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Statement: Terry McAuliffe "wants to raise your taxes $1,700 to pay for his infinite promises.
Speaker: ken cuccinelli
About the speaker: Ken Cuccinelli became acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on June 10, 2019. Cuccinelli, a Republican, was Virginia's attorney general from 2010 to 2014. In 2013, he lost the general election for governor to Democrat Terry McAuliffe. In 2016, he was a adisver to the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
Born in 1968, Cuccinelli has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from Geroge Mason University School of Law and an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University.
He represented Fairfax County in the state senate from 2002 to 2010.
 
 
 
 
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Date: October 24, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: education;state budget;taxes
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Cuccinelli says McAuliffe wants to raise taxes by $1,700 annually for an average four-person family to pay for his "promises." The major problem is that Cuccinelli’s  is based on his own interpretation of McAuliffe’s agenda. He assumes, for example, that McAuliffe’s statement that college graduates "deserve the opportunity" to start their careers without the burden of student debts is a promise that the state will pay off their loans, starting his first year in office. He assumes McAuliffe’s statement that "it’s time" to restore per-pupil funding in public schools to pre-recession levels is a vow to do that instantly. Then, Cuccinelli takes his assumptions and multiplies them by a stew of worst-case scenarios to come up with his unreliable tax estimate. We don’t fault Cuccinelli for demanding specifics on McAuliffe’s agenda; the Democrat has addressed issues with a broad brush throughout the campaign. It’s fair to ask how McAuliffe would accomplish his objectives and keep his word not to raise taxes. But that doesn’t give Cuccinelli the license to create a platform for his rival. We rate his  .
Statement: Says she debated her opponent "multiple times.
Speaker: nancy mcfarlane
About the speaker: Nancy McFarlane is mayor of Raleigh
Date: October 16, 2017
Location: north carolina
Topics: debates;elections
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: McFarlane said she has debated Francis "multiple times." The candidates were indeed in the same place and exchanged ideas back-to-back. And Francis referred to a couple forums as debates. But political experts say most of the events she’s referring to didn’t include the key elements often needed for a fair, informative political debate. So we rate this  .
Statement: The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land (in the Western states).
Speaker: andrew napolitano
About the speaker: Andrew Napolitano is a Fox News political commentator and legal analyst.
Date: April 23, 2014
Topics: legal issues;states;punditfact
Context: an interview on "Hannity"
Fact-check justification: Napolitano said the federal government has no constitutional authority to own land in many Western states. The underlying legal argument rests on a tenuous interpretation of constitutional language and the rejection of about 125 years of Supreme Court decisions. The legal scholars we reached, regardless of any political leanings they might have, agreed that the Constitution clearly grants Washington the power to own land and that arguments to the contrary are baseless. We rate the  .
Statement: Says Donald Trump's "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff.
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: May 1, 2016
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs;taxes
Context: an interview on "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: Cruz said Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff." Tariffs are not Trump’s "only" economic proposal. But Trump has trumpeted taxing Mexican and Chinese imports by 35 and 45 percent respectively. Most economists agree that American consumers and manufactures would bear some of the cost of these tariffs, though it’s not entirely clear if prices would increase by 40 percent, as Cruz says. Cruz’s  is partially accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Says he and President Barack Obama have the same position on gay marriage.
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: February 23, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: lgbtq;marriage
Context: an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program
Fact-check justification: During a recent television interview Christie said he and Obama shared the same views on gay marriage. That’s  to a point – both leaders say they support civil unions and oppose discriminating against same-sex couples. But that’s where the similarities end. Christie supports a public vote in New Jersey on allowing same-sex marriage; Obama opposes such referenda. Christie opposes same-sex marriage. The president won’t answer the question directly. We rate the statement . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/8fb0ffa6-86be-415b-aa5c-598de491bc9b
Statement: Says Barbara Buono "voted to raise her own pay 40 percent.
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: October 21, 2013
Location: new jersey
Context: a gubernatorial campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: A recent TV ad from the Christie gubernatorial campaign claims Buono "voted to raise her own pay 40 percent." OLS documents show that members of the state’s 208th Legislature, including Buono in the Assembly, voted to raise salaries for themselves, the governor, cabinet members, county prosecutors and more. It’s worth noting, however, that the bill was sponsored by Christie friend and political ally Joe Kyrillos, passed by a Republican-controlled Legislature and signed into law by a Republican governor -- nearly 14 years ago. So yes, Buono voted to raise her salary 40 percent -- with a heap of help from her Republican friends and colleagues. Since the  is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate it . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: In the month of January, Canada created more new jobs than we did.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: February 11, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;workers
Context: a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference
Fact-check justification: In November 2010, the U.S. economy created 93,000 jobs, compared to 15,200 for Canada. And in December 2010, the U.S. created 121,000 jobs, compared to 22,000 for Canada. But on a per capita basis, in recent months U.S. job creation exceeded Canada's only in October. January happened to be a month when U.S. job creation was especially low and Canadian job creation was especially high, but it is the most recent month and it reflects the general pattern when you account for population. We find the  .
Statement: Says Ken Cuccinelli "attacked churches for helping the poor.
Speaker: paul begala
About the speaker: Paul Begala is an analyst for CNN and longtime Democratic strategist who came to national attention helping Bill Clinton win for president in 1992. He's a graduate of the University of Texas and UT School of Law.
Date: June 27, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: religion
Context: a fundraising letter
Fact-check justification: A final note: The Democratic Governors Association, for whom Begala wrote the fundraising letter, is the largest contributor to Cuccinelli’s opponent -- Democrat Terry McAuliffe. It donated $2 million to McAuliffe’s campaign on May 13, according to records compiled by Virginia Public Access Project.    Our Ruling Begala said Cuccinelli "attacked churches for helping the poor," a statement that suggests the Republican opposes the charitable work done by religious organizations. But a full reading of Cuccinelli’s comments show he was saying the opposite: That  charitable work should be the responsibility of religious organizations -- not the government. We rate Begala’s statement .
Statement: Footage shows Canada's wildfires were "planned.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: June 7, 2023
Topics: fires;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: As of June 8, the Donnie Creek wildfire was approximately 310,805 hectares, or more than 768,000 acres. Its suspected cause , according to the BC Wildfire Service, was a lightning strike. This wildfire is west of the fires burning in Canada’s Quebec province, where much of the smoke in the northeast of the United States can be traced, according to The New York Times . In that province alone, nearly 150 fires were burning midweek. We rate claims that this footage proves wildfires in Canada were planned .
Statement: Washington State Legislature votes to change its name because George Washington owned Slaves.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 24, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a website post
Fact-check justification: But unlike what the story claimed, Soros does not have any apparent history of trying to eliminate the history of slavery in the United States. The breakingnews365.net article does not specify when the special session was that would have approved the name change. The Washington State Legislature adjourned its last special session July 20, 2017. The Washington State Legislature’s report of all the bills passed in 2017 contains no mention of a bill that changes the name or a recent special session. The statement that Washington state changed its name is made up, so we rate it !
Statement: From the moment we passed that signature legislation, Mike (Bloomberg) called it a disgrace.
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: February 19, 2020
Topics: health check
Context: Las Vegas
Fact-check justification: (That plan is quite similar to what’s been touted by Biden himself, as well as by candidates like former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg.) Biden said that Bloomberg called the ACA "a disgrace."  supports that. And it’s not the only time Bloomberg took issue with the law — even if it is a core component of his current proposal for health reform.   We rate this  .
Statement: Says Kay Bailey Hutchison voted for sanctuary cities.
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: January 14, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: immigration
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: We found no  that Coburn considered opposition to his amendment as support for sanctuary cities. Coburn's amendment would have reaffirmed established border and immigration policies. From all , there’s no reasonable way to conclude that Hutchison’s vote against the amendment was a vote in favor of sanctuary cities. Perry's spinning the facts. We rule his  .
Statement: Black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws.
Speaker: jason riley
About the speaker: Jason Riley is a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board.
Date: July 14, 2014
Topics: elections;punditfact
Context: comments on Fox News' "The Kelly File'
Fact-check justification: So they can be seen as ways to clear these (demographic) hurdles."    The ruling Riley said "black voter turnout in 2012 exceeded the rate of white voter turnout, even in the states with the strictest voter ID laws," despite the Democrats claiming the voter ID laws suppress the black vote. While there is debate about the reasons why -- and if the phenomenon will last -- Riley's statistic checks out. Census data shows that indeed, for the first time ever, black voter turnout was higher nationally than white voter turnout, and at least just as high in the states with strict voter ID laws. We rate this  .
Statement: One out of four corporations doesn't pay a nickel in (federal income) taxes.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: September 24, 2013
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: a segment of CNN's "Crossfire"
Fact-check justification: Sanders said that one out of four corporations doesn’t pay a nickel in taxes. The statement reflects a 2008 study from the Government Accountability Office. However, the GAO study did not distinguish between firms that had losses in the normal course of business and those that reported losses solely through the use of the tax code. Groups along the political spectrum give much weight to the costs of doing business that can lead to a bad year. There is wide agreement that losses in one year can be carried forward and that salaries are an unavoidable expense, to mention just two factors. Special tax breaks and abuses of the tax code exist but even an analysis from a group that shares many of Sanders’ perspectives pointed to a ratio that was, at most, one out of six and possibly as small as one out of 16. The one out of four statistic fails to take into account many relevant factors. We rate the  .
Statement: Donna Shalala left me with 12 million doses" of smallpox vaccine and "I created enough" to vaccinate "every man, woman and child against smallpox in America.
Speaker: tommy thompson
About the speaker: Tommy Thompson, a Republican, was a 2012 candidate for the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. He served as governor of Wisconsin from 1987 until 2001, when he left office to become President George W. Bush's secretary of health and human services. He previously spent 20 years in the Wisconsin Assembly. Thompson briefly ran for president, withdrawing in 2007.
Date: June 4, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: federal budget;homeland security;public health;terrorism
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Thompson, we think, does deserve a bit of credit for negotiating with the company to acquire the 40-year-old vaccine, which by most accounts was donated. Henderson, though, said the government paid for it. Our rating Thompson accurately recounted how much vaccine was on hand and was on target in saying that on his watch enough became available for "every man woman and child" in America. He didn’t technically "create" the stockpile, but he boldly shot for the moon on its size, seamlessly sold the idea to Congress and experts and then personally drove the public and private move to a successful conclusion in just a few years -- even if some of it carried the element of luck. We rate his  .
Statement: A patient discharge document proves that "The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.
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: June 26, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Sharing an authentic picture of outdated discharge instructions concerning face masks, the Facebook post claims WHO and CDC don’t recommend that healthy people wear masks. That’s not . The CDC does recommend healthy people wear masks, and while WHO doesn’t recommend their widespread use to control COVID-19, it suggests healthy people should wear them in some situations.  We rate this post .
Statement: Says that in 41 states, government workers "are better paid than the taxpayers who support them.
Speaker: mitch daniels
About the speaker: Mitch Daniels served as director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George W. Bush and is now the governor of Indiana.
 
Date: March 28, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: state budget;states;workers
Context: an interview with PBS's Tavis Smiley
Fact-check justification: I haven't seen any research that does this convincingly. What I do know is that the analysis in the USA TODAY doesn't come close." Daniels’ message, that government workers are better paid than those in the private sector, traces to an egregiously simplistic comparison, ignoring meaningful differences in the public and private sector workforces largely due to education. Factoring those in, many state and local government workers lag behind their private-sector counterparts. We rate his statement .
Statement: All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion" during the pandemic.
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: September 21, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;coronavirus
Context: Speech
Fact-check justification: Citing a study, Biden claimed that billionaires in America saw their net worth grow by $800 billion during the pandemic. That number tracks with what the study found. And, while the dates in the study do not match up perfectly with when the coronavirus was declared a pandemic, they are close.  That said, the effects of COVID-19 on things such as the stock market were being felt before the pandemic declaration, so the timetable being used may exaggerate the growth a bit because it uses a low starting point. Our definition for  is "the statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information." That fits here.
Statement: Thanks to the American Rescue Plan's changes to the Affordable Care Act, "four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.
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: January 27, 2022
Topics: health care
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: Biden said that due to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, "four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month." Biden has conflated two statistics. Four of five consumers would qualify for coverage costing that little if they looked for it. But only about one-third of actual insurance signups under the Affordable Care Act ended up costing $10 or less per month in premiums.  We rate the statement .
Statement: Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses.
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: August 5, 2019
Location: national
Topics: crime;guns
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses." Trump appeared to be referring to the number of defendants charged with federal firearm offenses in 2018, which the Justice Department announced was more than 15,300. The government said that was 17 percent more than the previous record. It’s important to note, however, that the vast majority of gun crimes are handled at the state level, and that the data doesn’t speak to the seriousness of the charge.  Trump’s statement is accurate but needs additional information. We rate it .