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Statement: A graphic on U.S. abortion rates shows larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations, and says its due to the party's approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Republican Party's approach of making the procedure illegal.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 14, 2020
Topics: abortion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post shares a graph on U.S. abortion rates and says the larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations is due to the party’s approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Repbulican party’s approach of making them illegal. The graphs cites CDC data, but health department reporting on abortions has fluctuated so much over the years that making broad comparisons can prove challenging. Not every state has reported its abortion data for every year. Moreover, experts said tying the abortion rate to the occupant of the White House alone is an oversimplification of a variety of factors that are at play. We rate this  .
Statement: Ron Johnson said specifically that he hopes the first steps occur to privatize the" Veterans Administration.
Speaker: russ feingold
About the speaker: Russ Feingold served as a Democratic U.S. Senator representing Wisconsin from 1992 until 2010, when he was defeated for re-election. An attorney, he previously served 10 years in the Wisconsin Legislature. Following his Senate defeat, he founded Progressives United, which says it mission is to "stand up to the exploding corporate influence in our political system by organizing and amplifying the voices of those who believe that corporations have too much power." Feingold is running against U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, the man who defeated him, in the 2016 election.
Date: November 12, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care;public health;veterans
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification:  . Feingold: Says Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."  . Johnson: Some 8.1 million of the estimated 11 million to 12 million people "in this country illegally are working."  .
Statement: I was the first member of Congress to call him (Barack Obama) a socialist...
Speaker: paul broun
About the speaker: U.S. House Rep. Paul Broun, a Republican, is from Athens. He represents Georgia's 10th congressional district.
Date: February 13, 2013
Location: georgia
Context: fundraising letter
Fact-check justification: In November 2008, Broun did compare Obama’s policies to those of Hitler or a Marxist dictator. Philosopher Karl Marx is described historically as a revolutionary socialist, and Hitler was head of the National Socialist German Workers Party. But even that criticism was made a month after other congressional members lobbed their socialist charges. Congress consists of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, and Obama was called a "socialist" by an Ohio senator a year before Broun actually used the term "socialist." We rated Broun’s  .
Statement: Says "Scott Walker favors cutting up to 350,000 families and children off health care.
Speaker: greater wisconsin committee
About the speaker: The Greater Wisconsin Committee is a liberal group active in Wisconsin state politics, from legislative races to statewide offices. It receives money from a variety of sources, including labor unions. Its campaign ads are typically done through the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund.
Date: October 8, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care;message machine 2010
Context: a campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: Their  rested primarily on the time limits that Walker supported for almost a year but then backed away from just days before Greater Wisconsin’s first ad in September. Walker changed course to a muddier position, while Greater Wisconsin has continued to cite the number. It adds an important qualifier though -- "up to" 350,000. Walker’s new position, while unclear, still focuses on reining in BadgerCare enrollment -- whether it’s the 68,000 or some other number remains to be seen. We rate the statement .
Statement: President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York.
Speaker: adam hasner
About the speaker: Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, is a former Majority Leader for the Florida House of Representatives.
Date: September 24, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: israel;foreign policy;message machine 2012
Context: a press release from the Mitt Romney campaign
Fact-check justification: Hasner said, "President Obama decided not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York." Obama was in New York on Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday is the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, and Netanyahu will be in New York on Thursday and Friday. Obama is campaigning in Virginia on Thursday, and his schedule for Friday has not yet been released. So a meeting with Netanyahu didn’t fit Obama’s schedule. However, he is the president of the United States, and at the end of the day he determines his schedule. The White House has confirmed that a scheduling conflict prevented a meeting. That's not quite refusal, but he is not meeting with Netanyahu in New York, so on some level he made the decision. We rate this statement .
Statement: Beyoncé "is a defendant in a major human trafficking case.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 23, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The judge wrote that the plaintiff had no authority to file a  on behalf of others, and that her "claims rise to the level of the irrational, and there is no legal theory on which she can rely." Beyoncé is in the midst of her Renaissance World Tour , which began in May and continues through October. Surely an explosive charge that she is a defendant in a human trafficking case would garner heavy news coverage, yet we found none. The  that Beyoncé is a defendant in a human trafficking case, along with other celebrities, dates to a 2020 lawsuit that was dismissed as "frivolous" a month after it was filed. We rate it .
Statement: This is the first time since Roe was decided in 1973 that a court has granted personhood status to the preborn.
Speaker: dan becker
About the speaker: President, Georgia Right to Life
Date: January 14, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: abortion;children
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: There have been other cases in other states in the 40 years since Roe v. Wade in which courts have decided that a fetus could be a child. Those cases dealt with specific statutes, including criminal child neglect and wrongful death, which were similar to the Alabama case involving a chemical endangerment statute. But there is no general ruling saying a fetus is a person or granting personhood status to the preborn in all circumstances, according to constitutional and reproductive law experts. Becker claimed that no other court had made personhood rulings, but our research found that that is not the case. We rated Becker’s  .
Statement: Says Nancy Pelosi diverted "$2.4 billion from Social Security to cover impeachment costs.
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: October 9, 2019
Topics: impeachment;social security;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: They’ll just have to do without cable for a year or two. Okay? Now excuse me, I have to meet up with my liquor boy." We searched for *real* news coverage of Pelosi diverting Social Security money for the impeachment inquiry, but none exists.   We rate this Facebook post !
Statement: We had a three-hour debate, no discussion about the national debt, very little about the economy.
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: September 20, 2015
Location: national
Topics: debates;elections
Context: an interview on "This Week."
Fact-check justification: Rubio said, "We had a three-hour debate, no discussion about the national debt, very little about the economy." He’s right there was very little mention of the economy, but the national debt was brought up by some of the 11 candidates, usually while addressing an opponent. We should note that even then, no one gave any specifics about what to do beyond some broad talking points. We rate Rubio’s statement .
Statement: I have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: September 14, 2007
Location: national
Topics: families;lgbtq
Context: an interview on MSNBC
Fact-check justification: As far as Mitt is concerned, it goes farther than current law, and therefore it's unnecessary." Yet in 2003, when the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples could be married in the state, Romney urged the legislature to adopt a constitutional amendment banning the practice. He has since supported a similar amendment to the U.S. Constitution, despite the fact that the congressionally proposed constitutional amendment includes language similar to the 2002 Massachusetts ballot proposal that he opposed. And so we give Romney a . He is correct that he has been consistent in his opposition to same-sex marriage, but has changed his position as to the scope of an amendment that he would support.
Statement: The (Russian) ruble is already going down.
Speaker: john kerry
About the speaker: John Kerry is the secretary of state. He previously was a senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2004.
Date: March 2, 2014
Location: national
Topics: economy;foreign policy
Context: comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Fact-check justification: Kerry said the ruble is going down, and it is. The Russian currency has lost about 15 percent of its value against the dollar since early 2013. It is not all because of the situation in Ukraine, however, a fact that viewers may not have picked up on by hearing Kerry's statement. The currency’s decline is also part of Russian policy to reduce inflation and make domestic manufacturers more competitive. There’s a little more going on here than Kerry’s statement would suggest. We rate his  .
Statement: In Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old.
Speaker: jill vogel
About the speaker: Jill Holtzman-Vogel, R-Fauquier, was first elected to the Senate of Virginia in 2008. She is managing partner of a law firm that specializes in charity and non-profit organizations, election law and ethics. She prviously worked as a deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Vogel is a graduate of the College of William & Mary and DePaul University School of Law.
Date: January 27, 2016
Location: virginia
Topics: children;marriage
Context: legislative hearing
Fact-check justification: Vogel said that in Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old." There’s no dispute that there are children 13 to 15 who have gotten married. But the 12-year-olds are another story. Vogel relied on Department of Health information to say that 12-year-olds are getting married. That data, the department now says, is  due to a database flaw. Bottom line: There are no records of 12-year-olds getting married from 2004 to 2014. We don’t fault Vogel for that glitch. Still, her statement requires a clarification. So we rate Vogel’s  . Editor's Note: This post has been updated to make clear that circuit court clerks are the ones that issue marriage licenses for minors under 16.
Statement: Your ballot could be disqualified if it is written on" in Haltom City, Tex.
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: October 13, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "Don’t get confused — poll workers have to do this. "  It seems that the message in this Facebook post is being copied and pasted in communities around the country. On Oct. 9, Lead Stories fact-checked a nearly identical post in Myrtle Beach, S.C.   There, an election official said, poll workers don’t have a reason to write on a ballot, but it wouldn’t be disqualified if they did.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: It "is Hillary Clinton's agenda" to "release the violent criminals from jail. She wants them all released.
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: May 20, 2016
Location: national
Topics: criminal justice;legal issues;crime
Context: a speech to the National Rifle Association
Fact-check justification: Trump said it "is Hillary Clinton's agenda" to "release the violent criminals from jail. She wants them all released." It would be preposterous for any politician who wants to win an election to propose freeing every violent criminal from jail. Like many political figures today on the right, center and left, Clinton supports something much more modest — easing how the criminal justice system treats nonviolent offenders. That’s a far cry from saying Clinton is poised to set free everyone from Charles Manson to Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. We rate Trump’s  !
Statement: Donald Trump "never changed one immigration law.
Speaker: chris christie
About the speaker: Chris Christie announced June 6, 2023 that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. Christie was the governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. As governor, Christie won office in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Prior to that, he was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. 
Date: June 6, 2023
Location: national
Topics: immigration;congress
Context: campaign announcement speech
Fact-check justification: Christie said Trump "never changed one immigration law." No major bill passed during Trump’s presidency to change immigration law.  But it’s worth clarifying that the Trump administration enacted hundreds of changes in immigration policy through executive action and earned funding for some of his priorities, including border wall projects. Executive actions can be powerful, but they can be easily undone by new administrations. The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. That’s our definition of . RELATED : Ron DeSantis'  that Trump wanted to grant ‘amnesty’ to 2 million people needs context RELATED : Donald Trump’s immigration promises: failures and achievements
Statement: A Stockton, California, council member said "there's a serial killer in Stockton.
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 28, 2022
Location: california
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: McFadden said officers believed that five killings since July are related and that a "person of interest" has been identified. The deaths involved men who were killed while they were alone "in the evening or early morning hours." But that doesn’t corroborate claims that Warmsley said there’s a serial killer in Stockton. She denies that she made that statement, and we found no  to contradict that. We rate the  .
Statement: Thurbert Baker kept a teen in jail "who didn't even commit a felony.
Speaker: concernedcitizen4u
About the speaker: Concernedcitizen4U is an anonymous person or group that posted a YouTube video attacking Georgia gubernatorial candidate Thurbert Baker.
Date: June 10, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: legal issues
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: We tried to reach "concernedcitizen4u", but our efforts have been unsuccessful. People who watch the video may get the  impression about the case. Wilson was indeed convicted of a felony. So Obama's comments about the case in 2007 were . We believe the video is  and rule that this item is .
Statement: George LeMieux voted against the majority of Republicans and joined with Democrats to create a 'Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action' that looks strikingly similar to the 'Super Committee' now being set up in Washington to justify massive tax hikes.
Speaker: adam hasner
About the speaker: Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, is a former Majority Leader for the Florida House of Representatives.
Date: August 8, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: bipartisanship;deficit;federal budget;taxes
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: LeMieux did vote against the majority of Republicans, joining with Democrats in an attempt to create a Task Force For Responsible Fiscal Action — though the proposal had more bipartisan support than Hasner's full news release suggests. Meanwhile, while the task force would have been substantially similar to the supercommittee just established by Congress, it's different enough that LeMieux could explain his change of support without a change of heart. Finally, it's a serious stretch to say the supercommittee was designed "to justify massive tax hikes." While tax increases are one plausible outcome, they aren't required, and depending on the baseline committee members choose, may not even be likely. On balance, the  is .
Statement: Says Rep. Mike Coffman is "the one who said" he would support Trump.
Speaker: democratic congressional campaign committee
About the speaker: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is responsible for assisting Democratic candidates for the U.S. House.
Date: August 4, 2016
Location: colorado
Topics: negative campaigning
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: The DCCC said of Coffman, "You’re the one who said you’d support (Trump)," in response to Coffman’s ad saying he would stand up to Trump. The DCCC’s  is based on a six-month-old statement during the primary by his campaign spokeswoman. The spokeswoman said Coffman would "support the Republican nominee," stressing Coffman wanted Rubio out of the remaining 11 candidates. Since then, Coffman has become the only Republican House lawmaker to issue an ad criticizing his party’s presidential nominee. He has condemned Trump’s treatment of a Gold Star family and demanded that he retract his "totally unAmerican slur" of a Mexican-American judge. Most importantly, Coffman himself has repeatedly said the billionaire has a long way to go to earn his support. The DCCC ad skirts key facts. Coffman has never embraced Trump’s candidacy —  even saying "I don’t like him much" — and he’s gone farther than most Republicans in rebuking his "polarizing and divisive campaign." We rate the  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/938b726f-2ca6-43ce-9262-12a148b2ad23
Statement: You're paying for...(state Sen. Diane Allen's) health care, and she took yours away.
Speaker: carl lewis
About the speaker: Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis was a Democratic candidate for State Senate in the 8th Legislative District before a legal battle ultimately removed him from the ballot over residency requirements.
Date: October 30, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: candidate biography;health care;state budget
Context: a video posted on YouTube
Fact-check justification: At a recent rally in Willingboro, Lewis accused Allen of receiving taxpayer-funded health care, while taking health care away from the public. Allen receives state health benefits, and she must contribute toward her premium costs. But Lewis’ larger  about her taking away health care is off base. The governor eliminated the funding for family planning services and a yes-vote from Allen wouldn’t have changed that. Also, the funding cut has affected a fraction of her constituents and similar services are being offered at other health centers. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: The government will be infiltrating" personal text messages.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 14, 2021
Topics: government regulation;technology;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A video on Facebook claimed that "the government will be infiltrating" personal text messages. The Democratic National Committee, not the government, said it is contacting wireless carriers about texts sent en masse that "spread scams and disinformation."  There is no  that the Biden administration aims to intercept private texts. A trade group said wireless carriers do not read or moderate content in texts and are not working with third parties to do so. The statement is .