chengxuphd/liar2 huggingface dataset:
Statement: Tea Party Congressman Frank Guinta voted for billions in cuts to veterans programs.
Speaker: carol shea-porter
About the speaker: Carol Shea-Porter is serving her third term in the U.S. House of Representatives in New Hampshire's First District. She defeated Republican Frank Guinta who unseated her during the 2010 election. She lives in Rochester and received a Master’s degree in public administration, University of New Hampshire. She's married to her husband Gene, and they have two adult children.     
Date: September 18, 2012
Location: new hampshire
Topics: veterans
Context: an ad, “Debt,” released Sept. 18, 2012
Fact-check justification: But, amid all the questions and uncertainties, what we do know is the budget plan, supported by Guinta, proposed to increase V.A. spending in 2013. We also know that, contrary to Shea-Porter's , Guinta voted to increase the V.A. budget by $6 billion when he voted in favor of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs act last year. However, he ultimately voted against the measure when it returned to Congress in the form of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, which added close to a $1 billion in new funding to veterans programs. All things considered, we find it a distortion to say Guinta has voted to cut money for veterans’ programs. We rate the  .
Statement: Photos from the movie "Lilo & Stitch" support child sex-trafficking conspiracy theories.
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 6, 2020
Topics: pop culture;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But the revised scene isn’t new. Lilo hid behind a pizza box in the version that was originally released in the United Kingdom in 2002 so that it could have a lower movie rating . TikTok users may just be discovering the edit but it was under discussion as many as six years ago on Reddit.   Then, like now, there was no  that Disney was nodding to an unfounded theory about a child sex-trafficking ring by including a pizza box in an edited scene.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they're eligible for parole.
Speaker: leonidas raptakis
About the speaker: Leonidas "Lou" Raptakis has served as a state senator since 1996, representing Coventry and several surrounding communities, and regained his seat in 2013. Prior to that, he was a member of the House of Representatives for four years. He was a candidate for secretary of state in 2010. He is the owner of Venus Pizza in Coventry.
Date: February 11, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: criminal justice;legal issues;crime;states
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: State Sen. Leonidas Raptakis said Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the amount of time first-degree murderers must serve before they are eligible for parole. When we examined the statutes in each of the states he cited, we found that all except Virginia have stricter sentencing requirements than Rhode Island. We rule his  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Says that Biden's ban on new federal leases will kill 120,000 Texas jobs.
Speaker: kevin brady
About the speaker: Brady represents a Houston-area U.S. House district.
Date: January 22, 2021
Location: texas
Topics: climate change;jobs
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Brady pulled that number from a report released last year by the American Petroleum Institute. However, the institute said that the 120,000 figure is based on a ban of both new and existing federal leases, which is more far-reaching than Biden’s actions so far.  Brady’s comment ignores that distinction.    Otherwise, the 120,000 job losses projected by the institute’s analysis is accurate given that it was based on modeling from the federal National Energy Modeling System.   We rate this  .
Statement: If you look at the one (hydroxychloroquine) survey, the only bad survey, they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead.
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 19, 2020
Location: national
Topics: coronavirus
Context: remarks to reporters at the Capitol
Fact-check justification: Trump spoke about "the one survey," a study of VA patients and hydroxychloroquine, and said it was "bad" because "they were giving it to people that were in very bad shape. They were very old. Almost dead." There have been three studies, not just one. None of them found that the drug reduced the death toll. As a group, the patients getting the drug were not on the verge of death. Across three studies, about 75% to 80% of the patients receiving the drug survived.  To say they were in very bad shape is also off the mark. Health issues were found in members of both the treatment and non-treatment groups. That allowed researchers to tease out the impact, and make informed comparisons that took these health differences into account. We rate this  .
Statement: I've gotten rid of the Johnson Amendment … I signed an executive order so that now ... ministers and and preachers and rabbis and whoever it may be, they can speak. You know, you couldn't speak politically before, now you can.
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 12, 2017
Location: national
Topics: religion
Context: a CBN interview
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "I've gotten rid of the Johnson Amendment … I signed an executive order so that now ... ministers and and preachers and rabbis and whoever it may be, they can speak. You know, you couldn’t speak politically before, now you can." Experts say Trump’s  is an overstatement because his executive order merely directed the Treasury Department to be lenient in its enforcement of the law. The president does not have constitutional authority to eliminate laws. In practice, the law has rarely been enforced, experts said, and clergy members have spoken about social and political issues, or even spoken in favor or against candidates. Trump’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Drinking or using tap water treated with chlorine is dangerous because "chlorine is a poison.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 26, 2023
Topics: public health;water;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A TikTok video shared on Facebook claimed that chlorine’s presence in tap water is dangerous. For more than 100 years, chlorine has been used to disinfect water supplies and protect against diseases. Federal and state governments regulate the levels of chlorine in drinking water, so only a trace amount of the chemical is allowed. This low level of chlorine is unlikely to cause any harmful health effects, the EPA and CDC said. We rate this  .
Statement: Says "Texas U.S. Rep John Culberson voted to let insurance companies charge people 50 and over five times more than younger people.
Speaker: lizzie pannill fletcher
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher represents Texas's 7th Congressional District, which includes parts of West Houston. She has represented the district since 2018, when she unseated U.S. Rep. John Culberson, a Republican.
Date: September 19, 2018
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Fletcher was accurate in saying that Culberson voted to "let insurance companies charge people 50 and over five times more than younger people." But she did not mention that the ACA already lets them charge three times more. Her ad also could give the impression that this would have applied to everyone over 50, whereas it only would have affected the individual and small-group markets. It would not have affected large employer plans. And the Republican bill would not have affected people 65 and older because they are covered under Medicare, the national program for seniors. We rate Fletcher’s  .
Statement: Says Republican Reid Ribble says stimulus bill failed to jumpstart the economy, but his "roofing company made almost $300,000 off stimulus funded projects.
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: October 8, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;message machine 2010;stimulus
Context: a campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: That’s hard to do when the campaign’s own website, which the Democrats relied on in making their , until recently, touted Ribble’s ownership. Besides, Ribble remains involved as chairman. As for the project itself, the school district said the job was awarded while Reid Ribble was in charge, even if the work was done later. But the $300,000 figure the Democrats cite is also off, way off -- the actual amount received was about $133,000. With the sloppiness on both sides, here’s the cleanest we can call it: .
Statement: The United States of America "no longer exists" because President Joe Biden "signed away our sovereignty as a nation.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 25, 2023
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: A viral video shared on Facebook claims that the United States "no longer exists" because Biden "signed away our sovereignty as a nation." No. The Declaration of North America is not a legally binding document and has no bearing on U.S. sovereignty.  It contains a list of commitments among the U.S., Mexico and Canada on goals for migration, sustainability and other topics. It does not restructure the continent or alter U.S. sovereignty. !
Statement: I never said" that Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: September 19, 2016
Location: national
Topics: homeland security;legal issues;race and ethnicity;religion
Context: an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly
Fact-check justification: Trump told O’Reilly that he "never said" Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies. On two occasions -- including once earlier in the same O’Reilly interview -- a questioner asked him about his proposal to profile Muslims, and Trump did not object to that description. He has also repeatedly suggested other types of security policies that would specifically target Muslims, including mosque surveillance and an ban on Muslims entering the United States. The statement is not accurate, so we rate it .
Statement: Says a photo shows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar "at a Al' Qaida training camp in Somalia.
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: terrorism;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .)   That’s because the photo, while authentic, was taken in 1978, about three years before Omar was born in 1981 in Mogadishu. The Associated Press image that appears in the Facebook post was taken at a military training campus in the city on Feb. 25, 1978. The caption says it shows "a woman recruit of the Somali Army" checking her automatic weapon.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Since taking office in January 2011, "the 'rainy day' fund has increased by 226 percent.
Speaker: nathan deal
About the speaker: Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: January 17, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: state budget
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: He believes the fund should be near 10 percent of the state budget, which would be close to $2 billion. Most states currently have about 2 percent of their entire budget set aside for a rainy day fund, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Georgia has about 2 percent of its budget set aside in reserves. We found nothing that contradicts the governor’s . Our rating: .
Statement: More college graduates are living at home than in decades.
Speaker: andrew cuomo
About the speaker: Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, was elected to his first term as governor of New York in 2010.
Date: January 9, 2017
Location: new york
Topics: debt;education;housing
Context: New York City
Fact-check justification: Cuomo said "more college graduates are living at home than in decades." Cuomo is right, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. The percentage of college graduates living with their parents is at its highest since the 1940s. We rate his  as . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/3d61f9ab-6c46-427b-9672-49bbcff5c019
Statement: Says North Carolina's proposed abortion bill would not "govern the conversation between the doctor and patient.
Speaker: dean arp
About the speaker: Dean Arp represents Union County in the North Carolina state House of Representatives.
Date: June 2, 2021
Location: north carolina
Topics: abortion
Context: a committee meeting
Fact-check justification: Arp said North Carolina’s abortion bill would not "control" or "compel" the speech of the doctor and that the bill does not "don’t govern the conversation between the doctor and the patient." Arp has a point that the bill doesn’t tell abortion practitioners specifically what to say to patients about this law.  However, it’s  to say the bill doesn’t govern a conversation between a doctor and patient. By ordering doctors to "confirm" that their patients aren’t seeking abortions for discriminatory reasons, the bill requires a practitioner to make an inquiry of some kind.  Multiple experts told us doctors will either interpret the bill to mean they must ask patients about their motives. And, even if they don’t interpret the bill that way, they’ll feel obligated to ask in order to protect themselves from legal liability. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate the  .
Statement: By the time (Mitt Romney) left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation.
Speaker: deval patrick
About the speaker: Deval Patrick is a former governor of Massachusetts. He announced on Nov. 14, 2019 that he is running for president of the United States in the 2020 election.
Date: September 4, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs;states
Context: Charlotte, N.C
Fact-check justification: However, in 2008 he provided advice on aspects of labor policy to the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and he has worked as a government economist and served on federal advisory panels under presidents of both parties.) Our rating It’s correct that Massachusetts ranked 47th of 50 in job creation on Romney’s watch. However, the Obama camp -- like the Romney camp in its rebuttal --  Romney’s influence on the state job market. Governors simply don't have that much impact. We rated this   more than a year ago, and today, we still think it merits a .
Statement: Says Rick Scott "thinks employers should be able to deny women coverage for birth control.
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: September 9, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: abortion;health care;government regulation;supreme court;women
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Crist’s ad states that Scott "thinks employers should be able to deny women coverage for birth control." We struggled to find statements Scott made about employers and birth control. His spokesman didn't give us a denial when asked. We found a couple of statements which show he is against the federal government dictating to companies that they must provide birth control -- something that certain religious institutions opposed. It’s also worth noting that Scott doesn’t appear to be flat out against birth control but it’s clear that overall, he doesn’t like telling employers what they have to cover.  We rate this  .
Statement: Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is.
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 15, 2019
Location: national
Topics: terrorism
Context: remarks at the White House
Fact-check justification: Trump said Omar was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is." Some have been offended by Omar’s remarks in the 2013 interview and portions of her speech to CAIR. But in neither case did she enthuse about "how wonderful" the terrorist group is, or anything close. We rate the statement .
Statement: I don't take a dime of PAC money.
Speaker: beto o'rourke
About the speaker: Beto O’Rourke is a former representative of Texas’s 16th Congressional District. He represented the district from 2013 until 2019, when he gave up his seat to run a senate campaign against incumbent Ted Cruz, which O’Rourke lost. He received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Columbia University. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president.
Date: March 6, 2018
Location: texas
Topics: campaign finance
Context: an interview on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher"
Fact-check justification: O’Rourke told Maher: "I don’t take a dime of PAC money." O’Rourke’s campaign finance reports from the launch of his candidacy in 2017 through June 2018 show no PAC contributions. O’Rourke didn’t object to a PAC focused on Israel bundling donations for his campaign, but all of those were made by individuals. We rate this  .  – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us.
Speaker: paul ryan
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R.-Wis., became Speaker of the House in 2015 and served until his retirement in January 2019. Ryan was elected to represent southern Wisconsin in Congress in 1998 and for part of his tenure chaired the House Budget Committee. He was Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. He did not seek re-election in 2018.
Date: June 11, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;iraq;foreign policy;military
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us." Ryan neglected to count a fourth member, Estonia. But that oversight doesn’t negate his larger point, which is that few NATO countries meet the 2 percent benchmark. We rate his statement . To comment on this article, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website .
Statement: Ted Cruz erupts as FBI director tries to defend Biden over Mar-a-Lago raid" in video.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 16, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The second clip is from September 2021, when Cruz criticized President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.   In neither clip does Cruz talk about Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate or the search that happened there.   Cruz recently faced off with Wray, but that was before agents executed the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8 — and it had nothing to do with that case. On Aug. 4, Wray appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and Cruz questioned him about the description of some images as extremist symbols.   We rate this post .
Statement: The prosecution of state Sen. Don Balfour cost less than $100, excluding prosecutors' salaries.
Speaker: lauren kane
About the speaker: Lauren Kane is the communications director for the Georgia Attorney General's office. Kane helped plan the 2004 Republican National Convention, the 2005 inauguration of President George W. Bush and worked in his administration.
Date: December 19, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: ethics
Context: email exchange with reporter
Fact-check justification: She later amended the costs to $303.95 to include some subsequent bills. That fits with the original request for "ballpark" estimates of the office’s costs. The numbers provided were on target. But some critical information was excluded. Under our rating system, the statement merits a Half .
Statement: The Dodd-Frank financial-reform law's hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up "an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance.
Speaker: sean duffy
About the speaker: Sean Duffy is a Republican member of the U.S. House, representing Wisconsin's 7th District in the northwestern part of the state. The former Ashland County district attorney was elected In November 2010, taking the seat previously held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Obey of Wausau.
Date: July 20, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: financial regulation;government regulation
Context: the Washington Times
Fact-check justification: The first fires a bullet -- six inches too high. The second statistician takes aim and fires -- six inches too low. The two statisticians celebrate and say, "Got him!", figuring that "on average" the two shots hit the duck. Duffy’s found the trail and is tracking his prey, but this is a blind shot at this point. We rate Duffy’s  .