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Statement: Under "his own legislation," Donald Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country.
Speaker: randy bryce
About the speaker: Democrat Randy Bryce, an Army veteran, union leader and iron worker, lives in Caledonia in Racine County, Wisconsin. In November 2018, he lost a bid for Wisconsin's 1st District congressional seat, which had been held by U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Janesville Republican. Bryce also lost races for the Wisconsin Legislature in 2012 and 2014 and lost a 10-way primary for the Racine County Board of Education in 2013.   
Date: January 10, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: immigration;candidate biography;legal issues
Context: a campaign appearance
Fact-check justification: The White House responded to our request seeking information about Bryce’s , but did not provide any information. Our rating Bryce says that under Donald Trump’s "own legislation," Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country." It seems unlikely, perhaps highly unlikely, that either Trump’s grandfather or his wife would have earned enough points under the legislation to be eligible for immigration. But, particularly with Melania Trump, it can’t be known for certain. For a statement that is partially accurate but needs clarification, our rating is .
Statement: Charlie Crist is pro-life.
Speaker: nikki fried
About the speaker: Nikki Fried is the chair of the Florida Democratic Party and Won't Back Down political action committee. Fried lost the Democratic primary for Florida governor in 2022. Previously, she served as the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner. Before that, she worked as a lawyer and marijuana lobbyist and as the head of the felony division of the Alachua County public defender. 
Date: June 28, 2022
Location: florida
Topics: abortion
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: That’s . While Crist has made conflicting statements regarding reproductive freedom throughout his decades in politics, even using the term "pro-life" to describe his stance, he does support a woman’s right to choose.   The ad omitted Crist’s record over the last decade, in which he has voted in support of legal abortion access for women. Fried’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: The [Georgia] General Assembly took away the Atlanta Board of Education's oversight of the superintendent.
Speaker: ralph long
About the speaker: Ralph Long, a Democrat, is a state representative for portions of Atlanta.
Date: July 6, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Long said state lawmakers "took away" the Atlanta school board’s oversight of the school superintendent. It did not. But it did somewhat diminish the board’s power. Long’s statement contains an element of , but it ignores critical facts that we believe would give people a different impression. We rate his  .
Statement: When I was Mayor of South Pasadena, we actually reduced the property taxes we collected.
Speaker: kathleen peters
About the speaker: Kathleen Peters is a state representative for District 69 running for the open 13th U.S. Congressional District seat. She was previously the mayor and a city commissioner of South Pasadena in Pinellas County.
Date: January 8, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: taxes
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: Peters attempted to tout her record on property taxes, saying in her mailer that as mayor of South Pasadena "we actually reduced the property taxes we collected." As a campaign promise, that implies she had a part in lowering taxes in her city. When we looked at the city’s annual financial reports, we found she actually presided over an increase in the millage rate, and tax collections fell because of a drastic reduction in taxable property values. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: San Francisco Allowing Children to 'Consent' to Covid Vaccine Without Parents Approval.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 27, 2021
Location: california
Topics: children;public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The county’s department of public health issued a health order in anticipation of the FDA’s approval of the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use for emancipated or "self-sufficient" minors who are 12 years old and above. Weeks after the health order, SFDPH said the exemption for minors to consent without their parent’s approval "are not the norm and thus relatively uncommon. "  Medical experts agree with the city and county of San Francisco that healthcare providers must do everything possible to get consent from a parent or legal guardian prior to administering a vaccine to a minor. We rate this  as .    – The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression.
Statement: John Hagee calls for "prosecuting women who say God's name during intercourse.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: February 10, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: Internet posts
Fact-check justification: The domain is registered to an address in Kosovo . The site didn’t answer our attempts to contact them. This story is the not-so-divine creation of a site known for its contrived tales. We rate it ! https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/83ecc53b-308a-4339-8e38-0aeb8375f68e
Statement: Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: October 7, 2010
Location: national
Topics: campaign finance;corporations;this week - abc news
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: So groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections." But we think that statement suggests foreign money is, for sure, being used to directly fund the attack ads. The Chamber said it isn't. And Obama and other Democrats have offered no  so far that it has. And so we rule his statement .
Statement: 80% of people taking the Moderna vaccine had significant side effects, via Bill Gates.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 18, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed: "80% of people taking the Moderna vaccine had significant side effects, via Bill Gates." Gates was asked in July about 80% of the people in an early trial of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine reporting "systemic" side effects such as severe chills and fevers. He did not say that 80% of people who got that vaccine experienced significant side effects. An FDA report in December said 0.5% of 15,184 people who took the Moderna vaccine experienced a "severe adverse event." That was the same level for the placebo group. There was no indication the vaccine caused any of the serious events. We rate the post .
Statement: Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia.
Speaker: ted cruz
About the speaker: Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.
Date: March 21, 2016
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: an interview on CNN
Fact-check justification: Cruz said that Ukraine agreed to give up the nuclear weapons on its territory because the United States promised to "ensure its territorial integrity." A diplomat with detailed knowledge of the American position noted that the United States went to pains to avoid making a strong guarantee to protect Ukraine’s borders. The formal memorandum of security assurances lacks a promise to ensure that Ukraine’s borders remain unchanged. The United States only promised to respect those borders itself, and to go to the United Nations should another power threaten Ukraine with a nuclear attack. Russia violated that memorandum, but that is separate from what the United States said it would do. We rate Cruz’s statement .
Statement: Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 31, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral Facebook post said Johnson is saying "Americans should go back to work, because 'death is an unavoidable part of life.'" Johnson did use the line about death being unavoidable, but the headline  his position, implying he thinks all or most people should go back to work. He explicitly says he supports social distancing and keeping some businesses closed at this point. We rate this .
Statement: The fact is 90-percent of Down Syndrome children were aborted in this country.
Speaker: mike dewine
About the speaker: Mike DeWine, the Ohio attorney general, won the Republican primary for governor in May 2018 and is running in the general election in November. Previously he was one of Ohio's U.S. senator's, lieutenant governor and a member of the General Assembly.
Date: February 20, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: abortion;health care
Context: an interview with MSNBC
Fact-check justification: In the interview, DeWine was asked about Santorum’s comments about pre-natal screenings and abortion. But his , that it’s a fact that "90-percent of Down syndrome children were aborted in this country," made no such mention of screenings and a Down Syndrome diagnosis. His statement would also include, for example, Down syndrome children born to mothers who had no prenatal testing. That’s a critical fact that would give a different impression of the accuracy of his . On the -O-Meter, DeWine’s statement rates .
Statement: When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: September 11, 2019
Location: florida
Topics: health care;public health;state budget
Context: a statement to The Guardian
Fact-check justification: When Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/Aids prevention." Spending on HIV/AIDS prevention dramatically rose during Scott’s tenure as governor, but that was  a result of rising federal CDC dollars. The state kicked in a much smaller amount. Those federal dollars rose because Florida, a large state with a rising number of cases, needed the money. Scott’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Hillary Clinton "starts off with 47 percent of the country against her.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: February 10, 2008
Location: national
Topics: elections
Context: Alexandria, Va
Fact-check justification: In several polls, his unfavorable ratings are in the 20s. Not every poll rates her unfavorables consistently as high as 47 percent, and poll numbers are always a little bit squishy. But, the USA Today /Gallup Poll has polled often on Clinton's unfavorables, and the average of 21 polls puts her negatives at 47 percent. We find that to be about as solid a poll figure as you can have, so we find Obama's statement .
Statement: Says Bill and Hillary Clinton attended Donald Trump's last wedding.
Speaker: carlos curbelo
About the speaker: In 2009, Carlos Curbelo was state director for Republican U.S. Sen. George LeMieux and was elected to the Miami-Dade school board in 2010. Curbelo, a Republican who lives in Kendall, won the Congressional District 26 seat in 2014 and 2016 and lost re-election in 2018 to Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.
Date: July 10, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Curbelo said Bill and Hillary Clinton were at Donald Trump's last wedding. Bill Clinton only made the reception, but Hillary Clinton did have a seat in the first row at the church in 2005. Both rubbed elbows with the stars at the reception. We rate Curbelo’s statement .
Statement: He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight.
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: February 26, 2008
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: Cleveland
Fact-check justification: He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight, to figure out what we can do to actually have a stronger presence with NATO in Afghanistan." Yep. Some may argue that the issue of NATO's role in Afghanistan typically and more appropriately would come before the full Foreign Relations Committee. But Clinton is right when she says Obama's subcommittee has been largely dormant while Obama has campaigned for president. We rate her comment .
Statement: Says Mexico doesn't have birthright citizenship, and Americans are the "only ones" to have it.
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 16, 2015
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: a GOP presidential debate on CNN
Fact-check justification: Trump defended his pursuit of ending birthright citizenship by saying not even Mexico has it, adding the United States is alone on this right. But that’s not , no matter how many times Trump repeats this line. Anyone born on Mexican soil is considered Mexican by nationality, regardless of whether their parents are Mexican. No one in Mexico, even if a person’s parents are Mexican, is considered a "citizen" by the country’s Constitution until he or she turns 18. The United States and Mexico are joined by more than 30 countries around the world, predominantly in the Americas, that offer birthright citizenship. We rate the  .
Statement: Despite what you may have heard about Wisconsin's finances, Wisconsin is on track to have a budget surplus this year.
Speaker: rachel maddow
About the speaker: Rachel Maddow is the host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show”. She formerly hosted a radio program of the same name on the defunct Air America network.
Date: February 17, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor;pundits;state budget
Context: a segment on her television talk show
Fact-check justification: Here’s the bottom line: There is fierce debate over the approach Walker took to address the short-term budget deficit. But there should be no debate on whether or not there is a shortfall. While not historically large, the shortfall in the current budget needed to be addressed in some fashion. Walker’s tax cuts will boost the size of the projected deficit in the next budget, but they’re not part of this problem and did not create it. We rate Maddow’s take .
Statement: Says state Sen. Morgan Carroll's votes made "it easier to sue doctors, small businesses, even nurses. Putting her own shady interests first.
Speaker: mike coffman
About the speaker: Mike Coffman is a U.S. Representive for suburban Denver, Colorado.
Date: September 20, 2016
Location: colorado
Topics: ethics
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Coffman says Carroll’s votes on state legislation made "it easier to sue doctors, small businesses, even nurses. Putting her own shady interests first." Carroll voted in committee against a bill to grant immunity from civil liability to doctors, nurses and other medical professionals who volunteer at free medical clinics. But Carroll voted for the bill after it was amended on the floor to shield most medical volunteers from lawsuits — except in cases of gross negligence. Carroll did sponsor and vote for an anti-employment discrimination bill that didn’t make it easier to sue small businesses, because existing law already allowed such suits. But her bill did allow for the awarding of compensatory and punitive damages and attorney’s fees against employers of all sizes, including small businesses. Coffman accuses Carroll, who has worked as a lawyer handling disability, employment, workers’ compensation and personal injury cases, of being sleazy and shady with conflicts of interest. But there's no  she violated state ethics laws. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/ee3b4dca-e5bf-4630-a661-ef96890b8b02
Statement: Two options for a new train station site in Buffalo are at Canalside
Speaker: brian higgins
About the speaker: Brian Higgins is a Congressman from Western New York. He is a Democrat.
Date: March 30, 2017
Location: new york
Topics: infrastructure
Context: a memo to the Train Station Site Selection Committee and press release on his website
Fact-check justification: Higgins said in press releases on his website and in a memo to the Train Station Site Selection Committee that at least two options for a new train station in Buffalo are at Canalside. Imprecision in the consultant’s report added to the confusion because only one of the two possible sites labeled as "Canalside" locations in the report is actually within Canalside boundaries.   None of the options now being considered is at Canalside. Two of the options have entries across the street from Canalside to give passengers easier access to the city’s public transit system. That’s close to Canalside, but not in the district. Higgins’  contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Says congressional salaries have gone up 231% over the last 30 years...Now Congress is saying they need a $4,500 raise.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 19, 2019
Topics: congress;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A post on social media says that over the last 30 years, congressional salaries have gone up "231% while 80% of Americans haven’t even been able to keep up with Cost of Living!" While three-quarters of full-time U.S. workers did say they live paycheck-to-paycheck, congressional salaries haven’t increased since 2009, and in the last 30 years have gone up about 94%. We rate this  .
Statement: Says a photo shows Joe Biden groping a woman.
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: November 12, 2017
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The real photo from a 2013 holiday party when Biden was vice president shows him with his hands on the waist of Hill reporter Amie Parnes. The image went viral then as Biden drew criticism for how high his hands were — the Daily Caller headline said : "Vice President Joe Biden gropes White House reporter. "  The World News Bureau, which posts  news stories, published an article with the doctored photo that appears in the Facebook post. A bottle of Wild Turkey bourbon was also edited into the image so that it appears to be sticking out of his pocket.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy.
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: November 22, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: economy;foreign policy
Context: the CNN Republican presidential debate
Fact-check justification: It’s clear that the United States could unilaterally sanction the bank -- or try. Yet the move would have uncertain effects; other countries might not join in. It’s not proven that Iran’s economy would shut down. We rate Perry’s statement . CORRECTION, 2:03 p.m., Nov. 28, 2011 : A paragraph originally in this article misstated what's now permitted to be imported from Iran to the United States, an error that was brought to our attention by a reader. The  information has been removed. This change did not affect our rating.