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Statement: Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: August 15, 2016
Location: national
Topics: economy;education;energy;federal budget;income;infrastructure;jobs;technology
Context: Scranton, Pa.
Fact-check justification: Clinton says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II." Using rough estimates of public investment in several sectors, the size of Clinton’s proposals — at least $900 billion over 10 years — appears larger than any other 10-year investment since World War II. It’s worth keeping in mind, though, that when we look at the size of the historical public investments as a share of GDP, there have been 12 years since World War II with larger public investments. In terms of whether these investments will result in "new, good-paying jobs," that’s all a matter of prediction. In many cases, the new spending Clinton proposes for education, research and development, and infrastructure isn’t going to literally create new employment positions. Rather, much of the money will go to programs that the Clinton campaign argues will spur job creation. Her  is partially accurate but requires additional information. We rate Clinton’s  .
Statement: From 1990 to 2015 under (Democratic) control, W. Va. teacher pay rank plummeted from 30th in the nation to 48th.
Speaker: paul espinosa
About the speaker: Paul Espinosa is a Republican state delegate in West Virginia.
Date: October 9, 2018
Location: west virginia
Topics: education
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Espinosa said, "From 1990 to 2015 under (Democratic) control, W. Va. teacher pay rank plummeted from 30th in the nation to 48th." There’s no question that West Virginia teacher pay currently ranks near the bottom of the 50 states, but he exaggerated how far those rankings had fallen since 1990. In addition, the biggest rise in pay during that period came during the tenure of a Democratic governor, which undercuts the argument that the Democrats are entirely to blame. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says a "liberal" immigration reform group endorsed his GOP primary opponent, Dave Brat.
Speaker: eric cantor
About the speaker: Eric Cantor is a former congressman who represented Virginia's 7th District from 2001 to 2014. He rose to House minority whip in 2009 and House majority leader in 2011. Cantor was upset by Dave Brat in the 2014 GOP primary for congress. He is now vice chairman and managing director of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank.
 
 
 
Date: May 29, 2014
Location: virginia
Topics: immigration
Context: a campaign email
Fact-check justification: Cantor says Casa de Virginia, a group supporting immigration reform, endorsed his Republican primary opponent during a May 28 rally in Richmond. Seeking to shore up his conservative support, Cantor cited the action as proof that that he is "standing up to Obama on illegal immigration." The problem is that no speaker at the rally issued an endorsement of Dave Brat, Cantor’s opponent. To the contrary, the keynoter stressed that the group was not taking sides in the primary; it was simply calling on Cantor to allow a House vote on immigration reform. Cantor’s campaign points to a flier passed out at the event urging voters to support "anyone but Cantor" in the primary. Casa denies any connection to the flier. The missive was not part of an information package Casa distributed at the rally. We know this because we were there. Cantor’s statement is .
Statement: Says Dan McCready "really admires socialism.
Speaker: dan bishop
About the speaker: Dan Bishop is a North Carolina state Senator who represents Mecklenburg County in District 39. In 2019, he was a candidate for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.
Date: August 30, 2019
Location: north carolina
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Bishop, Trump, and the NRCC are trying to portray the Democratic candidate McCready as a socialist, but there’s simply no  to support their  charge.  McCready is a businessman who has benefited from capitalism and even has distanced himself from liberal Democrats.  As election day nears, we need to take a match to the -O-Meter. !
Statement: Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 18, 2020
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But the nurse later said that her dizziness is something that regularly happens to her after experiencing any kind of pain, even after stubbing a toe. The nurse recovered and said she was feeling fine. Becoming dizzy after a vaccine is not unusual for some people, a doctor said, dismissing the notion that the episode was indicative of something dangerous in the vaccine. The Facebook post contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: The last time Illinois raised the minimum wage in 2006, the very next year this state lost 50,000 jobs. The prediction this time is, we'll lose 90,000 jobs.
Speaker: dale righter
About the speaker: Dale Righter is Republican Caucus Chair in the Illinois Senate. He has served the state's 55th Senate District since 2003. He previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives.
Date: April 29, 2019
Location: illinois
Topics: jobs
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Righter said, "The last time Illinois raised the minimum wage in 2006, the very next year this state lost 50,000 jobs" and that "the prediction this time is, we’ll lose 90,000 jobs." Federal employment data show Righter had his facts backwards: Job numbers for 2007 rose nearly 50,000 higher than they were in 2006. A spokeswoman said Righter was actually referring to unemployment, which did increase that year. But experts noted that spike was likely due to broader economic forces at play as the nation headed into the Great Recession. What’s more, Illinois saw unemployment decline following wage hikes that took effect in 2004 and 2005. Righter’s prediction that Illinois’ upcoming wage increase will result in more job loss holds up no better. We traced it back to an analysis of a different minimum wage bill produced by a group that has historically opposed minimum wage hikes. We rate Righter’s  .  — The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 13, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: environment;climate change;education;energy;health care;states;workers
Context: a fake Rick Perry 2016 poster
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post said: "Texas ranks: #1 in worker deaths, #1 carbon emissions, #50 in high school graduates, #50 in funding for mental health patients." This post takes things out of context by cherry-picking figures, in each case stressing the result that makes Texas look worst. Still, two of the declared ranks seem fairly solid. Texas tied with Mississippi in 2011 for the greatest share of adults lacking high school degrees and it was second to last in per-person mental health spending in 2010. In contrast, Texas ranked 22nd nationally in its 2011 worker fatality rate and while the state had the most carbon emissions in 2010, it would have tied for 13th if each state’s emissions were adjusted for its population. We rate this  as .
Statement: Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators.
Speaker: jim justice
About the speaker: Jim Justice is the Republican governor of West Virginia. A businessman, Justice was originally elected as a Democrat.
Date: December 4, 2019
Location: west virginia
Topics: education;state budget
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Our ruling  Justice’s ad said he’s "the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators." That’s far off-base. Seeking pay raises for teachers is practically a rite of passage for governors, and West Virginia is no exception. Not one, not two, but each of Justice’s five most recent predecessors — Tomblin, Manchin, Wise, Underwood, and Caperton — either proposed a teacher pay raise, signed one into law, or both. We rate the statement !
Statement: When you look at what we have done over the last decade, we created 1 million jobs in the state of Texas. At the same time, (the rest of) America lost 2.5 million.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
Date: September 7, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a Republican presidential debate
Fact-check justification: In this vein, for instance, Alaska created 43,700 jobs while the rest of America lost 1.4 million. Left out of this formulation is that 20-plus other states also had job gains. Also, as experts note, the Texas economy was rocking before Perry became governor. Romney’s point sticks; most of each state’s economic circumstances—in Texas' case: no state income tax and vast natural resources, for starters—aren’t set by the governor. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says Russ Feingold broke his 1992 promise to always get the majority of funding from Wisconsin residents.
Speaker: ron johnson
About the speaker: Ron Johnson is a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin. A businessman and accountant, Johnson defeated Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the 2010 election. He is seeking re-election in 2016.
Date: August 23, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: campaign finance
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Our rating Feingold used the words "pledge" and "promise" in 1992 while asserting his grassroots funding plan was for that election as well as "for the future." The future is here, and Feingold has failed to keep his promise. Not only that, he claims he never said the pledge applied going forward, despite video  to the contrary. Johnson’s ad includes several clips that, while short, are used in context. We rate Johnson’s  .
Statement: A data-storing microchip "would be implanted in the majority of people who opt to become covered by the public health care option.
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: November 23, 2009
Location: national
Topics: health care;privacy issues
Context: a widely circulated e-mail
Fact-check justification: Here's an odd postscript. As the final House version (H.R. 3962) approached a vote by the full chamber, the term "implantable" was removed from that section. It's not clear why the change was made, but the chain e-mail now has even less credibility than it did before (if that's possible). So add this one to the list of silly, discredited claims about the health bill. It's so  , we rule it .
Statement: Every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for possession of marijuana.
Speaker: gary chambers jr.
About the speaker: Gary Chambers Jr. is a social justice advocate from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a 2022 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Louisiana running to replace U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, the Republican incumbent.
Date: January 18, 2022
Topics: marijuana
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Chambers said, "Every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for possession of marijuana." The  was based on 2010 data that dealt with marijuana-related arrests, but it is outdated now.  Experts, including a spokesperson for the ACLU, say that more recent data indicates that marijuana-related arrests now happen less frequently — at a rate of about one every 46 seconds, 58 seconds or 90 seconds, depending on how you approach the math problem. And 2020 data suggests an arrest for marijuana possession alone occurs every 99 seconds — still frequent, but a far slower rate than Chambers’ ad suggests. We rate this  .
Statement: [Appalachian Power] wants another 10 percent rate increase. The compensation package for CEO Mike Morris rose 22 percent to $8.7 million in 2010.
Speaker: ward armstrong
About the speaker: Ward Armstrong, D-Henry County,  was a  a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2012, serving the final five years as minority leader. He served on the Courts of Justice, Finance, and Rules committees. In 2011, House Republicans merged Armstrong's district with that of another incumbent, Republican Charles Poindexter. Armstrong was defeated by Poindexter that fall.
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Date: March 31, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: regulation
Context: a Twitter post
Fact-check justification: Readers could easily conclude from his message that Mike Morris is Apco’s CEO. That’s not the case; Morris is actually CEO of American Electric Power, Apco’s parent company. But Armstrong does cite Morris’s 2010 salary, and the increase from 2009, accurately. The salary figures for Apco CEO Charles Patton are not available. We rate this statement .
Statement: 45.6 million people watched (the State of the Union), the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in.
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: February 1, 2018
Location: national
Topics: polls and public opinion
Context: a Tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said "45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in." 45.6 million people watched Trump’s State of the Union, but that wasn’t the highest number in history. Five other State of the Union speeches raked in more viewers, and eight other presidential addresses to joint sessions of Congress did, too. If we only look at cable news airings of the State of the Union among the major networks, this year indeed raked in the highest numbers. That wasn’t clear in the tweet. Fox News delivered 11.7 million viewers for the duration of the president’s speech, give or take a few minutes. It beat every other network airing the speech. That wasn’t a first, though, as the network’s ratings have consistently beaten other cable providers’ during the event. Given the  nature of the first statement, and the accuracy of the second, we rate Trump’s statement .
Statement: So what sort of services does Romney's health care plan provide? Per the state Web site: $50 co-pay for abortions.
Speaker: fred thompson
About the speaker: Fred Thompson was a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He graduated from Memphis State University and earned a law degree at Vanderbilt University. Thompson practiced law and served a variety of government counsel positions, including as minority counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities ("Watergate Committee"). In his acting career Thompson has appeared in 18 films, and recently worked as a TV actor, playing a prosecutor on the series Law and Order. Thompson was born in Alabama in 1942. He has been married to Jeri Kehn since 2002, and has four children, two from his first marriage. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 22, 2008.
Date: November 15, 2007
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Romney's campaign counters that the decision about what services to cover was ultimately left up to the independent Commonwealth Care Authority. But Romney was well-represented: Of the six policy-making members of the authority's 10-member board, half are appointed by the governor, and half by the state attorney general. Half of the ex-officio members also are appointed by the governor, including the chairman -- the governor's secretary of administration and finance -- and the state insurance commission. Although Romney shares responsiblity with the state legislature and the program's board, Commonwealth Care was his pet project, and he takes credit for it. We find Thompson's claims .
Statement: Our economy actually shrank during the last three months of 2012.
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: February 12, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: the Republican response to the State of the Union Address
Fact-check justification: It’s too early to say whether the fourth-quarter decline in GDP represents a reversal of economic fortune or just a blip, so it’s prudent not to place too much weight on one quarter’s worth of data. But we have no quarrel with the way Rubio phrased it -- that the economy "actually shrank during the last three months of 2012." We rate his statement .
Statement: Says Supreme Court rival Michael Screnock "is running with the Koch brothers support.
Speaker: rebecca dallet
About the speaker: Rebecca Dallet, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, was a prosecutor in the Milwaukee County district attorney's office for 11 years before being elected to the court in 2008. In 2017, she announced she would run in 2018 for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Date: February 2, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;supreme court
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating    Dallet says her Supreme Court rival Michael Screnock "is running with the Koch brothers support."    But while Screnock’s views would clearly match more closely with theirs than the views of Dallet, there is no  the billionaire brothers have given money directly to Screnock’s campaign or made statements supportive of it. The primary group they support -- Americans for Prosperity, a group that backs Republicans -- has been active in the race, through get out the vote efforts, not ad buys. In addition, another group that may be tied to the Koch brothers did some ad buys in the primary. We rate Dallet’s  .
Statement: For six years, I served our community as a conservative state legislator. In every one of those years, I helped balance the state's budget.
Speaker: clay cox
About the speaker: Republican Clay Cox is running for U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia's 7th district. 
Date: June 21, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: state budget
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: Cox's  was . Not only did he leave out the crucial fact that balancing the state's budget is a legislator's duty. He and his colleagues "helped" pass a budget that's reliant on money from the federal government, which is deep in debt. In effect, Georgia's in the black thanks in large part to the deficit spending Cox rails against. We rate his statement .
Statement: Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down.
Speaker: giffords
About the speaker: Giffords is a section 501(c)(4) issue advocacy organization, and Giffords PAC is a federal political committee. The organization which fights gun violence is named for former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona. Giffords was originally a registered Republican and later elected as a Democrat. She served in Congress from 2006 to 2012. On Jan. 8, 2011, Giffords was shot while meeting with constituents in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona. The shooter killed six people and wounded 13 others. 
 
Date: February 20, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: legal issues;public health;guns
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: A Giffords TV ad said, "Gov. Rick Scott made it illegal for a doctor to ask a patient if they owned a gun, even a mental health professional. This law was so dangerous that a court had to strike it down." Scott didn’t act alone -- he signed the law after the Legislature passed it in 2011. The bill didn’t flat out prevent doctors from asking patients if they owned a gun, but said they should refrain from asking about guns unless they believed in good faith the information was relevant to the patient’s medical care or safety. That was a vague standard, which effectively silenced some doctors, critics claimed. A federal appeals court ruled in 2017 that the inquiry provisions prevented medical professionals from asking questions about firearms. The ruling also stated that doctors faced the threat of discipline and doctors must be able to speak openly with patients to provide life-saving information. As a result of these caveats, we rate this statement .
Statement: Providence is one of the busiest fire departments for its relative size in the country.
Speaker: paul doughty
About the speaker: Paul Doughty is president of Local 799 of the International Association of Firefighters, which represents workers in the Providence Fire Department.
Date: June 12, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: city government;public safety
Context: an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers
Fact-check justification: "You cannot underestimate the effect of that in a department's operation," he said. In summary, we think that being ranked in the top 20 when it comes to the number of calls per person qualifies Providence as one of the busiest departments in the United States. We rate Doughty's statement  . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: Says he "raised average family income by 50 percent" during his tenure as Arkansas governor.
Speaker: mike huckabee
About the speaker: Mike Huckabee ran for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. He is a former governor of Arkansas; he also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. He left hosting a self-titled television show on Fox News in January 2015.
Date: May 1, 2015
Location: national
Topics: income;state budget
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: Huckabee said he "raised average family income by 50 percent" during his tenure as Arkansas governor. Once you account for inflation, Huckabee is . Income in Arkansas increased 20 percent, not 50 percent. That increase trailed nationwide trends.  The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it .