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Statement: Alabama's Crimson Tide will be the underdog in Saturday's game against the Georgia Bulldogs, the first time in 72 consecutive games that Alabama has not been favored by oddsmakers to win.
Speaker: espn
About the speaker: ESPN Chalk and others cover aspects of sports including gambling.
Date: September 27, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: gambling;sports
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: ESPN and others are reporting that the Alabama Crimson Tide will likely have rare underdog status Saturday against the Georgia Bulldogs in one of the most highly anticipated SEC contests of the year. That’s based on the fact that for 72 games in a row Alabama was favored in betting to win. And that wasn’t the case this week as bets started being placed for the game Saturday at Sanford Stadium. But since betting goes on down to the wire, there’s at least a possibility that the underdog status could change up to game time. That’s why they call it gambling. And given the unknown, we have to hedge a bit ourselves at this stage of the game. We rate the statement .
Statement: Under a Wisconsin bill, "minor offenses such as violating pet leash laws, seat belt laws, parking infractions, etc., would now be arrestable offenses.
Speaker: john birch society
About the speaker: The Wisconsin-based John Birch Society, known for anti-communism activism in the 1960s, says it works to stop "legislation and federal policies that threaten the independence of our country and our people."
Date: November 4, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: civil rights;legal issues;guns
Context: an article on the group's website
Fact-check justification: Dog at large violations are already arrest-able in communities that have such ordinances and seat belt and parking violations are arrest-able statewide -- though the arrest typically does not involve handcuffs or jail, but rather a person being detained or perhaps ending up with a fine. The bill would make numerous state forfeitures arrest-able. But that would simply give legal authority for something officers already doing -- detaining and sometimes referring to prosecutors people suspected of violating non-criminal state laws. The John Birch Society statement is partially accurate but leaves out important information. That’s our definition of .
Statement: Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.
Speaker: lupe valdez
About the speaker: Lupe Valdez, a Democrat elected four times as Dallas County sheriff, declared her candidacy for governor in December 2017. She won the party’s nomination in May 2018.
Date: July 31, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: immigration;crime
Context: a Dallas Morning News news story
Fact-check justification: Valdez said DPS numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants. We didn’t find DPS figures or an understandable methodology to support a specific "1.6 percent" conclusion--nor did we work up what we’d consider a solid alternate estimate. Relevant data seems to be unavailable. Still, national research supports Valdez's point that people living in the U.S. illegally account for little crime. 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 BLM activist Sasha Johnson tweeted, "The white man will not be our equal but our slave.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 2, 2020
Topics: race and ethnicity;facebook fact-checks
Context: Facebook and Twitter posts
Fact-check justification: A Twitter post from an account purporting to be Johnson’s said "The white man will not be our equal but our slave." Johnson’s political party, Taking the Initiative, has told media outlets that the now-suspended account is a . The anti-white tweets on the account, the group told Insider, were not sent by Johnson nor do they represent the views of her or the party. We rate this !
Statement: While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.
Speaker: kasim reed
About the speaker: Kasim Reed is Mayor of Atlanta.
Date: November 17, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: public health
Context: press release
Fact-check justification: A press release from Mayor Kasim Reed’s Office said: "Atlanta and state-level health care leaders are taking action because while the national smoking rate has fallen, more than 18 percent of adults in Georgia are still smoking." The first part of the statement is . Smoking rates have generally been falling nationally and in Georgia. The state’s rate was lower than the national rate in 2013. Reed’s office is correct that, in 2013, 18.8 percent of Georgia adults over 18 were smoking. But newer figures paint a peachier picture for the state. It doesn’t change the mayor’s overarching point that the state still has a way to go. We rate Reed’s statement .
Statement: Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs.
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: January 7, 2015
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: Wayne. Mich
Fact-check justification: Obama said that over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs." During the period in question, the actual number of job gains in the car industry is strikingly close to what Obama said -- 502,900 -- and we don’t find any significant omissions in his . So we rate it .
Statement: Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members" and were "most likely tied to MS-13.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 8, 2023
Location: national
Topics: immigration;crime
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed that Garcia and Alvarez were gang members living in the U.S. illegally. Both men are U.S. citizens, according to records and police. We found no  that either belonged to MS-13. Garcia had no criminal incarceration history in Texas, where he was born. Alvarez has an extensive rap sheet, but police did not confirm whether he was affiliated with any criminal group. If any additional information emerges, we will revisit, but at this point police did not confirm any  of gang affiliation. We rate this  . PolitiFact Researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report. RELATED: Tracking misinformation about the Allen, Texas, mass shooting and response
Statement: Says of COVID-19 that Dr. Anthony Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large.
Speaker: deanna lorraine
About the speaker: DeAnna Lorraine was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. House in 2020 in the district currently represented by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Date: April 12, 2020
Location: california
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a tweet that was retweeted by President Donald Trump
Fact-check justification: Lorraine tweeted that Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large." This is . Fauci did say on Feb. 29 that rules Americans would come to know as social distancing were not yet warranted. However, just about every other sentence of his remarks was filled with caveats indicating that the situation could change. He did not indicate that there was "nothing to worry about" or that the virus "posed no threat to the public." We rate the statement .
Statement: Says a Donald Trump tweet credited Gov. Ron DeSantis for Hurricane Dorian's path away from Florida.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 1, 2019
Topics: weather;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Yet hundreds of Facebook users are sharing the screenshot as if it were . Just to make sure, we checked Trump’s real Twitter page to see if he has tweeted about Gillum in connection to Dorian. He hasn’t. The Facebook post is not accurate and makes a  . We rate it !
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role.
Speaker: james woods
About the speaker: James Woods is an actor. 
Date: July 31, 2016
Topics: candidate biography;children;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Woods claimed that Clinton wrote that "the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role." That’s a bogus quote attributed to Clinton’s book It Takes a Village . We rate Wood’s  ! https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/35155d42-dcb3-42d1-98e0-c97b41e96061
Statement: The spot where they are 'getting a sample' for the COVID-19 test is called your Blood-Brain Barrier.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 6, 2020
Topics: health care;public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A social media post claimed, "The spot where they are ‘getting a sample’ for the Covid-19 test is called your Blood-Brain Barrier." It also went on to  that after getting a test, a person could develop a number of medical conditions.  The nasal swab COVID-19 tests collect samples from the cavity between the nose and mouth, not the blood-brain barrier. It would not be possible for the 6-inch nasopharyngeal swabs used in COVID-19 tests to compromise the blood-brain barrier, which refers to the tightly packed cells inside the blood vessels of the brain. We rate this  !
Statement: Says Patrick Murphy advocated for "cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
Speaker: national republican senatorial committee
About the speaker: The National Republican Senatorial Committee helps elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate.
Date: September 7, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;medicare;social security
Context: a campaign website
Fact-check justification: The National Republican Senatorial Committee said Murphy advocated for "cuts to Social Security and Medicare." The attack focused on one interview from before Murphy officially joined Congress. While Murphy said cuts were possible, he pointed out Congress will need to focus on "structural changes" to the two programs. Murphy’s efforts to protect Social Security and Medicare have focused on protecting seniors and veterans, but we didn’t find any clear  he has endorsed or voted for legislation to cut current or future benefits. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone.
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: October 16, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: the second presidential debate
Fact-check justification: Obama said that his administration has created "5 million jobs … over the last 30 months in the private sector alone." That’s  only using the most cherry-picked time frame. A more reasonable method -- starting the count at the beginning of the recovery -- shows a gain of 3.6 million jobs. That’s still a substantial number, but well short of the 5 million Obama claimed. We rate the statement .
Statement: Video shows an aide to U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi snapping at former U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 10, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But no aide to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., appears. The tension is between Gowdy and the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., who criticized the committee as partisan.   No physical fight breaks out, and at one point, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chimes in.   If the post used Pelosi's name to describe this interaction to draw more people to click on the link, the video may have had some disappointed viewers.   We rate claims that it shows one of her aides snapping at Gowdy .
Statement: Youth unemployment in minority communities is about 40 to 45 percent.
Speaker: peter kinder
About the speaker: Peter Kinder, a Republican, serves as lieutenant governor of Missouri. He is running for governor in 2016.
 
Date: March 17, 2016
Location: missouri
Topics: economy;jobs;race and ethnicity
Context: a gubernatorial debate
Fact-check justification: Our Ruling The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data fits Ferguson into Kinder’s  of youth unemployment of about 40 percent to 45 percent in minority communities. Defining which cities, suburbs and townships are "minority communities" is a matter of debate. But it’s worth noting that Ferguson’s youth are not only more unemployed than their peers in St. Louis , they are also significantly more unemployed on average than both white and black 16-24 year-olds across the country. Ferguson was the community in question when Kinder cited the rate of 40 percent to 45 percent of youth unemployment in minority communities — and Ferguson does fit into Kinder’s estimate. We rate Kinder’s statement as .
Statement: David McCormick paid for attacks on Donald Trump.
Speaker: mehmet oz
About the speaker: Physician and talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz is a 2022 candidate for the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania.
Date: March 10, 2022
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: campaign finance;ad watch
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Oz said McCormick "paid for attacks" on Trump. McCormick gave money to the campaign of one of Trump’s rivals for the 2016 Republican nomination for president, but that doesn’t amount to financing attacks on Trump. Without  for the , we rate the  .
Statement: When Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, "that was the end" of Romney's chances to win.
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: February 17, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;elections;medicare;social security
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Ultimately, in the election , Romney ended up with 47 percent of the vote, with Obama getting 51 percent. Our rating Trump said that when Romney chose Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, "that was the end of the campaign." Polls taken in the days after Ryan’s selection generally showed that Romney’s standing vs Obama was as good or better than in the days before the pick. We couldn’t find any  that the Ryan pick sunk the ticket. We rate Trump’s statement .
Statement: The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.
Speaker: debbie dooley
About the speaker: Debbie Dooley is the Georgia Tea Party Patriots state coordinator
Date: March 31, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: state budget;transportation;taxes
Context: a Twitter post
Fact-check justification: "They are increasing the burden on everyday motorists in Georgia while giving out all of these subsidies to businesses," Dooley said. ""They can call it a fee all they like, but if it raises revenue like this does, it’s a tax," Experts quibble over the semantic distinction. And at least in the short term, people will pay slightly less, or about the same, on the tax that is the biggest piece of the funding overhaul. But over time, the experts agree that the burden on taxpayers will increase. The distinction between a tax and a fee brings it down a notch, but we rate Dooley’s statement about a "billion dollar tax increase" to be .
Statement: Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 6, 2023
Topics: taxes;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a video shared on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A Facebook video claimed that "Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit." Experts said that  was  and added that the employee retention credit is paid to eligible employers, not employees.  For eligible employers, the credit applies to eligible wages paid from March 13, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021. It can be claimed retroactively, however. We rate these claims .
Statement: The first Statue of Liberty given to the U.S. by France was a Black woman which the U.S. rejected.
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 22, 2018
Topics: history;race and ethnicity;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: But versions of the rumor date back at least as far as the late 1990s, before Lady Liberty was erected on St. Martin. In 1998, after receiving several inquiries about the , the National Park Service launched an exhaustive, two-year investigation into the Statue of Liberty’s history. Anthropologist Rebecca M. Joseph, who authored the report , wrote that "there is no  that Bartholdi's ‘original’ design was perceived by white American supporters or the United States government as representing a black woman, or was changed on those grounds. "  In other words, the U.S. government gratefully accepted the only Statue of Liberty it was ever offered.   We rate this post .
Statement: These 2 Ankeny moms standing next to the Governor are known Qanon and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists.
Speaker: kedron bardwell
About the speaker: Kendron Bardwell is an Iowa political scientist. 
Date: May 20, 2021
Location: iowa
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Because some posts have been deleted or taken down,  PolitiFact  cannot independently verify every social media  made in Bardwell’s Twitter thread, but we did find  that Peterson and Reicks have supported and spread conspiracy theories, claimed the COVID-19 pandemic was planned, and support QAnon-affiliated people.  Though Reicks said she does not self-identify as anti-vaccine, she has shared anti-vaccine information while saying people should be able to decide on their own whether or not to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Peterson has shared anti-vaccine information publicly via social media.  Reicks said in the interview she does not belong to the QAnon movement, although she is connected with people known for embracing the theories. We acknowledge Reicks’ stated positions on vaccinations and not being part of QAnon but connect enough dots to rate Bardwell’s overall statement to be .
Statement: We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money.
Speaker: anthony weiner
About the speaker: Anthony Weiner is a former congressman who represented parts of New York City, including Brooklyn, Kew Gardens and Rockaway.
Date: July 27, 2016
Topics: corrections and updates;economy;history;income;transparency;wealth;punditfact
Context: an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
Fact-check justification: Weiner said of Trump, "We know this now. The banks no longer loan him money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these oligarchs and borrows money." Weiner called it "informed speculation." But at PolitiFact, we operate on the principle that the person making the  is responsible for providing . In this case the  is lacking, in part because Trump has revealed so little. Even his net worth remains a mystery. Nonetheless, records show that banks are still loaning money to him, albeit not the big U.S. institutions. There's no  to prove that it's because the large banks have shut him out. Similarly, there's little  to show that Trump has been seeking loans from oligarchs instead of financial institutions. There's circumstantial  that oligarchs have been involved in his business dealings, but  through intermediary companies that own a financial stake in his projects. That's different from a direct loan. Because the statement seems to contain some elements of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, we rate it . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/749a7984-1f65-451f-996f-cfb469302219
Statement: Dr. Anthony Fauci "admits that mask mandates were a broad spectrum failure.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: April 25, 2023
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: The  takes Fauci’s comment out of context. We rate it . RELATED: Video shows Fauci reflecting on early recommendations to not wear masks RELATED: Video shows outdated face mask guidance from Dr. Anthony Fauci RELATED: A social media post using old Fauci email falsely claims that Fauci ‘lied’ about mask wearing
Statement: Under President Obama's health-care reforms, the premium for "an average plan for a family didn't go down by $2,500 per year, it's gone up about $2,500 per year.
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: December 5, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: corporations;economy;health care;public health;workers
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: So, whether Obamacare has helped raise, or kept a lid, on premiums remains largely unknown. Our rating Johnson said that under Obama’s health-care law, the premium for "an average plan for a family didn't go down by $2,500 per year, it's gone up about $2,500 per year." Johnson is correct that by 2013, three years after the Affordable Care Act became law, the total average premium for employer-provided family insurance had risen by $2,500 per year. But experts say there is little or no  that Obamacare is responsible. We rate Johnson’s statement .