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Statement: John Kasich says he won, despite "12 visits by a president, somewhere between $45 (million) and $50 million (spent against him,) 500 paid volunteers in here calling me every name in the book, former presidents, first ladies and God-knows-who-else.
Speaker: john kasich
About the speaker: John Kasich is the governor of Ohio. A Republican and a former congressman, he defeated Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 and was reelected in 2014. He ran for president in 2016.
Date: November 4, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: elections
Context: a speech to lobbyists
Fact-check justification: So where does this leave Kasich on the -O-Meter?    Taken together, Kasich’s claims in his colorful speech to lobbyists offer the same dramatic flair as the campaign ads he so detests.   But he overstates some key facts and presents some other details out of context. So while Politifact Ohio can’t tell Kasich to take a deep breath and savor his victory, we can evaluate the accuracy of his statement. We rate Kasich’s claims .
Statement: Says "Schaufler was the only Democrat who voted to stop" the state's health care reform plan.
Speaker: oregon league of conservation voters
About the speaker: The Oregon League of Conservation Voters calls itself "the independent political voice for Oregon’s environment."
Date: May 8, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: voting record
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: We’re concerned with whether he was really "the only Democrat who voted to stop" the health care legislation. Yes, he voted to stall the legislation. The statement has an element of . But it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, namely that in the end he voted to pass it. That’s why we rate this  .
Statement: Synthetic cyanide-based B12 is a "toxic ingredient in your kids vitamins.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 28, 2022
Location: national
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  Gray concurred, noting that B12 has been used safely for decades. "Vitamin B-12 or cyanocobalamin is not toxic," he said.   A video on a Facebook post claims that the synthetic form of B12 found in children’s vitamins  is toxic.   Cyanocobalamin is man-made B12, but health organizations and pediatricians say it’s safe to consume.   We rate this  .
Statement: Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work
Speaker: ron paul
About the speaker: Ron Paul, a Texas physician, served two stints in the U.S. House. He also was the Libertarian Party nominee for president in 1988 before later seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2012. He didn't seek re-election to the House in 2012.
Date: February 28, 2012
Location: national
Topics: labor;workers
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: Santorum clearly has a zig-zagging history with his positions on a national right-to-work law. If we’d rated this on the PolitiFact Flip-O-Meter, it would likely qualify as a Full Flop. However, the Paul ad states that Santorum "opposes right-to-work" -- which means today. Despite his past history, Santorum has stated on several occasions that he would work on behalf of (and if he became president, sign) a national right-to-work law. On balance, we rate the ad’s  .
Statement: Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional.
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: legal issues;social security
Context: a Republican presidential debate
Fact-check justification: But the clear message of the passages about the constitutionality of Social Security is that Perry believes that the Roosevelt administration made a  turn when it pursued the New Deal, and that the Supreme Court enabled that change by bowing to the administration’s wishes, junking its own limited-government judicial precedents in the process. If Romney is saying that Perry’s personal opinion is that Social Security is unconstitutional -- and we think that is indeed what Romney is saying -- then the former Massachusetts governor can find support for that charge in Perry’s writings. In our view, Perry makes a pretty clear argument that the Supreme Court should not have granted its approval to the New Deal in the 1930s, and that one result of the court’s actions is that "we’ve been forced to accept (Social Security) for more than 70 years now." The fact that Perry never explicitly wrote the words "Social Security is unconstitutional" keeps this statement from a full  rating, but we think that the conclusion Romney draws from Perry’s book supports that general notion. We rate Romney’s  .
Statement: Voter turnout for some groups in the 2008 presidential general election in Georgia "was far greater than it should have been demographically.
Speaker: warren kampf
About the speaker: Warren Kampf, a Republican, is a state representative from Pennsylvania.
Date: August 1, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: elections
Context: a town hall meeting
Fact-check justification: We couldn’t find any data that examined whether low-income or lesser-educated black Georgians voted at a lesser clip between the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections. It’s correct that black voter turnout in Georgia did increase between the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, but the increase wasn’t, as Kampf said, "far greater." Also, the 2008 election was, as Boone said, a "special case." Kampf’s statement is accurate, but it needs some clarification and context. Our rating: .
Statement: China now owns $1.1 trillion of our debt, our trade deficit last year with them was a quarter of a trillion dollars.
Speaker: terry mcauliffe
About the speaker: Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, was elected governor of Virginia on Nov. 5, 2013. He received 47.8 percent of the vote in defeating Republican Ken Cuccinelli, who came in at 45.2 percent. Robert Sarvis, a Libertarian, finished a distant third with 6.5 percent.
McAuliffe's inaguration as Virginia's 72nd governor is scheduled on Jan. 11, 2014.
McAuliffe, a wealthy businessman and noted political fundraiser, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008. In 2009, McAuliffe unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Virginia governor.
McAuliffe was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Feb. 9, 1957. He has a bachelor's degree from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. McAuliffe has lived in Fairfax County for more than 20 years, is married and has five children.
 
Date: May 26, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: china;deficit;trade
Context: an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews
Fact-check justification: That’s almost 36 percent of the United States’ $117.8 billion trade deficit for the first two months of the year. Looking back, this is an open-and-shut case. We cannot confirm McAuliffe’s  that independent voters are offended by The Donald. But he’s right on his numbers: China owns $1.1 trillion in U.S. debt; our trade deficit with China was about $275 billion last year. Both scary, both .
Statement: President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: March 6, 2016
Location: national
Topics: campaign finance;economy;elections;financial regulation;history;stimulus;voting record
Context: Flint, Mich
Fact-check justification: Clinton said, "President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had." Adjusting for inflation, Obama garnered about $3 million more than George W. Bush if you look at the broad "finance, insurance and real estate" sector. But using the "securities and investment" category, a tighter measure of Wall Street contributions, Obama clearly set a new record in 2008. Yet that record only lasted four years. Romney upped that ante by $5 million in 2012. Because the statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate it . HELP US RAISE $15,000 TO HIRE AN EXTRA FACT-CHECKER
Statement: We actually made history in 2010. We came the closest in 24 years to defeating Frank Pallone.
Speaker: anna little
About the speaker: Anna Little is a former mayor of Highlands Borough and a former Monmouth County freeholder. A Republican, Little ran unsuccessfully in 2010 for the Sixth Congressional District seat. She is running again for the same seat this November.
Date: August 2, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: elections
Context: an interview on NJToday
Fact-check justification: In a TV interview, Little claimed: "We actually made history in 2010. We came the closest in 24 years to defeating Frank Pallone." There’s no doubt that Pallone’s victory over Little in 2010 was one of the closest wins of his career, but the timing of Little’s  is off. The congressman’s margin of victory represented his tightest win in 20 years -- not 24 years -- and the third-closest finish of all his races for a two-year House seat. Pallone won by even fewer votes in 1988 and 1990. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: The state's unemployment rate is fifth-highest in the country, a full point above the nationwide rate and higher than all of our...neighboring states.
Speaker: paul sarlo
About the speaker:  Paul Sarlo is a Democratic state senator representing parts of Bergen and Passaic counties. The mayor of Wood-Ridge in Bergen County since 2000, Sarlo also serves as Deputy Majority Leader and chairman of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.
Date: June 25, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: jobs
Context: a speech on the State Senate floor
Fact-check justification: In a speech on the State Senate floor, Sarlo claimed: "The state's unemployment rate is fifth-highest in the country, a full point above the nationwide rate and higher than all of our...neighboring states." According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the senator’s  is on target. In May, the Garden State had an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent, marking the fifth-highest amount among the 50 states. New Jersey’s unemployment rate also was higher than the national employment rate by one percentage point and greater than the rates in New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: A 1988 exorcism took place in the only house still standing after Hurricane Ike.
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: August 28, 2019
Topics: natural disasters ;religion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The beachfront home on the Gulf of Mexico is pictured among debris in Gilchrist, Texas. You can see it from different angles here , and the image used in the Facebook post also appears in this September 2008 Houston Chronicle story .   The story describes how Ike destroyed the fire station, post office and "every structure on the gulf side" of Gilchrist except for the house. It was the home of Pam and Warren Adams and, the Chronicle reports, they built the place in 2005 after Hurricane Rita destroyed their previous home on the same lot.   We rate this post .
Statement: The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country.
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 8, 2015
Location: national
Topics: immigration;foreign policy
Context: an interview with NBC's Katy Tur
Fact-check justification: Trump said "the Mexican government forces many bad people into our country." Setting aside the question of whether Mexicans who have come to the United States are "bad" or not, there is no  of any Mexican policy that pushes people out of Mexico and into the United States. As has been the case for decades, a combination of economic and family factors accounts for most of the migration from Mexico to the United States. We rate the  .
Statement: The state constitution "clearly says there's not to be a state income tax in Tennessee.
Speaker: gerald mccormick
About the speaker: Gerald McCormick represents House District 26 in Tennessee and is the House Majority Leader. He is a commercial real estate broker who grew up in Memphis and Shelby County.
Date: January 19, 2012
Location: tennessee
Topics: legal issues;taxes
Context: House floor debate over amending the state constitution to prohibit an income tax
Fact-check justification: The upshot of all this – and we've only scratched the surface here of the arguments by lawyers and laymen on both sides -- is that McCormick had things backwards in his statement that the constitution "clearly" says there should be no state income tax. The conflicting court decisions, the wide range of interpretations and the drive for an amendment actually make it very clear that the constitution is not clear. We rate his statement .
Statement: The President wants to cut 3 MILLION people from SNAP, including children, seniors and veterans.
Speaker: alma adams
About the speaker: Alma Adams is a Democrat who represents the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina.
Date: November 26, 2019
Location: north carolina
Topics: food
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Adams said President Trump "wants to cut 3 million people from SNAP, including children, seniors and veterans." It’s  that his administration’s proposal would affect 3 million people, including children and seniors. Veterans also receive SNAP benefits, but we don’t know how many veterans would be directly affected. Given that uncertainty, we believe Adams’  statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. So we rate it .
Statement: Israel's per capita income "is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world.
Speaker: rand paul
About the speaker: Rand Paul, a U.S. senator from Kentucky elected in 2010. He ran for president in 2016 before dropping out to seek re-election to the Senate. Paul is a medical doctor and an ophthalmologist. His father is Ron Paul, a 2008 presidential candidate and a former member of Congress from Texas. 
Date: February 4, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;israel;foreign policy
Context: an interview with ABC News
Fact-check justification: Seeking the broadest possible measure, though, we looked for a more widespread account of how many countries there are in the world. The United Nations, for example, says it has 192 members. Other sources note that the independence of some countries is contested, so the number can shift depending on world events to anywhere between 191 and 196 countries. So even by the larger number of countries, Israel would still be in the top 25 percent. We find Paul's statement .
Statement: Latinos in Nevada support Educational Savings Accounts, helping more than 450,000 students access better schools. But Catherine Cortez Masto is against it.
Speaker: libre initiative
About the speaker: The LIBRE Initiative is a conservative grassroots organization that targets Hispanic voters. It is a a 501(c)4 nonprofit and has ties to the Koch brothers.
Date: September 13, 2016
Location: nevada
Topics: education
Context: a digital ad
Fact-check justification: A new ad from the LIBRE Initiative claims, "Latinos in Nevada support Educational Savings Accounts, helping more than 450,000 students access better schools. But Catherine Cortez Masto is against it." There’s no question that Cortez Masto opposes the ESA program. But the ad  the size and scope of the program itself. Only a fraction of the state's 450,000 students have actually applied to be part of the program. The ad also accurately cites polls showing Hispanic support for the program, though recent polls show more modest support. Because this ad is accurate but needs clarification, we rate it . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/736fb02e-95c9-43ad-a5ea-ec50d5c4839b
Statement: If you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they're overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states.
Speaker: peter beinart
About the speaker: Peter Beinart is an associate professor of journalism and political science at CUNY and author of The Crisis of Zionism.
Date: July 6, 2014
Topics: polls and public opinion;sports;punditfact
Context: comments on CNN
Fact-check justification: On CNN, Beinart said, "if you look at the states where soccer is most popular, they’re overwhelmingly blue states, and the states where soccer is least popular are red states." Beinart seems to have had in mind a study by real estate website Estately. A variety of their metrics -- youth soccer participation, the presence of professional teams, and online interest -- strongly suggest that states where soccer is more popular were more likely to vote for Obama than Romney in 2012, and visa versa. Estately’s metrics, though, do skew toward larger urban centers that can support MLS franchises, and it’s a legitimate question how best to measure popularity. Experts may disagree on the reasons why liberal states tend to be more soccer-mad than conservative states, but Beinart’s  accurately represents his source material. With the caveat in mind that measuring popularity is difficult, we rate Beinart’s  .
Statement: Says Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards was "forced to concede that 86 percent of Planned Parenthood's revenue is from abortion.
Speaker: dana loesch
About the speaker: In 2017, Dana Loesch became an NRA spokeswoman. Loesch is a conservative talk show host and commentator. She broadcasts from Dallas, Texas.
Date: September 29, 2015
Topics: abortion;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Loesch said Richards was "forced to concede that 86 percent of Planned Parenthood’s revenue is from abortion." At a U.S. House hearing, Richards said abortions are expensive compared to other health services offered by Planned Parenthood. But we found no  of her saying, or conceding, that 86 percent of revenue is from abortion. At one point in the same meeting, she said an even lower estimate for abortion revenues was "too high." On top of that, Loesch describes the reported statistic incorrectly by dropping "non-government."  That phrase makes all the difference. We rate the  .
Statement: I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: March 5, 2008
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: an interview on CNN's <i>American Morning</i>
Fact-check justification: We tried and failed to find an independent expert who could speak to her role in negotiating open borders. Janusz Bugajski, an expert on the region with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., said via e-mail of her visit, "No doubt she tried to help the plight of refugees, but whether she was mandated by President Clinton to speak on behalf of the U.S. administration concerning policy in the region one would need to ask the former president." Our reading of the record shows a good deal to suggest Clinton was concerned about the plight of the people of Kosovo, but almost nothing to indicate she was a major player in border negotiations. We'll give her the benefit of the doubt for traveling to Macedonia and meeting with officials, but the way her statement is phrased, it makes her sound primarily responsible for the United States' efforts in the region. We don't find  to support that aside from her less-than-12-hour visit, and so we find her statement to be .
Statement: A CNN story reported that Rice Krispies added a transgender mascot.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: May 22, 2022
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: Instagram posts
Fact-check justification: An image shared on Facebook claimed to show a CNN news story headline that read, "Kellogg’s spokesperson announces Rice Krispie mascot ‘Pop’ is now a trans woman." The image is fabricated and CNN confirmed they did not make that report. Kellogg’s  has made no changes to its Rice Krispies characters. This  is ! PolitiFact staff writer Bill McCarthy contributed to this fact check.
Statement: Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax.
Speaker: greg abbott
About the speaker: Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
Date: November 9, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: taxes
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Opinion is split on whether the 15-cent fee on Christmas trees — if it goes into effect — would be a tax and whether the cost would be passed along to consumers. Setting that eye-of-the-beholder issue aside, the  that Obama was behind the tree charge suggests he came up with the scheme. That's not correct; the idea originated with the industry before he became president. We rate the statement .