic than under another method. And the  pins the entire growth on Obama, while ignoring the budget implemented by Bush. But it’s a legitimate number, commonly used, and clearly defined. The second  is off base, using a new-hire number as a proxy for job growth to suggest that Obama would nearly double the two-year job growth in one year. The mixed message earns Priebus a .
Statement: Glenn Youngkin is "the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.
Speaker: louise lucas
About the speaker: Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, has served in the Virginia Senate since 1992. In 2019, she became the first women and the first African American to be elected president pro tempore of the chamber. That year, she also became chairman of the Senate Education & Health Committee, a panel that oversees abortion legislation. Lucas is strongly pro-abortion rights.
Lucas was born in Portsmouth and has B.S. and M.A. degrees from Norfoljk State University. She is President and CEO of Lucas Lodge, Lucas Transportation, Portsmouth Day Support Program and Southside Direct Care Provider.   
Date: January 18, 2023
Location: virginia
Topics: elections;history
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: The number of Democratic seats dropped from 20 to 19. Lucas tweeted that Youngkin is "the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected." Her statement doesn’t hold up when you begin in 1970, the widely cited start of the modern era of Virginia politics, and count the partisan change in the entire General Assembly during each governor’s term. And it doesn’t hold up when you check Lucas’ amended version and just count the partisan change in the state Senate from 1992. We rate Lucas’s statement .
Statement: The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded ObamaCare will cost the U.S. more than 800,000 jobs.
Speaker: roger williams
About the speaker: Roger Williams won election to represent the newly created Congressional District 25 in 2012. He is a former Texas secretary of state, the state's chief elections officer. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 as chairman of the Republican National Finance Committee’s Eagles fundraising program and also has served as state finance chair for John Cornyn's 2002 Senate campaign, according to his campaign website.
Date: April 11, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: health care;jobs
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: The CBO says there could be the equivalent of 800,000 fewer workers in connection with Obamacare, the changes in federal health-care laws ushered into place by Obama. But these changes would not be due to employers not hiring workers. Rather, such results were predicted primarily because workers wouldn't have to work because health care coverage would be expanded. People working  for health insurance would either reduce their hours or leave the job market altogether. There could also be more economic productivity because of the health care law. We rate Williams’  .
Statement: Says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore "voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history" and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy.
Speaker: one wisconsin now
About the speaker: One Wisconsin Now is a liberal advocacy group that focuses on advancing "progressive leadership and values."
Date: December 3, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: corporations;education;small business;state budget;taxes
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: What’s more, One Wisconsin Now pairs up the 10-year figure with an annual one for school funding, skewing the comparison. Our rating One Wisconsin Now said Pridemore voted for "the largest cuts to public education in our state history" -- nearly $2 billion -- and for "$2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy." Pridemore voted for the largest cuts to education -- but they amount to about $1 billion, not nearly $2 billion, over two years. And Pridemore voted for $2.3 billion in tax breaks, but they don’t benefit only corporations and the wealthy. We rate One Wisconsin Now’s  .
Statement: Says Governor-elect Scott Walker's choice as transition team leader "killed the release of a damaging report on Walker's record in the days leading up to the election.
Speaker: democratic party of wisconsin
About the speaker: The Democratic Party of Wisconsin focuses on advancing state Democratic candidates and related issues.
Date: November 5, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: As Greater Milwaukee Committee chairman, Grebe had the means, motive and opportunity to delay the report -- but in trying to connect the dots, Democrats ignore the most important one:  he actually did it. The column they cite raises that as a possibility, but does not state it as fact. Indeed, the column -- and our reporting -- includes people who say the opposite, that it was a group decision, albeit one Grebe acknowledges supporting. If the party or others produce a smoking gun, we would revisit our determination. But we’re left with the facts in  and find the statement .
Statement: With a bill bringing $100 million in property tax relief, "the typical Wisconsin homeowner will save approximately $680 over four years.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: October 25, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: The  in an e-newsletter strongly suggests $680 in hard savings from that tax relief bill, or at the very least during Walker’s four years, but we found nothing to back up that number or anything close to it. You can only get to it using a rough hypothetical scenario based on some big assumptions, and can make a case for $239 in four-year savings compared to the four years prior to his term. But Walker’s newsletter doesn’t disclose that his number is hypothetical,  the reader into thinking that the median tax bill actually has dropped by $680. We rate his  . To comment on this item go to JSOnline.com .
Statement: Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: June 4, 2015
Location: national
Topics: civil rights;corrections and updates;elections;legal issues
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Clinton said, "Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters." The law in question requires a photo ID from Texas voters and was greenlit by Perry in 2011. Federal judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos struck the law down in 2013. While that ruling was stayed by two higher courts, Ramos clearly described the law as discriminatory in her ruling. However, it's important to note that courts are still considering whether or not the law will be allowed to stand.   Clinton’s carefully worded statement is accurate but needs additional information. We rate it . Clarification, June 10, 2015: We revised the wording of the decisions from the Fifth Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to clarify that the two higher courts did not overturn Ramos' ruling. They temporarily stayed Ramos' injunction against Texas' voter ID law.
Statement: House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers.
Speaker: occupy democrats
About the speaker: Occupy Democrats, founded in 2012, is an advocacy group created to counterbalance the Republican tea party, and to "give President Obama and other progressive Democrats a Congress that will work with them to grow the economy, create jobs, promote fairness and fight inequality, and get money out of politics!"
Date: July 17, 2015
Topics: congress;women;punditfact
Context: a meme on Facebook
Fact-check justification: The Occupy Democrats’ meme said, "House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers." There are big flaws with this : The bill in question has not been debated in the House or Senate, let alone passed under any definition of the word. It has merely been introduced.  Further, the bill does not legalize the firing of single mothers. The bill deals with discriminatory actions that the federal government could take (such as tax sanctions) against religious institutions that oppose same-sex marriage. The meme scares Facebook users about an outrageous House Republican move that did not occur. So we rate the  .
Statement: PEDOPHILIA is now LEGAL in CALIFORNIA. Now a 21 year old can have sex with an 11 year old, and not be listed on the sex registry as a sex offender.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 1, 2020
Location: california
Topics: criminal justice;crime;lgbtq;sexuality
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The bill would not, in any fashion, make it legal for any adult to have any type of sex with a minor. The only change involves giving a judge discretion over whether to list an offender on the sex registry for certain sex acts.   We rate the claims in the Facebook post .    – The statement is not accurate and makes a  .
Statement: Russia "has not lost anything" in its invasion of Ukraine.
Speaker: vladimir putin
About the speaker: Vladimir Putin is the president of Russia.
Date: September 7, 2022
Topics: ukraine;russia
Context: Russia
Fact-check justification: Putin stated that Russia has lost nothing since the country invaded neighboring Ukraine in February. Russia has suffered many losses. As many as 25,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have died. Indicators from within Russia show the Russian economy has been damaged by international sanctions resulting from the war. And experts say thousands of Russians from many professional backgrounds, including tech and academia, have fled the nation. We rate Putin’s  .
Statement: The New START treaty was passed despite significant concerns among some people in the State and Defense Departments.
Speaker: bill janis
About the speaker: Bill Janis, a Republican, served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2012, representing the 56th District, which covers an area west of Richmond including parts of Henrico, Goochland and Louisa counties. He was the Majority Whip beginning in 2011.
Following his term in the house, he was deputy commissioner at the Virginia Department of Veterans Services. He then became corporat counsel for HealthcarePays, a national healthcare payment network.
He graduated from Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, in 1984, and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1999. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1984 to 1995.
Date: January 25, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: military;nuclear
Context: the House of Delegates
Fact-check justification: And the only truly notable former diplomat we found who opposed the treaty was John Bolton. Other opponents of the treaty existed, but their combined stature is a far cry from the roster of every living secretary of state. While trying to make a point about the sometimes-contentious treaty debate, Janis exceeded the facts. The treaty was backed by virtually every top official, past and present, at both the State Department and Defense Department. Therefore we find his statement .