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Statement: More than half of death row prisoners are people of color.
Speaker: gwen moore
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is a Democratic member of Congress, representing Wisconsin's 4th District, which primarily includes Milwaukee. Moore, who served in the state Legislature from 1989 to 2004, was elected to Congress in 2004.
Date: July 26, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;death penalty
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Moore said  "More than half of death row prisoners are people of color."   Reports from organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Equal Justice Initiative and the Death Penalty Information Center confirm the death row racial population , both at the state and federal level.  We rate her  .
Statement: After enactment of the Republican tax bill, "school teachers can no longer deduct the cost of their classroom supplies on their taxes.
Speaker: jenna fischer
About the speaker: Jenna Fischer is an actress, most famous for her role as Pam Beesly in "The Office."
Date: December 23, 2017
Topics: education;taxes;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Fischer tweeted that after enactment of the Republican tax bill, "school teachers can no longer deduct the cost of their classroom supplies on their taxes." As numerous Twitter users pointed out, that is  -- the newly signed tax bill does not affect the existing deduction for teacher expenses. Fischer later acknowledged that "I had some facts " and deleted the tweet. We rate her initial tweet .
Statement: Supreme Court just voted to ban condoms.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: September 18, 2022
Topics: supreme court;facebook fact-checks
Context: a photo
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claimed the "Supreme Court just voted to ban condoms." The court has not taken any actions to restrict access to contraception, including condoms. We rate this  .
Statement: Says he "is the only candidate in the race for Clackamas County Chair who will refuse to join the Public Employees Retirement System.
Speaker: john ludlow
About the speaker: Wilsonville businessman John Ludlow is running for Clackamas County Commission Chair.
Date: May 4, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: county budget;county government;message machine 2012;workers
Context: campaign material
Fact-check justification: They are county Chairwoman Charlotte Lehan, county Commissioner Paul Savas, and state Rep. Dave Hunt. They cannot opt out. Savas said he never knew he could decline to join.    He is the only candidate who will refuse, and who can refuse, to join PERS. We expect Ludlow to keep his promise if he wins, and we rate his statement .
Statement: After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker's pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment.
Speaker: tom reed
About the speaker: Tom Reed is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, elected in 2010 to a district that includes much of New York state's Southern Tier.
Date: August 20, 2019
Location: new york
Topics: economy;taxes
Context: a Tweet
Fact-check justification: After tax cuts, Reed said, unemployment is at a record low and that average worker pay is rising by more than 3 percent.  That's not in dispute, with the caveat that unemployment was lower in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. But he implies it is because of the tax cuts, and that's not the case, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service and the economists we talked to. The economic indicators were trending that way before the law was passed in 2017.  His statement is partially accurate. There have been economic gains. But he takes things out of context when he neglects to mention economists and a nonpartisan congressional research report indicate the tax cuts didn't have much to do with it. We rate Reed’s  .
Statement: There "are 500 registered Republicans moving" to Texas "every day.
Speaker: steve munisteri
About the speaker: Munisteri, initially elected to chair the Republican Party of Texas in 2010, is a longtime GOP activist. He helped found Young Conservatives of Texas in the 1980s. He says on a state party website that he retired from law practice in 2008 to concentrate on other financial and business interests.
Date: August 19, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: population
Context: an interview on Austin's YNN
Fact-check justification: Munisteri said 500 Republicans a day move to Texas. The chairman laid out equations seemingly supporting this conclusion, though a complete analysis of Republican/Democratic ups and downs would take into account factors including Texas births, deaths and departures. Besides, as Census Bureau estimates indicate, even if one focuses only on individuals moving into the state, it’s a challenge to demonstrate that 500 Republicans move in daily. In the end, too, the party did not divulge its lists of movers to Texas, making it impossible to directly probe the accuracy of Munisteri's aired counts. These weaknesses signify vital missing details. We rate this  as . -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Joe Biden resigned and "Trump is the new president.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 7, 2022
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .) Biden has not resigned. In fact, the day of this Facebook post he spoke publicly and signed several pieces of legislation.   As for Trump, while speculation continues to abound about whether he might run for another presidential term, he is, as of now, a former president, and he hasn’t replaced Biden.   We rate this post !
Statement: In 2010, uninsured voters made up "about 5 percent of the electorate.
Speaker: charles schumer
About the speaker: Charles Schumer is a Democratic senator from New York and the Senate majority leader.
Date: November 25, 2014
Location: national
Topics: congress;health care
Context: remarks at the National Press Club
Fact-check justification: Schumer said that in 2010, uninsured voters made up 5 percent of the electorate. We crunched the numbers and came up with a figure close to Schumer’s -- 7 percent. There’s reason to believe, though, that 5 percent and 7 percent are both overestimates. This only reinforces Schumer’s overall point that the uninsured don’t make up a significant portion of actual voters. We rate Schumer’s  .
Statement: Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.
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: November 2, 2021
Topics: economy;workers
Context: Glasgow
Fact-check justification: Biden said that "wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation." That was the case in August and September. But the gains from those two months are only starting to dig inflation-adjusted wages out of the hole they fell into during the first seven months of Biden’s tenure. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Ayn Rand said, "The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
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: June 12, 2019
Topics: history;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post says Ayn Rand said: "The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me." She didn’t say this, though the quote paraphrases a character in one of her novels. But without the book’s context, the statement could mislead readers about Rand’s worldview. We rate this post .
Statement: Nancy Pelosi just bought a 11,000 square foot $25 million mansion in Florida.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 23, 2021
Location: california
Topics: congress;facebook fact-checks;florida
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But Bourque told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that Pelosi was not the mansion's buyer . Pelosi's most recent financial disclosure report , from August, shows several real estate properties that she and her husband own, but none are located in Florida. Our Ruling Multiple social media posts have claimed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving to Florida after purchasing a $25 million mansion. Both Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff and the real estate agent who listed the mansion have said Pelosi is not the buyer.    We rate this  .
Statement: The national debt is on track to double during Obama's presidency.
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: November 12, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: debt;deficit;federal budget
Context: a book
Fact-check justification: Our rating Walker said: "The national debt is on track to double during Obama’s presidency." Documents from Obama’s own administration indicate the debt is on pace to double in raw dollars, the way the debt is commonly reported, though not as a percentage of gross domestic product. Walker aptly indicated that Obama bears part of the blame. We rate Walker’s statement . To comment on this item, please go to JSOnline.com .
Statement: A national poll found that among people who oppose the Democratic health care reform bill, "almost 40 percent" opposed it not because it goes too far, but because "they don't think it goes far enough. ... They will not be unhappy when we pass health care reform.
Speaker: john yarmuth
About the speaker: John Yarmuth is a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Kentucky.
Date: March 16, 2010
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: a speech on the House floor
Fact-check justification: To his credit, he accurately cited a result from a legitimate poll. However, due to variations in wording and the complexity of polling this issue, there's quite a bit of uncertainty about what that result actually means. It does not conclusively demonstrate that, as Yarmuth put it, nearly 40 percent of voters "will not be unhappy when we pass health care reform." Some of those voters likely believe that the bill should have gone further in a conservative direction, not a liberal one, and they are unlikely to be happy if a Democratic bill passes. So we rate his statement .
Statement: Wisconsin is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 19, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral Facebook post said Wisconsin "is the only state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens." It is indeed the only state where all Republicans opposed the bill, which has now become law. But it’s a bit of an exaggeration to summarize their decisions as a vote "against protecting (Wisconsin) citizens." And of course this is expected to be just the first of many bills addressing the coronavirus fallout.  We rate this  .
Statement: A photo shows Rob Cantrall at a recent Michigan protest.
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: May 4, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Cantrall headed an Oregon chapter of the Proud Boys , a men’s organization of self-described "western chauvinists" that the Southern Poverty Law Center has called a "hate group." The Free Press describes him as "a controversial right-wing activist. "  Cash told the newspaper that he didn’t at first know who Cantrall was. But after researching it, Cash said he was upset to be associated with someone he considered a "racist." We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Says "billionaire George Soros bankrolls" Minnesota Democrat Dan Feehan, who is "employed by a Soros-funded liberal outfit in D.C." and his campaign is "propped up by out of state super PACs backed by Soros' millions.
Speaker: national republican congressional committee
About the speaker: National Republican Congressional Committee
Date: October 18, 2018
Location: national
Topics: campaign finance
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The National Republican Congressional Committee says that "billionaire George Soros bankrolls" Dan Feehan, who is "employed by a Soros-funded liberal outfit in D.C." and his campaign is "propped up by out of state super PACs backed by Soros' millions." Soros is currently a major donor to a super PAC, Priorities USA, that is supporting Feehan through its ads criticizing Hagedorn. Beyond that, this  falls apart. Feehan is an adjunct staff member at an "outfit" that has other funders who are quite generous, including major defense contractors. The center has been described as liberal in media accounts, but it has been described in other ways as well, and its past and present board members include people chosen for high ranks by Republican presidents, including Trump. Soros hasn't donated to Feehan and does not "bankroll" Feehan. We rate the  .
Statement: The stimulus "has delivered $43 billion in tax relief to American working families and businesses
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: July 11, 2009
Location: national
Topics: economy;stimulus;taxes
Context: his weekly radio address
Fact-check justification: On top of that, the administration's estimate for how much tax relief the AMT has provided is far more than the congressional estimate, creating some uncertainty about how much money the tax break is really worth in the first place. So we don't think Obama can accurately say $43 billion. It could be as low as $35 billion.   He's making  assumptions and including the impact of a tax change that isn't much of a tax break. That's a significant exaggeration that earns a .
Statement: McCain Trying to Have it Both Ways on Iraq
Speaker: democratic national committee
About the speaker: The Democratic National Committee is the national organization of Democrats.
Date: October 3, 2007
Location: national
Topics: iraq
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: McCain's positions on Iraq underscore the complexity of the war as a political issue, and of McCain's unique position as supporter and critic. It may prove difficult for voters to get the nuance. It also may offer a little insight into why the other top-tier presidential candidates, Republicans and Democrats alike, are treading a bit more lightly. The DNC's critique of McCain has at its core a nugget of  about how McCain supports the war while being critical of how it has been conducted. But we find the DNC's  that this is "having it both ways" to be a  presentation of the facts.
Statement: The White House is now attempting to ban all gas ovens and burners.
Speaker: sean hannity
About the speaker: Sean Hannity is a conservative political commentator and hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, as well as two television shows on the Fox News Channel. In a 2013 interview Hannity said that he is a “registered Conservative” and ”not a Republican, though people often mistake me for one.” Hannity has authored three books.
Date: January 10, 2023
Topics: environment;consumer safety;government regulation
Context: a TV segment
Fact-check justification: Hannity said "the White House is now attempting to ban all gas ovens and burners." One commissioner from the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in an interview that a ban could be considered. But the commission chair rebutted that notion, saying the agency is not seeking a ban.   The commission is researching health risks related to gas stoves, and will seek the public’s ideas on the issue this year.   We rate Hannity’s statement .
Statement: The minimum wage has risen $2.35 in the last two years. That's 31 percent.
Speaker: leonidas raptakis
About the speaker: Leonidas "Lou" Raptakis has served as a state senator since 1996, representing Coventry and several surrounding communities, and regained his seat in 2013. Prior to that, he was a member of the House of Representatives for four years. He was a candidate for secretary of state in 2010. He is the owner of Venus Pizza in Coventry.
Date: February 5, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;families;income;government regulation;poverty;small business;workers
Context: testimony before the House Committee on Labor
Fact-check justification: In summary, Sen. Raptakis testified that Rhode Island's minimum wage has risen $2.35 or 31 percent in the past two years. The actual increase Rhode Island businesses have been wrestling with over the past two years is significantly less, and he subsequently told us he was referring to what would happen if the $10.10 minimum wage was approved. The correct answer is 16.1 percent. We rate his statement  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Blue Cross' new $90-million Providence headquarters "was outfitted with $25 million in decor.
Speaker: bill lynch
About the speaker: William J. "Bill" Lynch is a lawyer who served for 12 years as chairman of the Rhode Island Democratic party.  He was a candidate for Congress in the 1st District in 2010. A graduate of Brandeis University and Suffolk University law School, Lynch is married and has a son and a daughter.
Date: May 19, 2010
Location: rhode island
Topics: health care
Context: posting on his website
Fact-check justification: By the way, we asked Blue Cross how much it spent on furnishings and received this response from Kimberly R. Reingold, director of media relations and external affairs: "The cost characterization of our decor, including workstations, office furniture, tables, seating and files, is . The actual cost was modestly in excess of $7 million." Reingold said "modestly in excess of $7 million" means less than $7.5 million and was based on "invoices received from multiple vendors." We asked Blue Cross for documentation to back up that number. The company declined to provide it.
Statement: A video shows people in Romania protesting COVID-19 vaccines.
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: December 4, 2021
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Residents were demonstrating against corruption in government and efforts to decriminalize abuse in office by government officials, Time magazine reported at the time . The precise number of protesters who demonstrated against COVID-19 restrictions in October in Romania, where vaccination rates are relatively low , is unknown. The Associated Press said "more than 5,000," while The Hill and Reuters reported "roughly 15,000" were there .   But the footage now being shared online doesn’t show this event. We rate claims that it does .
Statement: Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree.
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: May 17, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: education
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Perry said 13 Texas institutions had announced or implemented a $10,000 degree. That count draws on a state-researched list. By our analysis, however, only four programs offer degrees earned entirely at the university whose name is on the diploma for $10,500 or less. Two more universities expect students to attend community college first but pay a total of $10,372 or less at both institutions. That leaves seven universities that expect students to earn their $10,000 degrees after corraling up to 87 college credits in other ways that presumably cost additional money. Several also require students following the $10,000 degree plans to have income-based Pell grants or to qualify for other scholarships. These realities are more complicated than the governor suggested. We rate his statement, which has an element of , as .