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Statement: A retired U.S. Army sergeant faces life in prison for killing two Syrian refugees after discovering they raped his teenage daughter.
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: April 18, 2016
Topics: criminal justice;crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Our efforts to uncover news about Hayes and such an attack instead turned up a 2010 Fox News story about a man named Steven Hayes convicted of murder and sexual assault in the killing of a mother and her two daughters. We also found a 2009 obituary for Gregory Hayes , a police sergeant who once served in the Army. But the photo that ran with the obit doesn’t match the photo in the Facebook post, nor do any news stories tie that Hayes to the one garnering support on social media. It seems that’s because the grisly tale of rape, murder and vengence described online is fabricated. We rate this Facebook post as .
Statement: David Jolly "has used money and power to try to … drill off our beaches.
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: June 17, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a fundraising email
Fact-check justification: Crist said Jolly "has used money and power to try to … drill off our beaches." His campaign’s argument is that Jolly technically lobbied on a failed 2011 bill that would have potentially expanded offshore drilling. But that was several years ago, and about a  Jolly made during his House campaign concerning one event in his years as a lobbyist. Crist is ignoring Jolly the congressman’s efforts while in office  — however nuanced — to keep drilling away from Florida’s shores. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/c29ba169-b094-41c3-b660-bfcb9bb12d57
Statement: We're growing union jobs faster than Illinois.
Speaker: eric holcomb
About the speaker: Eric Holcomb is the 51st Governor of Indiana.
A lifelong Hoosier, Gov. Holcomb is a veteran of the United States Navy, served as the state’s 51st Lt. Governor, was a trusted advisor to both Governor Mitch Daniels and Senator Dan Coats, and was a former state chairman of the Indiana Republican Party.
He was elected governor in November 2016, following an unprecedented 106-day campaign and was sworn in on January 9, 2017.
Date: October 24, 2017
Location: illinois
Topics: economy;jobs;unions
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Indiana is "growing union jobs faster than Illinois." The latest report on union membership and representation from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics backs Holcomb’s , with Illinois losing 5 percent of its union jobs between 2015 and 2016 and Indiana gaining 4 percent. It’s a trend that predates the Great Recession and, in the bigger jobs picture, is backed by a decade’s worth of unemployment figures in the two states. We rate this statement .
Statement: No prominent Democrats have had the virus but the list of Republicans goes on and on.
Speaker: deanna lorraine
About the speaker: DeAnna Lorraine was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. House in 2020 in the district currently represented by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
Date: October 2, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Both go against what public health authorities have recommended for slowing the spread of the coronavirus. We reached out to Lorraine for more  or a comment. We haven’t heard back. She's  that no prominent Democrats have contracted the coronavirus. We rate her post .
Statement: When Pepper's tax was finally voted down, Pepper laid off cops and closed jails and let criminals run free in the streets.
Speaker: dave yost
About the speaker: David Yost, a Republican, was elected Ohio auditor in 2010. He previously was a county prosecutor from Delaware County in Ohio.
Date: August 10, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: message machine 2010;taxes
Context: a campaign video
Fact-check justification: And it says Pepper closed multiple jails, when only one was closed as a result of the 2009 budget. Each commissioner’s vote carries equal weight, yet the video solely blames Pepper for the actions of the entire board, made of two Democrats and one Republican. Solely blaming Pepper also excuses the sheriff, who ultimately decides how to spend the money commissioners allot him. And the county’s hand was forced when voters rejected the 2007 tax increase to fund public safety. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Donald Trump "supports eminent domain" and the Supreme Court's Kelo decision.
Speaker: club for growth
About the speaker: The Club for Growth is an anti-tax group.
Date: September 15, 2015
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;supreme court
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: Club for Growth said "Trump supports eminent domain" and the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision. As recently as this week Trump has expressed support for eminent domain, and he has in the past said he agrees with the Kelo decision, which expanded the power, "100 percent." We rate Club for Growth’s  .
Statement: In April, "the vast majority will be (filling out their taxes) on a single postcard.
Speaker: ivanka trump
About the speaker: Ivanka Trump is an American businesswoman and the daughter of and assistant to President Donald Trump.
Date: December 21, 2017
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: an interview on "Fox & Friends"
Fact-check justification: Ivanka Trump tweeted that in April, "the vast majority will be (filling out their taxes) on a single postcard." That’s not the case. The recently passed bill takes effect for the 2018 tax year, which people will be filing returns on in April 2019 -- not this coming April. And there is no plan for a postcard filing option. Simple filing options already exist and are widely used, but tax experts do not expect a surge in their use as a result of the tax bill in April 2019. We rate her statement .
Statement: Says Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy "voted against paying our soldiers" and "against increasing combat pay" while voting "to protect his own pay.
Speaker: democratic congressional campaign committee
About the speaker: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is responsible for assisting Democratic candidates for the U.S. House.
Date: August 29, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: federal budget;message machine 2012;military
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: The claims are based on Duffy’s votes on "motions to recommit" that preceded final votes on military and congressional pay. Such motions are routinely denied by the majority party as procedural moves. That gives the minority party the chance to structure them for partisan advantage. That’s what is playing out in the ad now. We rate the  .
Statement: Quotes Queen Elizabeth II as saying that Trump is "an amazing person" with a "good heart" who could have been her son in another life.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 7, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The article claimed that an "unnamed MSM (mainstream media) news outlet in the United Kingdom is claiming they were recently involved in an interview with Queen Elizabeth II where she unexpectedly complimented U.S. President Donald Trump … The alleged insider said executives at the organization are ‘fuming’ because they couldn’t salvage the piece due to her relentless praise of the POTUS." That "insider" was an anonymous member of online forum 4Chan, who posted the account on June 4 (which has since been deleted ) on the forum’s " politically  " board. There is no  that the queen ever said this and the story contains no legitimate sources. The statement attributed to her appears to have originated in an anonymous post on an online forum, and according to Buckingham Palace’s media center, the queen does not give interviews nor does she speak publicly about political matters. We rate this  !
Statement: Says that Republicans "bragged about how every bill was going to be paid for, right from the beginning" and that the first vote, the repeal of health care reform, violated that rule.
Speaker: sherrod brown
About the speaker: Sherrod Brown is a Democratic U.S. Senator representing Ohio. He won his first elected office to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1974. He later served as Ohio secretary of state and was elected to Congress in 1992. He first joined the U.S. Senate in 2007.
Date: January 19, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: health care;voting record
Context: a telephone news conference
Fact-check justification: That's where the exemption that was approved with the House rules comes into play. Brown mentioned that exemption during his teleconference, describing it as a loophole Republicans carved out to avoid the cut-as-you-go restrictions. But with that exemption, the repeal vote didn't violate the rule. That's a point of clarification. We rate Brown’s statement as .
Statement: Gov. Chris Christie caused a 4.1 percent increase in property taxes in 2010, marking the highest increase since 2007.
Speaker: new jersey assembly democrats
About the speaker: The New Jersey Assembly Democrats represent the Democratic members of the State Assembly.
Date: May 10, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: taxes
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: The governor’s aid cuts contributed to the tax hikes, and Christie rejected a tax increase that would have provided more property tax relief. But some Democratic legislators also signed off on aid reductions by approving the state budget. There also are several other factors at play here -- the recession, declining property values, tax appeals, rising costs, a local desire to maintain services and an expensive system of running school districts. We rate the Democrats’ statement . To comment on this ruling, join the conversation at NJ.com .
Statement: The fact that Rick Scott is running for governor as a 'reformer' would be funny if it wasn't so outrageous. This is a man who barely escaped imprisonment.
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: May 18, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;health care
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: He was never even personally contacted by investigators." McCollum's statement was that Scott " escaped imprisonment," but the fact is he was never indicted, and the only individuals convicted of wrongdoing associated with the Columbia/HCA ultimately had those convictions tossed out. The corporate convictions aren't tied to any individual and carry only fines, not prison time. While one ABC News report does say he was a target of an investigation, that doesn't translate to  escaping a prison sentence. We rate McCollum's  .
Statement: The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is a "proven job creator.
Speaker: john nygren
About the speaker: John Nygren is a Republican who represents the 89th District in the Wisconsin State Assembly
Date: May 8, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Of the three companies we contacted, they reported adding a total of 1,022 jobs of a promised a total of 1,076 in exchange for $28.46 million in tax credits. And WEDC doesn’t deserve sole credit for the largest employer, Marinette Marine, which added more than 1,000 jobs. The state began efforts to help Marinette well before the agency was established. So Nygren’s statement is  on the local level, but it’s impossible to measure in the broad sense. We rate his statement .
Statement: The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush.
Speaker: david plouffe
About the speaker: David Plouffe is a senior adviser to President Barack Obama. He also managed President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Date: October 30, 2011
Location: national
Topics: energy;federal budget
Context: an interview on "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Plouffe said that the loan guarantee program that awarded half a billion dollars in guarantees to Solyndra "was supported by President Bush." The program was created on Bush's watch by a law he signed and promoted. The program grew under the Obama administration, which ultimately awarded Solyndra's loan guarantee under a new section of the law created by the stimulus. The Bush administration, though, promoted the loan guarantee program, and Bush himself touted it on his way out of office. There's also  his administration specifically prioritized Solyndra's project. We find Plouffe's statement .
Statement: In 2011, Alabama and Massachusetts passed legislation allowing non-citizens who are legal residents to vote in state and local elections.
Speaker: anastasia williams
About the speaker: Anastasia P. Williams is a state representative in Rhode Island, representing District 9 in Providence.
Date: May 16, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: elections;legal issues
Context: a House Judiciary Committee hearing
Fact-check justification: Rep. Anastasia Williams, advocating for her proposal to extend state and local voting rights to non-citizens who are permanent legal residents, told a House Judiciary Committee hearing, "In 2011, Alabama and Massachusetts passed this legislation." Williams said, and House spokesman Larry Berman confirmed, that she was relying on information from the General Assembly's Legislative Council, which should be a reliable source. In fact, the information Williams received was . Neither state took such action. "At the time I made this statement, I relied on the  information that was provided to me," Williams said in a comment released Thursday. "This statement was not made intentionally." Said House Speaker Gordon Fox, "It is unfortunate that Representative Williams was quoting  information provided to her by a staff person and I am addressing this issue internally.". One last thought: we were surprised that a veteran legislator wasn't suspicious about the , given that Massachusetts is a neighbor and Alabama is known for having one of the nation's harshest laws against illegal immigrants. We rate her statement  . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before (Obama) did.
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: April 5, 2008
Location: national
Topics: iraq
Context: Eugene, Ore
Fact-check justification: Clinton, meanwhile, weighed in a week later with a statement on Rice's nomination, saying, "In her role as National Security Advisor, Dr. Rice was a member of the team responsible for our flawed Iraq policy. She made several  statements about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in the lead up to the war." Clinton also said in the statement the she profoundly disagreed and deeply regretted how the war has been conducted. Clinton might be showing moxie by trying to reframe the Iraq issue in a way that puts her on top, but the facts don't support it. On the statement that she criticized the war first after Obama became a senator, the -O-Meter says .
Statement: The Trans-Pacific Partnership "knocks out 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American products and goods.
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: August 2, 2016
Location: national
Topics: trade
Context: a White House press conference
Fact-check justification: Obama said the TPP removes 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American goods. That number is one reasonable estimation, though it’s leaving out a lot of context. The 18,000 number includes tariffs on goods the United States doesn’t currently export but could in the future. We rate the  .  https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/1a77eb5a-b05a-4542-94f3-38d3b270a70a
Statement: Says private-sector job growth in 2011 "places New Jersey in the top third among all of the states.
Speaker: chris christie
About the speaker: Chris Christie announced June 6, 2023 that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. Christie was the governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. As governor, Christie won office in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Prior to that, he was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. 
Date: February 21, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: jobs
Context: his budget speech
Fact-check justification: During his budget speech, Christie pointed to New Jersey’s private-sector job growth in 2011, claiming that it "places New Jersey in the top third among all of the states." In 2011, New Jersey gained 39,400 private-sector jobs for a 1.2 percent increase. In terms of net jobs gained, Christie is right. By that measure, New Jersey ranks in 12th place out of the 50 states. But the 1.2 percent increase in private-sector jobs does not support the governor’s . By that measure, the state ranks 31. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: The bill also provides full federal funding for abortions…
Speaker: john carter
About the speaker: Carter, of Georgetown, was initially elected to the U.S. House in 2002. He is a former state district judge.
Date: March 21, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: abortion;health care
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: All told, this review leaves us agape at Carter's overreach. That is, the law does not provide full federal funding of abortions--and that's clear. Carter could have edited his blast. Instead, he makes an unsupported  . We rate his statement as .
Statement: New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue" due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaker: bill cassidy
About the speaker: Bill Cassidy, a Republican, represents a Louisiana disrict in the U.S. House of Representatives. He challenged incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in 2014.
Date: February 7, 2021
Location: new york
Topics: economy;state budget;coronavirus
Context: remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Cassidy said that "New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue" due to the pandemic. New York state saw revenue decline by 1.5% in calendar year 2020. However, the state’s budget is based on a fiscal year that runs from April 1 to March 31, and the calendar year figure Cassidy cited includes nearly three months of relatively normal, pre-pandemic economic activity. This makes it a  indicator of the pandemic’s budgetary impact. In fact, state budget officials have already projected larger revenue declines for the full fiscal year. We rate the statement .
Statement: Teachers "are working their third consecutive year -- some longer than that -- without salary increases.
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: December 8, 2010
Location: virginia
Topics: education
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Statistics are incomplete for this year, but indicate teacher pay was flat in most localities and even cut by six school systems. It would be accurate to say most teachers are going without a pay raise for the second straight school year. But Boitnott added a third year and the possibility of "longer." Data shows teachers in every school district received a raise over the last four school years. We rate her statement .
Statement: Texans eat more catfish than residents of all other states combined.
Speaker: glenn hegar
About the speaker: Glenn Hegar, a former Texas House member initially elected to the Senate in 2007, was elected Texas state comptroller in 2014. Hegar describes himself as a sixth-generation Texan who farms land that's been in his family since the 1800s. He is the former chair of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
Date: February 26, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: agriculture;food safety
Context: an oped column
Fact-check justification: Finally, we contacted David Harvey, an agricultural economist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, and asked him about state-by-state catfish consumption. No such information is available, Harvey said, speculating that’s because it would require fish processors here and abroad to say where they’re sending their fish and the processors don't want to share such details. Not only do Texans not eat more catfish than the whole rest of the country, they ate less, per person, than residents in four other southern states as of 2005. Even by Texas bragging standards, Hegar’s statement smacks as a memorable fish tale. We rate it .
Statement: Georgia has "more illegal aliens than the state of Arizona.
Speaker: jeff chapman
About the speaker: Jeff Chapman is a GOP candidate for governor of Georgia
Date: June 17, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: immigration
Context: Jekyll Island gubernatorial debate
Fact-check justification: The DHS report still listed California in the top spot, with 2.6 million illegal immigrants. But it placed Georgia at the No. 6 spot with 480,00 illegal residents and Arizona seventh with 460,000. Interestingly, just 10 years ago, Arizona was far ahead with 330,000 illegal immigrant residents while Georgia had only 220,000. Chapman appears to have done his homework on this subject. We find his statement .