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Statement: Says Donald "Trump decided to *not* work with Cambridge Analytica during the election.
Speaker: jack posobiec
About the speaker: Jack Posobiec is a conservative activist who frequently supports Donald Trump on Twitter.
Date: March 20, 2018
Topics: elections;technology;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Posobiec tweeted that "Trump decided to *not* work with Cambridge Analytica during the election." There is an element of  in that the campaign reportedly relied on the RNC’s voter files, and not Cambridge Analytica’s data, to identify likely supporters. However, even the news report behind Posobiec’s tweet said that the firm continued to provide some services to the campaign. FEC filings show the Trump campaign continued to pay Cambridge Analytica through the final months of the campaign, and key operatives from Cambridge Analytica and the Trump campaign described the firm’s ongoing work. We rate this  .
Statement: Alexi Giannoulias' top aide was a longtime BP lobbyist.
Speaker: mark kirk
About the speaker: Mark Kirk is a U.S. senator from Illinois, having defeated Democratic State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias for the seat formerly occupied by President Barack Obama in 2010. Kirk was formerly a U.S. congressman from Illinois’ 10th district.
Date: July 8, 2010
Location: national
Topics: message machine 2010;oil spill
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: It's one thing to be an attorney handling landscaping  and zoning issues for a company developing retail gas stations; quite another to lobby for lax federal legislation on deepwater oil drilling. The Kirk ad makes too much of very little. We rate 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: Bill McCollum said tax cuts don't work.
Speaker: alex sink
About the speaker: Alex Sink is a candidate for Congress in Florida's 13th Congressional District. She served as Florida's Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2011. She was the Democratic Party's nominee for governor in 2010, but lost to Rick Scott.
Date: February 16, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: taxes
Context: a comment on her Facebook page
Fact-check justification: By contrast, McCollum's campaign cited many other votes that McCollum took in favor of tax cuts, including votes to eliminate the marriage tax penalty and the estate tax. So based on the news articles and our examination of McCollum's voting record, it's clear that he has often supported tax cuts -- particularly Republican proposals. So Sink is cherry-picking here. Although McCollum did say he was opposed to "targeted" (read: Democratic) tax cuts, he has spoken and voted in favor of them many other times, particularly the across-the-board proposals favored by Republicans. We find her statement .
Statement: The Odessa shooter "had a Beto sticker on his truck.
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, 2019
Topics: facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Twitter account that appears to have "hatched the conspiracy theory about O’Rourke," the Post reported, "identifies its owner as a 72-year-old retiree living in Mesa, Ariz."  A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety told the newspaper there was no indication the suspected shooter was linked to O’Rourke. A co-founder of a firm called VineSight, which uses artificial intelligence to track misinformation, said the post "appears to have been amplified mainly by bot accounts," the story says.  O’Rourke’s campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, tweeted the Washington Post story on Sept. 3 and wrote: "This weekend, a right wing bot network spread the completely  rumor that the Odessa shooter had a Beto sticker on his car. "   And it was a car, not a truck, the suspected shooter was driving when state troopers stopped him before the shooting spree — a gold-colored sedan .   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: More businesses are closing than are opening for the first time in our nation's history.
Speaker: todd wilcox
About the speaker: Todd Wilcox is an Orlando businessman who ran for the U.S. Senate in 2016 and then dropped out of the race. He is a former Special Forces commander and combat veteran who worked for the CIA before opening his defense contracting company, Patriot Defense Group.
Date: July 8, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: economy
Context: a campaign announcement
Fact-check justification: Wilcox said, "More businesses are closing than are opening for the first time in our nation's history." He’s right that more firms are now closing up shop than starting up, a trend that started in 2008. But the stat he’s citing is from a study of a 35-year period from 1978 to 2011, not all of American history. The Census Bureau database used for that study has only been measuring entries and exits since the 1970s. Economists, including the study’s author, told us Wilcox overreached a bit, because this trend may have happened before. There are no dependable sources of information to prove this is the first time this has occurred. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: He's leading by example, refusing contributions from PACs and Washington lobbyists.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: August 21, 2007
Location: national
Topics: ethics
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: And Obama still accepts tens of thousands of dollars from people who work for Washington firms that do substantial lobbying. Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is an Obama contributor who isn't a registered lobbyist, but works as a consultant for Alston & Bird, a lobbying firm in Washington. The Center for Responsive Politics found that Obama accepted $55,019 from employees at lobbying firms, and much more from companies that are not classified as lobbying firms but have lobbying divisions. So we give Obama's statement a  on the -O-Meter. While Obama can accurately say that he does not accept money from federally registered lobbyists, he still accepts thousands from people in the influence industry.
Statement: The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days ... Senate Democrats have neglected one of their most basic responsibilities.
Speaker: rob portman
About the speaker: Rob Portman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is a former Republican congressman who also was a U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George H.W. Bush.
Date: May 19, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: federal budget
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: While the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Portman have correctly stated the number of days since a budget passed the Senate, their statements are loaded with a certain amount of hyperbole. The  implies that the stalled budget process is the exclusive fault of Senate Democrats and not a function of partisan politics on both sides. It also fails to note that since 1983, the GOP was in control of both houses of Congress in three of the four years that a budget resolution wasn’t approved. Those are important details to know. On the -O-Meter, a statement that is accurate but leaves out important details can get just one rating: .
Statement: You "can't check out a library book without a photo ID.
Speaker: david dewhurst
About the speaker: David Dewhurst, the former state land commissioner, was initially elected lieutenant governor of Texas in 2002. He lost his 2012 bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate and lost his bid for re-nomination in 2014.
Date: June 11, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: legal issues
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Photo IDs are always required to board a plane or purchase Sudafed, while public libraries simply don't require photo IDs at checkout. However, patrons of most libraries have to show a photo ID when applying for a library card, a factor that gives Dewhurst's statement an element of . We rate the statement . 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 opponents of the health care law  "prevailed on our two main arguments" to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Speaker: sam olens
About the speaker: Sam Olens is Georgia's Attorney General
Date: August 29, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: health care
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Again, Olens said the states prevailed on their two main arguments. The attorney general was correct that they won their arguments on the commerce clause and about Medicaid. But a part of the states’ original argument was also that the government couldn’t use the taxing and spending clause to make individuals buy health insurance. We believe that additional information is necessary to examine this . Our verdict: .
Statement: Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back.
Speaker: social media
About the speaker: logo
Date: November 8, 2016
Location: national
Topics: islam;race and ethnicity
Context: a viral Tweet
Fact-check justification: A viral tweet said, "thousands" of people at a Manhattan rally for Trump chanted, "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back." The widely shared  is baseless, sent from a  account tied to a parody British soccer news site. We rate it .
Statement: Says Nancy Pelosi's coronavirus bill includes "tax credits for solar and wind energy … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies" and more.
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: March 24, 2020
Topics: environment;energy;federal budget;pensions;transportation;taxes;coronavirus
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The campaign ad says that Pelosi’s coronavirus bill included provisions on "tax credits for solar and wind energy … emissions standards and carbon offset requirements for airlines … policing racial makeup of corporate boards … retirement plans for community newspaper employees … $300 million for PBS … climate change studies for civil aviation and aerospace industries." The ad is correct that five of those six provisions are in the House bill. The remaining provision, on tax credits for solar and wind, is not. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton "said she was under attack (in Bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers.
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: June 22, 2016
Location: national
Topics: ethics
Context: New York City
Fact-check justification: Trump said Clinton claimed "she was under attack but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers." In all key respects, Trump is correct. Clinton did  that she landed in Bosnia under sniper fire and that there was no greeting ceremony. She later retracted the entire statement. The only flaw in Trump’s speech is he said Clinton was handed flowers. It was a poem, which seems like a trivial difference. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/ea63fd8e-0b2a-4426-9a73-fab000398202
Statement: For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: March 16, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: a letter
Fact-check justification: Scott said, "For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities." Scott has a point in terms of sheer dollars. However, Florida's K-12 education funding hasn’t kept up with pre-recession numbers. We don't have a complete view of state university spending, but it's likely per-pupil spending is roughly the same as pre-recession numbers.  And the bulk of this year’s K-12 education budget increase is strictly for school safety and mental health, which won’t leave a lot of money left over for classroom needs. We rate this .
Statement: Nate McMurray wants to reward illegals with amnesty.
Speaker: chris jacobs
About the speaker: Chris Jacobs is a candidate for New York State Senate District 60. He currently serves as Erie County Clerk.
Date: March 4, 2020
Location: new york
Topics: immigration;elections
Context: a television commercial
Fact-check justification: When the narrator talks about McMurray supporting amnesty, "votemcmurray.com, 5/17/18," flashes across the screen. It’s a reference to McMurray's campaign website that is no longer live and must be accessed through the Wayback Machine, or internet archive.   McMurray's statement on the archived website that he recognizes that immigrant communities have always been an asset for New York’s 27th District is hardly  that he "wants to reward illegals with amnesty." Jacobs'  contains an element of  - McMurray's support for DACA - but makes a sweeping conclusion about his rival's broader position on amnety without sufficient .   We rate Jacobs’  .
Statement: Says President Barack Obama has "not proposed one thing that would change" the fact that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.
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: January 5, 2015
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: a Fox news interview
Fact-check justification: Gohmert said Obama has "not proposed one thing that would change" the fact that Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. In fact, Obama has on multiple occasions proposed changing the tax code so that it complies with the "Buffett rule," which attempts to ensure that high-income people pay a certain percentage of their income in taxes that is at least higher than what middle-class people pay. There’s debate over whether or not this is good policy or how many millionaires would be affected. But that doesn’t change the fact that Obama proposed something that addressed this issue. We rate Gohmert’s  . Help fund PolitiFact's Kickstarter to live fact-check the 2015 State of the Union and GOP response.
Statement: This year, 97 Missouri counties have only one insurer participating in the Obamacare exchanges. Last year, every Missouri county had at least two insurance options. In addition, most Missourians will see an increase in their premiums, with some facing an increase upward of 40 percent
Speaker: roy blunt
About the speaker: Roy Blunt is the junior U.S. senator from Missouri. He was formerly a U.S. representative from Missouri’s 7th district, and served for six years as the Republican whip in that chamber.
Date: January 11, 2017
Location: missouri
Topics: health care
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Blunt said: "This year, 97 Missouri counties have only one insurer participating in the Obamacare exchanges. Last year, every Missouri county had at least two insurance options. In addition, most Missourians will see an increase in their premiums, with some facing an increase upward of 40 percent." Blunt’s figures are . Both of his claims use cherry-picked figures that excluded the necessary data to accurately represent the state of the health care exchange in Missouri. Although most counties only have one insurer participating in a health care exchange, a majority of Missourians have more than one option. And while premium costs have seen a dramatic rise, so have tax credits meant to blunt the impact of higher costs. Blunt’s statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it .
Statement: Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays and lesbians from adopting.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: July 12, 2018
Topics: families;lgbtq;religion;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: A headline said, "Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays and lesbians from adopting." The amendment is not an absolute ban on same-sex adoption, despite the headline's implication for casual readers. Republicans in a House committee approved an amendment that would make it illegal nationwide for states and localities to punish child welfare providers that refuse to place children with same-sex couples because of religious beliefs or moral convictions. But it has not yet been taken up by either chamber of Congress. Theoretically, the amendment would allow child welfare providers to implement official or de facto bans on same-sex adoption without fear of retribution. At the same time, states and localities could also choose to continue taking action against discriminating child welfare providers in spite of a 15 percent cut to their federal funding. LGBTQ Nation’s  that the amendment would make it "legal nationwide to ban gays and lesbians from adopting" is therefore slightly , because the full effect of the amendment would depend on the responses of individual states and localities, as well as the number of agencies that elect to discriminate in their provision of services.  We rate this statement .
Statement: Hartsfield-Jackson's new international terminal is opening "within budget.
Speaker: john kennedy
About the speaker: John Kennedy is a spokesman for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Date: May 13, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: transportation
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: But when top leaders say in public that they expect an airport terminal to cost $700 million, taxpayers expect it to cost $700 million. Furthermore, the $700 million figure was crucial to the very people who planned the terminal. Former airport head DeCosta fired the airport's first design team, and Delta balked at backing the project when costs threatened to rise above this mark. Kennedy's  that the airport terminal is "within budget" goes down in flames. .
Statement: Every county, including Chittenden, has fewer people available for work.
Speaker: phil scott
About the speaker: Phil Scott is the 82nd governor of Vermont.
Date: January 24, 2019
Location: vermont
Topics: economy;labor;workers
Context: the Statehouse
Fact-check justification: In 10 of the state’s 14 counties, there is a clear downward trend in the labor force (Washington, Franklin and Grand Isle are fairly stable). Our ruling: The governor may have been relying on old information when he said Chittenden County has fewer people available for work today than in the past. But if we could find the correct data, his staff probably could have done the same. The Department of Labor’s most recent labor force report—which came out before his budget address—shows that Chittenden County’s labor force reached an all-time high in 2018. We rate the governor’s  .
Statement: Says U.S. Rep. John Faso "voted for an age tax on seniors.
Speaker: antonio delgado
About the speaker: Antonio Delgado is a Democratic candidate running for the seat in New York's 19th Congressional District
Date: September 12, 2018
Location: new york
Topics: health care
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Delgado said in an ad that opponent Faso "voted for an age tax on seniors." The  refers to Faso’s 2017 vote for the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare, which would have permitted insurers to raise premiums on individuals over age 50 up to five times more than what they charged younger adults. However, the provision didn’t apply to those on Medicare, or people over the age of 50 with coverage through large employers. Also, it wouldn’t have affected New York seniors, as the state has prohibited insurers from charging higher rates based on age since the early 1990s. The  contains elements of  but glosses over details and ignores critical facts. We rate it .
Statement: Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget
Speaker: daniel senor
About the speaker: Daniel Senor is a former foreign policy advisor in the administration of George W. Bush and senior advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. He was previously foreign policy and communications aide in the U.S. Senate. He is a founding partner of Rosemont Capital.
Date: July 4, 2010
Location: national
Topics: economy;this week - abc news
Context: ABC's 'This Week'
Fact-check justification: We checked with Senor, who told us that even if we go with the 13.7 percent, his broader point stands -- Japan's debt is not sustainable. As we said before, that's a mess we'll leave to the economists. Our goal was to see if Senor was using the correct figures, and we found that he wasn't. Even if we go with the higher of the two figures, Senor missed the target by nearly half. For that, we give him a .
Statement: Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000.
Speaker: newt gingrich
About the speaker: Newt Gingrich is a political adviser and author. A former Georgia congressman, Gingrich served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. Gingrich sought the GOP nomination for president in 2012.
Date: September 18, 2013
Location: national
Topics: population;pundits;states
Context: a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
Fact-check justification: Gingrich said that since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000." O’Malley countered that Maryland has added 230,000 people. Essentially, they’re both right -- they just used different measurements. O’Malley is right if you use overall population figures, while Gingrich is right if you look at migration from other states. We’ll split the difference and call this one . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/e7b3a23e-187f-4d5d-b760-b22d0934aafb