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Statement: Says Barack Obama said, "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: November 21, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;message machine 2012
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: We certainly think it’s fair for Romney to attack Obama for his response to the economy. And the Romney camp can argue that Obama’s situation in 2011 is ironic considering the comments he made in 2008. But those points could have been made without distorting Obama’s words, which have been taken out of context in a   way. We rate the Romney ad’s portrayal of Obama’s 2008 comments .
Statement: Deficit spending 'exploded during the Obama administration' to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under President George W. Bush.
Speaker: ron johnson
About the speaker: Ron Johnson is a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin. A businessman and accountant, Johnson defeated Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the 2010 election. He is seeking re-election in 2016.
Date: September 11, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: debt;deficit;federal budget;taxes
Context: a campaign speech
Fact-check justification: Gary Burtless, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said "there is no good answer to your question that is going to satisfy everyone." Our rating Johnson’s chart showed $2 trillion in deficits under Bush and $5.3 trillion under Obama, and concluded that deficits "exploded" during the Obama administration. The numbers check out, but comparing presidents’ budget records is not as simple as Johnson’s chart suggests. For instance, Bush owns some debatable piece of the Obama deficits. We rate Johnson’s  .
Statement: Since Oregon's prescription-only law took effect, meth lab incidents have dropped by 96 percent and meth-related arrests by 32 percent.
Speaker: rob bovett
About the speaker: Rob Bovett is district attorney of Lincoln County, Oregon.
Date: March 28, 2011
Location: oregon
Topics: drugs;crime
Context: The New York Times
Fact-check justification: That said, it seems reasonable that it might take some time for the new law to really take hold and for current manufacturers to run out of whatever back-stock they might have held at the time. Even so, 28 percent is still a pretty nice drop and not all that far from 32 percent. For our rating, Bovett’s statistics hold up to scrutiny: Since our prescription-only law went into effect, we have, in fact, seen meth lab incidents decline by 96 percent and meth-related arrests dip by about 32 percent. We rate Bovett’s  . Comment on this item.
Statement: Says he's "the only licensed firearms dealer in America running for Congress.
Speaker: john stone
About the speaker: John Stone, former congressional aide
Date: April 23, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: guns
Context: campaign website and YouTube video
Fact-check justification: He does have a federal firearms license for a very niche group of collectors. He contends this status allows him to make the  that he is a gun dealer. Others suggest his statement is . Overall, a viewer of Stone’s ad needs much more information to weigh the value of his  -- an awful lot of context is missing even though there is some  to part of his statement. We rate the statement .
Statement: Adam Laxalt "would let Nevada and other states ban abortion with zero exceptions.
Speaker: democratic senatorial campaign committee
About the speaker: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate.
Date: September 22, 2022
Location: nevada
Topics: abortion;government regulation;ad watch
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee claimed that Laxalt "would let Nevada and other states ban abortion with zero exceptions." Laxalt supported Roe v. Wade’s reversal and supports letting states decide what restrictions to put on abortions, which could include laws that ban abortion with no exceptions. But we found no examples of Laxalt stating support for laws banning abortions with no exceptions, in Nevada or elsewhere. The  is partially accurate but leaves out important details — our definition of . RELATED: Fact-checking 2022 election campaign ads RELATED: Adam Laxalt’s PolitiFact file RELATED: Catherine Cortez Masto’s PolitiFact file
Statement: Greg Abbott and his surrogates have referred to women who have been the victims of rape or incest as though somehow what they are confronting is a minor issue.
Speaker: wendy davis
About the speaker: Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth attorney, was initially elected to the Texas Senate in 2008. She was the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, giving up a shot at winning re-election to the Senate.
Date: September 23, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: ethics;crime
Context: speaking to reporters
Fact-check justification: Davis said Abbott and his surrogates "have referred to women who have been the victims of rape or incest as though somehow what they are confronting is a minor issue." Davis got this  various ways given that the individual in question, a Republican consultant who doesn’t work for Abbott, immediately clarified on the air he was saying few abortions occur after incidents of rape or incest. Also on the air, Mackowiak agreed with the Democrat criticizing him that rapes and incest aren’t minor things. Davis’ camp also identified no other people who declared incest and rapes to be minor things nor is there  Abbott said anything of the sort. !  – The statement is not accurate and makes a  . Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: The Democrats' health care reform law is a "government takeover of health care.
Speaker: robert hurt
About the speaker: Robert Hurt, Republican, represents Virginia's 5th District, which is composed of 19 counties and two independent municipalities and is Virginia's largest, in Congress. Hurt was first elected to the U.S. House in 2010. He serves on the Financial Services Committee and on its Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises and Housing and Insurance subcommittees.
Hurt, a Pittsylvania County native, previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2007 and in the state senate from 2008 to 2010.
Hurt graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, in 1991 and earned a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Miss., in 1995.
Date: December 13, 2010
Location: virginia
Topics: health care
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Medicaid, the government-run health insurance program for the poor, will be expanded. But it is not, as Hurt says, a government-run plan. The public option, which would have added a government-run plan to the mix, was dropped from the bill.   Coverage would be paid for the same way it is now, by private employers and individual premiums. The  is .
Statement: Since the governor took office, Oregon's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest point in three years.
Speaker: john kitzhaber
About the speaker: John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, was governor of Oregon for two terms, starting in 1995. He was inaugurated in 2011 for an unprecedented third term.
He was elected to the Oregon Legislature in 1978, rising to the position of Senate President. He spearheaded the Oregon Health Plan as a legislator and as governor. Kitzhaber graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon Medical School (now Oregon Health & Science University). He worked as an emergency room physician in Roseburg from 1974 to 1988.
Date: May 15, 2014
Location: oregon
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a website statement
Fact-check justification: The governor’s statement is accurate, as far as it goes, but lacks key context to shine a  light on the state’s unemployment situation. We rate it . Comments? Questions? Click over to our entry on OregonLive.com and let us know what you think.
Statement: Says he is the "ranking member" of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Speaker: jim banks
About the speaker: Rep. Jim Banks is a Republican congressman representing Indiana's 3rd Congressional District since 2017.
Date: September 16, 2021
Location: national
Topics: congress;corrections and updates;elections;jan. 6
Context: a letter
Fact-check justification: Banks claimed in the signature of at least one letter to a federal agency that he is the "ranking member" of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Banks is not the ranking member of the committee, or even a member of the committee. The Indiana congressman’s appointment was blocked by Pelosi, as the legislation allowed. We rate this statement . UPDATE, Oct. 26, 2021 : This fact-check was updated to include a statement from Rep. Jim Banks’ office, which was sent to PolitiFact after publication. Our rating remains the same.
Statement: Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine.
Speaker: mike rogers
About the speaker: Mike Rogers is a Republican from Michigan who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015, including a stint as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. A former FBI special agent, he is now a national security commentator for CNN.
Date: March 2, 2014
Location: national
Topics: corrections and updates;history;military
Context: comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: Rogers said Crimea belonged to Russia until 1954, when Khrushchev gave the land to Ukraine, then a Soviet republic. Rogers’ history lesson explains why Russians remain so intertwined with Crimea and why some Americans are worried that Russians will try to annex the peninsula. We rate Rogers’ statement . Correction: About 60 percent of people living in Crimea identify themselves as Russian. An earlier version of this story described the statistic differently. This post was updated at 1 p.m. March 3, 2014.
Statement: Says North Korea has "agreed to denuclearization.
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: April 22, 2018
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said that North Korea had agreed to denuclearization. While North Korea has promised to halt testing and close a weapons test site, it has not officially said that it is committed to denuclearization. Other leaders have made that statement on their behalf, and even in that case, the only promise is that they are willing to talk about reaching that point. That is not the same as agreeing to do it. We rate this
Statement: Says U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted to cut off Florida's veterans and their benefits.
Speaker: republican national committee
About the speaker: The Republican National Committee is the national arm of the Republican Party.
Date: October 14, 2013
Location: national
Topics: veterans;voting record
Context: a robocall
Fact-check justification: The Republican National Committee said in a robocall that Wasserman Schultz voted to cut off benefits for veterans. The  is suspect on several fronts. It focuses on one bill out of many that would have preserved ongoing funds for veterans programs. Wasserman Schultz could accurately  she voted many more times to support such funding. Some of the largest veterans organizations did not endorse the Republican measure, given the overall context of a government shutdown. And the wording in the robocall makes a muddle of the entire sequence of events, beginning with why veterans benefits might be at risk, and the reality that in the short run, most benefits have been flowing. We rate the  .
Statement: Georgia lawmakers are now considering passing the most extreme gun bill in America.
Speaker: americans for responsible solutions
About the speaker: Americans for Responsible Solutions is a non-profit organization started by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, retired combat veteran and astronaut Mark Kelly, after Giffords was shot in 2011.
Date: February 26, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: guns
Context: press release
Fact-check justification: But there are pitfalls to calling anything the worst, the first or, in this case, the "most extreme." The biggest being: "Can you prove it?" All we really have is Carusone’s statement that her group is following 200 bills acros the country and hasn’t  seen any that have as "many extreme provisions" as Georgia’s. Supporting  is lacking. We rate the statement  F f alse.
Statement: Says he "didn't have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.
Speaker: ben carson
About the speaker: Dr. Ben Carson is President Donald Trump's secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A retired pediatric neurosurgeon, Carson ran as a Republican for president in 2016. He owns homes in West Palm Beach and Maryland.
Date: October 28, 2015
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: Boulder, Colo
Fact-check justification: Carson said, "I didn’t have an involvement with" the nutritional supplement company Mannatech. As far as we can tell, Carson was not a paid employee or official endorser of the product. However, his  suggests he has no ties to Mannatech whatsoever. In reality, he got paid to deliver speeches to Mannatech and appeared in promotional videos, and he consistently delivered glowing reviews of the nutritional supplements. As a world-renowned surgeon, Carson’s opinion on health issues carries weight, and Mannatech has used Carson’s endorsement to its advantage. We rate Carson’s  .
Statement: Mark Herring voted to allow sex offenders, including rapists, to serve shorter sentences.
Speaker: mark obenshain
About the speaker: Mark Obenshain, R-26th, is a Virginia State Senator. His district is comprised of Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren counties and Harrisonburg and part of Rockingham County. 
Obenshain lost the 2013 Virginia attorney general's race to Democrat Mark Herring by a slim margin after a recount. 
Obenshain was born in Richmond. His father, Richard Obenshain, was a Virginia Republican Committee chairman and Republican National Committee co-chairman and died in a plane crash during a U.S. Senate campaign.
Obenshain graduated from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, in 1984, and received a law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, in 1987.
Date: October 4, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: criminal justice
Context: a campaign brochure
Fact-check justification: Obenshain said Herring voted to allow sex offenders to "serve shorter sentences." Herring voted against a bill that ended the sentencing discretion judges had in rare cases when some sex offenders and a few other types of criminals were convicted on multiple counts. Because judges occasionally invoked their option to allow inmates to serve multiple prison terms concurrently, there’s a slight basis for the  that Herring’s vote would allow some offenders to serve shorter terms than they would have if the judges had no choice. But for the most part, Obenshain’s  is . Herring’s vote would not have shortened the prison time faced by sex offenders, it merely would have continued the the sentencing procedures in place. And Obenshain, in his broad reference to sex offenders, omits the fact that only a tiny percentage of them had circumstances in their cases that allowed for discretion in sentencing. We rate Obenshain’s  .
Statement: Says Melania Trump's security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Speaker: social media
About the speaker: logo
Date: February 1, 2017
Topics: federal budget;punditfact
Context: tweets
Fact-check justification: Social media posts say Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts. That’s a flawed projection based on incomplete data. It assumes that Melania and Barron Trump will stay at Trump Tower the entire year, racking up a security bill of more than $410,000 a day, every day. But officials say the Melania Trump and her son intend to move to the White House at the end of the school year and split time between Washington and New York. What the first family will actually do we don’t know. But neither do bloggers. They should back off this  until there is more data. We rate it .
Statement: Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 16, 2014
Location: national
Topics: legal issues;foreign policy;military;terrorism
Context: a meme on social media
Fact-check justification: The meme on social media said that Bush and Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants." The  that there are "outstanding warrants" is flat . And while it’s theoretically possible for a national court to issue an arrest warrant against either man, as was done with Pinochet, there is no sign of that happening. We rate the  .
Statement: In Oregon, women earn an average of 79 cents for every dollar that men earn for doing the same job. That's just wrong.
Speaker: brad avakian
About the speaker: Brad Avakian is Oregon's Labor Commissioner and Democratic candidate for the 1st Congressional District.
Date: January 31, 2014
Location: oregon
Topics: income
Context: a campaign website statement
Fact-check justification: Finally, Avakian used the term "average" when the report he relied on said "median." He could have avoided that by simply saying women "make 79 cents for every dollar a man earns," but since the information he cited contains only median incomes, we find the difference to be inconsequential. Those caveats aside, he still is well inside the ballpark and the ratio he cited is a credible figure from a credible agency. We rate the  . Return to OregonLive.com/politics to comment on this ruling.
Statement: More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare).
Speaker: kevin mccarthy
About the speaker: Kevin McCarthy, who was first elected in 2006, is a Republican member of Congress representing a district in California. McCarthy was elected as House Speaker in January 2023.
Date: July 11, 2017
Location: california
Topics: health care;public health;taxes
Context: an interview with Fox Business
Fact-check justification: Congressman Kevin McCarthy claimed almost twice as many people have paid a penalty or taken a waiver as signed up for Obamacare. By focusing only on enrollment through the Obamacare exchanges, McCarthy’s  presents a narrow and  look at total insurance sign-ups under the federal health law. Even under the limited view, those foregoing insurance do not amount to "almost twice" the exchange sign-ups. Most notably, the congressman’s  ignores the huge category of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. Of the 20 million people who gained coverage under Obamacare through early 2016, about 14 million were under Medicaid. The data show about the same number of people declined coverage -- not "almost twice as many" -- as signed-up for Obamacare. We rate McCarthy’s statement .    –  The statement is not accurate. Click here for   more   on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. div class='artembed'>
Statement: Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age.
Speaker: adam putnam
About the speaker: Adam Putnam lost the Republican primary for Florida governor to U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis in 2018. A former Republican Congressman from Congressional District 12 in Central Florida, was elected Florida Commissioner of Agriculture on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014.
Date: July 17, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: federal budget;medicare;social security
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: A Putnam TV ad said, "Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age." DeSantis voted for three Republican Study Committee budget resolutions in 2013, 2014 and 2015 that failed. Even if they had passed, nonbinding resolutions alone do not change law, and therefore don’t cut any seniors’ benefits. Whether a vote for the resolutions is a "cut" depends upon how you define a cut. They were a cut in terms of the programs’ future growth relative to the baseline. But the goal of these resolutions was to persuade Congress to make changes to shore up these programs in the future to avoid steeper cuts down the road. We rate this statement .
Statement: Says Gary Peters "supports 'Medicare for All,' siding with radical liberals.
Speaker: better future michigan
About the speaker: A 501 (c) (4) nonprofit group that describes itself as "dedicated to educating and engaging the public on the need for leadership committed to taking action to secure a better future through strong national security, and increased economic and educational opportunities with the objective of ensuring everyone the opportunity to achieve the American dream."
Date: December 16, 2019
Topics: health care;health check
Context: a television advertisement
Fact-check justification:   A TV ad by Better Future Michigan claimed that Peters "supports Medicare for All, siding with radical liberals."  The statement is based on two videos from a 2018 town hall meeting. Though the senator does not tell a Medicare for All supporter that he backs this approach, he agreed that it could be a "pathway" in the future.  But from this comment to the ad’s overall assertion is a big stretch.  Specifically, Peters is on the record as supporting efforts to protect the Affordable Care Act from Republican changes, offering a public option and lowering the eligibility age for Medicare. He also supports keeping private insurance. In addition, he is not a co-sponsor of Sanders’ Medicare for All legislation, and single-payer advocates within Michigan said he "definitely" does not support this approach.    For these reasons, we rate the  .