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Statement: When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer wanted to "provide driver's licenses to those who are undocumented. (Hillary Clinton) said don't do it.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: March 9, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: immigration
Context: Miami
Fact-check justification: Sanders said that "Secretary Clinton prevailed upon the governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, who wanted to do right thing and provide driver's licenses to those who are undocumented. She said don’t do it, and New York state still does not do it." Clinton waffled on driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in a debate in October 2007. When Spitzer dropped his proposal, she came out with a statement supporting his decision to ax the plan to give the driver’s licenses. Sanders omitted that this occurred during her first presidential race and that during this campaign she has supported driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. We rate this  .
Statement: I didn't endorse" the federal stimulus bill.
Speaker: charlie crist
About the speaker: Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign.  As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.
Date: November 4, 2009
Location: florida
Topics: economy;stimulus;taxes
Context: an interview on CNN
Fact-check justification: "I think his words at that (Fort Myers) event speak for themselves," Gibbs said. "I think he was very supportive of the legislation and supportive of the benefits that it would have and has had for — for the state of Florida in seeing positive economic growth." Facing a primary challenge from the conservative wing of the Republican Party, Crist appears to be trying to rewrite history. But there are mountains of  that he not only supported the stimulus, he sang its praises. The meter is ablaze: .
Statement: FACT: Nothing in #Obamacare forces people out of their health plans.
Speaker: valerie jarrett
About the speaker: a senior adviser to the president
Date: October 28, 2013
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Jarrett said it was a "fact" that "nothing in Obamacare forces people out of their health plans." Saying there’s "nothing" in the law that forces people out of their health plans is a pretty extreme  -- one that implies that insurers who pull the plug on non-Obamacare-compliant plans are acting in some sort of government-free vacuum. Even if it’s technically  that the insurer pulls the plug on a plan, the insurer will only be doing this because the law itself and its implementing regulations have created a context in which, sooner or later, old-fashioned plans will inevitably pass into oblivion -- as the law always intended. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Marco Rubio "voted to slash school funding by billions of dollars and would eliminate the Department of Education.
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 23, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: The TV ad by liberal groups says "Rubio voted to slash school funding by billions of dollars and would eliminate the Department of Education." Rubio, along with nearly all of his Republican Senate colleagues, voted for legislation in 2011 that would have cut about $57 billion in spending. The ad omits that this was across-the-board spending that didn’t solely target education, and it failed to pass. While a presidential candidate in 2015, Rubio did advocate eliminating the U.S. Education Department. The ad omits that he said he would move worthwhile programs to other agencies. We rate this  .
Statement: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "office was calling the shots on all of their (Capitol security officials') actions on Jan. 6.
Speaker: rodney davis
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis represents the 13th Congressional District of Illinois. Prior to being elected to the U.S. House in 2012, Davis served as projects director for former U.S. Rep. John Shimkus for 16 years.
Date: July 27, 2021
Location: illinois
Topics: congress;jan. 6
Context: remarks at a press conference
Fact-check justification: Davis said "we know that the speaker’s office was calling the shots on all of" the actions taken by the officials in charge of Capitol security on Jan. 6. As , his office highlighted the fact that then-House Sergeant-at-Arms Irving requested approval from Pelosi before greenlighting the Capitol police chief’s request to call in the National Guard. But Davis and his spokesman ignored a critical detail: the decision to approve that request and call for backup was not Irving’s call alone. It was made in conjunction with the Senate sergeant-at-arms, who reports to the Senate majority leader. At the time, that was McConnell. We rate Davis’  .  – The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: U.S. imports 1% of its oil from Russia while "Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell profits are at their highest level in over 7 years.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 7, 2022
Topics: energy;facebook fact-checks;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A social media post about rising U.S. gas prices claimed "America gets 1% of its oil from Russia, while Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell profits are at their highest level in over 7 years." It’s  that U.S. dependence on Russian oil imports has been small. About 8% of all petroleum products imported into the U.S. have come from Russia — and 3%, not 1%, are crude oil. And while oil companies have reported record profits, these records followed billions of dollars of pandemic-era losses from 2020. Some of the record breaking amounts were of quarterly profits and not annual profits. With those caveats, we rate this  .
Statement: The diversity visa lottery is "plagued by fraud.
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: November 1, 2017
Location: national
Topics: immigration;homeland security
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Perdue said the diversity visa program is "plagued by fraud." The State Department did not provide data on how widespread fraud is within the program, but fraud issues have been documented for many years. Some of the fraud involves organized groups entering individuals into the lottery without their consent and then extracting money from them in exchange for a confirmation number needed for the visa application process. Technology helps prevent the type of fraud where a person would take the place of the original applicant. We rate Perdue’s  .
Statement: 4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 18, 2020
Topics: supreme court;facebook fact-checks
Context: on social media
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post says, "4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley." Prior to Ginsburg’s death, three of the four named senators had expressed concerns about a theoretical appointment being filled close to an election.  Two of the senators, Murkowski and Collins, have stated their position since Ginsburg’s death. They both said they opposed a vote before the election, but they did not explicitly rule out a vote after the election during the lame-duck period before a new Congress is sworn in. The other two senators, Romney and Grassley, have not commented about how to proceed with the current vacancy. We rate the statement .
Statement: Discretionary spending went up 84 percent in the last two years
Speaker: paul ryan
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R.-Wis., became Speaker of the House in 2015 and served until his retirement in January 2019. Ryan was elected to represent southern Wisconsin in Congress in 1998 and for part of his tenure chaired the House Budget Committee. He was Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. He did not seek re-election in 2018.
Date: November 2, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: federal budget;stimulus
Context: an election-night interview
Fact-check justification: There is no doubt that spending is up, or that the one-time stimulus package was a major driver. But sliding the stimulus money from 2009 to 2010 -- whether on a chart or in an interview -- skews the picture. It’s a nifty accounting maneuver. But still a maneuver. We rate Ryan’s  .
Statement: Rick Scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Speaker: charlie crist
About the speaker: Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign.  As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.
Date: March 31, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: health care
Context: an online video
Fact-check justification: Crist said in a video, "Rick Scott wants to take us back to the days of insurance companies denying coverage for pre-existing conditions." There is no dispute that Scott has been a persistent critic of the health care law which banned insurance companies from refusing coverage due to pre-existing conditions. We could not find many comments from Scott about pre-existing conditions, and the two brief remarks we found didn’t explain his ideas in detail. Overall, Scott supports tax breaks that allow people to buy their own insurance, and if they keep themselves insured, they don’t have to worry about pre-existing conditions. But that would leave those who end up uninsured for more than a few months in danger of being denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. We rate this  .
Statement: A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits.
Speaker: debbie stabenow
About the speaker: Debbie Stabenow is a Democratic Senator representing Michigan.
Date: March 1, 2011
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;military;veterans
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: By saying that a government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits," Stabenow phrased her statement cautiously, and, for the most part, accurately. A shutdown is not destined to disrupt checks to veterans, but it could -- either for new claims, or, if the shutdown drags on long enough, for existing beneficiaries. Stabenow could have added that a shorter shutdown in line with the duration of those in 1995, or a generous allocation of "essential" employees, could minimize or even eliminate the impact on veterans checks this year. But we think that’s a minor omission, given how carefully she couched her statement. On balance, we rate her comment .
Statement: President Eisenhower, on the night before the Normandy invasion...[wrote a] letter of resignation to the United States Army for the failure of the landings at Normandy.
Speaker: john mccain
About the speaker: John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona, a post he held from 1987 to his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. McCain was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent his career in the military, as his father did. He was a combat pilot in Vietnam who was shot down and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. He was born in 1936 in Panama. 
Date: September 26, 2008
Location: national
Topics: military
Context: Oxford, Miss
Fact-check justification: That would be ." The invasion was a success and Eisenhower did not have to use the note. McCain ought not use it either — at least not as an example of prewritten resignation letter. Though Eisenhower did intend to take responsibility for the failure, that's quite different from preparing to resign his generalship. We find this anecdote to be .
Statement: Says Republican Dan Bishop was "down by 17" points in NC congressional race and then won "by a lot.
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 27, 2019
Location: north carolina
Topics: elections
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: That breaks down to 50.69% of the vote for Bishop and 48.70% of the vote for McCready, a difference of 1.99 percentage points. Not exactly a blowout. OUR RULING Trump said Bishop was "down by 17" points in NC congressional race and then won "by a lot." No public polls came close to supporting Trump’s , and the final margin was only 2 percentage points. We rate this  .
Statement: Says that Mitt Romney's response to the crisis in the auto industry was, "Let Detroit go bankrupt.
Speaker: jennifer granholm
About the speaker: Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, is the Energy Secretary in the Biden administration. She served two terms as governor of Michigan, from 2003 to 2011.
Date: September 6, 2012
Location: national
Topics: bankruptcy;jobs
Context: a speech at the Democratic convention
Fact-check justification: Granholm accused Romney of saying "Let Detroit go bankrupt." The line, a popular Democratic talking point, suggested that Romney wanted to let the auto companies go out of business. That was the headline, which he did not write, and he was not suggesting the auto companies should go belly-up. But he did advocate a managed bankruptcy that would produce carmakers with lower labor costs and products that could compete better in the marketplace. We rate the statement . UPDATE : After we published this item, readers alerted us to a CBS TV interview where Romney addressed the "go bankrupt" question and he expanded on some of the things he mentioned in the op-ed about the need for a managed bankruptcy. Romney stood behind the title of his op-ed, "Let Detroit go bankrupt," but said his main point was to oppose government handouts with no strings attached and no demand that the automakers break away from the costs that were dragging them down. Bankruptcy was the way to make the necessary changes and would not be a liquidation. Romney did use the words about letting Detroit go bankrupt but his meaning was more nuanced and he emphasized that he was not referring to liquidation. Our ruling does not change.
Statement: Lizbeth Benacquisto's supporters "would make (abortion) illegal in all cases, including rape, incest, even to save a woman's life.
Speaker: kevin rader
About the speaker: Kevin Rader of Delray Beach, a former state Representative for District 78 in South Florida, was elected to the state House in 2008. He campaigned for the state Senate and was defeated on Nov. 2, 2010.
Date: October 29, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: abortion;message machine 2010;women
Context: a campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: They won't list every case in which they support banning abortions, because they support banning abortions in all cases." It's clear that groups supporting Benacquisto have firm stands against abortion, but they're not spelled out precisely. What is clear, though, is that the groups don't offer up any exceptions. So we don't expect Rader's campaign to find any.   We rate this  .
Statement: The Trump campaign "didn't know" that Natalia Veselnitskaya "was a representative of the Russian government. ... I don't even know if they knew she was Russian at the time.
Speaker: rudy giuliani
About the speaker: Rudy Giuliani is the former mayor of New York City. He was born in Brooklyn in 1944 and previously served as a federal prosecutor, as well as an associate attorney general under President Reagan. He graduated from Manhattan College and earned a law degree from New York University Law School. He has been married since 2003 to Judith Nathan and was married twice before. He has two children, Andrew and Caroline. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 30, 2008.
Date: August 19, 2018
Topics: legal issues;punditfact
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Giuliani said the Trump campaign "didn’t know" that Natalia Veselnitskaya "was a representative of the Russian government" or even Russian. Emails between Trump Jr., and his father’s business associate — emails that the younger Trump himself published — directly contradict Giuliani’s assertion. Those emails show Trump senior’s business associate Rob Goldstone telling the younger Trump that a "Russian government attorney" would be willing to meet with Trump Jr. to supply the campaign with incriminating  against Clinton. The younger Trump replied: "If it’s what you say I love it" — and several days later, the meeting took place. We rate this !
Statement: Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 18, 2019
Topics: fake news;pop culture;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A social media post claims that Looney Tunes character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for "being too violent." There is no  that Yosemite’s segments were ever banned. We can still find the red-bearded cowboy on television today. This post is .
Statement: The Republicans have repeatedly said that they agree with 80 percent of what's in our bill.
Speaker: debbie wasserman schultz
About the speaker: Debbie Wasserman Schultz became the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in 2011 and resigned in July 2016. The Florida Democrat was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 after serving in the state senate. She represents Congressional District 23 in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Date: February 28, 2010
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: a roundtable segment on NBC's Meet the Press
Fact-check justification: "Unfortunately, Democrats ... are fixated on the 20 percent where there will never be agreement, namely a much more expansive government role." Wasserman Schultz is correct that Republicans have been using the "80 percent" talking point.  We found at least six examples in which Republicans used it, several in high-profile settings, including two tapings of Meet the Press and a televised House floor speech.  But it's unclear in many of those instances what precisely the Republicans are referring to. We rate her statement .
Statement: Hillary Clinton "has the only health care plan that covers every American.
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: February 13, 2008
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: "And that, I don't think, is helping those without health insurance," Obama said. Obama has said he wants to cover every American, but experts say it's unlikely he will without a mandate as part of his plan. Earlier in the campaign, Obama said his plan did provide universal coverage, but we found that  ; read our ruling here . Because Clinton does include a mandate in her plan, she is correct in saying that she is the only candidate for president with a plan that mandates health care for all Americans. We find her statement .
Statement: Says Gov. Rick Scott returned "$1 million in federal funding that would have helped the state cover the cost of overseeing insurance rates under the new health care law.
Speaker: bill nelson
About the speaker: Bill Nelson was first elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida in 2000. He lost re-election to Gov. Rick Scott in 2018. Nelson previously served in the Florida Legislature, Congress and as state Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner.
 
Date: May 30, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: health care
Context: an op-ed
Fact-check justification: Nelson said Scott returned "$1 million in federal funding that would have helped the state cover the cost of overseeing insurance rates under the new health care law." It is undeniable that a grant for that purpose in that amount was sought, and a grant was returned. But the official who technically returned the money was the state’s insurance commissioner, a political appointee who answers to Scott as part of his role on the Financial Services Commission. Still, he did so shortly after Scott took office and Scott’s office claimed some amount of credit back in 2011. We rate the  .
Statement: Trey Gowdy is the new director of the FBI!
Speaker: snoopack.com
About the speaker: A website associated with fake news.
Date: June 23, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Wray must be confirmed by the Senate.  news websites often put  headlines on out-of-context news or opinion posts that aren’t bogus, leading to serious confusion for readers. This is just such an example. Gowdy isn’t in charge of the FBI. We rate this headline !