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Statement: In renewable and advanced energy manufacturing projects, Ohio now ranks first among the 50 states.
Speaker: ted strickland
About the speaker: Ted Strickland was governor of Ohio from 2007 through 2010. He lost his bid for re-election in 2010 to Republican John Kasich.
Date: July 6, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: environment;energy;science
Context: a campaign speech
Fact-check justification: In some respects, that means Ohio could argue that it’s still No. 1 and Strickland would be correct. But we think it’s a significant omission by the governor to not mention that the ranking is two years old, particularly when he is touting it as an example of successful policy. In fact, some of the accomplishments for which the state was recognized by SITE’s report actually occurred before Strickland took office. So we rate Strickland’s statement . Comment on this item .
Statement: In the Wisconsin health insurance exchange, "the Society of Actuaries points out that there'll be, according to them, an 82 percent increase in individual premiums over the next couple years under Obamacare.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: August 19, 2013
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: an interview with Fox News
Fact-check justification: Walker said the study by the Society of Actuaries projected an 82 percent increase in premiums over time. The actual figure was 80 percent, and the report explicitly did not try to predict premiums. What it looked at was the cost of claims in the non-group market, which pertains to less than 20 percent of people with private insurance. Higher costs for insurers typically mean higher premiums for consumers, but there are many uncertainties. When most people hear the word "premiums," they think of the bill they will get, and that is not what the report attempted to describe. Walker was reasonably close in relaying the strong upward pressure on costs, but he mischaracterized that as a change in actual premiums, and he ignored the significant subsidies that will cushion the impact of those cost increases for about half of the people who buy insurance on their own. Still, the half that don’t receive subsidies will likely see higher premiums. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Brendan Kelly "spent his career" supporting Nancy Pelosi.
Speaker: mike bost
About the speaker: Mike Bost is a U.S. representative from Illinois.
Date: September 14, 2018
Location: illinois
Topics: candidate biography;voting record
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: You can make a case that since Kelly is a Democrat, he supports the general ideals of top Democrats, be they in Washington or Springfield. But to single out Pelosi in particular, and even Madigan, and say Kelly has spent his career supporting them is a stretch. He has never had a vote on legislation, Democrat- or Republican-sponsored. Much of his career has involved prosecution, and occurred about 800 miles from where Pelosi presides over her party. Pelosi has raised money for Kelly, not vice versa. Even if her fundraising assistance was a sign of reciprocal support from Kelly — which is a reach — it occurred in 2018, a single year in Kelly’s significantly longer career. Turn up the flames. It’s . div class='artembed'>
Statement: For the cost of $5 vanilla soy latte a day, you can get a sweet health insurance plan to match.
Speaker: cover oregon
About the speaker: Cover Oregon is the state of Oregon's organization charged with creating the health care exchanges that will provide insurance coverage.
Date: November 25, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: health care
Context: an Internet ad campaign
Fact-check justification: The ad is aimed at Millennials, and the ones who see it are likely to know their way around a fancy cup of coffee well enough to get the comparison to insurance coverage. In addition, one-third of the plans with published rates on Cover Oregon offer coverage to this group for less than the cost of a "$5 vanilla soy latte." But words matter, and the ad’s message wouldn’t be accurate for many. Most older people will need to shell out considerably more than $5 a day to buy insurance through Cover Oregon. We find the  .
Statement: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 27, 2023
Topics: immigration;criminal justice;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Reuters rated the headline  , finding no criminal investigation of Omar. Nearly three years later, there is still no  that Omar is facing a criminal investigation. On Feb. 2, Omar was removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a party-line vote. Republicans won control of the House in the November elections. We rate the Facebook post .
Statement: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child
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: January 14, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: immigration;crime
Context: a rally
Fact-check justification: Along with that, he mentioned incidents of undocumented immigrants committing crimes in these two cities to back up his .   We only found  for one of the incidents he discussed in Madison, but found no  for anything similar in Milwaukee.   Though Milwaukee and Madison officials don’t identify their cities as being "sanctuary," they do practice immigration protection in a way that may fit that meaning.   We rate this  . window.gciAnalyticsUAID = 'PMJS-TEALIUM-COBRAND';
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Statement: Protesters "attacked" the group's headquarters with "graffiti on the sidewalk" and "stenciled images … smeared on the building and statue.
Speaker: wisconsin manufacturers and commerce
About the speaker: Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is Wisconsin's largest business group. It says its members include large and small manufacturers, service companies, local chambers of commerce and specialized trade associations. WMC is also a lobbying organization and often gets involved in state political races.
Date: June 13, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor;state budget
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: With the budget vote coming up and protesters back in Madison, concern about their conduct has returned. When the headquarters of the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce got hit with sidewalk chalk and easily removed stencils, the group labeled it a vandalism attack on its headquarters. That’s over the top and over-heated. And it leaves a distorted impression of what happened. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: April 5, 2019
Location: national
Topics: immigration;homeland security
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: A viral Twitter post said Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals." The tweet left out important context. Trump did refer to some people as "animals," but that was during an exchange about MS-13 gang members. His comment wasn’t directly about asylum seekers. We rate the tweet .
Statement: The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime.
Speaker: karen handel
About the speaker: Karen Handel is the former secretary of state of Georgia. She is also the former chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Handel, a Republican, lost the runoff for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: August 30, 2017
Location: georgia
Topics: corrections and updates;health care;taxes
Context: a telephone town hall
Fact-check justification: Handel said the Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in her lifetime. Using constant dollars, three tax laws ranked higher. Relative to the size of the U.S. economy and federal revenues the year before, six tax hikes were larger than those in the Affordable Care Act. We rate this  . Correction:  This report originally misstated which president signed the Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968.
Statement: Van Jones "is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist.
Speaker: glenn beck
About the speaker: Glenn Beck is the host of The Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show. He also hosts an Internet-based TV show. Beck formerly hosted a television talk show on CNN Headline News and then Fox News.
Date: September 1, 2009
Location: national
Topics: environment;pundits
Context: his radio program
Fact-check justification: Although we could not find a comment in which Jones explicitly said why he is no longer one, we found ample  that he now believes capitalism is the best force for the social change he is seeking. So there's  to Beck's  in that Jones was a communist, but it's apparent he isn't any longer, as Beck suggests. So we find the  .    Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: Says "$1,100 of the tuition paid by every Oregon university student annually goes just to pay the costs of PERS.
Speaker: dennis richardson
About the speaker: Dennis Richardson is a member of the Oregon House, representing District 4. He is an attorney and owns the law firm of Dennis Richardson & Associates, P.C., in Central Point.
Date: March 15, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: education;retirement
Context: a newsletter
Fact-check justification: If we were writing a newsletter, we’d have gone with the most recent solid figure from the 2011-12 school year, which is about $850. Or, we would have made it clearer that the $1,100 was an extrapolation, a prediction. Richardson did neither. Though his  is accurate, it requires additional information. We rate this  .
Statement: Says "Many people I've talked to are angry that because of City Hall inaction we may have to spend a needless $500 million to cover and treat our pure drinking water.
Speaker: eileen brady
About the speaker: Eileen Brady is running for Portland mayor 2012.
Date: September 8, 2011
Location: oregon
Topics: city government;water
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Had she said that City Hall had been ineffective on this issue, we would have stayed away. But she called it "City Hall inaction" and to the average person, that is not accurate. The city sued. City officials met with and sought answers of federal bureaucrats, and they sought help from the congressional delegation. The statement is .
Statement: Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger was "an active participant in the Ku Klux Klan.
Speaker: william o'brien
About the speaker: William O'Brien is a Republican from Mont Vernon who serves as speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Date: February 8, 2015
Location: new hampshire
Topics: abortion
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Former New Hampshire Speaker of the House William O’Brien wrote that  Margaret Sanger was the founder of Planned Parenthood and "an active participant in the Klu Klux Klan." Birth-control advocate Sanger did give a speech to a women’s branch of the KKK and she was a believer in eugenics. However, her writings and other contemporary  make clear that she was not ideologically in tune with the Klan -- much less an "active participant." O’Brien’s  goes far beyond the . We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Sen. Bill Nelson "has aligned himself with communists and dictators," "went to Venezuela to admire Chávez's revolution" and "supports murderers.
Speaker: national republican senatorial committee
About the speaker: The National Republican Senatorial Committee helps elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate.
Date: August 14, 2017
Location: florida
Topics: foreign policy
Context: a Spanish-language radio ad
Fact-check justification: The NRSC radio ad says Nelson "has aligned himself with communists and dictators," "went to Venezuela to admire Chávez’s revolution" and "supports murderers." Though Nelson did visit Venezuela with other senators in 2005, he also repeatedly criticized Chávez in 2004 and 2005, calling him a "serious threat" and raised concerns about his property seizures, judicial appointments and "anti-democratic consolidation of power," as well as his ties to Cuba. Nelson has also been critical of Maduro, including the recent election, which he called a "sham." While Nelson agreed with Obama’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba in 2014, Nelson called for democratic reforms. This ad grossly distorts Nelson’s record about his visit with Chávez and about his record on the leadership of Venezuela and Cuba. We rate this statement . '
Statement: Says, "Yet in Salem they have traditionally waited until the money is almost gone to pay for the most important things in our state's budget.
Speaker: shawn lindsay
About the speaker: Shawn Lindsay is a Republican who represents House District 30, which covers Hillsboro.
Date: June 21, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a campaign press release
Fact-check justification: He said that while the early approval gave certainty to school districts, the amount was inadequate in his opinion. Do legislators in Salem traditionally wait "until the money is almost gone" to pay for important programs, such as schools? They do not. Lindsay paints an  picture of the budgeting process. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 10, 2019
Topics: history;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The implication is that the black man was beaten and that the white man smiled about it. It’s difficult to tell whether the white man is smiling or grimacing, but the context of the photo isn’t what is implied by the Facebook post. (There are two white men in the photo, one has a stern look on his face.) The two white men in the photo were actually helping the black man during 1943 race riots in Detroit, according to the caption used by news organizations. We rate the Facebook post .
Statement: In this judicial race, special interest groups have demanded money from me, in exchange for endorsement and support.
Speaker: eve schatelowitz alcantar
About the speaker: Eve Schatelowitz Alcantar is an Austin criminal-defense lawyer who sought the Democratic nomination for judge for the 299th State District Court. Alcantar is a former assistant county attorney for Travis County.
Date: January 28, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: elections;ethics
Context: a response to League of Women Voters of Texas
Fact-check justification: Elliott said: "Maybe that's a good way to get people committed." Clearly, Schatelowitz Alcantar didn't soft-pedal her objections to the way the Democratic Party's question puts a squeeze on candidates to contribute to the fall campaign. But Schatelowitz Alcantar overreached in saying the query was a demand for money in return for endorsements. No one we contacted--including the judicial aspirants recommended by Schatelowitz Alcantar--shared her interpretation. We rate Schatelowitz Alcantar's statement as .
Statement: In Florida, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don't have health insurance.
Speaker: marco rubio
About the speaker: Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016 and then dropped out and won re-election to the Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and took office Jan. 5, 2011. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and is a former Speaker of the Florida House. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 2000. He is from Miami and holds a law degree from the University of Miami.
Date: October 22, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: health care
Context: an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor."
Fact-check justification: Rubio said, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don’t have health insurance." Rubio was referring to letters Florida Blue started sending to consumers in the individual market in August. The letters do tell consumers that their particular plan will end due to the Affordable Care Act. That’s because the plans typically don’t offer the comprehensive coverage that is required under the new law. However, the letters also state that consumers will have "continuous health care coverage" and assigned them a particular plan, or gave them the option to contact Florida Blue and choose another plan. So their coverage is not dependent on being able to buy insurance through healthcare.gov, the government’s online marketplace. We rate this  .
Statement: Five members of [the Common Cause Georgia] board accepted maximum campaign contributions.
Speaker: kasim reed
About the speaker: Kasim Reed is Mayor of Atlanta.
Date: January 3, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: campaign finance;ethics;government regulation
Context: a meeting
Fact-check justification: But the group was talking about something slightly different: a financial limit for contributions from interests doing business with the city. In the case of Irvin, we couldn’t find any maximum donations from contributors doing business with the state or the federal government. We also think it is worth noting that two of the five board members ran for office several years before joining the board. The mayor’s  leaves out some of those key details. Under our rating system, his statement rates as .
Statement: Says Raphael Warnock "celebrated Fidel Castro and welcomed him to his church.
Speaker: kelly loeffler
About the speaker: Kelly Loeffler is a former U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Date: November 10, 2020
Location: georgia
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Loeffler said Warnock "celebrated Fidel Castro and welcomed him to his church." Warnock, now the pastor of a church in Atlanta, was the youth pastor at a New York City church when Castro spoke there in 1995. We found no  that Warnock celebrated or welcomed Castro or that he was involved in arranging his appearance. We rate the statement . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more.
Statement: Photo shows Stanford scientists' "3D model of how Joseph, the husband of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ, might have looked.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: October 29, 2022
Topics: religion;science;facebook fact-checks
Context: Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Roussimof, who was in the 1987 cult classic movie "The Princess Bride," earned his nickname by standing, 7 feet, 2 inches, according to his French passport.   Snopes initially traced the photo back to Sketchfab, which bills itself as the "largest platform to publish and find 3D models online." Metadata , shows this rendering was first published on the platform in August 2019 by someone with the username "mattewdc." We reached out to Stanford’s media contacts and didn’t hear back. But we found no  to suggest this image was associated with any university project.   We rate this  .
Statement: Says Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt said, "You will stand, with your hand over your heart and with respect, when our country's national anthem is being played or you will no longer be a Kansas City Chief.
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: September 3, 2017
Topics: sports;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: According to the Kansas City Star , the statement attributed to Clark started circulating in 2016, the year that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the anthem to protest racist oppression. But Hunt told the paper that "it was an internet hoax. "  Here’s what Hunt has actually said about anthem protests: "It’s not something where I’ve spoken specifically to the players or any specific player about it. But the entire team knows that our desire is for them to stand during the national anthem. "  We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Says Paul Manafort "played a very limited role" in the Trump presidential campaign.
Speaker: sean spicer
About the speaker: Sean Spicer is former press secretary to President Donald Trump. Previously, he was the communications director for the Republican National Committee.
Date: March 20, 2017
Location: national
Topics: elections
Context: a press briefing
Fact-check justification: Spicer said Manafort had a "limited" role with the Trump campaign, but even Spicer admitted himself that characterization wasn’t correct. Not only did Manafort work to consolidate  Trump's support ahead of the Republican National Convention, but he was later promoted to campaign chairman and chief strategist. He made multiple media appearances on behalf of Trump and worked alongside Trump’s closest advisers. We rate Spicer’s statement .