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Statement: Virginia tax receipts "in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.
Speaker: glenn youngkin
About the speaker: Republican Glenn Youngkin was elected Virginia's governor in November 2021. He defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who was governor from 2014 to 2018.
Youngkin was reared in Richmond and Virginia Beach and won a basketball scholarship at Rice University, where he earned an engineering degree. He earned a MBA from Harvard University. Youngkin worked 25 years at the Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm based in Washington with $230 billion in assets. He retired in 2020 as CEO after taking the company public. His net worth is estimated at $254 million, according to The Washington Post.
Youngkin's 2021 campaign for governor is his first bid for public office.
Date: January 23, 2023
Location: virginia
Topics: economy;state budget;taxes
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: So, Youngkin’s , although very credible, is a little high. We rate Youngkin’s statement .  Correction, Jan. 25, 2023: This fact-check originally said PolitiFact Virginia made two attempts to contact Youngkin’s office and did not get a response. Our emails, it turns out, were mistakenly sent to a  web address. Our ruling is unchanged.
Statement: Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is "stealing money from the MTA and sending it upstate for projects that have nothing to do with transit.
Speaker: marc molinaro
About the speaker: Marcus Molinaro is a Republican candidate for New York governor in 2018. He currently serves as the county executive in Dutchess County.
Date: September 14, 2018
Location: new york
Topics: elections;transparency;transportation
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: The transfer of $4.9 million directly from the MTA to an upstate authority that manages ski resorts raised eyebrows when it was initially reported, because of the MTA’s financial and operational problems and because it prompted questions about whether it was a sound budget practice. Molinaro’s  that the money was sent from the MTA to the Olympic redevelopment authority for non-transit projects is correct. State law, however, allows the state to recover money from authorities for the work that state agencies do on behalf of the authorities, contradicting Molinaro’s  that Cuomo was "stealing" from the MTA. What's more, the $4.9 million could have been collected by the state regardless of who was governor. We rate his  .
Statement: Says six of the state's 58 family planning centers had to close because of Gov. Chris Christie's budget cuts.
Speaker: loretta weinberg
About the speaker: Loretta Weinberg is a Democratic state senator representing Bergen County.
Date: May 11, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: health care;women
Context: a speech at women’s health roundtable discussion
Fact-check justification: So let’s review: Six family planning clinics closed during the past fiscal year and representatives from each blamed the loss of state funding for the closure. Christie signed a budget that eliminated $7.45 million in funding for family planning services that the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed. The governor also vetoed a measure that would have restored the funding. We rate Weinberg’s statement that the governor’s cuts forced six family planning centers to close . To comment on this ruling, join the conversation at NJ.com .
Statement: Says Richard Cordray's "plan would allow drug dealers to remain on our streets.
Speaker: mike dewine
About the speaker: Mike DeWine, the Ohio attorney general, won the Republican primary for governor in May 2018 and is running in the general election in November. Previously he was one of Ohio's U.S. senator's, lieutenant governor and a member of the General Assembly.
Date: September 12, 2018
Location: ohio
Topics: drugs;crime
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: DeWine’s ad says Cordray’s "plan would allow drug dealers to remain on our streets." Issue 1 would lower possession to a misdemeanor and prohibit jail time until an individual's third offense within two years. That could apply to someone in possession of fentanyl, which is deadly in small amounts. Cordray supports the amendment, but it's a far stretch to call it his plan. Most importantly, the amendment still leaves drug trafficking as a felony, and that includes trafficking of fentanyl. Nothing about the proprosal allows drug dealers to remain on the streets if prosecutors prove the charge in a court of law.  We rate this  .
Statement: Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!
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: December 6, 2016
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;military
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump tweeted, "Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!" The company is actually building two planes, not one. As for the price tag, Trump has more of a point. The project’s current cost is $3.73 billion, which is within shouting distance of Trump’s "more than $4 billion." That’s a projection over 12 years. Also, that figure is an amount that could rise as time goes on. However, Trump glosses over some important context. National-security requirements, not Boeing, have been the primary driver of high costs. Experts say the costs are broadly in line considering the high-tech and security requirements of a presidential plane. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details, so we rate it .
Statement: Kasich's trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China.
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: August 27, 2010
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;message machine 2010;trade
Context: a campaign video
Fact-check justification: The Clinton administration supported NAFTA, and 102 Democrats joined Republicans voting for the agreement, which the House approved 234 to 200. Clinton also fought for the Chinese trade bill, which the House passed with 164 Republican and 73 Democratic votes. Strickland, who was also in Congress, voted against both measures. So in the end, here’s what we’re left with:   We rate Strickland's  as . Comment on this item .
Statement: On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn't do that.
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: September 18, 2018
Location: national
Topics: congress;legal issues;supreme court
Context: an exchange with reporters
Fact-check justification: Trump said that in investigating matters like the allegations against Kavanaugh, "it seems that they (the FBI) don’t do that." History says otherwise. The FBI was brought in to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct by Thomas during his confirmation process. The Senate Judiciary Committee lacks the power to order the FBI to investigate, but if it wanted, it could ask the administration to put the FBI on the case. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Democratic Senate candidate "Bruce Braley voted to cut $700 billion from Medicare to support Obamacare.
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;message machine 2014
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The ad says, "Bruce Braley voted to cut $700 billion from Medicare to support Obamacare." The law does include cost savings that could impact some beneficiaries, such as Medicare Advantage participants. But the ad overlooks some key nuances. The statement that suggests that the law is reducing benefits now, across the board, but it’s actually reducing the future growth of Medicare spending. The law also targets these reductions at health-care providers, not beneficiaries. And the ad ignores new spending from the law that would benefit Medicare beneficiaries, such as expanded coverage for prescriptions. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details, so we rate the NRSC’s statement .
Statement: Vagina. Because apparently, saying that word in the Michigan State House of Representatives can get you a two-day ban from speaking on the floor.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 15, 2012
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post -- surely one of many -- snarkily summed up the Michigan controversy: "Vagina. Because apparently, saying that word in the Michigan State House of Representatives can get you a two-day ban from speaking on the floor. So pass it on," the post said. Republicans who silenced Brown say the reason wasn't the word itself, but that she violated decorum and invoked an offensive parallel to rape. Brown herself said she thinks it was just because she said "vagina." Her party spokeswoman said the reason has evolved as Republicans try to dodge negative media coverage. And a longtime observer of Michigan politics says the Republicans in power simply don’t like Brown and her outspoken opposition. The Facebook post hedges its , saying that the word "apparently" can get a person banned. That seems like a fair :  A lawmaker who said "vagina" in a floor debate was then banned from speaking, though for one day, not two. Overall, we rate the Facebook  .
Statement: Carol Shea-Porter … wants to increase taxes on small business and job creators.
Speaker: frank guinta
About the speaker: Frank Guinta is a Republican Congressman from Manchester who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010. In New Hampshire, he served two terms as a Manchester city alderman, two terms as a state representative, and two terms as mayor of Manchester.
Date: September 25, 2012
Location: new hampshire
Topics: small business
Context: an advertisement, “Veterans,”
Fact-check justification: "Policymakers ought not let myths and lobbyists’ slogans regarding high-income taxpayers and small businesses drive them toward a costly policy that would add heavily to deficits while delivering little economic benefit." Our ruling: As Guinta suggests, Shea-Porter both lobbied and voted against extending the Bush tax cuts before she left office in 2010, calling the matter "fiscally irresponsible" and "grossly unfair" to middle class Americans. Despite Guinta’s claims, however, nowhere in the letter did Shea-Porter mention wanting to raise taxes on small businesses, nor do analyses suggest that eliminating the tax cuts for the highest income earners would have affected many business owners In votes relating more to small business, Shea-Porter offered support for the HIRE Act and the Small Business Act, among others. In total, her record shows no  of "wanting to increase taxes on small businesses," not now or during her time in office. We rate this  .
Statement: Says NC bill would change the grading scale.
Speaker: various media reports 2
About the speaker: this is for hate crimes story. fact-check of reports in news media.
Date: February 26, 2019
Location: north carolina
Topics: education
Context: reports
Fact-check justification: Not only does the bill not affect students’ grades, it also makes no major changes to the state system used to give parents an idea of a school’s effectiveness. We rate this  . This story was produced by the North Carolina Fact-Checking Project, a partnership of McClatchy Carolinas, the Duke University Reporters’ Lab and PolitiFact. The NC Local News Lab Fund and the International Center for Journalists provide support for the project, which shares fact-checks with newsrooms statewide. To offer ideas for fact checks, email  [email protected] .
Statement: Says Tom Perriello voted "to give tax breaks to foreign companies creating jobs in China.
Speaker: robert hurt
About the speaker: Robert Hurt, Republican, represents Virginia's 5th District, which is composed of 19 counties and two independent municipalities and is Virginia's largest, in Congress. Hurt was first elected to the U.S. House in 2010. He serves on the Financial Services Committee and on its Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises and Housing and Insurance subcommittees.
Hurt, a Pittsylvania County native, previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2007 and in the state senate from 2008 to 2010.
Hurt graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, in 1991 and earned a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Miss., in 1995.
Date: September 27, 2010
Location: virginia
Topics: china;energy;message machine 2010;stimulus
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: The association claims the tax credit provision in the stimulus act "saved" 40,000 jobs in the American wind industry by stimulating demand. It does not have an estimate of the jobs that would be created by the manufacturing tax credit cited by the Washington Times. Choma, the author whose article sparked the allegation, remains perplexed by the avalanche of ads that have relied on his work. "I don’t see how you can attach China to the manufacturing tax credit," Choma told us. We don’t see the connection either, so we find Hurt’s  to be .
Statement: Hospital photo of Damar Hamlin proves "he's a corpse.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 25, 2023
Topics: sports;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: There’s oxygen tubing on his face, and he’s flanked by family. He was discharged from the hospital a few days later, on Jan. 11, after a series of comprehensive medical evaluations and cardiac, neurological and vascular testing, ESPN reported.   We don’t know Hamlin’s precise care plan when he was in the hospital, but claims that this photo proves he is dead are . He has since appeared in public; he is not dead.   We rate this post !
Statement: District 22 includes about 80% of the district I have represented since 2010. District 20 includes about 20% of the area I have represented since 2010.
Speaker: jack latvala
About the speaker: Jack Latvala is the senator from the 16th district. He was elected in 2010, and previously served in the Senate from 1994-2002.
Date: June 1, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: redistricting
Context: a newsletter
Fact-check justification: Basically, he knew that District 20 included only 20 percent of the population of his old District 16, which is correct. But he wrongly assumed that the remaining 80 percent of his old district would be moved into new District 22. (We're talking about people here, not land area.) Latvala’s newsletter is  about District 22 but right about District 20. We rate his statement .
Statement: The Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk.
Speaker: stephen hayes
About the speaker: Stephen Hayes is a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine, and author of The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America.
Date: June 8, 2014
Topics: foreign policy;military;terrorism;punditfact
Context: a discussion on "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: Hayes said the Obama administration "went to court to keep one of these five in jail at Guantanamo just three years ago because he was such a huge risk." We’re not assessing whether the Obama and the Pentagon viewed Khairkhwa as a "risk" if he was released. We’re looking at the rationale Hayes offered as to why the Obama administration went to court. Hayes said a 2011 court case was  of a "conflict" in the administration’s story. Actually, that court case had nothing to do with Khairkhwa's risk level. In fact, the court explicitly said assessing whether Khairkhwa was a threat if released wasn’t a factor at all. Instead, the administration was simply confirming that Khairkhwa was tied to the Taliban after he claimed that he was being held illegally. Hayes is right that the Obama administration argued to keep Khairkhwa in Guantanamo, but he misrepresented why they did so. We rate his statement .
Statement: 12 more hurricanes headed towards U.S.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 21, 2017
Location: national
Topics: fake news;weather
Context: a post on the Internet
Fact-check justification: Though the post is , Dennis Feltgen of the National Hurricane Center advises people to stay vigilant during this active hurricane season. Since May, the National Weather Service has forecast that this year’s Atlantic hurricane season would be more active than past seasons. On Aug. 9, they updated their forecast, stating that this may be the most active hurricane season since 2010.    But, in the eyes of the National Hurricane Center, the react365.com  is still nothing more than  news and, according to Feltgen, "totally unfounded, totally baseless and totally irresponsible." We rate this  as !
Statement: Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day.
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: August 31, 2016
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: Mexico
Fact-check justification: Trump said the U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day." Border patrol and Transportation Department data show there are around half a million daily border crossings from Mexico into the United States. While that number doesn’t necessarily represent unique individuals (rather total crossings), the border region is home to about 14 million people, many who cross back and forth between the nations to go to school, work and for recreational purposes. So while there isn’t a hard number pointing to the 1 million total crossings, experts believe it’s a plausible estimate given the needs of the millions of people who live in the border region. With that caveat, we rate Trump’s statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/2ea495f3-90ef-4d42-acec-8dc9edc98939
Statement: Sherrod Brown opposed blocking a new EPA emissions rule, "despite acknowledging that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations are 'burdensome' and could harm economic growth in Ohio.
Speaker: josh mandel
About the speaker: Josh Mandel, a Republican from Lyndhurst, is a Marine veteran who served two tours in Iraq. He served as Ohio treasurer from 2011 to 2019.  Before that, he was a state representative from the 17th Ohio House District. He unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in the 2012 US Senate race. Mandel is running for the GOP nomination for an Ohio U.S. Senate seat in 2022.
Date: March 29, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: environment;economy;jobs;government regulation
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Existing coal-fired power plants and those under construction aren’t covered by the rule, and no new plants are planned. Because it has no effect on anything occurring or planned, it cannot be burdensome. It’s fine to speculate; you can invest in coal stocks if you like. But speculate is what Mandel is doing. On the -O-Meter, his  rates .
Statement: Says "Scott Walker wants to ban common forms of birth control, including the pill.
Speaker: tom barrett
About the speaker: Tom Barrett served as the 44th mayor of Milwaukee from 2004 until 2021. The mayoral position is non-partisan. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly (1984–1989), Wisconsin Senate (1989–1993) and U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2003).
Barrett lost bids for governor in 2002, 2010 and in the 2012 recall race against Gov. Scott Walker. He was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg on Dec. 23, 2021.
Date: October 28, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: abortion;message machine 2010
Context: a campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: Walker did, however, did get the group’s memo which clearly outlined its views and goals. Did he read it? He should have if he is answering the group’s questions.    Ultimately, we don’t know -- and neither does the Barrett campaign, which leaves out important details in its hard-line statement. We rate the  .
Statement: The pharmaceutical industry has 1,400 lobbyists on Capitol Hill right now trying to stop" Medicare drug price negotiation.
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: October 3, 2021
Topics: campaign finance;congress;health care;medicare
Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Sanders said, "The pharmaceutical industry has 1,400 lobbyists on Capitol Hill right now trying to stop" Medicare drug price negotiation. The pharmaceutical industry has a large and well-funded lobbying operation, but Sanders’ figure for lobbyists is exaggerated. The group of 1,400 lobbyists cited in the OpenSecrets database includes more than just those representing drugmakers, and the narrower category that covers just drugmakers includes some groups and companies that want to see the Sanders-backed provision pass. We rate the statement .
Statement: In the U.S., myocarditis cases among ages 12 to 20 numbered four in 2019; four in 2020; and 2,236 in 2021.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 22, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: Of the reports among people under 30 who had received COVID-19 vaccines, 1,005 met the criteria for myocarditis, pericarditis, or myopericarditis. The VAERS data does reflect an increase in reports of myocarditis among young people, and there is a small but increased risk for myocarditis after receiving COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna. However, the risk of myocarditis is small, symptoms are normally mild and professional medical groups and federal public health agencies have said the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks. What’s more, myocarditis is more common following a COVID-19 infection.   We rate this  .