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Statement: Gubernatorial candidate Maggie Hassan supported 33 tax and fee increases as Senate Majority Leader.
Speaker: republican governors association
About the speaker: the gubernatorial campaign arm of the Republican Party.
Date: October 24, 2012
Location: new hampshire
Topics: taxes
Context: an ad titled “Hiding”
Fact-check justification: As the lead Democrat in the Senate, Hassan voted twice in 2009 in favor of the 2010-11 budget -- a spending plan shown by the nonpartisan budget assistant to include 33 tax and fee hikes, as claimed in the governors association ad. The statement is numerically accurate, but it ignores all of the major cuts Hassan and other Democrats made to the budget, like eliminating state jobs and reducing state aid to communities. The state was facing a huge hole in its budget due to the sputtering economy, which simultaneously lowered revenues and increased the need for expenditures.    On top of that, the ad fails to acknowledge that Democrats reopened the budget and further reduced government spending by $233 million. And to say Hassan "likes high taxes" is a gross oversimplification that ignores the financial realities facing the state at the time. We rate the  .
Statement: Says Virginia House Republicans are sacrificing $5 million a day in U.S. funds by refusing to expand Medicaid.
Speaker: democratic party of virginia
About the speaker: The state Democratic Party.
Date: April 15, 2014
Location: virginia
Topics: federal budget;medicaid
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: The state Democratic Party says Virginia is losing out on $5 million a day in federal funding by not expanding its Medicaid program. It throws that figure at the feet of the Republican-led House of Delegates, which twice has rejected expansion. No doubt, there’s a tremendous amount of federal money at stake. As many as 400,000 Virginians could become eligible for Medicaid under Obamacare, and the U.S. would pay their entire health care costs through 2016.   But the $5 million-a-day figure comes from an old state estimate. The most recent estimate of expansion costs, released in January, breaks down to about $3.5 million a day for the budget year that starts this July 1. The federal contribution would be about $4.5 million a day during the following budget year, starting in mid-2015. That’s lots of money, but not as much as the Democrats say the House is now bypassing. We rate the  .
Statement: Says state Sen. Steve Ogden was the "driving force behind business income tax hurting small business, crafted the Robin Hood school finance scheme making property taxes skyrocket, wrote a budget that will result in a $14 billion deficit and voted against" gun freedoms.
Speaker: ben bius
About the speaker: Ben Bius is a real estate investor from Huntsville. He lost the 2010 Republican primary to Texas Sen. Steve Ogden.
Date: February 9, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: education;state budget;guns
Context: a radio advertisement
Fact-check justification: Finally, Bius ties his Second Amendment  to a single Ogden vote. That's a well-worn way of casting aspersions. But without more instances of such behavior by Ogden, it’s a stretch to say his one vote proves him soft on gun rights. The ad's claims  misrepresent Ogden's record. We rate Bius’s statement as .
Statement: Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "has been on Risperdal since first being prescribed the drug in 2011.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 1, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: In a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims Warren has been taking the medication Risperdal "since first being prescribed the drug in 2011." It also says that the medication treats ailments such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. There has been no documentation or  offered to suggest this is , and seems to stem from a comment Trump made suggesting Warren has a psychiatrist. Warren’s campaign also says she has never been prescribed the medication. This post lacks supporting . We rate it .
Statement: Increases in respiratory syncytial virus in children are linked to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 11, 2022
Topics: children;public health;coronavirus
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts say increases in RSV in children are linked to the COVID-19 vaccine. There is no  COVID-19 vaccination causes RSV in children. The CDC said the increase in RSV cases is likely because of a relaxation of widespread mitigation measures. There is no COVID-19 vaccine authorized for children younger than 6 months old, and that age group continues to have the highest rates of RSV hospitalization. The FDA has found no link between RSV cases and COVID-19 vaccines. We rate this  .
Statement: Says PolitiFact has ruled that Ed Gillespie's ads are false and misleading.
Speaker: mark warner
About the speaker: Mark Warner, a Democrat, has represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate since 2009. He serves on the Banking, Budget, Commerce and Intelligence committees. He is the honorary co-chairman of the Forward Together PAC.
Warner gave the keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Warner previously served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. He also ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1996. Before public office, Warner was an early investor in the cell phone business, co-founded the company that became Nextel.
Warner was born in Indianapolis, Ind., and grew up in Illinois and Connecticut. Warner graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.
Date: September 30, 2014
Location: virginia
Topics: negative campaigning
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: A Warner TV commercial says PolitiFact Virginia has frowned upon two negative claims that have aired in Gillespie ads. Warner’s right that we labeled as "simply ," the indication in one Gillespie ad’s that the Warner was awarded the "Lie of the Year" by our colleagues at PolitiFact National. But the senator is  in suggesting we labeled as "" another attack by his opponent -- that Warner has voted with the president 97 percent of the time. In fact, we rated the statistic . In the article, we quoted a political scientist who said it would be "" to conclude from the statistic that Warner is a yes-man to the president. Warner tries to walk a fine line on the ad by having the moderator say "experts call" the ads . But the bold letters on the screen saying "POLITIFACT VIRGINIA" put the words in our mouth. In one case, that’s so; in one case, it’s not.  All together, Warner’s ad statement is .
Statement: Says the WIC program was created by the Black Panthers to help feed single mothers and children in their communities.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 26, 2019
Topics: children;food;health care;history;facebook fact-checks
Context: Facebook posts
Fact-check justification: Social media posts  the Black Panther Party created the federal nutritional assistance program WIC. The party did run many community initiatives, including its successful Free Breakfast for Children Program. While some believe the effort may have inspired the federal government to make its school breakfast program permanent, and by extension WIC as well, there is no  that the party created or ran WIC. The statement is not accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Between 2000 and 2006,  "health insurance company profits quadrupled.
Speaker: chris van hollen
About the speaker: Chris Van Hollen is a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Maryland.
Date: January 18, 2011
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: comments on the House floor
Fact-check justification: Democrats regained control of the House in 2007. So it's fair for him to stop short of the 2008 figures. But as we noted when Rockefeller made a similar , the numbers Van Hollen used reflect 10 of the biggest companies as opposed to "insurance companies" in general. And the study did not adequately account for consolidation. But on balance, we rate Van Hollen's statement .
Statement: Who's really behind Jeanne Ives' campaign for governor? Mike Madigan's corrupt insider machine. They've bankrolled her campaign with thousands in shady labor union cash, turning Ives into another Madigan lackey.
Speaker: bruce rauner
About the speaker: Bruce Rauner was elected governor of Illinois in 2014. He became the first Republican governor in the state in 12 years upon his inauguration in January 2015. The gubernatorial campaign was Rauner's first foray into politics. He previously had been a principal at the private equity firm GTCR in Chicago.
Date: February 13, 2018
Location: illinois
Topics: campaign finance
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Rauner’s campaign ad said: "Who’s really behind Jeanne Ives’ campaign for governor? Mike Madigan’s corrupt insider machine. They’ve bankrolled her campaign with thousands in shady labor union cash, turning Ives into another Madigan lackey." A political committee that has supported Michael Madigan and a number of other politicians of both parties gave money to Jeanne Ives. And records show the contributions to Ives total $6,900, a far cry from the $2.5 million she has received from a conservative businessman who once was a major donor to Rauner. Ives was once a loyal supporter of Rauner in the Illinois House, but broke with the governor last year because she claimed he had become too liberal on social issues. Central to her complaint was Rauner’s signing of abortion rights and immigrant rights legislation that Ives opposed and Madigan backed. That is hardly a portrait of a Madigan lackey. Indeed, it is the opposite. Rauner campaign claims about Ives and Madigan turn credibility and rational argument inside out. That is why we give them our lowest possible credibility rating, !
Statement: There are mechanisms in place to shut down the Internet privately.
Speaker: andrew napolitano
About the speaker: Andrew Napolitano is a Fox News political commentator and legal analyst.
Date: June 28, 2010
Location: national
Topics: infrastructure
Context: comments on the 'Glenn Beck' show
Fact-check justification: The experts we spoke with told us that it is technically possible for large service providers to severely limit Internet connectivity. Moreover, there are both formal and informal channels for network operators who manage the Internet backbone to communicate with each other in times of emergencies. Still, there was disagreement among our experts on how difficult it would be for ISPs to coordinate with one another and whether the government would have to get involved. It is clear, however, that the government would have to participate in order to shut down its own networks, and there is an argument to be made that "shutting down the Internet" might hurt the response to a cyber attack more than it would help. We rate this .
Statement: The average cost for infant care in GA is almost $7,700/yr – more than average in-state college tuition.
Speaker: stacey abrams
About the speaker: Stacey Abrams, a Democrat and national voting rights activist, is running for Georgia governor in 2022. She lost the Georgia governor's race in 2018. She is a former House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and State Representative for the 84th House District.
Date: November 15, 2017
Location: georgia
Topics: children;education
Context: a post on Twitter
Fact-check justification: Abrams tweeted, "The average cost for infant care in GA is almost $7,700/yr – more than average in-state college tuition." Abrams is correct if the comparison is between child care at a facility and college tuition, at $7,644 vs. $6,614. But child care offered in someone’s home -- at $5,980 -- is less that in-state college tuition. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important facts. We rate this statement .
Statement: Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings.
Speaker: dean wright
About the speaker: Dean Wright of Austin is founder and president of New Revolution Now, which describes itself as a party-agnostic organization created to harness  the "core conservative values of mainstream  Americans to elect the state and U.S. congressional representatives who will return  the country to its founding values of limited government, low taxation, states rights and constitutional constructionism."
Date: November 30, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: bipartisanship;candidate biography
Context: a newspaper article
Fact-check justification: "I'll have to see if I still get invitations; it's their party," Williams said. He said he was pleased by Wright's count. "He thinks I'm spreading more than I am," Williams said. The commissioner's got that right. We rate Wright's statement .
Statement: Buck wants to privatize Social Security.
Speaker: michael bennet
About the speaker: Michael Bennet is a senator from Colorado, appointed in January 2009 by former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to fill a vacated Senate seat. Bennet successfully ran for his first full term in 2010 and was re-elected in 2016. He received a degree in history from Wesleyan University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. In 2019, he announced he is running for the Democratic nomination for president.
Date: August 25, 2010
Location: national
Topics: message machine 2010;social security
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Going back to the original , Michael Bennet said that Buck wants to privatize Social Security, using a term that we believe is often used to scare seniors into thinking that their lifetime savings will be transferred into the stock market -- the same one that took a plunge in 2008 and is still struggling. He said that he does not think that the Founding Fathers intended to have the program, and he openly stated that the private sector would do a better job of allowing younger workers to save. But he also has been very clear that he does not want to change the program for current retirees or those close to retiring. Bennet's ad gives the impression that Buck wants to expose all seniors' benefits to the vicissitudes of the stock market, but we find that's not the case. As a result, we rate this .
Statement: The United States "spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D.
Speaker: david mckinley
About the speaker: David McKinley is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia.
Date: November 15, 2018
Location: west virginia
Topics: energy;federal budget;food;science;technology
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: McKinley tweeted, "Our country spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D." This nearly decade-old comparison still holds up today. We rate it .
Statement: When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: August 31, 2020
Location: national
Topics: crime
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Biden said, "When I was vice president, violent crime fell 15% in this country. ... The murder rate now is up 26% across the nation this year under Donald Trump." The violent crime rate fell nearly 16% from 2008, before Biden’s vice presidency, to 2016, his last full year as vice president. A crime analyst found that in some cities, the total number of murders has gone up at least 26% in 2020 compared to the same timeframe in 2019 (experts said the crime rate likely would also be up about 26%). But Biden’s comparison is based on snapshots of different crime data and at different time intervals during each presidency. There’s data to support Biden’s , but his statement leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: Moderna chief medical officer admits: mRNA alters DNA.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 13, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But mRNA vaccines never enter the nucleus of the cell, which is where our DNA is kept, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes on a page on its site dedicated to understanding mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. After the mRNA triggers the cells to create the virus proteins, the cell then breaks down and gets rid of the mRNA, according to the CDC.   We’ve previously debunked claims that these vaccines will alter the DNA of those injected. But that’s , and so is the  that Moderna’s chief medical officer said as much.   We rate this post .
Statement: North Carolina's coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm.
Speaker: duane hall
About the speaker: Duane Hall is a Democratic member of the N.C. House of Representatives. He's a lawyer and lives in Raleigh.
Date: August 23, 2016
Location: north carolina
Topics: environment;climate change;energy;states;weather
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Hall said North Carolina’s coast is "possibly the best place" in the country for offshore wind. We appreciate Hall’s use of the word "possibly." He’s right to acknowledge some uncertainty. North Carolina has neither the country’s best individual spots for wind power nor the most total potential. But it’s near the top and further benefits from a uniquely long, shallow and uniformly windy coastline that gives it competitive advantages. Since Hall’s  is accurate but needs additional explanation, we rate this  .
Statement: Virginia voters are being turned away from polling locations because they were told they already requested absentee ballots when they haven't.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 27, 2021
Location: virginia
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral post on social media claims a Virginia couple was told at a voting precinct that they had to sign an affidavit saying they lost their absentee ballots — ones they  they didn’t apply for — in order to vote in-person. There is no identifying information about the couple or the precinct where this allegedly happened, and Virginia’s Department of Elections said it isn’t aware of any related complaints. An election official said a new state law that made annual absentee ballots requests permanent may be the reason for any mix-ups at precincts.  Regardless, this is not  of something nefarious or corrupt. A similar scenario is outlined in a Virginia guide for poll workers. Before an election, if voters are listed in the pollbook as having a voter status of "issued" or "unmarked," they can complete a form that says their absentee ballot wasn’t received or is lost. Then, they can vote using a replacement ballot. Voters can also cast a provisional ballot if they refuse to fill out the form. The post presents an element of  but leaves out critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Each day our nation pays communist China $73.9 million in interest on our debt.
Speaker: randy forbes
About the speaker: Randy Forbes is from Chesapeake and represents Virginia's Fourth District in Congress. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2001. He serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee, where he is chairman of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee.
Forbes previously served in Virginia's House of Delegates from 1989 to 1997 and in the State Senate from 1997 to 2001. He also was chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from 1996 to 2001.
Forbes received a bachelor's degree from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, in 1974, and a law degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 1977.
Date: April 14, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: china;deficit;military
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: He based his statistic on the percentage of U.S. debt held by China and the CBO’s estimate of how much we will spend on interest payments during the 2011 fiscal year. We looked into the numbers and discovered that based on CBO and Treasury Department data, China likely received about $68.9 million per day during the 2010 fiscal year. Based on the nation’s February holdings and the CBO data, China should receive about $74.4 million per day in payments during the current fiscal year. Forbes got the numbers right. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says a meat shortage is "not expected
Speaker: paul farrow
About the speaker: Paul Farrow is a Wisconsin politician and legislator.
Farrow graduated from the Waukesha County Technical College and Carroll University. He was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2010. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in December 2012 to fill the vacancy of Senator Rich Zipperer, who resigned to take a job with the Governor's office. He is the owner of a home inspection business.
His mother is former Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow.
On April 7, 2015, he was elected  Waukesha County executive.
 
 
Date: April 30, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: agriculture
Context: online post
Fact-check justification: Farrow said a meat shortage is "not expected," labeling claims to the contrary as rumors. The key point here is how one defines a shortage. Farrow does not consider fewer choices and higher prices in the short-term a "shortage," while other experts say it is -- just one limited in scope. Experts agree that Americans will still be able to buy meat. We define  as a statement that is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. That fits here. window.gciAnalyticsUAID = 'PMJS-TEALIUM-COBRAND';
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