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Statement: Jon Corzine, elected governor. Teams up with Barbara Buono. $1.2  billion sales tax increase? Passed. Most spending in state history? Passed. After Buono named budget chair, taxes and fees increase 23 times in just two years. State debt? Up $13.4 billion. Unemployment? Doubled.
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: May 22, 2013
Location: new jersey
Topics: debt;jobs;state budget;taxes
Context: A gubernatorial campaign television ad
Fact-check justification: A Christie TV ad claims, "Jon Corzine, elected governor. Teams up with Barbara Buono. $1.2  billion sales tax increase? Passed. Most spending in state history? Passed. After Buono named budget chair, taxes and fees increase 23 times in just two years. State debt? Up $13.4 billion. Unemployment? Doubled." Most of the ad’s claims are correct but imply that Buono is to blame for things such as a sales tax increase, billions in debt and skyrocketing unemployment in two years – during a recession, to boot. All of these resulted from the collective actions of a legislative body – not one person. Also, sharing a political affiliation and chairing a committee didn’t necessarily make Buono and Corzine a ‘team.’ Therefore, we rate the ad . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: President Obama has broken his pledge to the American people to be transparent throughout (health care reform negotiations).
Speaker: charlie crist
About the speaker: Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign.  As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.
Date: January 5, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: health care
Context: a written statement
Fact-check justification: "Now that the process moves to the critical stage of reconciliation between the Chambers, we respectfully request that you allow the public full access, through television, to legislation that will affect the lives of every single American." Obama promised an end to closed-door negotiations and complete openness for the health care talks. But he has failed to deliver. When Crist says "President Obama has broken his pledge to the American people to be transparent throughout this process," he's right. We rate Crist's  .
Statement: In 2009, Yost spent 2.5 times more money than it took to run the (prosecutor's) office before he got there.
Speaker: progress ohio 
About the speaker: Progress Ohio is a liberal public interest group based in Columbus, Ohio.
Date: March 12, 2010
Location: ohio
Context: a blog article
Fact-check justification: But Yost said those documents don’t tell the whole story, and offers these explanations. While the ProgressOhio video is correct that the amount of spending in the Delaware County prosecutor’s office jumped during Yost’s tenure, it leaves out the caveat that bookkeeping changes within the county finances helped explain part of those increases. Yost’s argument to mitigate the degree to which his budgets increased is well taken. We find ProgressOhio’s statement . Comment on this item .
Statement: [State Rep. Doug McKillip's] donors deserve a refund.
Speaker: jane kidd
About the speaker: Jane Kidd is chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia.
Date: December 7, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: campaign finance;elections
Context: press release
Fact-check justification: But the state Legislature also will be redrawing its new political boundaries as part of the 10-year redistricting cycle before the next election. And McKillip’s newfound party will be in charge of that effort. Democratic officials are entitled to the belief that party defectors should refund donors' campaign contributions.   But the idea that a party-switcher actually owes refunds to his donors has no grounding in party rules or in state law. We rule the  .
Statement: Nearly 2,000 high schools - roughly 12 percent of all secondary schools in the United States - produce about half of the nation's dropouts.
Speaker: bobby scott
About the speaker: Bobby Scott, D-3rd, has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1993. The district is comprised of all of Charles City and Surry counties and Petersburg and Portsmouth and portions of Henrico and Prince George counties and Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk and Richmond. Scott has seats on the Judiciary and Education and Labor committees.
Scott previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1979-83 and in the state Senate in 1983-93. He was a member of the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve. He was a lawyer in a private practice from 1973-91.
Scott was born in Washington, D.C. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., in 1969 and a law degree from Boston College in 1973.
Date: April 7, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: education
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: To sum up: Scott said that nearly 2,000 high schools, about 12 percent of those in the U.S., produce half the nation’s dropouts. He accurately cited a report based on 2006 data. An updated study found the number of low-performing schools dropped to 1,634 in 2009.   That does not diminish Scott’s point that a small percentage of high schools have an enormous impact on the nation’s dropout problem. We rate Scott’s  .
Statement: We had the best jobs report in 16 years.
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: July 24, 2017
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree
Fact-check justification: Trump said that "we had the best jobs report in 16 years" in the most recent monthly release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate, one of two key figures in the monthly release, is near its 16-year low. But while the other major statistic in the report -- the job-gains figure -- is hardly unprecedented over the same period, experts say that’s not surprising, given where the country is in the current economic cycle. We rate the statement .
Statement: There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer.
Speaker: ann coulter
About the speaker: Ann Coulter is a conservative columnist and author.
Date: March 17, 2011
Location: national
Topics: nuclear;pundits;science
Context: Fox's "O'Reilly Factor"
Fact-check justification: They point to limitations of those studies and argue the research falls well short of scientific . Coulter failed to present this counter-weight, the opinion shared by the majority in the scientific community, which doesn't buy into -- and in many cases outright rejects -- the idea that low levels of radiation can have beneficial health effects and reduce the risk of cancer. And so we rate Coulter's  .    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 Russia unleashed more than 500 lions on its streets to ensure that people are staying indoors during this pandemic outbreak.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: March 21, 2020
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: The generator’s configuration is identical to the screenshot in the social media posts, and Check Your Fact reported it found the website’s watermark on one of the postings. A reverse-image search showed that the photo of the lion is from an April 2016 movie shoot in Johannesburg. The lion (his name is Columbus) had reportedly been borrowed from a nearby lion park for the filming, and the area was fenced off.   Lions have not been tapped by Russia to enforce stay-at-home recommendations. !
Statement: Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: July 26, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: disability;pensions;retirement;states
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: In addition, in Wisconsin’s case, retirement benefits go down when investments don’t perform up to par, he said. Our rating Walker says Wisconsin's "pension system is only one fully funded in the country." That was the case among state pension plans in 2012, but newer reports show slightly different results. According to Pew Charitable Trusts, both South Dakota and Wisconsin were fully funded in 2013; and according to Boston College, both were fully funded in 2013 and 2014. We rate Walker’s statement .
Statement: Gov. Kim Reynolds, touting $210 million for Iowa broadband, "failed to mention these are actually federal funds approved by Rep. Cindy Axne and signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Speaker: iowa senate democrats
About the speaker: Iowa Senate Democrats include Democratic elected officials serving in the Iowa Senate. 
Date: January 5, 2022
Location: iowa
Topics: infrastructure;technology
Context: a statement on Facebook
Fact-check justification: Iowa Senate Democrats said on Facebook on Jan. 5 that Reynolds failed to mention in a Jan. 4 press release that new funding for broadband expansion in Iowa came from the American Rescue Plan that Democrats supported and President Biden signed into law.  A look at the state grant program shows $210 million of the funding announced in January 2022 is from the American Rescue Plan. And, while another $100 million for broadband expansion in Iowa this fiscal year came from a state contribution that Reynolds supported, she declined to identify that the new $210 million in broadband money was from the American Rescue Plan that she opposed.  We rate this  to be .
Statement: In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 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: October 26, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: jobs;message machine 2012
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: In this vein, for instance, Arizona could boast that it created 144,800 jobs while the rest of America lost 1.5 million. Left out of this formulation is that 20-plus other states also had job gains. Also, the Texas economy was rocking before Perry became governor. And most of each state’s economic circumstances — in Texas' case, no state personal income tax and vast natural resources, for starters — aren't controlled by the governor. We rate Perry's statement .
Statement: Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward a U.S. air base in Iraq.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 7, 2020
Topics: iran;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: While we could not independently confirm the origin of the video, the style of shooting depicted is consistent with other rocket launchers Russia has tested. Regardless, the Facebook video does not show Iran’s strike in Iraq. Below is some footage Iran released after the attack, in which there were no reported casualties. The Facebook posts are . We rate them .
Statement: Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs.
Speaker: gary johnson
About the speaker: Gary Johnson is the Libertarian nominee for president in 2016. He was also the party's nominee in 2012. He previously served as governor of New Mexico as a Republican.
Date: September 19, 2011
Location: national
Topics: criminal justice;drugs;crime;new hampshire 2012;marijuana
Context: an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.'
Fact-check justification: Gov. Johnson also admitted his need to clarify, Simon said. "I just spoke with Gov. Johnson about his error and he said, ’I stand corrected, thanks!’ so I'm sure he won't repeat this ," Simon said. So Johnson was correct to say that the U.S. has highest incarceration rate in the world, with an estimated total of 2.3 million inmates,but he was  that the majority of those imprisoned are being held for selling small amounts of drugs. We rate Johnson’s  .
Statement: The Keystone oil pipeline "would employ 20,000 people in the United States.
Speaker: johnny isakson
About the speaker: Johnny Isakson, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Georgia
Date: February 23, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: climate change;energy;jobs
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Those 20,000 don’t represent actual people, but one job lasting for one year of a two-year project. The number of construction and manufacturing workers may be closer to 10,000, if you accept TransCanada’s estimate. And there’s strong  from credible sources that it may be lower. Finally, it’s an open question how many of the jobs would be in America. We give Isakson a .
Statement: Says a photo shows a driver and passengers wearing moose heads in a truck with a man strapped to the roof that caused 16 accidents on I-35.
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: August 29, 2019
Topics: alcohol;animals;recreation;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Down the Maine Toll interstate they went causing about 16 accidents. They went to jail. "   "Great story and completely bogus," a spokesman for the Maine State Police then told the paper.   It appears this newer Facebook post is, too.   We rate it .
Statement: Heroin .. pours across our southern borders.
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: October 19, 2016
Location: national
Topics: drugs
Context: the third presidential debate
Fact-check justification: Trump said heroin "pours across our southern borders." The vast majority of heroin in the United States comes from Mexico and South America. We rate Trump’s  .
Statement: I'm the only candidate who has not accepted money from Carl Paladino nor LPCiminelli; two of the biggest developers in the city of Buffalo.
Speaker: betty jean grant
About the speaker: Betty Jean Grant is an Erie County Legislator and candidate for Buffalo Mayor in 2017.
Date: August 17, 2017
Location: new york
Topics: campaign finance;ethics
Context: a Spectrum News story after the debate
Fact-check justification: Grant said she was the "only candidate who has not accepted money from Carl Paladino nor LPCiminelli." Because Carl Paladino is the chairman of Ellicott Development, and his son runs it as CEO, we included contributions from him, his son and the company in our rulling.   Grant did not specify a time frame. Her two rivals for the mayor's office have not received contributions from either developer during the current campaign. But we understood her to mean contributions during their entire political careers.   Filings show Grant is the only candidate who has not received money from either developer. Brown is the only candidate to take money from both since 2013. We rate her statement .
Statement: In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America.
Speaker: mike rawlings
About the speaker: The mayor of Dallas, Texas
Date: July 8, 2016
Location: national
Topics: corrections and updates;criminal justice;crime;guns
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Mayor Rawlings said Dallas had fewer officer-related shootings in 2016 than any other large city. There is no national database to compare Dallas with every single other large metropolitan area, so it is nearly impossible to verify that side of the . However, numerous sources suggest Dallas does, in fact, have a low number of officer-involved shootings compared to cities of similar sizes with available data. For that reason, we rate Rawlings’ statement . Editor's note: This fact-check was updated July 13 with correct information from the San Diego Police Department to show three police-involved shootings for 2016, not two as originally reported. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/ae42a763-78c9-44fc-9d7c-725105a8be16
Statement: There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this.
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: February 20, 2013
Location: ohio
Topics: taxes
Context: a television interview
Fact-check justification: We are still without a precise count of the number of loopholes and preferences added after the 1986 tax reform. Brill, however, took a stab at it, telling us, "Certainly it less than 15,000," but well more than the other numbers mentioned here. Initially, he guessed it might be 300, but after looking at just a couple of tax-related bills he concluded that "I think its far, far more than that." So we were able to find enough documentation to prove it, even though Portman used an educated guess, not a hard figure. We rate his statement .
Statement: The infant mortality rate is 15 percent higher in states with right-to-work laws.
Speaker: julie lassa
About the speaker: Julie Lassa, a Democrat, was elected to the Wisconsin state Senate in 2003 after serving five years in the state Assembly. In November 2010, she lost a bid for the open U.S. House seat previously held by U.S. Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.). The district covers northwest Wisconsin.
Date: February 25, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor
Context: a speech on the Senate floor
Fact-check justification: But there are many more factors at work -- some of them are vigorously disputed -- when it comes to how such laws affect  wages, incomes and especially lower income people whose babies are more at risk. That’s simply not settled. Over the years, we have examined a series of claims that take a wage or job related statistic and say it is either better or worse in a right-to-work state. Generally, we have rated these  -- the statistic is right, but there is no clear  of a causal relationship. That fits here as well.
Statement: Says "Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 19, 2020
Topics: history;supreme court;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Senate received the nomination on June 22, and on Aug. 3, 1993 confirmed Ginsburg as an associate justice on the court with a vote of 96-3. That was 42 days after the Senate received the nomination.   We rate this post . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more
Statement: Repeal of Obamacare would "take away health care for 10.3 million Americans" who have received coverage since Oct. 1, 2013.
Speaker: ed schultz
About the speaker: Ed Schultz is the host of the Ed Show on MSNBC.
Date: November 13, 2014
Topics: corrections and updates;health care;punditfact
Context: a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show"
Fact-check justification: Schultz said repealing the Affordable Care Act would take away insurance coverage of about 10.3 million people. Based on multiple independent sources, the combination of the individual mandate, insurance subsidies through the insurance marketplaces, Medicaid expansion and raising the eligibility age for dependents delivers a total that is in the neighborhood of what Schultz said. But there is a bit of uncertainty in all of the numbers, and Schultz’s suggestion that health care would be "taken away" for everyone is a tad strong. With those caveats, we rate his  . Correction: A previous version of this story described Sen. Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader. The GOP election wins put him on track to assume the title, but he hadn't yet. He is described as Minority Leader.
Statement: An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum.
Speaker: eric kearney
About the speaker: Eric Kearney has been a member of the Ohio Senate since December 2005. He represents the 9th Senate District, which encompasses portions of Cincinnati and neighboring communities. In January 2012 he was elected minority leader of the Senate.
Date: March 28, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: elections;government regulation
Context: the Ohio Senate
Fact-check justification: So Kearney appears to be on solid ground. But it is important to remember the bill to repeal HB 194 has not been passed in the House. So the repeal is not official yet, although Republican House Speaker William G. Batchelder supports it. Nevertheless, the experts we talked to all agreed that Kearney’s point that the repeal would be a first in Ohio history is accurate. On the -O-Meter, his  rates .