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Statement: Says the State Department has "had half a year" to respond to a Benghazi document request, yet "I have not gotten a single, solitary scrap of paper.
Speaker: trey gowdy
About the speaker: Trey Gowdy is a Republican Member of Congress representing a district in South Carolina.
Date: May 15, 2015
Location: national
Topics: congress;terrorism
Context: an interview on Fox News
Fact-check justification: Gowdy said the State Department has "had half a year" to respond to a Benghazi document request, yet "I have not gotten a single, solitary scrap of paper." The House Benghazi Committee’s own report notes that in response to a November 2014 request for emails from Clinton and her top aides, the State Department has produced 850 pages of Clinton’s emails. The State Department hasn’t yet produced Clinton’s staffers’ emails in response to this request. The department argues that Clinton’s emails were top priority, that many of the staffers’ emails have been provided in previous document requests, and that their response time is limited by department resources. Gowdy has a point that he’s still waiting on quite a few documents, but it goes too far to say he hasn’t received a "single, solitary scrap of paper." We rate his  .
Statement: Says Kamala Harris said "once Trump's gone" from the White House, "we'll be coming for you next. You will feel the vengeance of a nation.
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 20, 2020
Location: california
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a viral image
Fact-check justification: But the quote attributed to her was fabricated on the Bustatroll satire website in an August 2019 article that carries the byline: "Fired Writer. "  The article is clearly labeled satire. But the viral image being shared has no such label. An alert Facebook user commenting on the post we’re checking pointed out that in November 2019, we rated the same  as  when it surfaced in a similar viral image. We’re giving the same rating here: .
Statement: You know how many convicted felons Scott Walker let out during his eight years early on parole? Zero. Tony Evers is approaching 1,000 of these that he's let out early.
Speaker: tim michels
About the speaker: Timothy J. Michels is an American politician and businessman from Brownsville, Wisconsin. He co-owns and co-manages Michels Corporation, a family-owned and operated construction company. A member of the Republican Party, Michels is a candidate in the 2022 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. Michels won the GOP primary for governor on August 9, 2022.
Date: September 10, 2022
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;elections;legal issues;crime
Context: Public statement
Fact-check justification: Michels claimed "You know how many convicted felons Scott Walker let out during his eight years early on parole? Zero. Tony Evers is approaching 1,000 of these that he’s let out early." There are many ways this was mangled, but here is the chief one: Walker refused to issue any pardons, not any paroles. And many paroles are required by law — for instance, once a person reaches a certain stage of a sentence and has completed certain programs. Michels incorrectly interchanges the two. What’s more, when it came to paroles, some 895 felons have been released during Evers’ tenure — not 1,000. And when just discretionary releases are considered, since Evers took office in 2019 discretionary parole grants by the commission represented 51.5% of the total number. Under Walker, the percentage was 47.5% of the total. Since Michels has made the statement repeatedly, and continues to lump the two together in attacks even after being alerted to the difference, it’s clear this is not a semantic error. For us, that makes this   and . That’s what we call !
Statement: Schools in some states are spending up to 100 days a year doing test-prep or actual testing.
Speaker: randi weingarten
About the speaker: Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers.
Date: April 2, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Weingarten allowed herself some latitude by using broad phrasing, such as "some districts" and "up to 100 days" in her . But the thrust of her statement is , according to education experts. Weingarten’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rated the  . Staff writer Karishma Mehrotra contributed to this article.
Statement: Rubio: 'Rape victims should be in custody if there is suspicion that they're planning abortion.'
Speaker: uspoln website
About the speaker: A fake news website that describes itself as a news/satire site.
Date: May 23, 2017
Topics: abortion;fake news;punditfact
Context: an online article
Fact-check justification: But they happen and they're horrifying and they're tragic, and I recognize that." He added, "That being said, I recognize that in order to have a consensus on laws that limit the number of abortions, a lot of people want to see those exceptions and that's why I've supported those laws in the past, as has every pro-life group in America." USPOLN.com’s about page includes a disclaimer, warning readers that its articles "may not be reliable" and that they should consider "any and all quotes attributed to actual people complete and total baloney." Yet a perusal of the comments at the bottom of the article shows that at least some people fell for this explosive  headline about Rubio. We rate this headline !
Statement: Mailing in a ballot "gives the bad guys a chance to know how many ballots they need to make.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 23, 2022
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: An Instagram video says mailing in a ballot "gives the bad guys a chance to know how many ballots they need to make."  A Washington election official said the  is  and there is no  of widespread voter fraud in the state. If election officials receive more than one ballot from a voter, the ballot gets flagged and that voter is contacted to resolve any issues.  We rate this  !  RELATED: All of our fact-checks about voting and elections
Statement: Gov. Lincoln Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance through the state's Obamacare exchange.
Speaker: barth bracy
About the speaker: Barth Bracy is executive director of Rhode Island Right to Life.
Date: October 2, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: abortion;health care;government regulation;public health;religion
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Rhode Island Right to Life's Executive Director Barth Bracy said Governor Chafee has imposed "a mandatory abortion fee" on all Rhode Islanders who buy health insurance under Obamacare. There is a fee, whether it's hidden in the bill or presented as a line item as the law seems to require. That element of his statement is accurate. Did Chafee impose the fee? That's a big stretch. It’s a federal requirement, although Chafee, who created the insurance exchange system in Rhode Island, could have pushed for a plan that didn’t cover abortion, which would have allowed antiabortion consumers to have a choice on the issue. Because the statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context, we rate it   . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, e-mail us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Says "PPS employees have paid their own PERS contributions for many years.
Speaker: portland public schools
About the speaker: Portland Public Schools is Oregon's largest school district.
Date: January 22, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: education;pensions;unions;workers
Context: a letter to Portlanders
Fact-check justification: Cities and counties for 85 percent of workers. School districts pick up the employee share for only 55 percent of its workers -- the lowest of any employer group. The ruling: Portland schools employees have paid the employee share of PERS pickup for years. They received a salary increase in order to do so. We rate the statement .
Statement: Fifty percent of Americans will go hungry at some time in their lives.
Speaker: robert malin
About the speaker: Robert Malin is a musician and documentary filmmaker from Charlestown. He is active on social justice issues such as poverty and homelessness.
Date: April 20, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;poverty
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Anti-poverty activist Robert Malin said half of all Americans will go hungry at some point in their lives. Experts we talked with knew of no research that supported Malin’s . And studies show the percentage of Americans facing "food insecurity" annually is closer to 15 percent. Some studies, however, have found that half of all Americans will be poor at some point in their lives. And researchers say hunger and poverty are linked. Because the statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, we rate it . ( Correction: Robert Malin is an activist with the Rhode Island Mobilization Against Poverty. The initial version of this item incorrectly said he was the head of the organization.)
Statement: Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense.
Speaker: rand paul
About the speaker: Rand Paul, a U.S. senator from Kentucky elected in 2010. He ran for president in 2016 before dropping out to seek re-election to the Senate. Paul is a medical doctor and an ophthalmologist. His father is Ron Paul, a 2008 presidential candidate and a former member of Congress from Texas. 
Date: August 12, 2013
Location: national
Topics: health care;poverty
Context: an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Fact-check justification: Paul asked, "Why didn't (uninsured Americans) buy insurance? Because of the expense." Survey data supports him. A plurality of respondents in major surveys of the uninsured specifically cite cost as a barrier, and relatively few indicate that going uninsured is a voluntary choice. We rate Paul’s  .
Statement: Says Dean Heller "broke that promise" to protect expanded Medicaid.
Speaker: democratic senatorial campaign committee
About the speaker: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate.
Date: October 16, 2018
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: an attack ad
Fact-check justification: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said Heller broke his promise to protect expanded Medicaid. Heller said he would vote no on a procedural vote, and said any bill must pass muster with Republican governors in states with expanded Medicaid. His follow-up votes were mixed. Heller voted yes on the procedural vote. While the bill differed from the original draft, it had no significant differences on Medicaid expansion. Immediately after that, Heller both voted no on a move that explicitly protected expanded Medicaid and voted no on two bills that would have killed expanded Medicaid. Heller co-sponsored the Graham-Cassidy bill, which did not specifically curtail Medicaid expansion but reduced funds going to Nevada and created uncertainty about the program’s future. He had said he would not support health care changes that did not win Gov. Sandoval’s support, but Sandoval opposed Graham-Cassidy. His record can make the case either way. We rate the  .
Statement: McCain and Bush are millionaires who are "for tax cuts for millionaires.
Speaker: campaign to defend america
About the speaker: Campaign to Defend America is a left-leaning advocacy organization.
Date: March 5, 2008
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: He said the reason for his change of heart is that rescinding the tax cuts would be the equivalent of a tax increase after they had been in effect for so long. (Both Obama and Clinton want to roll back the Bush tax cuts for higher incomes.) If you're trying to identify the candidate who supports the Bush tax cuts, McCain is your man. But we're concerned that the ad leaves the impression that McCain advocates new, additional tax cuts for millionaires rather than keeping the present situation in place. For that reason, we knock this  down one peg on the -O-Meter and find it .
Statement: Says "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: January 9, 2018
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: a Cabinet meeting
Fact-check justification: Trump said that "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with the suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack. The Trump administration did not provide any information to support this repeated  about Saipov. Green card holders, such as Saipov, can only petition for a spouse and unmarried children to come to the United States. Media reports indicate that Saipov married a woman who already lived in the United States and that their three children were born in the United States. Saipov could not have petitioned parents or siblings in his current immigration status. Without  to support it, we rate Trump's  .
Statement: Daniel Webster said he's out. Now he says he's in.
Speaker: alan grayson
About the speaker: Alan Grayson was initially elected to Congress in 2008, then defeated for re-election in 2010. He was elected again to Congress from a different district in 2012. He lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2016.
Date: April 22, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: elections
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: Now they are. Grayson's right. Webster once said he wasn't running. Now, he is. We rate Grayson's statement .
Statement: Disney pushes 'We love Satan' in new family Christmas movie.
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: November 29, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: After the elves form the words "We love you Satan," then Allen, as Santa, says: "Spelling." The elves look down and shriek when they realize the typo, and change formation so that the letters spell "We love you Santa." Allen then gives them a thumbs-up. In context that’s missing from both the blog and Instagram post, this is clearly a joke.   We rate claims that Disney is pushing Satan in its new Christmas show .
Statement: The United States' southern border is "basically open" and is "a super spreader event.
Speaker: gary sides
About the speaker: Gary Sides represents District 3 on the Union County School Board in North Carolina
Date: August 3, 2021
Location: north carolina
Topics: immigration
Context: a school board meeting
Fact-check justification: Sides said the border is "basically open" and causing a "super spreader event," also casting immigrants as a key reason COVID cases are rising. The border is not "basically open." Border Patrol is turning away most people who attempt to enter the country. Meanwhile, there’s no  to support the theory that immigrants are the primary cause of increasing COVID cases. National trends show spikes in communities far from the border, and North Carolina data shows that most cases are among non-hispanics. We rate their claims .
Statement: I am the only candidate who ran in either primary who said, 'I will not raise taxes on the middle class.'
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: July 14, 2016
Location: virginia
Topics: taxes
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Clinton said, "I am the only candidate who ran in either primary who said, ‘I will not raise taxes on the middle class.’" Fifteen of the 17 Republican presidential candidates signed pledges not to raise taxes on anyone, which includes the middle class. Thirteen of those candidates signed the vow last year; the other three inked such a pledge earlier in their careers. We rate Clinton’s  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/25daf797-76f8-4941-a24f-646a29114e00
Statement: Two of the top three (rated) public high schools in Wisconsin — Ronald Reagan College Prep and Rufus King International — are MPS schools.
Speaker: david bowen
About the speaker: David Bowen is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Assembly, representing a district in Milwaukee. he is a former member of the Milwaukee County Board of supervisors.
Date: May 11, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: The highest rating -- "exceeds expectations"-- was given to 176 high schools. Our rating Bowen said Rufus King International and Ronald Reagan College Prep are two of the top three public high schools in the state. That corresponds to the U.S. News ranking for 2014, which was the most recent at the time he made the . But, other ratings painted a different picture and experts are wary about the validity of the methodology to measure school success. We rate Bowen’s  .
Statement: JUST IN: The Vatican has invited Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Fauci, New Age figure Deepak Chopra and the CEOs of Moderna and Pfizer to speak at a May conference focusing on 'health' and the 'soul.'
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 27, 2022
Topics: religion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: Others included Dr. Francis Collins of the National Institutes of Health; primatologist Jane Goodall; Princess Dina Mired of Jordan; soprano Renee Fleming; lead guitarist for Aerosmith Joe Perry; former professional football player Brandon Marshall; and supermodel Cindy Crawford. The Associated Press called it "a unique Vatican conference on COVID-19, other global health threats and how science, solidarity and spirituality can address them." It also featured rabbis, cardinals, imams and representatives of Christian denominations, the AP reported . The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: Gov. (Pat) McCrory took $500,000 directly out of the disaster relief fund. And you know what it's for? House Bill 2.
Speaker: roy cooper
About the speaker: Roy Cooper, a Democrat, is the governor of North Carolina. Previously he was the attorney general, a state senator and a state representative.
Date: October 11, 2016
Location: north carolina
Topics: lgbtq;natural disasters ;sexuality;state budget;states;weather
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Cooper said "Governor McCrory took $500,000 directly out of the disaster relief fund" to spend on lawyers to defend the controversial HB2 legislation. McCrory did ask for the money, although there’s no proof he asked for it to be taken specifically from disaster relief – an especially touchy topic now with so much flooding ravaging the state. The money is still in the disaster relief fund, which is a mark against Cooper’s , but nevertheless it is still earmarked for HB2, meaning McCrory could take it in the future. And although he has said he won’t, he also didn’t attempt to stop the money from being moved out of disaster relief by using his veto power. Cooper’s  is partially accurate but leaves out important details, so we rate it .
Statement: The DNC hack showed you that the Clinton campaign was working to schedule (primary) debates against (Bernie) Sanders," and the Clinton campaign is continuing this "ploy" against Donald Trump.
Speaker: paul manafort
About the speaker: Paul Manafort is the chairman for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Date: July 31, 2016
Location: national
Topics: debates
Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Manafort said, "The DNC hack showed you that the Clinton campaign was working to schedule debates against Sanders" and the Clinton campaign is continuing this "ploy" against Trump. Experts agree the Democratic primary debate schedule was more advantageous to Clinton than Sanders, but there is no  in the DNC emails that show Clinton conspired to make this happen. As for the notion that Clinton rigged the presidential debate schedule ahead of the general election, experts told us it’s pretty . The commission that plans the debates released its schedule six months before the NFL released theirs, and almost a year before Clinton and Trump became the Democratic and Republican nominees.   We rate Manafort’s  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/3d3d7132-4bb2-4d4e-bb0a-96b66d4f2b0d
Statement: The ammunition used in the Orlando shooting "is banned by Geneva Convention. It enters the body, spins & explodes.
Speaker: michael moore
About the speaker: Michael Moore directed the movie "Capitalism: A Love Story" and is a well-known documentary filmmaker. His movies includes "Roger and Me," "Bowling for Columbine," "Fahrenheit 9/11," and "Sicko." He won the Academy Award for best documentary in 2002 with "Bowling for Columbine," and he was a nominee in 2007 for "Sicko." Michael Moore's Web site is www.MichaelMoore.com.
Date: June 14, 2016
Topics: punditfact;guns
Context: a tweet after the Orlando shooting
Fact-check justification: Moore tweeted that the Geneva Convention prohibits the type of ammunition used in the Orlando shooting. However, the Geneva Convention does not deal with ammunition. Other international conventions do prohibit certain ammunition, but only during wartime, not domestically. Even if they were binding domestically, experts are not sure whether Mateen’s bullets qualify, given the limited information released from law enforcement. That being said, Moore’s tweet does emphasize the amount of damage these bullets inflicted. Even if his specifics might be off, doctors’ reports support Moore on the general point about damages. We rate Moore’s  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/c7d1cc63-b740-4c9e-ae93-d00188ad5e6a