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Statement: Michael Bloomberg "did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!
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 2, 2020
Location: new york
Topics: city government;polls and public opinion
Context: a Tweet
Fact-check justification: "  Our ruling  Trump tweeted that Bloomberg "did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!"   Sometimes Bloomberg’s approval ratings fell when the city faced tough times, sometimes they didn't. Voters disapproved of his handling of a big snowstorm, Occupy Wall Street protestors and a financial crisis. Voters, however, approved of how he handled recovery efforts after Sept. 11, managed the city during a blackout  and responded to some major storms.   We rate this  .
Statement: Massachusetts public schools teach kids as young as kindergartners about gay marriage.
Speaker: national organization for marriage
About the speaker: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is a nonprofit group founded in 2007 that is devoted to protecting traditional marriage and opposing proposals to legalize same-sex marriage.
Date: February 5, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: families;lgbtq;marriage;religion
Context: a mailing to Rhode Island voters
Fact-check justification: The wording, including the present tense verb, gives the impression this is happening now, in many schools. But the group’s only  is two incidents five years ago. It’s possible that somewhere, in one of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts, other kindergartners have been taught about same-sex marriage. But NOM couldn’t cite any other examples. We find its statement .
Statement: On gift taking, "Bob McDonnell took a fraction of what (Tim) Kaine took.
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: July 24, 2016
Location: virginia
Topics: ethics
Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Trump, speaking about gift-taking, said, "Bob McDonnell took a fraction of what (Tim) Kaine took." Kaine accepted $162,083 in gifts as lieutenant governor and governor, all of which was disclosed as required by state law. McDonnell disclosed accepting $275,707 in gifts as attorney general and governor. And there was another $177,000 that he didn’t disclose. That comes to a total of $452,707 in gifts - almost three times Kaine’s total. Trump has got this one dead . We rate his statement . http://www.politifact.com/virginia/statements/2016/jul/24/donald-trump/donald-trump--tim-kaine-took-fraction-bob-mcd/
Statement: Witnesses have been part of "every other impeachment trial the Senate has ever had.
Speaker: tammy baldwin
About the speaker: Tammy Baldwin was elected to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 6, 2012. She represented Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District from January 1999 to January 2013. She served as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from January 1993 to January 1999. She was a Dane County supervisor from 1986 to 1994 and briefly served on the Madison Common Council, filling a vacancy, in 1986.
Date: January 19, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: impeachment
Context: a TV appearance
Fact-check justification: Baldwin said every impeachment trial in Senate history has included witnesses. The research backs up her , though there are a few things to note. The Clinton impeachment involved video depositions, not live witnesses. And four people impeached by the House didn’t have a full trial in the Senate. But the 15 people who faced a full trial in the Senate all saw witnesses called. We rate this  .
Statement: There are only four countries in the world that ... legalize abortion after five months -- China, North Korea, Canada and the U.S.
Speaker: carly fiorina
About the speaker: Carly Fiorina is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. She is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). She was defeated in her attempt as the Republican nominee to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer in 2010.
Date: August 18, 2013
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Fact-check justification: Fiorina said only four countries allow legal abortions five months into the gestational period. The United States, Canada, North Korea and China do fit that measure, but Singapore and the Netherlands, which Fiorina left off her list, do as well. Far more countries permit abortions in certain circumstances in which the pregnancy would damage the woman’s well-being, be it physical, mental or economic. Fiorina’s  is based in fact but misses the mark, so we rate it .
Statement: Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.
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: September 4, 2019
Location: national
Topics: science;weather
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump tweeted that originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama. He linked to a spaghetti models map that showed various models through the next 10 days. While some of those models showed Dorian hitting Alabama, Trump has grossly overstated what it showed. The National Hurricane Center takes these models and then comes up with a five-day forecast. It’s  for him to use the models to conclude that it showed almost all predicted the storm would hit Alabama, which matches our definition of .
Statement: A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 2, 2020
Topics: immigration;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Some people commenting on both the Facebook post and YouTube video suggested that the man was holding the child over the smoking fire to alleviate tear gas.   Other news outlets shared similar footage in 2020 of tear gas fired by Greek authorities to try to keep migrants from crossing from Turkey into Greece. Sky News posted a clip on YouTube of a woman dabbing bottle water on the eyes of a sobbing child.   "Migrants blasted with tear gas at Turkey, Greece border," a Feb. 29, 2020, New York Post headline said alongside a photo of people carrying children and luggage, covering their mouths.   We rate claims that this video shows migrants faking distress for news cameras .
Statement: No Republicans voted for" recent hikes in the income tax, payroll tax, capital gains tax, dividend tax and estate tax. "These taxes were all passed under … Obamacare.
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: May 14, 2014
Location: national
Topics: health care;taxes
Context: a chain email
Fact-check justification: The chain email said that "no Republicans voted for" recent hikes in the income tax, payroll tax, capital gains tax, dividend tax and estate tax, arguing that they "were all passed under … Obamacare." The email gets many things , including the effective date of the increases and most of the rates, which are uniformly higher than the actual rates. Most obviously, the email is flat-out  when it blames Democrats, and Obamacare, exclusively for the increases. The bulk of the tax hikes stem from a different bill entirely -- the fiscal cliff bill, which received support from a large majority of Senate Republicans and a significant minority of House Republicans. This email is so riddled with errors -- and gets so few things correct -- that we rate it .
Statement: USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa.
Speaker: david perdue
About the speaker: David Perdue is running in the 2022 Republican primary for governor of Georgia. He was a U.S. Senator from January 2015 to January 2021. He has been the CEO of several businesses and is the cousin of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Date: March 1, 2017
Topics: global news service;energy;foreign policy
Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily"
Fact-check justification: Perdue said the USAID Power Africa program put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in outside money. Perdue’s figures represent commitments, not hard money spent. USAID reported $7 billion committed and $54 billion promised from all other sources, with over $40 billion of that coming from the private sector. Actual expenditures are at about the same ratio, however, and experts generally say the Power Africa program is creating investment in Africa’s energy sector. We rate this  .
Statement: Barack Obama said "he's going to attack Pakistan and embrace (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad.
Speaker: george w. bush
About the speaker: George W. Bush served as the 43rd president of the United States. He was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2001, re-elected on Nov. 2, 2004, and sworn in for a second term on Jan. 20, 2005. Prior to his presidency, President Bush served six years as the 46th governor of the state of Texas.
Date: February 10, 2008
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: Camp David
Fact-check justification: George W. Bush may be president, but he's not a stranger to the bare-knuckled world of politics. In this case, he's taking significant liberties with the position of a candidate who could be his party's opponent for the presidency come fall. Taken individually, Bush's characterization of Obama's remark on Pakistan and his remark on Iran are each . Taken together, Bush's statements summarize Obama's foreign policy position — that he would attack an important ally and "embrace" an enemy — in a way that just isn't accurate. We rate Bush's statement .
Statement: Barack Obama opposed a bill that would have saved Gianna Jessen's life.
Speaker: bornalivetruth.org
About the speaker: BornAliveTruth.org is a 527 political organization. Its stated mission is to educate the public on the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act and Barack Obama's record opposing it.
Date: September 15, 2008
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: Also, Jessen was born in California, not Illinois. We know Jessen is speaking somewhat figuratively here, but the fact is that someone born under similar circumstances in Illinois would have been protected under the law. Obama has said he supported the existing law and felt it provided sufficient protection for abortion survivors like Jessen. We rule her statement . For more on the born alive controversy, please read our extended story here.
Statement: Says the Department of Homeland Security has ordered "enough rounds of .40 caliber ammunition to kill every man, woman and child in the United States," possibly to combat "massive civil unrest" or "an invasion by a foreign power.
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: March 24, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: homeland security;military
Context: a chain email forwarded by a reader
Fact-check justification: Homeland Security has contracted to buy up to 450 million .40-caliber bullets -- and that total exceeds the nation’s population. Significantly, though, the purchase contract covers five years; there’s no indication the agency is piling up the bullets in a hurry. More significantly, we found nothing to support the email’s ominous suggestions. Rather, the large size of the contract is explained as a way for the government to buy in bulk to save money on ammunition used routinely for training officers in a wide variety of agencies. We rate the email .
Statement: Says under President Barack Obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to Ronald Reagan.
Speaker: tom colicchio 
About the speaker: Tom Colicchio is the chef-owner of Craft Restaurants, which operates high-end restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas and elsewhere. He has also been the head judge on the Bravo reality cooking series “Top Chef.” 
Date: October 20, 2013
Location: national
Topics: debt;history;pundits
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Colicchio tweeted that under President Barack Obama, the debt has increased by 23 percent, a smaller rise than under any president going back to Ronald Reagan. Using the same method as the tweet, the actual increase under Obama was much higher -- 61 percent -- leaving Obama in the middle of the pack of the five presidents. Adjusting for each president’s time in office and the size of the economy actually puts Obama atop list of debt-creating presidents. We rate Colicchio’s  .
Statement: If we went back to the obesity rates that existed in 1980, that would save the Medicare system a trillion dollars.
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: December 13, 2007
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: Johnston, Iowa
Fact-check justification: It would still take 50 years to reach $1-trillion in savings. Inflation might get you there a bit faster, but not by that much. The number $1-trillion is just so big that increments of $10-billion won't get you there very quickly. "I think it's a stretch," Finkelstein said. We think so, too, and rate Obama's obesity  .
Statement: In 2011, NJ economy ranked 47th--at the bottom with Alabama, Mississippi & Wyoming. Under Christie, NJ is falling behind.
Speaker: lou greenwald
About the speaker: Lou Greenwald is a Democratic state Assemblyman representing parts of Burlington and Camden counties. He also serves as the Assembly Majority Leader.
Date: June 6, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: economy
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: In a series of tweets, Greenwald blamed Christie for New Jersey ranking 47th in the nation for economic performance in 2011. With a 0.5 percent decline in real GDP in New Jersey, that ranking is accurate. As for Christie’s role, experts told us a governor can impact a state’s economic growth, but there are various other factors, including national and regional conditions. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: September 12, 2011
Location: national
Topics: social security
Context: Tampa
Fact-check justification: For younger workers, we must consider reforms to make Social Security financially viable." But Romney made it clear he was quoting from Perry's book. He said "In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure." And indeed, in Perry's book, Fed Up!, he touts the benefits of private plans and says: "By any measure, Social Security is a failure." We rate Romney's statement .
Statement: Jim Jordan said, "It's finally happening! Adam Schiff will be impeached.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 21, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: One of the videos shows Jordan addressing lawmakers on Oct. 21, 2021, when the House voted to hold former Trump adviser Steve Bannon in contempt for failing to respond to a subpoena from the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Jordan doesn’t say Schiff will be impeached. The video itself offers nothing to corroborate the post’s description. Although there are a series of video clips, some involving Jordan and Schiff, none show Jordan talking about impeaching Schiff.   We rate this post .
Statement: We're not even remotely close to a point to say that we're at rising inflation.
Speaker: cindy axne
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne is a Democrat from Iowa. She was elected to represent the states 3rd District in 2018.
Date: June 10, 2021
Location: iowa
Topics: economy
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Axne is  when she says people aren’t remotely close to saying inflation exists, or that it isn’t an issue. The numbers show short-term inflation, and plenty of economists are weighing in on what that means. But, that doesn’t mean at this point long-term inflation, many of the nation’s top economists are saying. In fact, those economists say, they expect the May number to be a blip in a year when inflation will get back to the near normal or slightly elevated 3% range.  We rate the  .
Statement: When Obama was interviewed by American reporters in Asia, "Not one of them asked me about Asia. Not one of them asked me about the economy.
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: December 3, 2009
Location: national
Topics: economy;foreign policy
Context: comments at the White House
Fact-check justification: Not one of them asked me about the economy." That is clearly an exaggeration. We found that two reporters asked him about Asia, two reporters asked him about job creation, and another reporter asked him about mortgages and lending. He said "not one" did, implying that the interviews lacked substance. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says Proposition 205 "blocks market entry" for new marijuana dispensaries.
Speaker: arizonans for responsible drug policy
About the speaker: Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy is the main anti-marijuana group opposing Proposition 205, which would legalize recreational marijuana, in Arizona. 
Date: September 15, 2016
Location: arizona
Topics: marijuana
Context: a political advertisement
Fact-check justification: The ad claims Prop. 205 "blocks market entry for new dispensaries." While the ballot language does give an upper hand to existing medical marijuana dispensaries, it does not completely block a new dispensary from entering a legal recreational marijuana market. We rate the ad’s  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/f8897d46-310c-461d-9ec1-8cdae62d5ba4
Statement: Says Mike DeWine took $40,000 from ECOT and "did nothing while the online for-profit school lied about enrollment and took millions meant for our kids.
Speaker: afscme people
About the speaker: AFSCME People is the political action fund for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees -- one of the nation’s largest public service worker unions. 
Date: September 5, 2018
Location: ohio
Topics: education;legal issues
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: An AFSCME ad said DeWine took $40,000 from ECOT and "did nothing while the online for profit school lied about enrollment and took millions meant for our kids." DeWine received donations from the school but later donated the bulk of them. The ad puffs up the donations by largely including money donated from ECOT officials to DeWine’s running mate Husted when he was in the Legislature. Husted joined DeWine’s ticket for governor in December and then merged their campaign accounts. It’s an exaggeration to state that DeWine did "nothing" -- but he didn’t take legal action until the education department was sued in 2016. He then filed litigation in August in an effort to recoup money. DeWine argues that he had to wait for other actions by the court or state offices to step in, though critics say he could have been more aggressive. The warning signs about ECOT had been documented in news articles for many years, and yet the state government as a whole was slow to act. We rate this  .
Statement: Police officers in this state have that right," to check the immigration status of people they arrest.
Speaker: bill mccollum
About the speaker: Bill McCollum is a former Florida Attorney General. He campaigned to be governor and was defeated in the Republican primary on Aug. 24, 2010. 
Date: August 5, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: immigration;civil rights;homeland security
Context: televised candidates' debate
Fact-check justification: McCollum says that Scott's ad "shows an ignorance of Florida law," because Florida police officers already have the right to check the immigration status of those who are arrested. We found that implementing an Arizona-style mandate would change existing immigration enforcement laws in the state. Currently, there is no law requiring Florida police to check the status of those who are lawfully stopped or detained, but there is nothing that would prevent them from doing so. Still, our focus in this fact-check is McCollum's  about individuals who are already arrested, and with that, he is on solid ground. We rate this .
Statement: Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.
Speaker: todd hunter
About the speaker: Todd Hunter, a Corpus Christi attorney, is a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
Date: November 26, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: health care;taxes
Context: a Texas Tribune interview
Fact-check justification: Hunter said real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare. That’s an incomplete characterization, potentially leaving the misimpression we’ll all be ponying up every time we sell a property. In reality, the tax helping to fund the health care law is an investment tax solely affecting the very wealthiest taxpayers and then only touched off by super-sized profits from any of a variety of investment types. Real estate (including rents) fits into the big mix, giving the  an element of . We rate it as .