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Statement: Gov. McDonnell's proposed budget "is cutting" public education.
Speaker: donald mceachin
About the speaker: Donald McEachin, D-9th, has been a state senator since 2008.  He represents Charles City County and parts of Henrico County and Richmond. In 2011, he was named the Democratic Caucus chairman.
McEachin, a lawyer in his own firm, McEachin Gee Law Firm, served in the House of Delegates from 1998 to 2002 and from 2006 to 2008. He ran unsuccessfully for attorney general in 2001.
He earned a bachelor's degree in political history from The American University, Washington, D.C., in 1982. He also earned a law degree in 1986 from the University of Virginia and a master of divinity from Virginia Union University in 2008.
Date: January 11, 2012
Location: virginia
Topics: city budget;county budget;education;pensions;state budget
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Democrats, speaking for McEachin, say the only realistic option for cities and counties would be to cut other education programs and many may go in that direction. But there are options: some municipalities could decide to raise taxes; others might opt to increase their school budgets by reducing spending for non-education services. No doubt, McDonnell’s budget would force most localities to adjust priorities.   But it does not cut the overall state appropriation to public education nor the revenues localities use to pay their share for schools. We rate McEachin’s statement .
Statement: He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service.
Speaker: alexi giannoulias
About the speaker: Alexi Giannoulias is the former state treasurer of Illinois. He ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010 as the Democratic nominee for the seat formerly held by President Barack Obama, but was narrowly defeated by then-Rep. Mark Kirk.
Date: July 8, 2010
Location: national
Topics: afghanistan;candidate biography;iraq;message machine 2010;military;patriotism
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: And we have a memo from the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense referring to "concerns arising from his partisan political activities during his last two tours of active duty." The fact that Kirk was merely "counseled" suggests these were not deemed terribly egregious violations of military policy. But the Pentagon did tell AP that Kirk signed a statement acknowledging that he knew the rules and wouldn't break them again. You don't sign such a statement if you aren't deemed to have skirted the rules. We rule this  .
Statement: California Gov. Gavin Newsom "is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one" and the election is "Rigged.
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: May 26, 2020
Location: california
Topics: elections
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: No way!" In reality, Newsom ordered counties to send mail-in ballots only to registered voters in California, hardly to "anyone living in the state. "  To register to vote in California, residents must be 18, U.S. citizens, not in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony, and not declared mentally incompetent to vote by a court.   When combined with the  allegation that mail-in voting leads to fraud (something election experts say is exceedingly rare), and Trump’s assertion that California’s election will be "Rigged," the president’s overall  is reckless, unsubstantiated and . We rate it !
Statement: COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the health problems featured in recent news reports.
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 15, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Health officials say COVID-19 poses a much greater heart risk than COVID-19 vaccines. The National Institutes of Health said the benefits of getting vaccinated "markedly outweigh the very small risk of vaccine-related myocarditis." The NIH also said the risk of myocarditis linked with COVID-19 illness is several times greater than the risk from vaccination, and is often more serious. The articles in the Instagram post cover health problems, but they’re unrelated to COVID-19 vaccines. We rate this post .
Statement: The Black River's water quality is "rated at the very top in North Carolina.
Speaker: steve troxler
About the speaker: Steve Troxler is NC commissioner of agriculture.
Date: July 10, 2018
Location: north carolina
Topics: environment;public health;water
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Period." Our rating Troxler cast doubt on the effect of hog farms, saying the Black River’s water "is rated at the very top in North Carolina." While the Black River has an "outstanding" designation with the state, its environmental regulatory agency says the label doesn’t mean the river is one of the cleanest in the state. And experts say the state probably would find other  harmful nutrients  — if only it tested for them. We rate Troxler’s  . '
Statement: Military rescues tortured children from tunnel beneath Capitol Hill.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: February 7, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: It describes "at least a hundred children" seen coming out of the White House with military troops and body bags in the early morning hours of that day. Such an event would be widely covered in the media. But there are no news reports or photographs to corroborate what is an outlandish and unsubstantiated allegation. QAnon is a sprawling and unfounded conspiracy theory that asserts in part that former President Donald Trump is secretly fighting a cabal of Satan-worshipping, cannibalistic pedophiles.    We rate this post !
Statement: Says he "secured the highest possible bond rating" for the city of Tampa.
Speaker: bob buckhorn
About the speaker: Bob Buckhorn is making his second run for mayor in Tampa's nonpartisan elections on March 1, 2011. He previously served on the City Council from 1995-2003.
Date: January 15, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: city budget
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: I’m proud and I’ll say it wherever I go. The folks who vote for me should be pretty happy with that." Buckhorn’s campaign ad said he had "secured the highest possible bond rating." Loking at the campaign’s use of the phrase "highest possible," we find there’s still room for improvement in the ratings on some of the city’s debt. We rate this statement .
Statement: The FBI is using its counterterrorism division to investigate and add 'threat tags' to parents who are protesting school boards.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: November 16, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed that "the FBI is using its counterterrorism division to investigate and add ‘threat tags’ to parents who are protesting school boards."  Following guidance from the attorney general, the FBI created a threat tag to track threats of violence directed at school officials. When releasing information about the threat tag, Jordan said it was  of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division compiling "​​threat assessments related to parents." But the FBI memo he released to support the  only showed that the FBI has asked its offices to apply the tag to investigations involving threats against school board members, educators and school employees. There is no  it would be used on parents for simply protesting school board decisions.  We rate this  .
Statement: Thousands killed as Israel Drops Tactical Nuclear Bomb On Syria
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: April 30, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Media reports said that while the death toll varied, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 26 people were killed (not thousands). Israel was the presumed attacker, but there was no official confirmation from the Israeli government. "Israel’s military does not comment on individual attacks in Syria, and a spokesman declined to comment on Sunday’s attack, most likely because if Israel claimed responsibility it could put pressure on Iranian leaders to strike back," the New York Times reported . Exclusive103.com distorted information about strikes in Syria to falsely  thousands were killed because of a nuclear bomb. We rate exclusive103.com’s post !
Statement: Wisconsin's "rainy day fund" is "165 times bigger than when we first took office.
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: August 3, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: a candidates forum
Fact-check justification: But that doesn’t change how much larger the fund is.. We rate Walker’s statement . ( Editor's note: After this item was published, a spokeswoman for Walker's gubernatorial office noted that the budget that resulted in the Fall 2001 contribution overlapped with Walker's time in office. The item has been adjusted to reflect that. It does not change the rating.)
Statement: Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now.
Speaker: kendrick meek
About the speaker: Kendrick Meek is a former U.S. Representative for Congressional District 17 in Miami, serving from 2003 to 2011. He campaigned for the U.S. Senate and was defeated on Nov. 2, 2010.
Date: June 22, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;financial regulation;housing
Context: a Democratic U.S. Senate debate
Fact-check justification: And saying Credit Default Swaps brought about the destruction of the U.S. economy glosses over the subprime mortgage crisis and concerns over lax regulation, for starters. Banks helped people get into homes they simply couldn't afford, and wrote risky mortgages that resulted in delinquent payments, defaults and eventually foreclosures. In our mind, Meek's statement is an attempt to boil a very complex issue into a made-for-TV sound byte. The statement may be sexy, but it's more hyperbole than anything. We rate it .
Statement: A Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security.
Speaker: casey cagle
About the speaker: Casey Cagle, a Republican, is the lieutenant governor of Georgia
Date: October 9, 2017
Location: georgia
Topics: immigration;homeland security
Context: a WSB-TV interview
Fact-check justification: Cagle said that a Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security." Many elements of this statement are . DHS said it had not published such a report. Cagle’s office actually referred to a 2015 letter from the Senate Judiciary Committee, citing ICE data, that said up to 121 homicides could have been avoided if ICE had deported criminal immigrants. While the letter started off saying 121 homicides were preventable, the document focuses on 121 being the number of criminal immigrants who were charged with homicide after being released by ICE. Most importantly, while homicides were committed, the letter does not  they could have been avoided had sanctuary policies not been in place. Cagle’s statement is not accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment
Speaker: chris collins
About the speaker: Chris Collins is the Republican congressman representing New York's 27th Congressional District.
Date: August 1, 2016
Location: new york
Topics: campaign finance;supreme court;guns
Context: an interview on MSNBC
Fact-check justification: In an interview on MSNBC, Collins said Clinton is "going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment." Clinton holds positions that contradict certain interpretations of those amendments, but Collins’  is too broad. We rate this  as . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/1deaafad-be38-4aca-a4c8-14ef0101ef7e
Statement: U.S. military is now testing soldiers for AIDS, after DOD database reports 500% increase in HIV since the COVID vaccine rollout.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: May 17, 2023
Topics: military;facebook fact-checks
Context: an image shared on Instagram
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claimed the U.S. military ramped up its AIDS testing following Defense Department reports of a "500% increase in HIV since the COVID vaccine rollout."  Defense Department data shows 72 more service members were diagnosed with HIV infections in 2021 compared to 2020, but that represents about a 30% increase rather than a 500% increase. In 2022, the number of service members diagnosed with HIV infections decreased. We rate these claims . RELATED: Still no connection between COVID-19 vaccines and AIDS
Statement: In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.
Speaker: ron desantis
About the speaker: Ron DeSantis announced on May 24, 2023 that he is running for president in the Republican primary. DeSantis won the race for Florida governor in 2018 and 2022. DeSantis was first elected to Congress in 2012 and resigned in September 2018 to focus on his campaign. He represented Florida's 6th Congressional District which is south of St. Augustine and north of Orlando and includes Daytona Beach. DeSantis initially ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but dropped out after Marco Rubio decided to seek re-election.
Date: July 18, 2023
Location: national
Topics: abortion;public health;states;florida
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: DeSantis claimed that "some liberal states" have post-birth abortions. There is no  to support this. Killing an infant after birth is infanticide and is illegal in all 50 states. Situations resulting in a fetal death in the third trimester are exceedingly rare, and involve emergencies such as fetal anomalies or life-threatening medical emergencies affecting the mother.  Sometimes, labor is induced, followed by palliative care, for babies with very short life-expectancies. Some families choose this option when faced with life-threatening diagnoses that often limit their babies’ post-birth survival to just minutes or days after delivery, experts said. We rate DeSantis’  . RELATED: Are US abortion laws really more like China and North Korea than Europe? No   RELATED : The top claims about abortion, fact-checked
Statement: That 59 divisions in Philly had no votes for Romney in 2012 is "(a) mathematical and statistical impossibility.
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 5, 2016
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: elections
Context: various websites
Fact-check justification: A viral image has called 59 Philadelphia voter "districts" counting zero Romney votes in the 2012 general election "(a) mathematical and statistical impossibility." Only, these divisions were not the size of districts. They were much smaller, encompassing hundreds rather than thousands, and in predominately African-American areas of the city. Looking at the voter records from six months prior, Democrats in these areas outnumbered Republicans more than 20 to one. That’s before considering what the Inquirer’s reporting suggests: That out of the small minority of GOPers in these sections, many don’t align with the party, or don’t appear to live there anymore. Were the 59 divisions worthy of investigation? Yes. And that happened in 2012, and has happened numerous times since. We rule this  a .   An earlier version of this story incorrectly cited PolitiFact Ohio. The reporting had been published by PolitiFact National.
Statement: There were slaves in 1845 who helped construct and build the Old Capitol.
Speaker: kionne mcghee
About the speaker: Kionne McGhee is a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 117th District. 
Date: January 25, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: history
Context: a speech on the House floor
Fact-check justification: McGhee said enslaved people "helped construct and build the Old Capitol." African-American slaves were part of almost every facet of Florida life in the 19th century. Historians said they did all possible work in Florida, which would have included the building McGhee referenced.  However, we were unable to find conclusive documentation about the construction of the Capitol building. Without that certainty, we rate this  .
Statement: Missouri is actually the only state that has been forced to borrow money from the federal government to pay for unemployment benefits during each of the last five economic downturns.
Speaker: allen andrews
About the speaker: Allen Andrews is a Republican who was elected to the state House in 2014.
Date: February 24, 2017
Location: missouri
Topics: state budget
Context: an article on KMAland.com
Fact-check justification: Andrews said, "Missouri is actually the only state that has been forced to borrow money from the federal government to pay for unemployment benefits during each of the last five economic downturns." According to the data from the U.S. Department of Labor, not only did Missouri take out loans from the federal government to pay for unemployment benefits during economic downturns, but also it is the only state to do so. We rate this  as .
Statement: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote.
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: November 1, 2019
Location: national
Topics: immigration;elections
Context: Mississippi
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote." Trump’s attack on Abrams is overly broad. In her unsuccessful bid for governor, Abrams spoke about the diversity of the "blue wave" in Georgia and mentioned a long list of groups including undocumented immigrants. She didn’t say they should be given the right to vote, and that has not been her documented position.  Later, Abrams said she "wouldn’t oppose" noncitizens voting in municipal elections, but she specified that it was different from state or federal races. It would be possible for listeners to wrongly assume from Trump’s  that Abrams wants noncitizens to vote in all elections.  This statement rates .
Statement: In South Carolina, women earn 76 cents on the dollar to men's earnings.
Speaker: elizabeth colbert busch
About the speaker: Democratic candidate for  the U.S. House in the South Carolina's 1st Congressional District; Stephen Colbert's sister
Date: April 9, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: jobs;women
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: There is a wage gap between men and women. She is right about that.    But most studies indicate it tends to diminish when other factors are considered. Colbert Busch’s  is accurate, but it leaves out substantial context that would give the reader a different impression.    We rated Colbert Busch’s  .
Statement: Video shows a U.S. military member opening a border gate and allowing immigrants to enter the country illegally.
Speaker: tiktok posts
About the speaker: Posts on the video-sharing platform TikTok.
Date: May 17, 2023
Topics: immigration;border security;military
Context: a TikTok video
Fact-check justification: We rate this  . RELATED:    Title 42 expiration: What's next for migrants applying for asylum at US’ southern border?    RELATED:   Deportation didn’t end with Title 42’s expiration; immigration law still stands RELATED:  Ask PolitiFact: How does Joe Biden’s proposed asylum rule differ from Donald Trump’s ‘transit ban’?
Statement: In this city, there hasn't been a stadium that's lasted more than 27 years.
Speaker: cleta winslow
About the speaker: Winslow represents District 4 on the Atlanta City Council, which includes several historic neighborhoods just south and west of downtown Atlanta. Winslow was first elected to the council in 1993.
Date: March 18, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: city government;sports
Context: a meeting
Fact-check justification: Winslow said through a City Council spokesman that she made an error. To sum up, the councilwoman said there hasn’t been a stadium in Atlanta that’s lasted more than 27 years, referring to sports facilities used by professional teams. Most pro football stadiums are younger than the Georgia Dome. In Atlanta, Winslow was correct on the Omni but off by five years when you consider Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. On balance, we rate her  .
Statement: The House GOP super PAC in DC is spending more to help my opponent than anyone else.
Speaker: paul davis
About the speaker: Paul Davis is the Democratic U.S. House candidate running for Kansas' 2nd Congressional District
Date: October 11, 2018
Location: national
Topics: campaign finance;negative campaigning
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: The Davis campaign says that the House GOP super PAC is spending more to help out Watkins than anyone else. The Republican Super PAC is airing a torrent of attack ads against Davis and spending a lot of money in the district. But records show that Davis is not the top taget for CLF, though the district is listed among the top 5. Still, that doesn’t make Watkins the top recipient of such efforts. We rate the statement .