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Statement: Every single Republican blocked Ketanji Brown Jackson's SCOTUS appointment.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 16, 2023
Topics: supreme court;facebook fact-checks
Context: a photo on Facebook
Fact-check justification: Social media posts claimed, "Every single Republican blocked Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS appointment." Three Republican senators voted to confirm Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court. We rate this  .
Statement: A coloring book that describes Joe Biden as "America's Sexiest Moderate" is being marketed to children.
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: July 30, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  Walmart did not immediately respond to our questions about the Facebook post but the coloring book is listed on the store’s website under "Funny Books/Politics" — not the children’s section.   A spokesperson for Walmart told Reuters that the coloring book is for adults and that "the proper placement in a store is in the adult, not the children’s area." This isn’t the first time we’ve fact-checked a  confused over the audience for a political book. In October, we debunked a  that Barnes & Noble and Target were selling a parody book featuring a caricature illustration of President Donald Trump called "If You Give A Pig the White House" in their children’s sections.   This  is also .
Statement: Ed Schultz said Alan Grayson is "what it's all about.
Speaker: alan grayson
About the speaker: Alan Grayson was initially elected to Congress in 2008, then defeated for re-election in 2010. He was elected again to Congress from a different district in 2012. He lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2016.
Date: September 3, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: message machine 2010;pundits
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: I call upon all of us to do our jobs for the sake of America, for the sake of those dying people and their families. I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this holocaust in America." In his new Hollywood-style ad, Grayson uses a quote from a charged-up Schultz that suggests Grayson is "what it's all about." Grayson clips the full quote -- and omits the suggestion that some think Grayson's antics could hurt Democrats in the 2010 elections -- but Schultz is indeed talking about Grayson, according to transcript and video. We rate the  .
Statement: CBC Cuts Donald Trump's 'Home Alone 2' Cameo Out of Broadcast.
Speaker: pj media
About the speaker: PJ Media is a conservative opinion and commentary outlet owned by Salem Media Group.
Date: December 25, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: PJ Media said, "CBC cuts Donald Trump’s ‘Home Alone 2’ cameo out of broadcast." It’s  that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation left Trump’s brief cameo out of its 2019 rebroadcast of the 1992 film. But the edit was made in 2014 to make room for commercials. We rate this statement .
Statement: The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 13, 2020
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a text post
Fact-check justification: But data from the WHO show that, between 2000 and 2017, there were 17 cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. The Facebook post comes amid a rash of other conspiracy theories about Gates and his connection to the coronavirus pandemic. We’ve fact-checked several  or  claims about the billionaire philanthropist, spanning from his purported financial interest in a COVID-19 vaccine to a bogus conspiracy about tracking Americans in lockdown. Like many of those claims, this Facebook post is . We rate it .
Statement: Pfizer just got caught doing gain of function to mutate covid intentionally for vaccines.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: January 29, 2023
Topics: science;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an image shared on Instagram
Fact-check justification: Social media is rife with claims that Pfizer was "caught" mutating the pathogen that causes COVID-19 using gain-of-function research. The  stems from video footage that purported to show a Pfizer employee saying that the company had considered research that would potentially mutate the virus behind COVID-19 in an effort to preemptively develop vaccines. There’s no  such experiments happened, however.  Pfizer denied doing gain-of-function research while developing its COVID-19 vaccine. An expert told PolitiFact that he agreed with Pfizer’s assessment and would not classify the vaccine research Pfizer described doing as gain-of-function.  We rate this  . PolitiFact researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report. RELATED: Ask PolitiFact: What's going on with EcoHealth Alliance, the NIH and coronavirus research?
Statement: Common Core is being "used by the Obama Administration to turn the Department of Education into what is effectively a national school board.
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: July 26, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: education
Context: a statement given to the Tampa Bay Times
Fact-check justification: Rubio said that Common Core is being "used by the Obama Administration to turn the Department of Education into what is effectively a national school board." That makes it sound like the federal government is telling local school districts what to teach under Common Core. Our reporting showed that’s not the case. Decisions about curriculum lie where they did before Common Core: with state and local education officials. The U.S. Education Department has been given no new power by Obama -- or anyone else -- to act like a school board and dictate which math or reading books are used at schools across the country. We rate this  .
Statement: Obama Announces Plans For A Third Term Presidential Run
Speaker: chain email
About the speaker: Chain emails circulate on the Internet, usually anonymously, making a variety of political claims.
Date: May 17, 2014
Location: national
Topics: legal issues
Context: a chain email
Fact-check justification: A chain email now circulating links to an article headlined, "Obama Announces Plans For A Third Term Presidential Run." The article comes from a satire website, and even if Obama wanted to do an end run around the constitutional prohibition, the vehicle to do it -- Serrano’s bill -- has no hope of passage, much less any chance of ratification in three quarters of the states. We rate the  .
Statement: Georgia's CRCT "set some of the lowest expectations for student proficiency in the nation.
Speaker: richard woods
About the speaker: Richard Woods was elected January 2015 as state superintendent. He's a republican.
Date: September 2, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: press release
Fact-check justification: There’s ample  that, for years, Georgia’s CRCT "set some of the lowest expectations for student proficiency in the nation," as research has repeatedly shown and State Superintendent Richard Woods stated last week. We rate Woods’ statement .
Statement: A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not "entirely voluntary.
Speaker: sarah palin
About the speaker: Sarah Palin was the Republican nominee for vice president in 2008. She is also the former governor of Alaska and the author of  Going Rogue: An American Life. Sarah Palin's previous experience includes leading the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and serving as the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
Date: August 12, 2009
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: her Facebook page
Fact-check justification: Perhaps, as Lane — and by extension Palin — argues, patients might feel some subtle pressure from a doctor to get the counseling. But the patients make the call. That's the definition of voluntary. We've said in our previous item that it was voluntary, and we see nothing in Palin's argument that proves otherwise. And so we rule her  .
Statement: Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.
Speaker: joe biden
About the speaker: Joe Biden is the president of the United States. A Democrat, Biden served as a Delaware senator from 1973 (elected at the age of 29) until 2009. During his time in the Senate, he served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, chair of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chair of the Judiciary Committee. He subsequently served as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2009 to 2016. Biden launched unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008. He received a degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware and his J.D. from Syracuse School of Law. 
Date: October 6, 2021
Topics: debt;deficit;federal budget
Context: remarks at the White House
Fact-check justification: Biden said, "Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending." New spending initiatives, such as the two bills Biden is currently backing in Congress, were not the immediate cause of the debt limit increase that Democrats in Congress enacted. But if they become law, they will likely increase the fiscal pressure on the U.S. and add to the need to increase the debt ceiling in the future. The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. We rate the statement .
Statement: Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 13, 2022
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Facebook posts  that Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing. A video used to bolster this rumor is . Although the video has a BBC logo, it was not produced by the news organization. There’s no credible  that Ukraine was behind the attack. The Tochka missile used in the attack, and the serial number on it, isn’t proof that it came from the Ukrainian army. Several news reports, legitimate photos and videos show that Russia has used these missile systems recently. The rumors that Ukraine attacked the train station have largely been spread by pro-Kremlin social media accounts. We rate this  .
Statement: I unsealed my records" at Marquette University.
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: February 27, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;education;elections
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: We haven’t seen any records. We rate Walker’s statement . To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s web page . ------ More on Scott Walker For profiles and stories on Scott Walker and 2016 presidential politics, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Scott Walker page .
Statement: Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.
Speaker: gina raimondo
About the speaker: Gina Raimondo served a four-year term as Rhode Island's general treasurer beginning in Jan. 4, 2011 before being elected governor in 2014. She cofounded and served as a general partner of Point Judith Capital. She is a graduate of Yale Law School and a Rhodes Scholar. She is married with two children.
Date: February 18, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;jobs;small business;state budget;states;tourism;workers;taxes
Context: a presentation
Fact-check justification: Governor Raimondo said that compared with Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel. That's  in terms of the raw numbers. But if you include all tourism spending and adjust for population size, Rhode Island isn't at the bottom of the pack at all. If you look at economic development, the state has more employees per capita than any of those four other states. It's spending more money on economic development per capita than New Jersey and New York. And its total tourism budget, based on the report Raimondo's office supplied us, is higher than Massachusetts and Connecticut. It's only when you look at funds devoted to promoting Rhode Island as a state and exclude the much larger sums to promote Newport, Providence and other areas that we come in last per capita. Because the statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, we rate it  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Speaker: moveon.org
About the speaker: MoveOn.org is a left-leaning political advocacy group. It endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination.
Date: April 5, 2008
Location: national
Topics: civil rights
Context: an e-mail message
Fact-check justification: These percentages omit missed votes.) The American Civil Liberties Union also rates McCain poorly, giving him a 17 percent rating for the 110th Congress and a 22 percent lifetime rating. Some news stories have given a more nuanced account of McCain's history on civil rights and the black community. (See Politico's April 8, 2008, story on John McCain and Arizona's black community .) But MoveOn gets its facts right on McCain, MLK Day and the senator's voting record, so we rate this statement .
Statement: In its current state, this bill is the most restrictive voter ID legislation in the nation.
Speaker: milele coggs
About the speaker: Milele Coggs is a member of the Milwaukee Common Council, representing the 6th District. She was elected to the seat in 2008.
Date: February 3, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: This item is clear. As introduced, the Republican photo ID bill takes a tougher line than the other photo ID states. The number and type of IDs allowed is narrower and the deadlines for alternative voting procedure are tighter.   Some of that may change in coming weeks, but Coggs was careful to describe the bill in "its current state." We rate her statement .
Statement: Is ANYONE asking how Ron DeSantis was worth $340,000 in 2020 and is now worth $52 million?
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: May 8, 2022
Location: florida
Topics: campaign finance;candidate biography;wealth
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: A tweet said DeSantis "was worth $340,000 in 2020 and is now worth $52 million." DeSantis has not yet reported his net worth for 2021. PolitiFact found no credible  to substantiate the  that he had such a massive financial increase.   The figure used in the tweet seems to be derived from campaign filings in September 2021, which indicated that DeSantis raked in around $52 million in donations.   We rate this  .
Statement: Governor Evers, AG Josh Kaul, and Speaker Robin Vos are demanding 'Red Flag Gun Seizures' for Wisconsin, which would allow gun seizures with "no proof, arrest, indictment, conviction or due process at all!
Speaker: wisconsin firearms coalition
About the speaker: The Wisconsin Firearms Coalition says it is dedicated to defending and advancing the 2nd Amendment rights of all law abiding citizens in the state of Wisconsin.
Date: January 11, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: constitutional amendments;states;guns
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Our rating A gun rights group claimed "Governor Evers, AG Josh Kaul, and Speaker Robin Vos are demanding "Red Flag Gun Seizures" for Wisconsin" which would allow gun seizures with "no proof, arrest, indictment, conviction or due process at all!" Though there is some  to the , in that Kaul and Evers have clearly voiced support, the group was  about Vos’ position. The  goes well beyond the facts in stating there is zero oversight of any action under such laws. Our definition of  is a statement that "contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression." That fits here.
Statement: Savings that I achieved" helped fund cameras on the border. "As a result, more than 21,500 arrests have been made and 46 tons of narcotics confiscated.
Speaker: todd staples
About the speaker: Staples was first elected agriculture commissioner of Texas in 2006 after previously serving in the Texas Senate and House. He unsuccessfully sought the 2014 Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, afterward resigning for another job.
Date: January 13, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: immigration;crime;state budget
Context: a campaign email blast
Fact-check justification: Staples said savings he achieved helped fund cameras on the border and that as a result, more than 21,500 arrests were made and 46 tons of narcotics were confiscated. This statement could leave the  impression that a few hundred thousand dollars committed on Staples’ watch to an established program near the border culminated in the touted arrests and confiscations. It’s documented that the grant money supported the border effort. But we don’t see a way to tie particular arrests and confiscations to the grants. Also, this statement leaves out the critical fact that about 90 percent of the operation’s funding has come from federal aid awarded through the governor’s office. We rate this  as .  – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says Adam Hasner "gives the wealthy tax breaks worth $250,000 a year but hikes middle class taxes $2,000.
Speaker: lois frankel
About the speaker: Lois Frankel is a former state legislator and West Palm Beach mayor who won her first seat for Congressional District 22 in Broward/Palm Beach in 2012.
Date: September 21, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: message machine 2012;taxes
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: Frankel’s ad says "Hasner gives the wealthy tax breaks worth $250,000 a year but hikes middle class taxes $2,000." The ad bases its  on a proposal put before Congress by Paul Ryan, now the vice presidential nominee, which Hasner has praised in the past. The plan addressed many aspects of the federal government, including simplifing the tax code by repealing exemptions and cutting tax rates. But the impact of Ryan’s plan for the middle class is muddled. It’s not clear that it would result in a tax hike for the middle class, though some say it will. The tax plan lacked specifics, which makes it difficult to evaluate. Hasner says he won’t vote for a tax plan that includes middle-income tax increases. Meanwhile, the ad doesn’t mention the Ryan plan as the source of its claims and states without qualification that Hasner supports tax increases. We rate this  .
Statement: It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump's) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend.
Speaker: dennis prager
About the speaker: Dennis Prager has been broadcasting on radio in Los Angeles since 1982. His show became nationally syndicated in 1999.
Date: May 18, 2017
Topics: criminal justice;crime;race and ethnicity;punditfact
Context: an appearance on CNN
Fact-check justification: Prager said, "It was a 100 percent lie that his election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend." He’s close to the mark in describing the overwhelming role of two suspects in making bomb threats against Jewish targets earlier this year. However, Prager ignores a documented rise in anti-Semitic incidents beyond bomb threats. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says Tim Pawlenty said in 2006, "The era of small government is over... the government has to be more proactive and more aggressive.
Speaker: michele bachmann
About the speaker: Michele Bachmann, first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006, represents the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota. She was reelected in 2008. Previously, she served in the Minnesota State Senate. Prior to that, she spent five years as a federal tax litigation attorney. Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children, live in Stillwater, Minn., and own a mental health care practice.
Date: July 24, 2011
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a prepared statement
Fact-check justification: So where does this leave us? Back in 2006, Pawlenty was portraying himself as a conservative who was willing to intervene in markets, and he said that government has to "bust up entrenched interests before they become too powerful." It appears he's been backing off those positions in 2011, but that doesn't change what his views were years ago. If he was quoting David Brooks when he said "the era of small government is over," he seemed to be doing so approvingly, though a spokesman said he did not mean to imply that he supported "big government." We rate Bachmann's statement .