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Statement: Chris Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it 'senseless bureaucracy.'
Speaker: debbie wasserman schultz
About the speaker: Debbie Wasserman Schultz became the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in 2011 and resigned in July 2016. The Florida Democrat was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 after serving in the state senate. She represents Congressional District 23 in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Date: October 8, 2013
Location: national
Topics: income;jobs;labor;women;workers
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Wasserman Schultz said Christie "cut equal pay for women, calling it a ‘senseless bureaucracy.’ " Christie didn't cut anyone's pay, though. Instead, he said it was "senseless bureaucracy" to require government contractors to report more employee information, including information about gender and compensation, and he vetoed a measure that would have mandated such reporting. Experts said the measure would have improved equal pay for women. But Christie also signed two other bills that may help narrow the wage gap in New Jersey. So we rate Wasserman Schultz’s statement .
Statement: A majority of the American people opposed the health care law when it was signed and still oppose it today.
Speaker: george allen
About the speaker: George Allen was a U.S. senator from 2001-2007. He was governor of Virginia from 1994-1998.
Date: March 23, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: health care
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Such statements are far too sweeping; poll averages generally show a sizeable minority favor the law. You’ll find more opponents than supporters of the measure. But some of the opposition comes from liberals who wanted a more expansive law. Still Allen is correct to the extent that polls show the law generally stirs more opposition than support. We rate his  .
Statement: Obama secretly flees US - leaves stunning evidence behind.
Speaker: viral truth wire
About the speaker: fake news site 
Date: March 22, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a fake news blog post
Fact-check justification: A hoax website claimed that Obama fled the country due to new  that he was involved with spying on Trump and responsible for colluding with Russia. We found that Obama’s trip abroad to New Zealand was to speak about issues with the prime minister, and he was not involved with ordering any wiretaps to spy on Trump during the election. We rate this  .
Statement: Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: February 6, 2022
Location: iowa
Topics: education;race and ethnicity
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Turning Point USA is a right-wing activism group, focused on promoting conservative politics on college and high school campuses and training activists around the country. Founder Charlie Kirk uses issues of race — such as critical race theory — as a rallying point, often drumming up controversy.  But scholars who research white nationalism and even Kirk’s critics say the ideas he advocates for aren’t the tenets of white nationalism. Turning Point USA also has a record of severing ties with white supremacists who are part of the organization. We rate this  to be .
Statement: Your Congressman, Charlie Bass, took over $166,000 from Big Oil.
Speaker: friends of democracy
About the speaker: Friends of Democracy is a political action committee founded by Jonathan Soros, the son of noted liberal activist George Soros. It is running ads against Republican members of Congress.
Date: August 21, 2012
Location: new hampshire
Topics: campaign finance
Context: and around New Hampshire
Fact-check justification: What’s off-base is the  that all the money comes from "Big Oil." Some of the contributions come from people who work forExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and the other multinational gas and oil companies commonly considered "Big Oil." But, many come from smaller firms, including locally owned heating companies and gas stations, that do not fall under the category. And as PolitiFact has noted in previous rulings, just because people who work for an industry donate to a campaign, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s coming from the industry itself. We rate this  .
Statement: Members of the public are being charged $50 to hear Gov. Scott Walker and a dozen members of his administration talk about jobs and the economy at Lambeau Field.
Speaker: one wisconsin now
About the speaker: One Wisconsin Now is a liberal advocacy group that focuses on advancing "progressive leadership and values."
Date: September 20, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: But you also get to visit Lambeau (at least the meeting rooms) have two meals and listen to a lot of speeches. Then again, you could get yourself invited to one of the smaller events. Or you could  send an email or make a call to the state’s jobs "hotline" (1-855-854-JOBS) -- for free. But the statement was limited to the Lambeau Field event. We rate it .
Statement: There's bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker's) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
Speaker: nancy pelosi
About the speaker: Rep. Nancy Pelosi represents a district in California. She served as speaker of the U.S. House January 2019-2021. Formerly the speaker of the House from 2007-11, Pelosi served as the House minority leader from 2003 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2019.
Date: November 16, 2018
Location: national
Topics: legal issues
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Pelosi said, "There’s bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker’s) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution." The so-called "bipartisan consensus" Pelosi speaks of rests on a group of conservative thinkers who share the view, widely held by Democrats, that Whitaker’s appointment is unconstitutional. But Pelosi’s office acknowledged that, in the main, this is not a view with broad support among Republican lawmakers. In fact, some Republican lawmakers and legal leading lights, along with some constitutional scholars, believe Whitaker’s appointment was legal. The  that there's "consensus" misleadingly suggests the debate over the constitutionality of Whitaker's appointment has been resolved, when in fact the battle rages on. We rate this statement .
Statement: New Castle County's unemployment rate has not almost doubled in the last two years.
Speaker: chris coons
About the speaker: Chris Coons is the junior U.S. senator from Delaware, having defeated Republican Christine O’Donnell for Vice President Biden’s old seat. He served formerly as the county executive of New Castle County, Delaware.
Date: October 13, 2010
Location: national
Topics: economy
Context: a televised debate, disputing a claim by Republican Christine O'Donnell
Fact-check justification: In fact, unemployment grew slightly more slowly in New Castle County over that period than it did nationally. So where does this leave us? While O'Donnell is correct that unemployment has risen in New Castle County, as it has everywhere, the increase wasn't almost double over two years -- the period she said during the debate. By saying that she meant to measure it from the beginning of Coons' term as county executive, her campaign team is essentially conceding that she got the fact . In our role as debate referee, we give Coons' stance that O'Donnell erred a rating of .
Statement: Video shows Hillary Clinton talking about a glass dome over the Earth.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 17, 2022
Topics: science;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: The paper quoted Loden saying that "it seemed to me there was invisible barrier to advancement that people didn't recognize" — the "glass ceiling. "   Clinton’s comments right before the moment in the Instagram clip enforce that this is what she was talking about, not a glass dome over the Earth.   "To all the women and especially the young women who put their faith in this campaign and in me," Clinton said. "I want you to know that nothing has made me prouder than to be your champion. "  We rate claims she was talking about a dome over the Earth as !
Statement: State Sen. Alberta Darling "voted to add more than $1 billion in additional spending" while cutting programs such as education and health care
Speaker: sandy pasch
About the speaker: Wisconsin state Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Whitefish Bay, has served in the state Assembly since being elected in 2008. In 2011, she announced she was running in a recall election against state Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills.
Date: June 14, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education;health care;state budget
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: And that she did it while cutting key programs such as education and health care. The $1 billion figure is a real number. And Darling backed many major cutbacks. But Pasch’s statement needed some clarification and additional information -- including that some of the $1 billion went to ease the cuts in programs Pasch simultaneously accused Darling of gutting. We rate her statement .
Statement: In the entire public school system in Camden last year, only three students graduated college ready.
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: January 14, 2014
Location: new jersey
Topics: education
Context: his “State of the State” address
Fact-check justification: In his "State of the State" address, Christie said: "In the entire public school system in Camden last year, only three students graduated college ready." But that statistic does not refer to high school graduates in 2013. It refers to the three 12th-graders enrolled during the 2011-12 school year who took the SATs and received a combined score of at least 1550, a benchmark developed by the College Board to measure college readiness. Since Christie’s statement is "accurate but needs clarification or additional information," we rate it . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: The fact is voter fraud is rampant.
Speaker: greg abbott
About the speaker: Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
Date: March 14, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: elections;crime
Context: responding to reporters
Fact-check justification: Abbott, defending the Texas mandate to present a photo ID at the polls, said: "Voter fraud is rampant." If Abbott has the goods on this, he’s keeping secrets. Best we can tell, in-person voter fraud--the kind targeted by the ID law--remains extremely rare, which makes this   and . !   – 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: About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether.
Speaker: mitch mcconnell
About the speaker: Mitch McConnell is a U.S. Senator from Kentucky and the Republican minority leader in the U.S. Senate.
Date: January 9, 2017
Location: national
Topics: health care;polls and public opinion
Context: an op-ed on FoxNews.com
Fact-check justification: McConnell wrote that "Americans continue to call for Obamacare’s repeal. … About 8 out of 10 favor changing ObamaCare significantly or replacing it altogether." McConnell has carefully worded a statistic from a credible source, the Gallup news release. However, it's worth remembering that a notable share of people whose favored "significant" changes to the law either want a single-payer plan or an even stronger Obamacare law -- two options that are off the table for McConnell. We rate his statement  .
Statement: Fox News airs Stuart Scott R.I.P. tribute with picture of Stephen A. Smith.
Speaker: naha daily
About the speaker: NaHaDaily is a satirical website.
Date: January 4, 2015
Topics: sports;punditfact
Context: a website article
Fact-check justification: The website NaHaDaily said Fox News paid tribute to an African-American ESPN host and used the photo of an African-American ESPN commentator. This did not happen. If this  crosses your radar screen, ignore it. We rate the  . Help fund PolitiFact's Kickstarter to live fact-check the 2015 State of the Union and GOP response.
Statement: Since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation.
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: May 16, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: For example, from 1990 until 2014, net tuition paid by in-state students at public four-year schools across the country doubled. In contrast, published tuition prices more than tripled during the same time period. Our rating Walker said since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation." Average tuition prices from the National Center for Education Statistics and inflation rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics back up his point. We rate the  .
Statement: Study: hydroxychloroquine can boost COVID-19 survival chances by nearly 200%.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 9, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: A widely shared social media post stated: "Study: hydroxychloroquine can boost COVID-19 survival chances by nearly 200%." A study says a certain dosing of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin "improves survival by nearly 200%" among hospitalized COVID-19 patients who received invasive mechanical ventilation, but the post  the finding’s significance. The study is posted on a website that publishes studies that "have not been finalized by authors, might contain errors and report information that has not yet been accepted or endorsed in any way by the scientific or medical community." Experts told PolitiFact the study is poorly designed and that no conclusion about cause and effect should be drawn from it. For a statement that contains only an element of , our rating is .
Statement: Says cuts to Medicare affect people who have already "paid in. We paid for it.
Speaker: national republican senatorial committee
About the speaker: The National Republican Senatorial Committee helps elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate.
Date: September 4, 2014
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;health care;medicare
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The ad says that cuts to Medicare affect people who have already "paid in. We paid for it." While Americans have indeed "paid in" to Medicare, the amount that today’s beneficiaries have paid in only covers a fraction of their expected costs. The taxes paid by today’s typical beneficiaries will cover just 13 percent to 41 percent of what those beneficiaries can expect to get from Medicare during their lifetime. The rest of what has been "paid in" for their care has come from younger Americans. The statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it .
Statement: (U.S. Reps.) Paul Ryan, Sean Duffy and Reid Ribble are … shutting down town hall meetings, or making their constituents pay to attend them.
Speaker: democratic party of wisconsin
About the speaker: The Democratic Party of Wisconsin focuses on advancing state Democratic candidates and related issues.
Date: August 17, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: medicare
Context: an email to party supporters
Fact-check justification: In fact, one review showed many members of Congress did not have any town hall meetings -- and Democrats were less likely than Republicans to hold them. What’s more, the party provided no  Ryan or the others were not available to constituents during the break. Finally, the assertion that appearing at a Rotary lunch that is open to the public is "charging constituents" for access is far off the mark. The party’s  is not only , but  so. It’s .
Statement: Shakespeare said: 'I always feel happy. You know why? Because I don't expect anything from anyone. Expectations always hurt. Life is short. So love your life. Be Happy. & Keep smiling.
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 9, 2019
Topics: history;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: That’s because "it’s definitely not a Shakespeare quote!" said Abbie Weinberg, a research and reference librarian at the Folger Shakespeare Library. "Frankly," she added, "it doesn’t even sound like Shakespeare, so I have no idea how this misattribution happened." The library hasn’t identified the actual source of the quote, Weinberg said. "It may be one of those modern ‘sententiae,’ received wisdom quotes." We rate this Facebook post as .
Statement: One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin.
Speaker: kamala harris
About the speaker: Kamala Harris is the vice president of the United States. Harris was elected as a senator from California in 2016. She previously was California’s attorney general from 2011 to 2017. From 2004 until 2011, she was the district attorney of San Francisco. Harris received a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Howard University and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. In 2019, she ran for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in December. On Aug. 11, 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden named Harris as his running mate.
Date: April 22, 2019
Topics: health care;public health;health check
Context: a CNN town hall event
Fact-check justification: The lack of a national study is an issue, for sure, and to some extent limits the extent to which we can put stock in Harris’ 1-in-4 figure. It's also important to remember that it refers to a narrower group - only patients with Type 1 - rather than all people with diabetes. But experts broadly suggested that the findings in the three reports referenced — one peer-reviewed academic paper and two surveys — amply support her . And the broad meaning of the phrase "cannot afford" means the problem could be more significant than these datasets suggest, since they measure only people going without medication, not those for whom insulin prices maybe create other financial issues. This statement is accurate but needs some additional information. We rate this  .
Statement: Germany imposes a 19% tax on feminine hygiene products but a 7% tax on books, so one company is packaging tampons as books.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 29, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: As the Washington Post noted, some studies have shown that lack of access to menstrual pads or tampons is one reason girls around the world miss out on school. In early 2019, Germans submitted a petition to parliament with the required number of signatures to bring the topic up for debate in a public hearing, according to the Library of Congress. Later that year, parliament voted to reduce the tax on female hygiene products. The  that Germany imposes a 19% tax on feminine hygiene products but a 7% tax on books, so one company is packaging tampons as books, contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.. We rate it .
Statement: Says Barack Obama has "the worst record of any president when it comes to putting America deeper in debt.
Speaker: reince priebus
About the speaker: Reince Priebus was the first chief of staff to President Donald Trump, replaced by John Kelly in July 2017. Priebus was previously chairman of the Republican National Committee, a post he assumed in 2011. He is also the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He was an unsuccessful Wisconsin state Senate candidate in 2004. He is a Kenosha, Wis., native and lawyer.
Date: December 2, 2014
Location: national
Topics: debt;history
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Priebus said Obama has "the worst record of any president when it comes to putting America deeper in debt." On Obama’s watch, debt as a share of GDP rose far faster than it did during any prior presidency. But if you look at the current amount of debt compared to where he started, the rise was not as fast as it was under Reagan and the elder Bush, two Republican predecessors. And while presidents bear some responsibility for debt accumulation, much of the equation -- economic and demographic changes and the consequences of prior president’s actions, in particular -- is out of their control. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details, so we rate it .
Statement: Says Melania Trump is the "first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 27, 2020
Topics: history;military;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The country has been a combat zone since the U.S. invaded in 2001. Pat Nixon accompanied President Richard Nixon to visit troops in South Vietnam in 1969, the Associated Press reported . Hillary Clinton visited Bosnia as first lady in 1996, the trip implicated in her   that her plane landed under "sniper fire." But it was considered a "hostile area," and not a combat zone, the AP reported. The Facebook  about the historical significance of Melania Trump’s trip is .
Statement: The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party.
Speaker: dane county republican party
About the speaker: The Dane County Republican Party covers an area tha tincludes the state capital of Madison.
Date: August 25, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: civil rights;history
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Our rating The Republican Party of Dane County claimed "the KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party." There is little doubt that the political interests of the Klan and the Democratic Party, at least in the early years, intersected. But there is no  that it was founded as part of the Democratic Party, or that the party ever even had an official "military arm." If a Democrat today claimed the KKK is the military arm of the Republican Party, we’d have a similar point of view. We rate the  .