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Statement: Says Rep. Betty Sutton supports allowing "welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores.
Speaker: national republican congressional committee
About the speaker: National Republican Congressional Committee
Date: December 13, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: government regulation;welfare
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Sutton, along with 178 other Democrats and 14 Republicans, did oppose the House bill. But it ignores critical facts that would give the listener a different impression. Namely, there’s a world of difference between opposing a bill laden with partisan provisions and supporting, as the NRCC says, "welfare fund withdrawals from strip clubs, casinos and liquor stores." And the subsequent bipartisan support for the same welfare reforms just underscores that point. On the -O-Meter we rate the NRCC’s  .
Statement: Trump's Health Secretary Pick Wants a Medicare Phaseout by Summer 2017.
Speaker: winning democrats
About the speaker: Winning Democrats is a left-wing website that writes flashy articles that criticize the actions of Republicans. 
Date: December 1, 2016
Topics: health care;medicare;punditfact
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: Winning Democrats said Price wants to phase out Medicare by summer 2017. Price favors an overhaul of Medicare, but the phrase "phase out" is too strong and gives readers the specific impression Medicare won’t exist under Price. Medicare will exist, and Price’s preferred plan for its future is laid out in detail in the 2017 Fiscal Year Budget Resolution. In addition, the article offers little to no  to support the idea that Price wants to end Medicare. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/b8e4ba6d-18c4-476c-8bea-eb10ec254d13
Statement: General Motors "admits the 'clean' energy used to charge electric cars comes from coal, 95% coal, to be exact.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 13, 2021
Topics: energy;transportation;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: And nationwide, coal has been eclipsed over the past several years by natural gas as the biggest source of energy for electricity generation, with renewable sources such as wind and solar also playing a larger role.   In the United States, 40% of electricity is generated by natural gas, 20% by nuclear, 20% by renewables, including wind and solar, and 19% by coal, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. "We are confident that as we scale electric vehicles, the mix of renewable energy will continue to improve as it has over recent years," a GM spokesman said. So, it's not  that 95% of energy for electric cars comes from coal, and GM didn’t "admit" any such thing —  in 2010 or now. We rate the post .
Statement: Says that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam "has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology as long as he is governor.
Speaker: billhislam.com
About the speaker: The website billhislam.com attempts to link Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to efforts allowing Islam to influence state public policy and finance.
Date: August 27, 2012
Location: tennessee
Topics: afghanistan;islam;religion;terrorism
Context: a Web posting
Fact-check justification: The inflammatory rhetoric, based upon no credible  we could discover, gets a ruling of ! UPDATE (Aug. 28, 2012): billhislim.com responded to our inquiry with an email after 11 p.m. on Aug. 27. The email address contained the name William Vance. It  reiterated points made on the website and urged media organizations to fact-check Gov. Haslam and his administration. The email can be viewed by clicking this link .
Statement: Says he has supported "George Bush more than I have Barack Obama.
Speaker: nick rahall
About the speaker: Nick Rahall is a Democrat representing a West Virginia district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has served in the House since his original election in 1976.
Date: March 12, 2014
Location: national
Topics: voting record
Context: an interview with "The Hill" newspaper
Fact-check justification: Rahall said, "I probably have supported George Bush more than I have Barack Obama." He’s : According to Congressional Quarterly , his average voting support for Obama has been 74 percent, compared to just 31 percent for George W. Bush, and his weakest support for Obama exceeded his strongest support for Bush by double digits. We rate his  .
Statement: The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created.
Speaker: ron klain
About the speaker: Ron Klain is President Joe Biden's chief of staff. Klain served as Biden's first Chief of Staff when he became Vice President (2009-11); Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee during Biden’s tenure as Chair of the Committee (1989-92); and Policy Advisor on the Judiciary Committee staff (1986-87). Klain also worked as an advisor on Biden’s 1988 and 2008 Presidential campaigns. Klain served as White House Ebola Response Coordinator (2014-15).
Date: April 3, 2022
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Fact-check justification: Klain said the economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created." The job creation record under Biden has been impressive, exceeding 424,000 in 14 out of the 15 months he’s been in office. However, the economy didn’t turn suddenly when he took office; it was already improving during the final months of Trump’s tenure.  While Trump’s last full month in office, December 2020, produced a loss in employment by 115,000, that was the exception. The final three months under Trump prior to that December loss produced job gains of 919,000, 647,000, and 333,000, respectively. Those gains are substantial, not "virtually no jobs created." We rate the statement .
Statement: Since 2008, Gwinnett County's population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.
Speaker: charlotte nash
About the speaker: Charlotte Nash, a Republican, is a candidate for chair of Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners
Date: November 17, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: census;county budget;county government;economy;jobs;public safety;public service;workers
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: Census Bureau estimates, which Brennan said should be viewed cautiously, show DeKalb’s population grew 5.3 percent, from 685,646 in 2008 to 722,161 in 2014. Our  ruling Charlotte Nash, chairman of the Gwinnett County Commission, said that, since 2008, the population of the county has grown 15 percent while the government staff has increased by only 1 percent. The former county finance director is right on her stats. The budget discussion in Gwinnett also serves a reminder that the Great Recession is not that far back in the rear view mirror -- not when a goal for 2016 is returning library funding to 88 percent of its 2008 funding level. We rate Nash’s statement .
Statement: Says Werner Herzog said, "Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.
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: July 20, 2019
Topics: history;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  The Werner Twertzog Twitter account notes that it was featured in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017. That book credits William Pannapacker as the account’s creator, saying that since 2013, "he has been inspired by the great New German Cinema director, Werner Herzog, to channel his voice in a semi-eponymous short-form genre called ‘Twertzog.’ " Snopes, which also looked into whether Werner Herzog made the statement, cites the book in its fact-check . Werner Twertzog retweeted the Snopes story saying this: "Herzog, Twertzog, what is the difference between the real and the hyperreal?"  It’s the difference between ratings on the -O-Meter. This Facebook post is .
Statement: There are 43 states that have now passed voter suppression laws.
Speaker: james clyburn
About the speaker: James Clyburn is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. He serves as Assistant Minority Leader -- the third-highest-ranking officer in the House Democratic leadership.
Date: March 25, 2021
Topics: elections
Context: an interview on MSNBC
Fact-check justification: Clyburn said, "There are 43 states that have now passed voter suppression laws." His office acknowledged to PolitiFact that he misspoke. Bills to restrict voting procedures have been proposed in 43 states — not passed. That’s a significant distinction, because any lawmaker in a chamber controlled by the other party can propose a bill, but it’s vastly harder to actually enact the legislation into law. We rate the statement .
Statement: Mary Burke "wasted 12.5 million dollars on a vacant lot" in a move that "could cost taxpayers nearly $25 million.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: July 27, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs;state budget
Context: a campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: And Walker’s own administrators argued to HUD in 2013 that buying the vacant land "has allowed the (Village of Pleasant Prairie) to remove slum and blight from the area and has created an environment in which Abbott Laboratories will want to move forward and construct their campus." It also opened the door to major spin-off development, including Uline's new corporate headquarters and distribution facility that already employ more than 850, Lisa Marks, Walker’s housing administrator, wrote to HUD. Our rating Walker’s ad says that Mary Burke "wasted 12.5 million dollars on a vacant lot," a move that "could cost taxpayers nearly $25 million." The spot greatly  the real taxpayer costs and ignores the Walker administration’s own praise to HUD for the project. We rate the  .
Statement: A year since the "Recovery Summer," there has been been "a fall, winter and spring of no recovery.
Speaker: rob portman
About the speaker: Rob Portman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is a former Republican congressman who also was a U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George H.W. Bush.
Date: June 16, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: economy
Context: an interview on the Fox Business Channel
Fact-check justification: That’s how he sees it, and it’s understandable that anyone without a job could see it that way too. But too many metrics present a different impression, showing there has been a recovery -- a weak one. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but it hasn’t been season after season of gloom, either. Portman’s statement contains some element of , but it ignores facts that would give a different impression. The -O-Meter has a precise definition for such a : .
Statement: Says Oregonians for Food and Shelter "proudly features board members from Monsanto and Syngenta and the (Oregon) Farm Bureau also receives funding from biotech companies.
Speaker: rick north
About the speaker: Rick North is the former project director of the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility's Campaign for Safe Food. He also served as the executive vice president of the Oregon American Cancer Society.
Date: September 24, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: environment;agriculture
Context: an opinion piece for Blue Oregon
Fact-check justification: In an opinion piece for BlueOregon, North said Oregonians for Food and Shelter "proudly features board members from Monsanto and Syngenta and the (Oregon) Farm Bureau also receives funding from biotech." We’ve checked out both claims and found them to be accurate. We rate this statement . Tell us what you think, by heading over to Oregonlive and leaving us a comment.
Statement: I never favored cap and trade.
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: December 3, 2011
Location: national
Topics: environment;cap and trade;climate change
Context: a Republican presidential candidate forum
Fact-check justification: Gingrich, as a presidential candidate in 2011, declared, "I never favored cap and trade." But we found solid  he did, with the condition that carbon caps be combined with tax incentives to encourage energy companies to innovate. He told Frontline a cap and trade system combined with tax incentives is "something I would strongly support," and even took a hindsight-is-20/20 stance, saying the country "would be much better off" if cap and trade had been instituted. That’s favoring it. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on his support for President Reagan's policies.
Speaker: democratic national committee
About the speaker: The Democratic National Committee is the national organization of Democrats.
Date: November 28, 2011
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;message machine 2012
Context: a video ad
Fact-check justification: The DNC ad casts Romney as a flip-flopper on his support for the policies of former President Reagan. In the first clip, Romney in 1994, as a candidate running against a liberal icon in a liberal state, says he’s "not trying to return to Reagan-Bush." Then, 13 years later, he’s speaking approvingly of the former president saying that Reagan’s principles "are as  today as they were when he spoke them." Romney’s affection for Reagan’s presidency has grown warmer over the years and as he appealed to a different electorate. In 1994, Romney needed to win votes from the middle while gunning for the Massachusetts Senate seat. Running for the Republican nomination for president, it’s politically wise for him (and any Republican presidential candidate) to speak glowingly of Reagan. We rate the  .
Statement: Horse racing could boost Georgia's economy by $1 billion a year and create 10,000 to 20,000 jobs.
Speaker: j.b. powell
About the speaker: J.B. Powell is a Democratic candidate for Georgia Agriculture commissioner
Date: September 9, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: economy;gambling
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Virginia officials are working on an economic impact study. We believe there are some problems in using Florida to determine the potential economic impact of horse racing in Georgia. For example, Florida draws more tourists, some of whom are inclined to visit the racetrack. Some well-respected economists, such as the University of Georgia's Jeff Humphreys, said Powell's estimate may be correct, but more information is needed. We agree and rate the candidate's statement as .
Statement: I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35.
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 6, 2017
Location: florida
Topics: military
Context: Tampa
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35." The Department of Defense announced a $728 million reduction on Feb. 3 for the aircraft. But Trump ignores that the government and Lockheed Martin were working toward reducing the costs for years — long before Trump’s tweets in December criticizing the price tag. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/2af530cd-51b2-4002-a026-d4433902373e
Statement: Public education has been permanently cut "by $1.6 billion through changes in the Standards of Quality funding formula.
Speaker: kitty boitnott
About the speaker: Kitty Boitnott was president of the Virginia Education Association, an organization of about 60,000 public school teachers, from 2008 to 2012..
Date: January 23, 2012
Location: virginia
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Our ruling: Boitnott said that since 2008, the legislature has permanently cut $1.6 billion in programs from the state’s formula for funding public schools.   She’s a bit off; the actual figure is $1.4 billion. Boitnott said these losses are "permanent." The General Assembly could restore funding, but a spokesman at the state Department of Education said officials cannot recall an instance where lawmakers cut an SOQ program and later reversed themselves. We rate Boitnott’s  .
Statement: When Rachel Zenzinger was on the Arvada City Council, she voted to spend taxpayer funds for a junket to China.
Speaker: colorado citizens for accountable government
About the speaker: Colorado Citizens for Accountable Government is a conservative 527 political group.
Date: October 14, 2016
Location: colorado
Topics: china;city government
Context: a mailer
Fact-check justification: In a political mailer, Colorado Citizens for Accountable Government stated, "When Rachel Zenzinger was on the Arvada City Council, she voted to spend taxpayer funds for a junket to China." As of a council member, Zenzinger did vote on a failed motion to send an official delegation to a sister-city event in China. But not only did Zenzinger initiate a successful motion explicitly prohibiting use of taxpayer funds for the delegation to China, but she never even went to China. The attack is a brazen, repeated distortion of the facts. We rate the  ! https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/72c929ba-4d50-4912-a782-a9091a34404b
Statement: Says a 79-year-old woman with AK-47 rescued two LAPD officers from a street gang.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: February 20, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: blog posts
Fact-check justification: The article originally appeared online in 2015 on World News Daily Report, a website with a disclaimer page saying, "All characters appearing in the articles in this website – even those based on real people –  are entirely fictional and any resemblance between them and any persons, living, dead, or undead is purely a miracle." Since then, numerous  news websites have copy-pasted the story, presenting it as a  act of heroism. In addition to the text being fabricated, the photo caption of the officers who were supposedly saved misidentifies the officers in the photo. That picture originates from a 2010 blog about Melrose Village — a different neighborhood than the one where the incident supposedly took place. We rate this story — written as a joke nearly three years ago — .
Statement: President Joe Biden changed suits during his visit to the Vatican.
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: November 1, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: First thing worth noting in both of the photos in the Facebook post is Biden’s tie. Even though the colors in the photos appears differently, Biden’s tie is slightly askew in the same way in each of them — cocked a little to the left as you’re looking at the images.   That’s also how his tie appears in this more than 7-minute video of the meeting posted on C-SPAN . The video shows the moments that both photos in the Facebook post were taken, and it’s clear Biden is wearing the same suit.   We rate this post .
Statement: Wisconsin education agency "urged white students to wear white wristbands 'as a reminder about your (white) privilege.' 
Speaker: george will
About the speaker: George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.
Date: April 3, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: children;education;race and ethnicity
Context: a column
Fact-check justification: But Will cites no , and we’re not aware of any, to show that DPI promoted such a program to students. Our rating Will said DPI "urged white students to wear white wristbands ’as a reminder about your (white) privilege.’" DPI was responsible for a flier given to 13 federally paid workers that suggests white people consider wearing the white wristbands. But there is no  that DPI took any steps to urge students to wear the wristbands. We rate Will’s  .
Statement: Says he "opposed the president's decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Speaker: john kerry
About the speaker: John Kerry is the secretary of state. He previously was a senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2004.
Date: September 5, 2013
Location: national
Topics: bush administration;congress;iraq;foreign policy;military;voting record
Context: an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”
Fact-check justification: Kerry said recently that he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq." In 2002, he voted to give the president the authority to attack, with a stern warning that Bush ought to exhaust diplomatic channels first. In 2003, as the president invaded, Kerry accused him of a "failure of diplomacy." As a Democratic presidential primary unfolded in which the war was unpopular, Kerry kept up his criticism of Bush’s handling of the war. But he still said at a 2003 debate that he thought it was "the right decision" to disarm Hussein and that "when the president made that decision, I supported him." In 2004, he said he would vote to authorize force all over again. It’s clear Kerry opposed the president’s handling of the war, and perhaps the president’s decision to "go into Iraq" militarily at the time he did. He suggested diplomatic opportunities were squandered. But he did vote to authorize force, and he said later he supported the president’s decision to disarm Hussein. It was a nuanced position — one too nuanced to be summarized accurately by a  as blunt as having "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq." These are critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate Kerry’s  .