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Statement: Bill McCollum "cost the rest of us billions" as a member of Congress, including a national debt that "skyrocketed" to $4.7 trillion.
Speaker: florida democratic party
About the speaker: the Florida affiliate of the Democratic Party.
Date: February 24, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography
Context: an advertisement by the Florida Democratic Party
Fact-check justification: Ultimately, then, the ad is worded carefully enough to be accurate in its details, but it paints a more sinister picture of McCollum's actions than he probably deserves -- both given his votes against raising the debt limit and relative to the voting patterns by Democratic lawmakers during the same period. So we rate this  . UPDATE: This item uses updated numbers on the debt limit votes that were provided to us by the McCollumn campaign after this item was published. It does not affect our -O-Meter ruling.
Statement: I said no to higher taxes and fees.
Speaker: ellyn bogdanoff
About the speaker: State Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff of Fort Lauderdale is running for the Florida Senate.
Date: July 13, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Bogdanoff defends her ad because she says it doesn't refer to her votes -- it refers to what she "said" in her role as chair of the Finance and Tax Council. We agree that she spoke against tax increases -- but ultimately politicians are judged by their votes. Many observers of her ad could interpret "I said no to higher taxes and fees" to mean that she she voted against them. That critical detail, that she voted for some of them, is left out and leaves a different impression. We rate this  .
Statement: The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people's land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: April 17, 2014
Topics: environment;china;government regulation;punditfact
Context: multiple blog and video posts
Fact-check justification: The Republic Broadcasting Network said Sen. Reid was behind the use of force to take away Bundy’s land and sell it to the Chinese. There is nothing accurate about this . The dispute involved Bundy’s long use of federal land without a permit. The land gained protected status long before solar energy projects were on the table. The Chinese solar energy proposal no longer exists. The land where such projects might be developed are far from Bundy’s property. We rate this  .
Statement: For the state of Florida, "there is not an additional cost with implementation of the Common Core standards.
Speaker: pam stewart
About the speaker: Pam Stewart is a former public school teacher and principal. In 2004, she was named Deputy Chancellor for Educator Quality at the Florida Department of Education. She served in that position until 2009 when she moved to the St. Johns County School District to become Deputy Superintendent for Academic Services. She returned to the department in 2011 as Chancellor of Public Schools. In August 2013, the state Board of Education named her as the interim commissioner after the resignation of Tony Bennett.
Date: October 15, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: education;state budget
Context: Tampa
Fact-check justification: Stewart said implementation of the Common Core would not incur additional expenses. Some of the money spent on Common Core is money the state would have spent anyway on curriculum and testing. But experts said it’s unlikely that implementing the new standards cost the state no additional money. Another wrinkle: The state received a federal grant to help pay for Common Core implementation. We rate her statement .
Statement: We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that's ever been run in the United States.
Speaker: tammy baldwin
About the speaker: Tammy Baldwin was elected to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 6, 2012. She represented Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District from January 1999 to January 2013. She served as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from January 1993 to January 1999. She was a Dane County supervisor from 1986 to 1994 and briefly served on the Madison Common Council, filling a vacancy, in 1986.
Date: November 15, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;elections;states
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: The deadline to seek a recount — which election officials say could cost Trump’s campaign nearly $8 million — is Wednesday, Nov. 18. Our ruling  Baldwin claimed federal security officials called the Nov. 3, 2020 election the most secure in the country’s history.   She’s correct. The groups did so in direct conflict with what the president has been falsely claiming for weeks.   We rate Baldwin’s  .
Statement: The Russians "tried to hack the Republican National Committee, and they were unable to break through.
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 11, 2017
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;technology
Context: a press conference at Trump Tower
Fact-check justification: Trump said the Russians "tried to hack the Republican National Committee, and they were unable to break through." While Russians were able to get into the email accounts of some Republican individuals and state-level Republican organizations, they did not break into the Republican National Committee’s current system, according to the director of the FBI. Russians did access email domains associated with the RNC that were no longer in use, but the information was outdated and wasn’t released. Additionally, it’s not completely clear why hackers were unable to get into the current RNC. The gist of Trump’s  is correct, but it’s important to keep in mind that Russian hackers did access some Republican data, including the outdated RNC account. So we rate his  .
Statement: Obama's Ten Point Plan to 'Change' the Second Amendment…Ban use of firearms for home defense.
Speaker: national rifle association
About the speaker: An advocacy group that fights restrictions on the right to bear arms.
Date: August 1, 2008
Location: national
Topics: guns
Context: direct mail piece
Fact-check justification: We also have a violence on the streets that is the result of illegal handgun usage…We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measures that I think respect the Second Amendment and people’s traditions.” That doesn't sound to us like someone planning to "ban use of firearms for home defense." Quite the opposite, actually. Ignoring that sort of , and instead extrapolating from one vote on a jurisdictional debate in Illinois a broad-ranging plan to ban guns for home defense, is not just , it's intentionally dishonest. That is,  .
Statement: Connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons.
Speaker: jack kingston
About the speaker: Jack Kingston, a Republican, is a former U.S. Representative from Georgia and a political commentator.
Date: December 18, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: guns
Fact-check justification: Georgia had enacted two. Our conclusion: Kingston is right on this one. Connecticut consistently ranks high in lists of states with stringent gun laws, and literally ranked fifth in recent rankings by the Brady Campaign and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Furthermore, he’s pretty close on the number of assault weapons banned in Connecticut law. Kingston earns a .
Statement: Says salaries and benefits for Wisconsin state employee comprised 8.5 percent of the 2009-2011 state budget.
Speaker: mark pocan
About the speaker: Mark Pocan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2nd Congressional District on Nov. 6, 2012. He is from Madison and previously served as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin state Assembly. 
Date: February 19, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor;state budget
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: We didn't get a reply, so we emailed him again April 12, and then emailed and called him on April 14. In the phone conversation, Pocan said he relied on a Legislative Fiscal Bureau memo in making his , but said that he would not send us the memo. We sent another email the same day, asking Pocan to reconsider. That is all reflected in the email Rep. Pocan said he sent to us, which is linked in his follow up post on his blog. Pocan also linked to the memo .)
Statement: Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: February 4, 2016
Location: national
Topics: environment;cap and trade;climate change;debates;economy;energy;jobs;government regulation;negative campaigning;polls and public opinion;public safety
Context: New Hampshire
Fact-check justification: Sanders said, "Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real." In fact, we found four GOP presidential candidates who have said it is real, it's man-made, and they have offered support for actions to deal with it. Whether their proposed actions — or the actions proposed by Sanders — are the best way of tackling the problem is a matter for debate. We rate Sanders' assertion as .
Statement: Chick-fil-A "just hired a VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: May 29, 2023
Topics: food
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Chick-fil-A did not comment on this . We rate the  that Chick-fil-A "just hired a VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" . RELATED LINK: No, Target is not selling ‘tuck-friendly’ swimwear for kids RELATED LINK: Anheuser-Busch CEO didn’t resign after Bud Light partnered with Dylan Mulvaney
Statement: Clinton campaign official arrested by FBI on child rape/trafficking charges
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: June 27, 2018
Topics: fake news;human rights;crime;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: We also checked Davis’s Twitter and LinkedIn accounts and found no mention of the campaign. Seemingly, the only  to support the  that Davis worked for the Clinton campaign is a photo showing him and three others with Clinton campaign pins and posters. (Puppet String News did not respond to a request for comment sent via Facebook Messenger.) That does not make him a top Clinton aide, staffer or official. We rate this  .
Statement: As a percentage of our gross domestic product, the defense budget remains just 3.6 percent. This figure is low by all historical standards.
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: July 25, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: deficit;federal budget;military
Context: an opinion column.
Fact-check justification: When those costs are factored in, defense spending comes to about 5 percent of GDP. Even at that higher level, spending is low compared to the post World War II era. So Forbes is right that the U.S. defense budget is at a relatively low mark when it’s measured by the country’s economic outlook. But by other measures -- such as using inflation-adjusted dollars and comparing U.S. expenditures to the rest of the world -- America’s defense spending is high. We rate the  ."
Statement: We have a system now where in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state university's head football or basketball coach.
Speaker: jim moran
About the speaker: Rep. Jim Moran, D-8th, was first elected in 1990 to represent a district covering Falls Church, Alexandria, Arlington County and part of Fairfax County.
He serves on the Appropriations Committee and is the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, as well as serving on the Defense Subcommittee.
Moran previously served as the mayor of Alexandria from 1985 to 1990.
Moran was born in Buffalo, N.Y. He graduated from College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., in 1967, and received a master of public administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970.
Date: November 22, 2014
Location: virginia
Topics: education;sports;state budget
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Moran said that "in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state university’s head football or basketball coach." The congressman is correct if we focus on the guaranteed total pay of coaches. But there’s a caveat: State taxpayers usually pay a small share of coaches’ salaries at large universities. Most of the money comes from school-affiliated foundations, endorsements, broadcast contracts and the like. If we only consider the direct taxpayer subsidy to salaries, coaches are the highest-paid public employees in at most 34 states -- and likely less. So we rate Moran’s statement .
Statement: Interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low.
Speaker: national border patrol council
About the speaker: The National Border Patrol Council identifies as the official group representing 16,500 border patrol agents. It endorsed Donald Trump for president in March, saying it was the first time ever it endorsed a presidential candidate in the primaries.
Date: July 28, 2016
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: The National Border Patrol Council said in a statement that "interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low." The group did not return requests for comment, but we found ICE data that references "interior" and "border" removals. Using that data, there isn’t a 40 percent drop -- actually it's about 71 percent. Reports say interior or border removal data wasn’t broken down that way before fiscal 2008, so there isn’t a way to measure the 9-year low, though fiscal 2015 interior removals do represent an 8-year low. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.
Speaker: mike pence
About the speaker: Mike Pence is the former vice president of the United States. A Republican, Pence was elected governor of Indiana in 2012. Pence previously served for 12 years as a congressman from Indiana representing the Sixth Congressional District; he was first elected in 2000. During his time in the U.S. House of Represenatives, he served as House Republican Conference chairman and chairman of the House Republican Study Committee. Pence was born in Columbus, Ind. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1981 from Hanover College and a law degree in 1986 from Indiana University. After accepting Donald Trump's offer to be running mate, Pence ended his 2016 campaign to be re-elected as Indiana governor. 
Date: July 12, 2016
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;military;terrorism
Context: a speech at a Trump rally
Fact-check justification: Pence claimed that Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire." In fact, it wasn’t Clinton’s responsibility to send troops to the scene — the military chain of command took that responsibility. The Defense Department attempted to send help to the scene, but was unable to reach Benghazi before the deaths occurred. Pence implied that Clinton dawdled before sending help to Americans in danger. That is not accurate. We rate this  .   https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/16053b1b-0a59-4f24-ac3f-dcb041744f65
Statement: We're the only system of federalism in the world.
Speaker: pam bondi
About the speaker: Pam Bondi, a former Hillsborough County prosecutor, was elected Floriday Attorney General on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. After leaving office, she joined Ballard Partners lobbying firm in Washington D.C.
Date: November 9, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: health care;history;states
Context: an interview with Fox News
Fact-check justification: "For her, the relevance of this point is that federalism -- the U.S. Constitution's clear delineation of powers between the federal and state governments -- has always been a fundamental aspect of our Constitution and of our national heritage. Completely apart from any policy-based disagreements with the federal healthcare law, Pam is committed to Florida's lawsuit precisely because she sees it as necessary to preserve our federalist system of government." Appearing on Fox News, Bondi got off track in discussing a legal challenge to the federal health care law by saying the United States has the "only system of federalism in the world." The United States may have been the first, but it's far from the only. We rate this statement .
Statement: 18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 21, 2019
Topics: immigration;fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: Facebook posts
Fact-check justification: Viral Facebook posts are claiming that 18 million illegal immigrants received a government check this month, while federal workers remain unpaid amid the government shutdown. We could not find any  that supports this figure, and multiple reports put the total number of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. far lower than 18 million. Moreover, illegal immigrants are barred from receiving most federal benefits, and primarily will benefit from food programs and Medicaid through their U.S.-born children. We rate this  !
Statement: Says restoring Georgia pre-k to a 180-day program was a "real result" of his leadership.
Speaker: nathan deal
About the speaker: Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: April 9, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: campaign web site
Fact-check justification: It was up 7 percent in 2012 and 3 percent in 2013, according to the Georgia Lottery Corp. And the reserve fund had $734 million as of June 30, 2013, records show. Our conclusion: Gov. Nathan Deal was the driving force behind the push to reinstate the days to Georgia pre-k. But he also initiated the cuts, and they had consequences, including the loss of experienced teachers. Those are important details that Deal doesn’t mention when he states that restoring pre-k to 180 days was one of the "real results" of his term as governor. Therefore, we rate his statement as .
Statement: There is clear legal authority to handcuff and put in leg irons legislators that are trying to stop the legislature from being able to do business.
Speaker: ted cruz
About the speaker: Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.
Date: July 13, 2021
Location: texas
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: But, because absent lawmakers aren’t charged with a crime, it’s unclear how the use of the word "arrest" should be interpreted in this context.  This is because no Texas court has reviewed how this provision is to be enforced. Thus, there is no legal clarity.   We rate this  . Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from Cruz's office.
Statement: Says George Washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.
Speaker: louie gohmert
About the speaker: Louie Gohmert, a U.S. House member since 2005, is a former chief justice of the Texas 12th Court of Appeals and Smith County state district judge. He lives in Tyler.
Date: December 16, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: government regulation;guns
Context: an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’
Fact-check justification: Gohmert’s rendering, "George Washington said a free people should be an armed people," seemingly tracks Washington’s words to the nation: "A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined." Contrary to Gohmert’s characterization, though, Washington was not speaking about citizens arming themselves in case of government tyranny. Quite the opposite: The president and former general was calling for disciplined troops to fight on behalf of the government. Gohmert’s statement is .
Statement: Says a photo shows Brett Kavanaugh passed out.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 27, 2018
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a blog post headline
Fact-check justification: It is captioned "portrait of a young man asleep on the couch after drinking too much beer." Getty was only founded in 1995, and there is no indication that the photo was taken prior to that date. A search for photos of Kavanaugh in Getty Images yields no results prior to 1996, when Kavanaugh was an aide to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. The photo has appeared in multiple health articles warning of the dangers of binge drinking. We rate this statement !