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Statement: Many of the top officials at the Port Authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them.
Speaker: john wisniewski
About the speaker: John Wisniewski is a Democratic state Assemblyman representing a part of Middlesex County. Wisniewski also is chairman of the state Democratic Party.
Date: February 7, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: transportation
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: In a radio interview, Wisniewski claimed, "Many of the top officials at the Port Authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them." The assemblyman’s comments are on the money, according to data released by the Port Authority in December. Christie and Cuomo earn $175,000 and $179,000, respectively, earning less than 11 of the 12 highest-ranked Port Authority officials. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Ken Buck's (District Attorney's) office? His spending skyrocketed by 40 percent.
Speaker: jane norton
About the speaker: Jane Norton is a former lieutenant governor of Colorado. She was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010, losing the Republican nomination to Ken Buck.
Date: July 9, 2010
Location: national
Topics: crime;message machine 2010;states
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: The commissioners noted that the population increased 40 percent between 2000 and 2009. However, we calculated the population change from 2005 to 2009, the time period in question, and found the population increased 12 percent. We will stipulate that there are several different ways to look at the District Attorney's office budget, but whichever way you look at it, the budget increased somewhere between 30 and 40 percent, which is pretty close to Norton's . On the other hand, the Weld County Commission defended the increase as appropriate and a good use of resources, an important idea for voters to consider. So we rate Norton's statement .
Statement: Says Texas ranks 49th nationally in "what we are doing to support our per-pupil investment in education in the state.
Speaker: wendy davis
About the speaker: Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth attorney, was initially elected to the Texas Senate in 2008. She was the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, giving up a shot at winning re-election to the Senate.
Date: April 9, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: education;state budget;states
Context: a Senate Education Committee meeting
Fact-check justification: Davis said Texas ranks 49th in "what we are doing to support our per-pupil investment in education in the state." A report drawing on states’ figures estimates Texas is spending $7,886 or $8,400 per student this year, depending on how students are counted. Both ways, Texas ranks third to last among the states. Then again, folding in capital outlays, other education expenditures and interest on debt, total estimated spending in Texas of nearly $11,090 per pupil lands the state 38th among the states. But the senator focused on state investment which, unlike locally determined debt and capital outlays, are driven by legislative actions. Our sense is that this is the appropriate comparison, though Davis failed to clarify that Texas is 49th by this yardstick in comparison to other states plus Washington, D.C., which is not a state. Absent this clarification, her  rates as .
Statement: Chris Christie has led New Jersey to a record-breaking 9 credit downgrades.
Speaker: donna brazile
About the speaker: A longtime Democratic political consultant and campaign manager for Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. Currently a political commentator for CNN and frequent commentator on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
Date: June 30, 2015
Topics: elections;pensions;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Brazile said that Chistie led New Jersey to a record-breaking nine credit downgrades. Her tally is correct, Christie was the chief executive throughout and no other New Jersey governor has overseen so many reductions in the state credit rating. The previous record was six. But the underlying problem with pensions began before his time and the economy made it harder to fix past errors. It's also worth noting that Democracts have controlled the Legislature during Christie's time in office. With those caveats, we rate this  .
Statement: They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change).
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 13, 2008
Location: national
Topics: environment
Context: North Bend, Wash
Fact-check justification: "Of the candidates who are running for president, there is no one who has demonstrated more leadership on the issue of global climate change than John McCain," Bounds said. "I believe he was making that point." There's no question McCain has been a leader on addressing global warming, particularly among his Republican counterparts. But in trying to make that point, McCain grossly misrepresented his opponents' record. We rate his statement .
Statement: Wisconsin is #1 in the Midwest for personal income growth over the year.
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: July 30, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;income;jobs
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: We have the income estimates for the first quarter of 2014, but the jobs data is less up to date. The most reliable jobs data has not yet been released for early 2014. Our rating Walker tweeted that "Wisconsin is #1 in the Midwest for personal income growth over the year." The governor correctly identified a good-news trend that has seen Wisconsin boost its status from a laggard to a leader on total personal income, including wages, property income and government assistance. We rate the  .
Statement: Bill Clinton invited him (the Rev. Wright) to the White House when he was having his personal crises.
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: March 24, 2008
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: Philadelphia
Fact-check justification: Obama merely noted that Clinton invited Wright to the White House during a time of personal crisis and didn't suggest there was some close personal tie. And by pointing out the invitation Obama was making clear that Wright was a well-regarded minister — good enough, at least, to be among a select group of religious leaders invited to the White House for an important address by Clinton. "To my knowledge, the 100 leaders were invited on the merits of their leadership and accomplishments in their particular communities," said Dr. Gerald Mann, who delivered a prayer at the breakfast. Listeners hearing Obama's comments might have thought Wright had a larger role at the White House than simply attending a prayer breakfast, but Obama is correct about the timing of the event. And so we find the statement .
Statement: 49% of all new income goes to the top 1%.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: September 24, 2019
Location: illinois
Topics: income
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Sanders said "49% of all new income goes to the top 1%." That’s a reference to growth in pre-tax, pre-government benefit income during the economic recovery following the Great Recession from 2009 to 2017, which was calculated by one of the leading experts in the field of income inequality research. However, it’s not the only way to measure income, and other economists we spoke with pointed to more comprehensive, though slightly more dated, studies that compare income growth after accounting for what people pay to and receive from the government. We rate Sanders’  .  — The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: John McCain wants to "give oil companies another $4-billion" in tax breaks.
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: September 26, 2008
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: Oxford, Miss
Fact-check justification: We concluded that Obama was cherry-picking by singling out oil companies. That led us to rule his statement Barley . But at the debate, the two candidates had just discussed McCain's position on corporate taxes and were talking about how overarching policy could affect tax breaks for oil companies. The context of the exchange explained McCain's overall policy on corporate taxes. As a result, when Obama made the  in the debate, it was .
Statement: I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government.
Speaker: bobby jindal
About the speaker: Bobby Jindal is the governor of Louisiana and a candidate for president in 2016. He was elected to his first term in 2007. Prior to that, he served as a congressman from 2004 to 2008, representing the suburban areas north of New Orleans.
Date: August 30, 2015
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;state budget
Context: comments on ABC's "This Week"
Fact-check justification: Jindal said, "I’m the only candidate that has actually reduced the size of government." He was talking about the cuts in spending. To his credit, a Cato report backs his . However, there’s more than one way of looking at spending cuts. One other approach that an expert said is valid suggests that Jindal was out-cut by four other governors. Jindal’s  is partially accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.
Speaker: mark born
About the speaker: Mark Born is an American law enforcement officer and politician. Born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Born graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College. He then worked in the Dodge County, Wisconsin sheriff department. Born also served on the Beaver Dam Common Council.
Date: June 2, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs;states;workers
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification: Born said ""Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits." Those figures check out, and make clear things are far from back to normal, even if Democrats and Republicans disagree about why unemployment remains high and what to do about it.  We rate the  .
Statement: A million Democrats deserted (Howard Dean's) party and joined my party because of Donald Trump in Ohio this year.
Speaker: hugh hewitt
About the speaker: Hugh Hewitt is the host of a nationally syndicated radio show and a columnist.
Date: July 20, 2016
Location: ohio
Topics: economy
Context: an MSNBC panel
Fact-check justification: As part of an MSNBC panel, Hewitt said, "A million Democrats deserted (Howard Dean’s) party and joined my party because of Donald Trump in Ohio this year." Without polling the Dems-turned-GOP, it’s not possible to know exactly why they switched parties. But data from the secretary of state showed that 115,762 Republican ballots were cast by former Democrats. An impressive number -- but not a million. We rate the statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/27d58c44-005c-4df3-abaa-9f0a0534306d
Statement: Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance.
Speaker: pete buttigieg
About the speaker: Pete Buttigieg is the Transportation secretary under President Joe Biden. Buttigieg was elected mayor of South Bend, Ind., in 2011 and was re-elected in 2015. He decided not to seek re-election and his term ended in January 2020. From 2009 to 2017, he served in the U.S. Navy Reserve and was a lieutenant. He received a bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard College and a first-class honors bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Pembroke College as a Rhodes Scholar. He ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primaries.
Date: October 15, 2019
Location: national
Topics: health care;polls and public opinion
Context: a Democratic presidential debate
Fact-check justification: Buttigieg said that Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance. Polling on this question shows higher levels of support for an opt-in approach to expanding Medicare than for a required switch away from private insurance. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Gov. Scott Walker "has been rated America's most factually-challenged politician.
Speaker: democratic party of wisconsin
About the speaker: The Democratic Party of Wisconsin focuses on advancing state Democratic candidates and related issues.
Date: March 17, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;polls and public opinion
Context: a website post
Fact-check justification: But the party misuses our data to  we said something we never did. For a statement that is not accurate and makes a  , our rating is .   To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s web page . ------ More on Scott Walker For profiles and stories on Scott Walker and 2016 presidential politics, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Scott Walker page .
Statement: Says "Ron Johnson is making excuses for rioters who tried to overthrow our government, even calling them 'peaceful protests.'
Speaker: senate majority pac
About the speaker: Senate Majority PAC is a super PAC that works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate.
Date: October 19, 2022
Location: national
Topics: congress;legal issues;wisconsin;jan. 6
Context: Political ad
Fact-check justification: An ad from Senate Majority PAC and End Citizens United claimed "Ron Johnson is making excuses for rioters who tried to overthrow our government, even calling them ‘peaceful protests.’"  Johnson has clearly minimized and downplayed what happened that day, and sought to direct blame elsewhere. So, there is much to what the ad claims. That said, it blows past statements where Johnson has been more explicit in condemning those who broke the law. We rate this  .
Statement: I argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy.'
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 19, 2008
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: Orlando, Fla
Fact-check justification: We checked the congressional record and couldn't find any statements from the floor or in the text of any legislation that Obama co-sponsored that suggests this was a "years"-old position. If Obama had said he has been advocating this position for months, he'd be on solid footing. And he rightly gets credit for some foresight on the issue. But when he says it's a position he has argued "for years" he is giving himself more credit than even his campaign can confirm. We rate Obama's statement .
Statement: Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: October 4, 2021
Location: national
Topics: bipartisanship;congress;debt
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Biden said, "Raising the debt limit is usually a bipartisan undertaking." Democrats did help pass bipartisan legislation to raise the debt ceiling three times during the Trump administration. Biden used the word "usually" here for a good reason. As McConnell noted, there have been times when Democrats largely didn’t join Republicans in raising the debt ceiling. In 2006, Senate Democrats — including Biden — rejected raising the debt ceiling to take a stand on spending. Biden missed a debt ceiling vote in 2004 but said he would have objected to it. An analysis from the Urban Institute in 2010 of votes in the preceding years showed that, when in the minority, both parties relinquished the task of raising the debt ceiling on the majority party. When there was a divided government in 2007, raising the debt ceiling was a bipartisan deal. What sets 2021 apart is the Republicans’ use of filibuster to force Democrats to increase the debt limit. We rate this statement .  RELATED: The looming debt-ceiling showdown: What you need to know RELATED : ​​Rick Scott blames Democrats for expanding the debt. But it was a bipartisan feat
Statement: Breaking news Kim Jong Un has pass(ed) away.
Speaker: youtube videos
About the speaker: Videos uploaded to YouTube.
Date: April 22, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a YouTube video
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .)   Though there are posts online wondering if Kim is dead, we found no  supporting that  — and certainly no breaking news reports that he has died, as the YouTube video says.   Rather, Foreign Policy reports that no one knows if he’s ill or not. The Washington Post says there is no verified  that Kim is in "grave danger," as an anonymous U.S. official quoted by CNN said. We rate this YouTube video .
Statement: Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people, which, frankly, to me, that's perhaps the most important number there is.
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: May 11, 2020
Topics: health check;coronavirus
Context: the Rose Garden
Fact-check justification: Trump claimed that, when it comes to COVID-19 fatalities, "Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people." This is untrue. While the metric Trump highlighted is important, there are countless countries performing far better than the United States on COVID deaths per capita. And it is  at best to categorize the American fatality count in the same group as Germany’s; Germany’s numbers are better. We rate this  .
Statement: Hillary Clinton said, "with a straight face, that the terrorist attacks this weekend were caused by Donald J. Trump
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: September 19, 2016
Location: georgia
Topics: terrorism
Context: a Facebook post and video
Fact-check justification: Trump surrogate and former Georgian Newt Gingrich recently posted on Facebook that Hillary Clinton said the  New York terrorist attacks were caused by Donald J. Trump. She certainly did not say that directly. Clinton did link past Trump comments about Muslims to recruiting efforts that aid terrorists in a general sense.  Gingrich takes Clinton’s attack and  applies a bit of political spin to come up with the charge that Clinton accused Trump of causing the recent attacks. We rate Gingrich’s statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/e7389b4e-5d4c-488f-a965-bd524be4df31
Statement: Texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job.
Speaker: wendy davis
About the speaker: Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth attorney, was initially elected to the Texas Senate in 2008. She was the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, giving up a shot at winning re-election to the Senate.
Date: July 29, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: economy;jobs;women;workers
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: Davis declared an average $8,355 earnings gap between Texas men and women working "the very same job." In 2010, that was the general gap between median salaries of full-time working Texas men and women, according to federal figures, while the 2012 gap was nearly $500 less.   More significantly, the research that Davis tapped did not drill down to salaries for workers doing the same jobs. We found 2013 survey results indicating that among Texas workers with comparable professional experiences, there was a $2,000 gap between the median pay for men and women in the same or similar jobs. This statement, based on an outdated figure that also didn’t speak to people with the same jobs, still has an element of ; sizable pay gaps exist. We rate the  as .