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Statement: TriMet is "spending 4.2 million in fed funds to save $168K per year.
Speaker: lars larson
About the speaker: Lars Larson is a conservative radio talk show host. The "Lars Larson" show runs on 18 radio stations in Oregon and Washington. His Compass Media Networks national show is carried by 200 radio stations around the country. Larson got his start in radio, then reported for KPTV, Channel 12, in Portland for many years.
Date: December 21, 2010
Location: oregon
Topics: stimulus;transportation
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification: That said, he certainly simplified the grant and the expenditure. To say it’s a simply case of spending ‘x’ to save ‘y’ seems somewhat disingenuous. As with most political statements, this one needs some context. We rate this  . Return to OregonLive to comment on this PolitiFact Oregon ruling .
Statement: Doctors and nurses who administer the coronavirus vaccine can be "tried as war criminals.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: February 6, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a video on Facebook
Fact-check justification: It says nothing about using tested and approved vaccines on patients. In the U.S., all 43,448 participants in the Pfizer vaccine trial provided "written informed consent," according to the FDA. The U.K. requires consent before health care providers administer vaccines. Coleman’s  is  and . We rate it !
Statement: We are the only advanced industrialized nation that bases our educational funding on property taxes.
Speaker: marianne williamson
About the speaker: Marianne Williamson is an American self-help author, spiritual leader and politician. In 2014, Williamson unsuccessfully ran as an independent for California's 33rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Williamson is a Democratic candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
Date: July 28, 2019
Location: national
Topics: education;taxes
Context: an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation"
Fact-check justification: Williamson said, "We are the only advanced industrialized nation that bases our educational funding on property taxes." The U.S. gets about 36% of its education money from property taxes. So it’s a slight stretch to say the U.S. bases its school funding on property taxes, although there’s a heavy dependence. More to the point, experts said that while some other countries rely in part on property taxes to help pay for their schools, the United States banks on them the most.  We rate this statement .
Statement: There's over a trillion dollars of money unspent from previous (coronavirus) relief bills ... still sitting in a bank account.
Speaker: steve scalise
About the speaker: Steve Scalise is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Louisiana.
Date: February 21, 2021
Location: national
Topics: coronavirus
Context: an interview on ABC News' This Week
Fact-check justification: Scalise said, "There's over a trillion dollars of money unspent from previous relief bills ... still sitting in a bank account." Scalise’s point-in-time figure is in line with one running tally, but he oversimplified the status of the funds. A large share of the total is already allocated or scheduled to be spent. A key factor is that Washington is getting up to speed in disbursing funds approved in late December. The money is not sitting in budget accounts, but neither has it reached its final destination.. We rate this  .
Statement: Says he "voted for even stronger protections (in the Violence Against Women Act) than Obama's agenda will allow.
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: August 5, 2014
Location: national
Topics: criminal justice;crime;message machine 2014;women
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: McConnell’s ad claimed that he "voted for even stronger protections than Obama’s agenda will allow." Perhaps McConnell could argue that the mandatory minimum sentences Republicans required in their alternative made for a "stronger" bill, but advocates of domestic abuse awareness opposed this measure as unnecessary. And the Republican measure was absent several protections for certain groups that were included in the bill Obama signed. McConnell is within his right to oppose those provisions, but it makes it hard for him to prove that he supported "stronger" legislation. We rate the  .
Statement: These 60 acres (the Atlanta Braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero SPLOST money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education.
Speaker: john loud
About the speaker: John Loud, owner of Loud Security, is leading an effort to bring the Atlanta Braves to Cobb County.
Date: November 19, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: baseball;sports
Context: newspaper article
Fact-check justification: The site’s owners currently pay property taxes that go to the county’s school system. Loud said he was referring to sales tax revenue from the land. His quote in the newspaper article could had been clearer about the point he was trying to make. There is some additional detail that must be understood for anyone who reads Loud’s quote. Our rating: .
Statement: Barack Obama appeared in the video for 'Whoomp! (There it is!)'
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: June 8, 2010
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a rumor widely discussed on the Internet
Fact-check justification: But we've got the meter shakin'! So for all you conspiracy theorists -- and you party people! -- ! Can you dig it?
Statement: Women's menstrual cycles and fertility are affected by being around people who have received COVID-19 vaccines
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 15, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts  that women’s menstrual cycles and fertility are affected by being around people who have received COVID-19 vaccines. There is no mechanism by which unvaccinated individuals can contract any sort of side effects from people who are vaccinated, and there is no  showing a link between menstrual irregularities, fertility and the vaccines. We rate this  . RELATED LINK: COVID-19 vaccines did not cause a 366% increase in miscarriages, as article claims
Statement: Lottery winner arrested for dumping $200,000 of manure on ex-boss' lawn
Speaker: worldnewsdailyreport.com
About the speaker: worldnewsdailyreport.com is a fake news satirical website.
Date: November 1, 2018
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: "I guess it is humor to a certain extent, but people need to read to the bottom and find out it’s not a real news story," Village President Len Austin told the Chicago Tribune at the time. "The problem these days is that people see a headline online and jump to conclusions." Our Ruling A viral World News Daily Report post claims that a lottery winner was arrested for dumping $200,000 of manure on his former boss’ lawn. While pulling photos from real news stories, the site itself admits that the article is satire. We rate this  !
Statement: JUST IN: A MASSIVE CARAVAN of illegal aliens is forcing their way into the US!
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: May 12, 2023
Location: national
Topics: immigration;border security
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: The March event was also reported by Reuters and El País . Hundreds of migrants,  Venezuelans, tried in vain to enter the U.S. crossing the bridge toward El Paso, and then returned to Mexico once they could not break through, Reuters and Agence France-Presse reported. The rush across the bridge may have been sparked by  rumors that border officials would let them cross massively, particularly people who arrived with children, as Camilo Cruz, an employee in Ciudad Juarez’s U.N. migration office, told KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth . This happened two months before the expiration of Title 42, a policy the Trump and Biden administrations used for three years to block many migrants at the southern U.S. border from seeking asylum.   We rate the  .
Statement: Says the Austin metro region "will lead" the nation "with population growth over 50%" over the next 30 years.
Speaker: john thomaides
About the speaker: John Thomaides, a member of the San Marcos City Council since 2003, won election as mayor of San Marcos in 2016.
Date: June 27, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: population
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Thomaides said the Austin metro region "will lead" the nation "with population growth over 50%" over the next 30 years. That "over 50%" is actually an understatement, based on what experts including the Texas state demographer predict. And while the report behind the mayor’s  showed Austin No. 1 in projected growth among similar-sized metro areas, less populous metro areas in Florida were projected to grow at even faster clips. We rate this  .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight.
Speaker: jeb bush
About the speaker: Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. 
Date: December 15, 2015
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;terrorism
Context: a GOP debate on CNN
Fact-check justification: Bush said, "Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight" -- something Trump immediately denied. Trump didn't use those words two months ago -- even though he did five months ago -- but in the comments from two months ago, Trump said something close to what Bush indicated. We rate Bush’s comment .
Statement: An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents.
Speaker: breitbart
About the speaker: Breitbart is a conservative news website.
Date: October 17, 2017
Location: california
Topics: fake news;fires;crime;public safety
Context: a news article
Fact-check justification: An article on the conservative website Breitbart recently claimed that Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, who federal officials have indicated is an undocumented immigrant, "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents." Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordono said deputies arrested Gonzalez for an unrelated small fire a week after the deadly blazes started. The sheriff added that "there is no indication he is related to these fires at all." A Cal Fire spokesman said the agency has not identified an arson suspect nor has it determined whether arson was the cause of the deadly fires. Sonoma County sheriff’s officials have pointed to Breitbart for fueling  rumors about their investigation. At this point, there’s been no suspect identified and no arrests made tied to these deadly fires, contrary to the website’s  and irresponsible . We rate Breitbart’s  .    –  The statement is not accurate. Click here for  more  on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: What were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats.
Speaker: jeb hensarling
About the speaker: Jeb Hensarling is a U.S. representative from Texas and chairman of the House Republican Conference.
Date: January 29, 2010
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;stimulus
Context: Baltimore
Fact-check justification: "Any year," Horney said, "the deficit is largely the result of everything that goes before it." In summary, Hensarling's numbers only work if you cherry-pick the highest month under full Democratic control and compare it to one of the lowest years under full Republican control. If you compare average months (about $112 billion a month for Obama and the Democratic Congress) to average years under Bush (about $412 billion a year if you include his full 8-year term, or about $260 billion a year if you only include the first six years with a Republican Congress), Hensarling's numbers are . There are so many bookkeeping tricks in this one that he's far from the . We rule his  .
Statement: You know, Sen. McCain said the other day that we might have troops (in Iraq) for 100 years...
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: January 15, 2008
Location: national
Topics: iraq
Context: Las Vegas
Fact-check justification: It's not American presence that bothers the American people, it's American casualties," McCain said. "And if Americans are safe wherever they are in the world, Americans — the American people don't mind that. So what I believe we can achieve is a reduction in casualties to the point where the Iraqis are doing the fighting and dying, we're supporting them, and, over time, then it'll be the relation between the two countries." McCain skirted questions about what kind of troop levels are acceptable in coming decades. Because McCain unabashedly entertains the possibility of an open-ended military commitment in Iraq — with little more than a proviso that American personnel should not come in harm's way — we rule Clinton's statement .
Statement: The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.
Speaker: tucker carlson
About the speaker: Tucker Carlson was a Fox News pundit until his departure in April 2023.
Date: October 18, 2022
Topics: education;families;health care;public health;pundits;coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Carlson tweeted, "The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school." That misrepresents the reach of the CDC’s immunization schedule. It is not a mandate.  The CDC does not establish vaccination requirements for attending school or day care; states do that. Although state officials consider CDC recommendations when setting their immunization requirements, experts said no states follow the recommendations to the letter.  The statement contains an element of  because the vaccine was added to the childhood immunization schedule. But it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate this  . PolitiFact reporter Jeff Cercone contributed research and reporting to this fact-check. PolitiFact researcher Caryn Baird contributed research to this report. RELATED: Ask PolitiFact: Why is the COVID-19 vaccine not among required school vaccinations? RELATED: Ask PolitiFact: Why were the recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials were completed?
Statement: A video shows lawmakers in compromising positions with children.
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: November 25, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But that’s not the case. The photos were taken on a boat on Lake Como in Italy with several people, including actor George Clooney, his wife, Amal Clooney, former first lady Michelle Obama, her daughter Malia Obama and other unidentified guests in 2019.   The photo of a man identified as Schumer shows him kissing a child — but it’s not Schumer . It doesn’t look like him, a spokesperson for the senator said it isn’t him, and the image has previously been published in connection with reports of British men exploiting children in Gambia. We rate claims that this video shows politicians in compromising positions with children !
Statement: Walmart is adopting a staggered shopping schedule by age group during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 3, 2020
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  Other grocery stores have also announced senior citizen shopping hours during the pandemic. Walmart’s takes place every Tuesday, an hour before the store opens. The pickup hour Walmart recently announced will run at select locations from 7 to 8 a.m. and will be reserved for "customers over the age of 60, as well as first responders, customers with disabilities and anyone designated high-risk by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," according to the organization’s website. The company has implemented new policies for seniors and at-risk populations amid COVID-19, but it hasn’t mandated that certain age groups have to shop on specific days. This is !
Statement: We have reduced funding for education the least. They've suffered the least cuts.
Speaker: fran millar
About the speaker: Fran Millar, a Republican, is a state senator from Dunwoody, a northern suburb of Atlanta.
Date: July 25, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: education;state budget
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: Millar’s argument loses some steam when examining spending between FY 2009 and now. We found a few larger departments with smaller percentage cuts than education. Additionally, there are some large departments with budget increases. Millar’s quote is accurate on some levels, but there are some details we found that lower his grade-point average on this statement. We rate the senator’s  .
Statement: Photos show former President Barack Obama acting inappropriately with a child.
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: July 21, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Baltimore Sun among other news organizations published the image, and Souza posted it on Medium .   By posting these images of Obama in connection with a photo that’s hard to look at — of a child seemingly in distress — innocuous photos of the former president take on a new, insidious meaning. But claims connecting him to sexual misconduct with children are completely baseless. This post is consistent with a wide-ranging QAnon conspiracy theory that falsely claims that a cabal of prominent Democrats and movie stars are Satan-worshipping pedophiles.   We rate this post .
Statement: I haven't really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past.
Speaker: rand paul
About the speaker: Rand Paul, a U.S. senator from Kentucky elected in 2010. He ran for president in 2016 before dropping out to seek re-election to the Senate. Paul is a medical doctor and an ophthalmologist. His father is Ron Paul, a 2008 presidential candidate and a former member of Congress from Texas. 
Date: August 4, 2014
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;israel;foreign policy
Context: comments to reporters
Fact-check justification: Paul said, "I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past." That’s rewriting history. Not only did Paul say he would eliminate all foreign aid during multiple media interviews in January and February of 2011, but as late as March of that year, his office released a budget proposal that included a zeroing-out of foreign assistance, with a section specifically inserted to defend the effect that policy would have on Israel. Paul is free to change his position, but saying he never held the position in the first place is flatly contradicted by his past statements and documents. We rate the  .
Statement: That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay.
Speaker: sarah palin
About the speaker: Sarah Palin was the Republican nominee for vice president in 2008. She is also the former governor of Alaska and the author of  Going Rogue: An American Life. Sarah Palin's previous experience includes leading the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and serving as the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
Date: September 3, 2008
Location: national
Topics: transportation
Context: St. Paul, Minn
Fact-check justification: The jet was purchased that year by businessman Larry Reynolds, the owner of a sporting goods store and marine supply store in Valdez. Reynolds paid $2.1-million. So it's  that Palin put the plane up for sale on eBay, but it didn't sell on eBay. That's not a huge point, but it is worth noting. We rate Palin's statement .
Statement: Says there is an upcoming vote to preserve benefits of Texas homestead exemption for seniors and the disabled.
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: April 13, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: elections;taxes
Context: a chain email forwarded by an Austin American-Statesman reader
Fact-check justification: The next statewide elections are the Republican and Democratic primaries on May 29, 2012. Proposed constitutional amendments do not appear on primary ballots. Finally: It’s not uncommon for chain emails to say Texans are voting on an issue not on the ballot. We pointed out a flaming example in 2010, adding that if voters want to check into anything on the ballot, the state recommends an online visit or a telephone call to the secretary of state at 1-800-252-8683. We rate the chain email about turning out to vote on behalf of elderly residents and people with disabilities as a golden-oldie .
Statement: COVID internment camps announced in America: Tennessee governor signs EO authorizing National Guard to carry out COVID medical kidnappings.
Speaker: tiktok posts
About the speaker: Posts on the video-sharing platform TikTok.
Date: September 2, 2021
Location: tennessee
Topics: military;public health;public safety;science;coronavirus
Context: a TikTok post
Fact-check justification: What did happen is that, faced with skyrocketing COVD-19 cases and limited capacity to treat these cases, the governor of Tennessee signed an executive order allowing the National Guard to help relieve strain on hospitals and medical providers by providing needed medical-related services where authorized. Nothing in the order would allow "kidnappings." A CDC document cited as  is simply a paper that analyzed a method that aimed to protect people already living in refugee camps and other humanitarian settings who were also at high risk for COVID-19. The CDC determined that there was "no empirical " that this approach would reduce the risk of COVID-19 and highlighted the method’s risks and challenges.   We rate this  !