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Statement: In the Obama-Biden administration, we got China to cut cyber-theft -- it's gotten significantly worse under this administration.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: June 11, 2019
Location: national
Topics: china;technology
Context: a campaign speech
Fact-check justification: A final note: The experts agreed that when it comes to cyber thefts, there is no way to know exactly how much is occurring. Our rating Biden said: "In the Obama-Biden administration, we got China to cut cyber-theft — it's gotten significantly worse under this administration." China did reduce its cyber-theft from American companies in the wake of a groundbreaking deal it made in 2015 with the Obama administration, but other factors may also have led to the reduction. The consensus among experts is that China’s cyber-thefts have gone on the uptick since Trump took office, but other factors, such as a dip in China’s economy, may have also played a role. We rate Biden’s statement .
Statement: President Obama "promised" families making less than $250,000 a year would not see taxes go up, but "Obamacare raises 18 different taxes.
Speaker: crossroads gps
About the speaker: Crossroads GPS is a conservative advocacy group founded by prominent Republicans, including former White House political adviser Karl Rove.
Date: May 16, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;health care;taxes
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: The Crossroads ad says Obama "promised" families making less than $250,000 a year would not see taxes go up, but "Obamacare raises 18 different taxes." Obama has increased a few taxes -- on tobacco and tanning -- that hit people making less than $250,000. But he also gets credit for tax breaks for workers, most notably a payroll tax holiday that is still in effect. The Crossroads ad wrongly implies that people of modest means are getting hit with 18 tax increases because of the health care law. In fact, most of the taxes in the health care law are on high-income individuals or the health care industry. We rate their statement .   PolitiFact Florida is partnering with 10 News for the 2012 election. View the video version of this fact-check.
Statement: Student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 25, 2022
Topics: debt;taxes;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post warned that student debt relief is taxable by the Internal Revenue Service. A provision in the 2021 American Rescue Plan excludes student loan relief from being taxed at the federal level through 2025. Six states could count the discharged loan amount as taxable income if they don’t make changes to their laws before next spring. We rate this .
Statement: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants
Speaker: elise stefanik
About the speaker: Elise Stefanik is a Republican member of Congress representing New York's 21st Congressional District. She was first elected in 2014.
Date: November 17, 2022
Location: new york
Topics: agriculture;food;welfare
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Stefanik claimed that a proposed rule would limit milk for participants of a federal food program for women and children. The USDA has proposed changes to the program, which includes reductions in the amount of fluid milk available to most program recipients, prompted by new dietary guidelines as well as recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The reductions are also in line with what WIC recipients purchase through the program.  Stefanik also made a prediction that the proposed rule would lead to more "forced vegan juice consumption." We don’t fact-check predictions and that statement is outside the scope of this ruling. It should be noted, however, that based on the available , WIC has not and will not force milk alternatives on anyone.  We rate this  .
Statement: Eric Holder is supportive of the NAACP's efforts to get the United Nations involved in our elections.
Speaker: true the vote
About the speaker: True the Vote, which originated in Houston, describes itself as an "initiative developed by citizens for citizens to inspire and equip volunteers for involvement at every stage of our electoral process and to actively protect the rights of legitimate voters regardless of race or party affiliation."
Date: December 12, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: elections;foreign policy
Context: a Web post
Fact-check justification:  the Vote provided no  for its Holder  while our own inquiries landed no confirmation -- nor anything close. Holder and the NAACP both say minority voting rights should be protected. But the idea that Holder backs the group’s call for a U.N. investigation appears to be without basis. Indeed, if this  was factual, it would be national and international news. Instead, the statement is . !
Statement: The knife was on the ground when police arrived at the scene of Ma'Khia Bryant shooting.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 20, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims that the knife was on the ground when police arrived at the scene of the deadly shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant. We aren’t judging the officer’s actions, but body camera footage shows that the  about the knife is . A knife can be seen in Bryant’s hand when the officer began to fire his gun. We rate this  .
Statement: Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: March 26, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: public health;state budget
Context: a Tampa Bay Times interview
Fact-check justification: Scott said, "Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention." There is more money than ever being provided for HIV/AIDS prevention programs, but it’s not because the state has been focused on appropriating millions. The funding to which he is referring is almost entirely coming from the CDC. The state kicks in a little cash, but it’s less than 5 percent of what the federal government supplies. Scott also neglects to mention that the primary reason the amount has increased is because HIV infection rates have gone up in Florida. There’s a grain of  in the soundbite, but Scott ignores context and obscures facts that would lead to a very different impression about an important public health issue. We rate his statement .
Statement: Medicare will be bankrupt in nine years.
Speaker: pat boone
About the speaker: Pat Boone is the spokesperson for the 60 Plus Association, a conservative political group that focuses on older Americans.
Date: March 11, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: medicare
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: What we do know from research that 60 Plus cited is that that Boone’s  -- that Medicare will be bankrupt in nine years -- takes a projection for one trust fund and applies it to all of Medicare. By doing so, Boone’s  overstates what the CBO reports forecast. The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund supports just one of the four parts of Medicare. The portions of Medicare that cover regular doctor visits and prescriptions are covered by a different trust fund that trustees say is in good shape. On the -O-Meter, Boone’s  rates .
Statement: Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux.
Speaker: mark perry
About the speaker: Mark J. Perry is concurrently a scholar at AEI and a professor of economics and finance at the University of Michigan’s Flint campus. He is best known as the creator and editor of the popular economics blog Carpe Diem. At AEI, Perry writes about economic and financial issues for American.com and the AEIdeas blog.
Date: June 28, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: population;states
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: He indicated he was speaking about the flow between the two states, with Wisconsin picking up a net 116,000 residents from Illinois between 2006 and 2017. But a caveat is in order: Listeners could be left with the idea Wisconsin is booming in this regard. In reality, when all states and locations are taken in, Wisconsin ranks in the middle of the pack, based on the most recent numbers, from 2017. Our definition for  is "The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information." That fits here.
Statement: Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign has "exactly the same" challenges as Ronald Reagan's successful 1980 bid.
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: June 27, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: history
Context: a television interview
Fact-check justification: Reagan pushed out his staffers to run a more competitive campaign. Gingrich’s left him because they thought he wouldn’t do what it takes to win. Gingrich started off in Atlanta with a statement about Reagan that was close to the , but as he repeated it, he embellished the facts so much that only a kernel of  remained.     Gingrich might wish he had Reagan’s problems. But on this one he deserves a .
Statement: The Human Meat Project is using donated bodies and organs to create "alternative meat consumption options.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 11, 2022
Topics: food;food safety;facebook fact-checks
Context: a TikTok shared on Facebook
Fact-check justification: (screenshot) We reached out to The Human Meat Project for more information about the purpose of this "conceptual art" and did not hear back. But there is no  to suggest the group is actually collecting human bodies and processing them into meat products. We rate this  . RELATED: No, McDonald’s doesn’t put ‘aborted baby fetuses’ in its food RELATED:   Human remains were not found in McDonald's hamburgers
Statement: Virginia has a responsibility to fund 55 percent of public education and is paying just 41 percent.
Speaker: ken plum
About the speaker: Kenneth R. Plum, D-36th, has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 1982 and served earlier from 1978 to 1980. His district contains a large part of Fairfax County, including Reston.
Plum is a mamber of the Rules, Science and Technology, and Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources committees. Plum has been the House Democratic Caucus chairman and the Democratic Party of Virginia chairman.
He was born in Shenandoah. Plum received a bachelor's degree from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, and a master's of education from the University of Virginia. He worked for almost three decades as a teacher, school administrator and director of adult and community education at Fairfax County Public Schools.
Date: August 3, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a newspaper column
Fact-check justification: The state is meeting that demand. Most localities are not satisfied with achieving minimum standards and fund their school systems at far greater levels than the state requires. As a result, Virginia only pays 41 percent of total education costs. Plum mixes apples with oranges to prove the state is not meeting its education obligations. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says "160,000 kids stay home every day because they are afraid to go to school because of bullying.
Speaker: valerie vainieri huttle
About the speaker: Valerie Vainieri Huttle is a Democratic state Assemblywoman representing Bergen County.
Date: September 6, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: education;crime
Context: at a news conference
Fact-check justification: Vainieri Huttle claimed that 160,000 students stay home every day because they are afraid of being bullied at school. A spokeswoman for the National Association of School Psychologists confirmed her organization is the source of the statistic, but said the number is "extremely old" and "not valid." Vainieri Huttle used the flawed -- though widely cited, even by the CDC in 2010 -- statistic to illustrate the impact of bullying. We don’t dispute that bullying is a serious concern, but Vainieri Huttle needs better numbers to prove her point. We rate Vainieri Huttle’s  . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.
Speaker: mike huckabee
About the speaker: Mike Huckabee ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. He is a former governor of Arkansas; he also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. He left hosting a self-titled television show on Fox News in January 2015.
Date: February 28, 2011
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;obama birth certificate
Context: an interview on a radio show
Fact-check justification: Huckabee emphasized that he disagreed with Obama’s policies. "But this is not an attack on President Obama, the person, even though you will see sharp elbows at the policies that he has put forth, specifically, many of the economic policies," Huckabee said. Huckabee did say in a radio interview that Obama grew up in Kenya and then spoke at length about the implications of that, suggesting that his views of the British were shaped by a father whom he only met once and a grandfather he never met. But we should note that Huckabee quickly corrected the record and has notably rejected claims about Obama’s birth place that have been debunked repeatedly. We correct his statement on Kenya for the record here, since his comments have been widely reported, and rate it .
Statement: The Seattle Times called Patty Murray "a 'prolific sponsor of earmarks.' Patty even defended the 'Bridge to Nowhere.'
Speaker: dino rossi
About the speaker: Dino Rossi is a businessman and former state senator from Washington. He has run several statewide races under the Republican banner, among them narrow losses for governor in 2004 to Christine Gregoire and for U.S. Senate in 2010 to Patty Murray.
Date: October 12, 2010
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;message machine 2010
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Rossi's ad said that the Seattle Times called her a 'prolific sponsor of earmarks.' " That comes from a reported story and is a fair summary of one of the points in the story, and it's a fair summary of the newspaper's findings on Murray's record on earmarks. The ad also said Murray "even defended the 'Bridge to Nowhere.'" Murray didn't specifically defend that project, although it was very clear that she felt like the bridge and other earmarks being discussed on the Senate floor should be left alone. We find Rossi's statements .
Statement: Wisconsin's still one of the highest-taxed states in the country.
Speaker: josh pade
About the speaker: Josh Pade, a Kenosha lawyer, is running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Wisconsin in 2018.
Date: June 1, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: states;taxes
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: In any case, the statement was too broad to be accurate. Specific taxes may rank higher than others, and the rankings might vary for different income groups. But the  was about taxes in general. And, in general, the state is now more middle of the pack. We rate his statement .
Statement: During three and a half years of campaigning," Lamar Smith "has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues.
Speaker: matt mccall
About the speaker: Matt McCall is a small business owner from Boerne, Texas. In 2004, he started a business supplying surgical products to the United States military hospitals in Europe.
A Republican, McCall has unsuccessfully ran for Congress in the 23rd district of Texas in 2014 and 2016, losing both times in the Republican primary.
Date: February 11, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: elections
Context: Press release
Fact-check justification: McCall said that in the years he’s been challenging Smith, the incumbent "has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues." Our search for signs of Smith joining a candidate debate came up empty. Also, given opportunities, Smith didn’t alert us to any such moment; a photo noted by Smith’s consultant wasn’t from a debate. So, we rate McCall’s  .  – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: President Barack Obama "wants to take in 250,000 (people) from Syria.
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: November 14, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: immigration;terrorism
Context: Beaumont, Texas
Fact-check justification: Trump said President Obama wants to take in 250,000 people from Syria. If so, neither the administration or any other authoritative source had said as much before Trump stumped in Beaumont. If current plans hold, Syrian refugees settling here will increase through 2017, but it will be nothing close to the 250,000 figure touted by Trump. The administration has plans to increase refugees admitted from all countries from 70,000 in 2015 to 100,000 in 2017. Nothing close? We rate his  !  – The statement is not accurate and makes a  . Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: This bill allows Virginia to join about 23 other states that have an ultrasound procedure" before an abortion.
Speaker: bob mcdonnell
About the speaker: Bob McDonnell is the Republican governor of Virginia until January 2014. McDonnell was elected over Democratic state Sen. Creigh Deeds.
McDonnell previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2006 and as state Attorney General from 2006 to 2009.
McDonnell graduated from the University of Nortre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., with a bachelor's degree in 1976. He then served in the U.S. Army on active duty from 1976 to 1981 and in the reserves until 1997, retiring as a lieutenant colenel. He received a master's degree in business adminsitration from Boston University in 1980 and a master's and law degree from Regent University, Virginia Beach, in 1989.
Date: March 11, 2012
Location: virginia
Topics: abortion
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: McDonnell, in a carefully worded statement, said the bill he recently signed "allows Virginia to join about 23 other states that have an ultrasound procedure" before allowing abortions. It is technically correct that 23 states have passed legislation that at least requires women be offered information on how to get ultrasounds before abortions. But the governor, in implying Virginia has adopted a mainstream law on ultrasounds, omitted a contradicting fact: Virginia will join only nine states that have passed mandatory ultrasound bills. And the enforcement of the laws in two of those states has been delayed by legal challenges.   While McDonnell is accurate in saying 23 states have laws that deal with ultrasounds, his   creates a  impression by not acknowledging only nine states require the procedure. We rate his  .
Statement: Ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation," the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in 2007 "because of an original design flaw dating back to the 1960s.
Speaker: tim pawlenty
About the speaker: Tim Pawlenty is the former governor of Minnesota, having served two terms in office from 2003-2011.
Date: January 11, 2011
Location: national
Topics: transportation
Context: his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story"
Fact-check justification: (In Pawlenty’s book, the former governor dismisses the notion that an unwillingness to spend money contributed to the collapse, writing, "It was untrue and of course overlooked the reality that we were spending millions of dollars to improve the decking, railing, and lighting on the bridge when it fell.") In any case, we’ll keep our fact-check tailored to the specifics of Pawlenty’s statement -- that "ultimately, after an exhaustive investigation the NTSB concluded the bridge fell because of an original design flaw dating back to the 1960s." We conclude that he’s right that the most important factor the NTSB pointed to -- plus one of the two contributing factors it cited -- were design-related flaws dating from the 1960s. But Pawlenty’s summary doesn’t acknowledge other questions the NTSB raised about the performance of state officials during his tenure as governor. On balance, we rate the statement .
Statement: The Michigan State University shooter is a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 13, 2023
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks;guns;michigan
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts  that the Michigan State University shooter was a 21-year-old man named Lynn Dee Walker. University police have identified the gunman as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound off campus after he was confronted by law enforcement.  McRae wasn’t affiliated with the university as a student or an employee, police said, and is believed to have acted alone. We rate this  .
Statement: We've had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park.
Speaker: steven king
About the speaker: Steven J. King is a 1988 University of Rhode Island graduate and an Army veteran. He has worked at Quonset Business Park since 1998, serving as chief operating officer and, since 2008, managing director.
Date: January 5, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;infrastructure;jobs
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Steven King said private companies have invested twice what taxpayers have spent on developing Quonset Park. With federal and state government putting up $666.4 million, that would be at least $1.3 billion in private investment. Just the two largest tenants combined spent $300 million more than that. We rate his   .
Statement: Trump cut Social Security benefits by over $3 billion.
Speaker: congressional progressive caucus pac
About the speaker: The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC says it works to elect progressives to Congress.
Date: November 10, 2021
Topics: federal budget;social security;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But that didn’t happen. Trump periodically proposed policies that would cut aspects of the program, but none were enacted by Congress.   We rated as a Promise Kept a Trump campaign pledge to make no cuts to Social Security. The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC didn’t reply to our messages seeking information to back its . We rate this  .