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Statement: Terry McAuliffe cashed in, walking away with millions" from the demise of Global Crossing.
Speaker: ken cuccinelli
About the speaker: Ken Cuccinelli became acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on June 10, 2019. Cuccinelli, a Republican, was Virginia's attorney general from 2010 to 2014. In 2013, he lost the general election for governor to Democrat Terry McAuliffe. In 2016, he was a adisver to the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Born in 1968, Cuccinelli has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from Geroge Mason University School of Law and an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University.
He represented Fairfax County in the state senate from 2002 to 2010.
 
 
 
 
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Date: September 6, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: candidate biography;wealth
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: McAuliffe made a fantastic profit through an insider deal that allowed him to buy Global Crossing stock before it was offered to the public. Cuccinelli’s ad, without directly saying so, clearly links McAuliffe’s gain to the downfall of the company and the woes of its employees. There’s no  McAuliffe had a management role in Global Crossing. He was an investor who bought low and sold about half of his holdings at peak value. He held on to the rest of his shares until they were virtually worthless. All of the shares were publicly traded, so it’s far-fetched to suggest McAuliffe raided the company’s coffers. We rate the  .
Statement: You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.
Speaker: ted cruz
About the speaker: Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.
Date: April 22, 2021
Location: texas
Topics: supreme court
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Cruz said, "You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game." Republicans treated Garland’s nomination and Barrett’s nomination differently because they held the Senate majority and were able to exercise their power in ways that benefited their party’s goals. But  that doesn’t mean they weren’t rigging the game. There was no consistency to the way they handled the two nominations — the approaches were exactly opposite. We rate this  .
Statement: Belarus declares war on Poland.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 8, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "In the event of a conflict, the territory of Poland with its military infrastructure becomes a priority target of the strike, namely decision-making centers, elements of the control system, points of permanent deployment of the National Armed Forces, arsenals and bases, as well as critical objects of their economy and transport infrastructure," the Times quotes Kosygin as saying.   Poland has previously accused Belarus of engaging in "hybrid warfare" by sending increasing numbers of migrants over their shared border. But the  that Belarus has declared war on Poland was made in the context of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine.   Although news reports have said that Belarus has threatened to retaliate against Poland in the case of Western provocation, it’s an overreach to say that the country has declared war.   We rate this post .
Statement: We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977.
Speaker: ted cruz
About the speaker: Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.
Date: January 14, 2016
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: the Fox Business Network debate
Fact-check justification: Cruz said, "We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977." He’s put his finger on a trend that worries economists of all stripes, but his wording was sloppy. In addition, it’s worth remembering that this particular trend is being driven at least to a degree by demographic trends beyond the control of any president. We rate the  .
Statement: Says Ben Carson said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 3, 2019
Topics: immigration;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: As far as we can tell, Ben Carson never said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship," as the Facebook post claims. He did say that someone involved in voter fraud should lose their citizenship and be deported. But there’s enough ambiguity in his words that it’s possible to interpret them multiple ways. He could have meant that naturalized citizens should lose their citizenship if they engage in voter fraud, though barring other circumstances—if they have a felony conviction in some states and voted anyway, for example—casting a ballot wouldn’t be illegal on its own. He could have meant that Americans who commit voter fraud should lose their citizenship, though it’s unclear where they would be sent should they be deported. And because he espouses his idea in a column about illegal immigration, he could have meant what the Facebook post says: That undocumented immigrants who commit voter fraud should lose their citizenship (though they wouldn’t have citizenship if they were undocumented immigrants). The Facebook post assumes that’s what he meant—it’s not clear from his column—and goes one step farther, attributing to Carson what appears to be a made-up quote. We rate this statement .
Statement: Millennials are "more pro-life than baby boomers and older Americans.
Speaker: ralph reed
About the speaker: Ralph Reed is a conservative political strategist and is founder and chairman of the Faith & Freedom Coalition.
Date: March 9, 2014
Topics: abortion;punditfact
Context: a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Reed said that millennial voters are more likely to be pro-life than baby boomers or seniors. Reed relied on a survey that asked about the morality of abortion. The institute behind that survey told us results were considerably different on the question of pro-life/pro-choice. Based on the latest results, millennials were least likely of all age groups to call themselves pro-life. Across multiple surveys, there is no  that millennials are more likely to be pro-life than other generations. The general trend is that they are about equally pro-life as Gen-Xers and baby boomers, and consistently are less pro-life than seniors. We rate the  .
Statement: Says Connie Mack IV has been "a promoter for Hooters with a history of bar room brawling, altercations and road rage.
Speaker: bill nelson
About the speaker: Bill Nelson was first elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida in 2000. He lost re-election to Gov. Rick Scott in 2018. Nelson previously served in the Florida Legislature, Congress and as state Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner.
 
Date: August 2, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;tampa bay 10 news
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Nelson told TV viewers across the state: "Florida, meet Connie Mack IV. A promoter for Hooters with a history of bar room brawling, altercations and road rage." The word "arrest" appeared during the ad. Much of that statement is , but there are some key omissions: • Nelson failed to make it clear that Mack stopped working as a promoter for Hooters 12 years ago. • Nelson omitted the timeline on the criminal history and road rage: Those incidents occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Mack was in 20s at the time. He’s now about to turn 45. • We have an incomplete picture of the road rage incidents, making it difficult to discern how much Mack was to blame. But Mack did work as a promoter for Hooters and has a history of bar room brawling, altercations and road rage. We rate this  . PolitiFact Florida is partnering with 10 News for the election. See video fact-checks here .
Statement: On allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, "I have never said that or advocated that.
Speaker: marco rubio
About the speaker: Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016 and then dropped out and won re-election to the Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and took office Jan. 5, 2011. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and is a former Speaker of the Florida House. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 2000. He is from Miami and holds a law degree from the University of Miami.
Date: August 6, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: abortion
Context: Cleveland
Fact-check justification: Rubio said during the debate about exceptions for rape and incest on abortion: "I have never said that or advocated that." Recently, Rubio has supported a bill that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks, and the bill did include exceptions for rape or incest. So Rubio has supported legislation with exceptions. However, we could find no  that Rubio has generally favored those types of exceptions, and we couldn’t find him specifically advocating for them. Rubio’s  has an element of , but it leaves out important details. So we rate it .
Statement: Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers" and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.
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: July 13, 2020
Topics: campaign finance;drugs;government regulation
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: An attack ad claimed Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers" and "lied" when she said she didn’t take campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin. The first part of the  is . On holding manufacturers accountable, Collins voted against one measure that failed, but voted for several others that became law.  When asked if she had ever taken campaign money from the Sackler family, Collins said no, and was . One member of the family gave her one donation, of $2,300, in 2007. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That’s our definition of .
Statement: Allen West called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" and said "this country's got to get on sound footing by destroying it.
Speaker: ron klein
About the speaker: Ron Klein is a former Democratic Congressman from South Florida, representing District 22 in South Florida from 2007-2011. He was defeated in a re-election campaign on Nov. 2, 2011.
Date: September 13, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: message machine 2010;social security
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The TV ad said West called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" and said "this country's got to get on sound footing by destroying it." The Klein campaign relied on one source of : an NPR transcript of an interview with a reporter who now says that his description of West was a paraphrase, not a quote -- though he does remember West using the phrase "Ponzi scheme." We don't think a reporter's description of what a candidate says can stand as the sole source for an attack ad, particularly when neither the reporter nor the Klein campaign can find anything he wrote about West's comments on Social Security. We couldn't find any proof that West said it, and we find Klein's proof insufficient.  We rate this  .
Statement: Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.
Speaker: al franken
About the speaker: Al Franken is a former U.S. senator from Minnesota.
Date: May 17, 2023
Topics: health care;health check
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Franken was largely correct in characterizing the insurance rebate provision and his role in getting it into law. There will be rebates sent out this year, but the $1.1 billion is still technically an estimate of the amount and could change based on final insurer data. But his tweet was off the mark in implying that Americans broadly would see direct rebates. Although the number of Americans who get a rebate this year may be similar to last year’s 6 million, that’s a single-digit percentage of the total number of people with insurance. Still, Americans are likely to benefit in some form this year — such as through richer benefit packages or reduced cost sharing. But very few will get an actual check in the mail. We rate this .
Statement: The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office.
Speaker: gina raimondo
About the speaker: Gina Raimondo served a four-year term as Rhode Island's general treasurer beginning in Jan. 4, 2011 before being elected governor in 2014. She cofounded and served as a general partner of Point Judith Capital. She is a graduate of Yale Law School and a Rhodes Scholar. She is married with two children.
Date: August 26, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: debates;debt;deficit;economy;negative campaigning;pensions;unions;workers
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: When Raimondo said, "The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office," she was only off by one percentage point, according to the most recent audit of the fund. That funded ratio has not increased since Taveras was sworn in on Jan. 3, 2011. But that percentage was on a downward spiral at the time, so having it stabilize at 31 percent doesn't necessarily reflect "small changes," as Raimondo claimed in the debate. And the changes negotiated between Taveras and the city’s unions are intended to gradually increase the funding ratio. Because the statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate it  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: The United States had "allies lined up" for air strikes in Syria and then Obama "pulled the rug out.
Speaker: peter king
About the speaker: Peter King is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives serving a district in New York. He is a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee and the House Intelligence Committee.
Date: August 31, 2014
Location: national
Topics: terrorism
Context: an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Fact-check justification: King said, "we had allies lined up (to launch air strikes on Syria) then the president pulled the rug out." A handful of allies "lined up" for air strikes. We counted France, Turkey and Saudi Arabia as countries that were supportive. Hardly an overwhelming show of hands, but King did not specify how many in his remarks. Among the "no" crowd were key allies like the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. The Arab League and the United Nations also balked. Any support faded after Russia helped broker a diplomatic solution in which Syria agreed to give up its chemical weapons. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it .
Statement: If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated.
Speaker: the campaign to fix the debt
About the speaker: The Campaign to Fix the Debt, a group formed in 2012 with help from a bipartisan cast of elected officials, is a corporate-backed effort to push for action to reduce the long-term federal debt and bring down deficits. It is a vehicle created in large part by CEOs of major companies to lobby on the issue, according to media coverage in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
Date: December 17, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: debt;deficit;federal budget;state budget;states
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: And Wisconsin is somewhat less vulnerable than other states on the impact of potential non-defense cuts, the Pew report found. Our rating Fix the Debt issued a news release claiming "if lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated." That’s way off. A pool of funds that size would be cut, but perhaps by 7 percent, not wiped out entirely. We rate the group’s  .
Statement: Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would  "take us into a recession and kill jobs.
Speaker: rob portman
About the speaker: Rob Portman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is a former Republican congressman who also was a U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George H.W. Bush.
Date: November 9, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: deficit;economy;federal budget;jobs
Context: a newspaper interview
Fact-check justification: Portman also is accurate when describing the potential for higher unemployment, based on the CBO report. It is important to note that Portman was not delivering a thesis on the CBO report. Rather, he was telling a newspaper interviewer about the desire to avoid the short-term pain while addressing the long-term problems. Whether his solutions, which include corporate tax reform, would work is immaterial here. His  about the immediate consequences of going over the cliff, based on the CBO’s analysis, is .
Statement: Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.
Speaker: tucker carlson
About the speaker: Tucker Carlson was a Fox News pundit until his departure in April 2023.
Date: November 1, 2021
Topics: civil rights;criminal justice;elections;homeland security;legal issues;crime;pundits;terrorism;punditfact;jan. 6
Context: his documentary series "Patriot Purge"
Fact-check justification: In his film, Carlson said, "Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans — disfavored Americans — of their core constitutional rights."  There is no  that the hundreds of people arrested for participating in the assault on the Capitol have been stripped of their constitutional rights, let alone that millions of Trump supporters are also under threat of losing their rights. There is also nothing pretextual about the prosecutions, which have targeted only those who breached the Capitol, assaulted police or committed other crimes during what was an historic attempt to overturn an election. Many rioters posted about their involvement on social media. We rate Carlson’s  !
Statement: Say "71 percent of doctors say Hillary's health concerns are 'serious' and 'could be disqualifying.'
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 8, 2016
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;pundits
Context: internet postings
Fact-check justification: Prior to Clinton's current bout with pneumonia, bloggers reported that "71 percent of doctors say Hillary's health concerns are 'serious' and 'could be disqualifying.' " There was no national, scientific poll of doctors. The online poll surveyed physicians on the email list of a very conservative/libertarian medical group, which is significant information missing from the group's news release. The flaws are too serious for this survey to have credibility as an indication of how doctors feel about Hillary Clinton's health and how it affects her ability to be president. We rate this  .
Statement: Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.
Speaker: ron johnson
About the speaker: Ron Johnson is a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin. A businessman and accountant, Johnson defeated Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the 2010 election. He is seeking re-election in 2016.
Date: October 21, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care;public health;coronavirus
Context: a presentation
Fact-check justification: On a call with Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Johnson said, "Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve." Cases are up nationwide and in Wisconsin, so the curve of new cases has not been flattened. And deaths in Wisconsin are at an all-time high, even if nationally they have been more stable.  A Johnson spokesman argued the senator was referring to national trends when he spoke. However, he made the  in the context of discussing the situation in Wisconsin, and even if one were to use a national perspective, he’s only partially correct. A statement is  when it contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That fits here.
Statement: Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries.
Speaker: david a. clarke jr.
About the speaker: David A. Clarke Jr. served as Milwaukee County sheriff from 2002 to 2017.
Date: June 13, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care;public health;public safety
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Our rating Clarke said: "Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries." A study released several weeks before Clarke made the statement estimates that 251,000 people per year in the United States die from any number of types of medical errors. But that figure is an estimate. Moreover, no estimate was made in the study on the number of deaths due to botched surgeries. We rate Clarke’s statement .
Statement: All across Ohio, steel mills are reopening.
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: October 12, 2018
Location: ohio
Topics: economy
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Trump said that steel mills were reopening across Ohio. While experts have mixed impressions about the long-term job growth from Trump’s steel tariffs, we found  of a handful of steel companies investing in their Ohio plants and at least one example of an idling mill reopening. We rate this .
Statement: The federal government could save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills.
Speaker: charlie smith
About the speaker: Charles "Charlie" Smith, D-St. Mary's, is a former Ga. state representative. He is currently an attorney with the corporate and real estate practice groups of the Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin law firm.
Date: May 6, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: economy;federal budget
Context: a newspaper article
Fact-check justification: Moving to coins from paper money would save taxpayers’ money in the long run. But Smith cherry-picked the study with the largest amount of savings. He cited $500 million. The most recent study showed the saving at about $150 million, far less than Smith cited. We rated Smith’s  .