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Statement: We've rebuilt China.
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: March 27, 2016
Location: national
Topics: china;foreign policy;trade
Context: an interview with the New York Times
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "We’ve rebuilt China." China’s economic growth can largely be attributed to its in-house reforms and inclusion in global trade. The United States can take some, but certainly not all, of the credit for the latter. We rate Trump’s  .
Statement: For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.
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: August 16, 2020
Location: california
Topics: civil rights;housing
Context: a Wall Street Journal op-ed
Fact-check justification: That was never proposed. Trump and Carson say nothing about that key information, leaving a potentially  impression.   We rate the  .    – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context.
Statement: House Speaker Dean Cannon says that freshmen lawmakers account for one-third of the 120-member House, and that two-thirds of the chamber have two years or less experience.
Speaker: dean cannon
About the speaker: Dean Cannon (R-Winter Park) is the Florida Legislature's 2010 House Speaker and a lawyer.
Date: December 8, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: elections
Context: a newspaper interview
Fact-check justification: But those five have already worked through the legislative sessions of 2008, 2009 and 2010, and we don't see them as sophomores. So is Cannon correct? He was paraphrased as saying that one-third of the 120-member House are freshmen and two-thirds have two years or less experience. We can split hairs on the experience level of  a few of them, but not enough to change his math.  We rate this  .
Statement: In the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty.
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: October 25, 2016
Location: national
Topics: ethics;legal issues
Context: an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly
Fact-check justification: Gingrich said that in the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty." According to legal experts, Clinton’s $850,000 payment does not qualify as a "penalty." It wasn’t imposed by a court (the court had dismissed the case); it was negotiated by the parties out of court; and it came with no admission of guilt. Given his past experience with careful parsing of how legal penalties are defined, Gingrich of all people should have known this. We rate his statement .
Statement: Top Democrats refuse to stand for Gold Star widow.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: March 1, 2017
Topics: congress;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Bloggers said, "Top Democrats refuse to stand for Gold Star widow." That makes it sound as if the blue side of the aisle stubbornly stayed seated while the GOP cheered for the widow of a Navy SEAL killed in a raid in Yemen. A more accurate headline would be, "Top Democrats don’t stand as long as Republicans for Gold Star widow." A video review shows Democrats including Sanders, Pelosi, Wasserman Schultz and Ellison stood.  But most sat down while Republicans renewed their applause. To say they outright refused to stand up is . We rate these headlines .
Statement: I was never against same-sex marriage.
Speaker: leah ward sears
About the speaker: former Georgia Chief Justice
Date: February 5, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: marriage
Context: newspaper column
Fact-check justification: Sears was careful not to enter the controversial fray during her time on the bench, and from the research we reviewed, she had not taken a public stance on the issue. Still, she went to work a few years ago for a conservative think tank whose leader has been a staunch same-sex opponent, and she told PolitiFact Georgia that she is grappling with her position on the issue. In addition, her legal record while on the Georgia Supreme Court shows she has sided with the majority on rulings that have been cheered and jeered by gay rights activists. We ruled her statement . Staff writer Karishma Mehrotra contributed to this article.
Statement: Says Charlie Crist rode on a jet that "belongs to a serial polluter with a history of environmental violations fined nearly $2 million for polluting water.
Speaker: republican party of florida
About the speaker: The Republican Party of Florida represents Republicans in Florida.
Date: August 7, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: climate change;elections
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: The Republican Party of Florida said Crist rode on a jet that "belongs to a serial polluter with a history of environmental violations fined nearly $2 million for polluting water." The plane’s owner, Bay County contractor James Finch, has been fined in the past for filling in wetlands or allowing unfiltered runoff to flow into waterways, in violation of environmental permits. That’s a legitimate definition of polluting, and there’s no doubt Finch has been fined almost $2 million over the years. It’s hypocritical of the state GOP to call out Finch when one of his subcontractors has benefited from a relationship with Gov. Scott. But that doesn’t change the facts. We rate the statement .
Statement: Woody Harrelson's 60 seconds in the middle of his monologue was cut out of the edits released after the show.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: February 26, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy tweeted , "Woody Harrelson ribs Pfizer + Moderna brilliantly on @nbcsnl. Hypnotized audience misses the joke. Woody Harrelson KNOWS the triad of tyranny: Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big Government. How is it an actor is more in tune with reality than our elected leaders? pic.twitter.com/AwF1Lzvbxe We rate the  that Harrelson’s monologue was selectively edited by NBC to remove certain parts .
Statement: Says Barabara Walters wrote that Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 16, 2018
Topics: military;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The post details allegations against Fonda that other fact-checkers have looked into . But it begins by claiming that Barbara Walters wrote it.   "Barbara Walters writes: Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War. "  We still can’t find any  that Walters said or wrote the statement that appears in this and other Facebook posts.   We rate it .
Statement: 'Caravan' Migrant Army Paint Swastika on American Flag, Burn It in the Street.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: October 22, 2018
Topics: immigration;fake news;homeland security;human rights;foreign policy;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: This photograph was taken by an AP photographer during a protest in Honduras that was staged in support of migrants caravanning to the U.S. border. It does not show members of the "caravan migrant army" burning a defaced U.S. flag. We rate this  .
Statement: Says "Bill Clinton and George Bush both say build the Keystone XL.
Speaker: american petroleum institute
About the speaker: The American Petroleum Institute is a national trade association representing American oil and natural gas companies and industries.
Date: March 2, 2014
Location: national
Topics: environment;climate change;energy;jobs
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: The American Petroleum Institute ad says, "Bill Clinton and George Bush both say build the Keystone XL" pipeline. While their  is two years old, it’s not fabricated. Since voicing support of the pipeline in 2012, Clinton has not publicly weighed in on the controversy. But his backing of the project was not an offhand comment. It came during a publicized energy speech on the same day his wife was testifying before Congress. It seems unlikely he would endorse the proposal on such an occasion if he did not mean it. We rate the statement .
Statement: You may be 55 years old in [Illinois] and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55 or older, you're eligible for Medicaid.
Speaker: terri bryant
About the speaker: Terri Bryant is a Republican lawmaker from Murphysboro, Ill. representing the 58th District in the Illinois Senate. Prior to winning her senate seat in 2020, she served in the Illinois House of Representatives.
Date: July 13, 2021
Location: illinois
Topics: immigration;health care;medicaid
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Bryant said "you may be 55 years old in this state and a citizen and not eligible for Medicaid. But if you are an undocumented immigrant and 55 or older, you're eligible for Medicaid." This is a  comparison. No U.S. citizens would be barred from Medicaid unless their income was too high to qualify. And the beneficiaries of the Illinois plan who are in the U.S. illegally would also have to fall below the same income restrictions. We rate Bryant’s  . ​​ — The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: While California's population has doubled since the 1970s, we haven't completed a single major (water) storage project in that time.
Speaker: kevin mccarthy
About the speaker: Kevin McCarthy, who was first elected in 2006, is a Republican member of Congress representing a district in California. McCarthy was elected as House Speaker in January 2023.
Date: July 12, 2017
Location: california
Topics: environment;infrastructure;water
Context: a speech on the House floor
Fact-check justification: House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy recently claimed California hasn’t completed a single major water storage project since the 1970s. His  is partially accurate. Nothing built since that time compares with the massive reservoirs built in the 1950s and 60s as part of the State Water Project. That doesn’t mean California hasn’t added anything of significance. Regional water districts have built large projects including the 800,000 acre-foot Diamond Valley Lake, built in 2000, the largest reservoir in Southern California. To describe "major" water storage projects, McCarthy’s spokesman used what amounts to an arbitrary marker of those with the capacity of one million acre-feet or more. But as water policy experts point out, California has continued to build water storage on a smaller but still significant scale. It’s also adopted new water supply strategies, including groundwater storage and conservation. McCarthy’s statement ignores these important facts and context. We rate his  .   – 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: Says the Obama administration approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma in 2009, when nine of the state's 77 counties burned for "about three days," while Texas wildfires have been burning for longer without such a declaration.
Speaker: todd staples
About the speaker: Staples was first elected agriculture commissioner of Texas in 2006 after previously serving in the Texas Senate and House. He unsuccessfully sought the 2014 Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, afterward resigning for another job.
Date: May 12, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: natural disasters 
Context: a Texas Tribune interview
Fact-check justification: Where does that leave us? Staples correctly says that the Obama administration denied Texas’ request for a disaster declaration due to long-burning wildfires: The same administration approved a similar disaster declaration request from Oklahoma in 2009, in response to wildfires that burned for only a few days. But the statement leaves out a crucial relevant fact. FEMA has not denied federal aid for the Texas wildfires; it’s approved fire-fighting grants adding up to $23 million — far more than Oklahoma’s approximate $3 million in disaster aid. We rate Staples statement .
Statement: Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers.
Speaker: mike collier
About the speaker: Collier, the 2018 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Texas, was the party's 2014 nominee for state comptroller. He worked for 20 years as a top executive at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, an international accounting firm, and then became chief financial officer of a Texas oil company.
Date: October 31, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: education;health care;state budget;workers
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: Collier said Patrick and Republican leadership this year "snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers." Benefits are shrinking: Starting in 2018, retirees enrolled in TRS-Care will have access to fewer health plans and they’ll  face greater costs. But this  leaves out details and vital context. That is, legislators agreed to this course across party lines. In addition, inaction could have left TRS to phase out retiree health plans entirely. Meantime, TRS forecasts another funding shortfall likely demanding legislative attention in 2019. On balance, we rate this  .  – 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: Says Mike Gibbons said "military service doesn't count as real work.
Speaker: josh mandel
About the speaker: Josh Mandel, a Republican from Lyndhurst, is a Marine veteran who served two tours in Iraq. He served as Ohio treasurer from 2011 to 2019.  Before that, he was a state representative from the 17th Ohio House District. He unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in the 2012 US Senate race. Mandel is running for the GOP nomination for an Ohio U.S. Senate seat in 2022.
Date: March 26, 2022
Location: ohio
Topics: ad watch
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Mandel claimed in an ad that Gibbons said "military service doesn't count as real work."  Gibbons said in a debate that Mandel has never worked in the private sector; he didn’t say what this ad claims. We rate Mandel’s  . RELATED: Ohio’s Josh Mandel repeats   of stolen 2020 election RELATED: Fact-checking whether Biden’s Russia sanctions over Ukraine didn’t start for 30 days, had loopholes RELATED: The race for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat: A guide
Statement: Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died from a COVID-19 vaccine.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 27, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Colombia attorney general’s office released a preliminary toxicology report that said medical examiners found  of 10 types of substances in Hawkins’ body, NPR reported , including opioids, benzodiazepines, and antidepressants. Hawkins had a history of drug use, and a 2001 heroin overdose left him in a coma, according to the Los Angeles Times .   Since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the United States, the deaths of high-profile people —  Bob Saget and Betty White among them — have been falsely attributed to the vaccine, especially in between when a death is announced and before its cause is known.   We don’t yet know why Hawkins died, but there’s so far nothing to support the  that he died because of a COVID-19 vaccine.   We rate this post .
Statement: Milwaukee lost the headquarters for MillerCoors because the area lacks good transit.
Speaker: jason haas
About the speaker: Jason Haas was elected to the Milwaukee County Board in an April 2011 special election. He is a stay-at-home father.
Date: February 27, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs;transportation
Context: a newspaper interview
Fact-check justification: Haas said Milwaukee lost the MillerCoors headquarters because it lacks effective transit. Yet there is no  the brewing company chose against Milwaukee for those reasons. Milwaukee and Denver were never in play. The company chose Chicago over Dallas, and, in doing so, the top executive praised that city’s transit system. We rate Haas’ statement .
Statement: Seven hundred thousand. That's how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them.
Speaker: enterprise florida
About the speaker: Enterprise Florida is the public-private partnership between the state's businesses and government leaders. It is the economic development organzaition of Florida.
Date: April 27, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: jobs;labor;states
Context: California
Fact-check justification: A radio ad by Enterprise Florida said, "Seven hundred thousand. That’s how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding 1 million jobs, not losing them." This is . The 700,000 figure refers to the number of jobs California could have added by 2026 if it didn’t increase the minimum wage, not a decline in net employment. Based on projections, California will still gain more jobs with the minimum wage increase than Florida during the same time frame. While experts agreed that a $15 wage will reduce employment in California, they said it’s near impossible to pin a number on the impact given how unprecedented the hike is. We rate the  .
Statement: Says in 2003 Texas cut "$10 billion out of the entire budget, yet we put $1.8 billion more into public education. We put $800 million more into health and human services.
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: April 15, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: state budget
Context: an interview with The Texas Tribune and Newsweek
Fact-check justification: We find that total funding in those categories in the 2004-05 budget increased by $893 million and $1.3 billion, respectively — not quite what Perry claims. Federal funds fueled the increases, enabling lawmakers to appropriate $1 billion less in state money to public education and $6.8 million less to health and human services. We rate Perry's statement as . Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time.
Speaker: scott randolph
About the speaker: Scott Randolph is an attorney who was elected to the Florida House to serve District 36 in 2006.
Date: April 4, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;elections;redistricting
Context: comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC
Fact-check justification: But Randolph said he was talking about Weatherford, who is set to replace Rep. Dean Cannon as speaker for 2013 and 2014. Weatherford's name has only appeared on the general election ballot once -- but even granting Randolph wide latitude, he's still reshaping history. Weatherford was appointed to replace Littlefield on the 2006 ballot for District 61, and even though Weatherford's name wasn't on the ballot, he still spent about six weeks campaigning for the seat. If he had gotten the years right, Randolph might have had a better case. But because of the misstatement, coupled with the fact that Weatherford's story is not as clear-cut as Randolph described it, we find this  .
Statement: I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies.
Speaker: betsy devos
About the speaker: Betsy DeVos is an education activist and major Republican donor from Michigan. President-elect Donald Trump nominated her for the position of education secretary.
Date: January 17, 2017
Location: national
Topics: environment;animals;children;corrections and updates;education;public safety;guns
Context: her Senate confirmation hearing
Fact-check justification: DeVos said, "I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies." The elementary school in Wapiti certainly faces the threat of grizzly bears, given its proximity to Yellowstone National Park. It has a fence surrounding the playground to keep bears out. However, the state of Wyoming and the school district ban weapons in K-12 schools, so Wapiti Elementary does not have a gun on hand to defend against potential bear attacks. We rate DeVos’  . Correction: Due to a transcription error, the word "probably" was left out of DeVos' statement in an earlier version of this article. It read, "I would imagine there's a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies." The article has been updated with her complete quote: "I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies." Additionally, we have corrected a statistic about the efficacy of firearms against bears. The rating of  remains the same.
Statement: Finnish Court rules sex with children is permitted.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: April 18, 2022
Location: national
Topics: children;crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claimed a Finnish court ruled that sex with children is permitted. This isn’t . It’s illegal for adults to have sexual relations with children under 16 in Finland. A 2018 court ruling about what qualifies as rape prompted Finland to update and strengthen its child sex abuse laws. The country has never ruled that sex with children is legal.  We rate this .
Statement: China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we're burning in the United States.
Speaker: jim justice
About the speaker: Jim Justice is the Republican governor of West Virginia. A businessman, Justice was originally elected as a Democrat.
Date: June 10, 2019
Location: west virginia
Topics: environment;energy
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Justice said that China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States." The actual number is a little bit less than that — China consumes roughly six times the amount of coal as the United States does. But that’s pretty close. We rate the statement .