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Statement: Moscow was engulfed in flames" after a giant explosion.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 6, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: In April, The Washington Post reported that a series of unexplained fires and explosions in Russia raised suspicions that some may have been caused by sabotage or Ukrainian attacks.   But the  that Moscow was engulfed in flames is . According to reports, there were two separate fires at factories in cities outside of Moscow.   The post claiming that Moscow was "‘engulfed in flames" is . We rate it .
Statement: The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs.
Speaker: jim jordan
About the speaker: Jim Jordan is a member of the House of Representative from Ohio's 4th Congressional District. A conservative Republican, Jordan is chair of the Republican Study Committee.
Date: March 22, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: federal budget
Context: an interview on the Fox Business Channel
Fact-check justification: But the question here is the number of programs, not their outreach -- and the GAO addressed that, too: "Each year through more than 80 means-tested programs, the federal government provides benefits and services to individuals and families with low incomes — just 12 of which account for as much as $330 billion in annual federal expenditures." The GAO said 80. Jordan said 77. You could say he was just being conservative, but on the -O-Meter his  rates as . Comment on this item .
Statement: Sotomayor "ruled against the white firefighter — Ricci and other white firefighters — just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be given a preference because of their skin color and because of the history of discrimination in the past. The law was totally disregarded.
Speaker: rush limbaugh
About the speaker: Rush Limbaugh is a conservative radio talk show host. His website describes him as "America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie; defender of motherhood, protector of fatherhood and an all-around good guy."
Date: May 26, 2009
Location: national
Topics: pundits;sotomayor nomination;supreme court
Context: his radio program
Fact-check justification: In other words, you may not agree with the conclusions, but it's  to suggest the judges "totally disregarded" the law. Nor did Sotomayor's panel or the district court ever suggest that the city ought to give preferential treatment to women and minorities. And so we rule Limbaugh's statement .    Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: The city of Pembroke Pines doesn't have a vote in a plan to build a detention center in Southwest Ranches.
Speaker: frank ortis
About the speaker: Frank Ortis was first elected to the Pembroke Pines City Commission in 1996 and then mayor in 2004.
Date: November 5, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: immigration;crime;voting record
Context: a meeting
Fact-check justification: Ortis told the crowd of jail opponents: "Let me just say that the longer I sit at this meeting, the angrier I'm getting," Ortis said. "Many of you who have contacted our office I've told you this is a Southwest Ranches issue. We don't have a vote in it. Let me just finish. We don't have a vote in it. This is what happens when you don't go to the people first." Ortis' comments could have left protesters with the impression that as Pines mayor he didn't get to vote on the project. There is a kernel of a fact here: it was Southwest Ranches -- not Pembroke Pines -- that penned the deal with the prison operator, and Pines didn't get an up or down vote on whether the facility should be built. But it's not as if Pines has been in the dark here. Ortis, along with the rest of the commission, voted to provide services to the prison in 2011. We rate this  .
Statement: As of today, no one has the right to film or photograph Mr. Biden as he climbs the flight of stairs. New White House spokesman orders!!?
Speaker: tiktok posts
About the speaker: Posts on the video-sharing platform TikTok.
Date: April 1, 2021
Location: national
Context: a TikTok video
Fact-check justification: White House press staff refuted the , stating that there is no change in policy — Biden can still be filmed walking up stairs to the aircraft.   News media outlets have filmed Biden traveling on Air Force One throughout the week. He most recently was filmed on his way to Pittsburgh, Pa., on March 31 to promote his $2 trillion infrastructure plan. The Hill tweeted a video of his ascent to Air Force One  — he made it safely and successfully to the top of the stairs.   We rate this post !
Statement: President Joe Biden was confused, "turned around and shook hands with thin air" after a speech.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 14, 2022
Location: national
Topics: economy;north carolina;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: We reached out to the White House, as well as North Carolina A&T State University for their input. Neither responded in time to a request for comment.   The clips of Biden gesturing to those seated in the audience are being misconstrued to appear as if he was trying to shake hands with air. We rate this  . RELATED VIDEO
Statement: Says "TriMet now spends $1.63 in benefits for every $1.00 spent on wages.
Speaker: john charles
About the speaker: John Charles is the president and CEO of the Cascade Policy Institute, a free-market think tank.
Date: May 16, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: transportation
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: In  the meantime, it’ll keep incurring similar costs year after year. Charles said "TriMet now spends $1.63 in benefits for every $1.00 spent on wages" and the budget bears this out. While the statement is accurate, some of that $1.63 is going to past employees as well as other basics -- like unemployment -- that most would not consider part of their benefit package. That’s the clarification that affects our ruling. We rate this  .
Statement: When the auto industry was going under, car parts companies like" Johnson Controls "begged taxpayers for a bailout, and they got one.
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 21, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: federal budget;transportation;taxes
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: (The bailout money went to General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and auto lending arms Ally Financial Inc. and Chrysler Financial.) Our rating In a TV ad, Clinton said: "When the auto industry was going under, car parts companies like" Johnson Controls "begged taxpayers for a bailout, and they got one." The company did push Congress to approve the 2008-’09 federal bailout of the auto makers. But it did not itself get a bailout. We rate Clinton’s statement .
Statement: Photos show "Ukrainian Christians pray outdoors, in the snow, for their country in this phase of war danger.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 20, 2022
Topics: religion;facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a public Facebook group
Fact-check justification: Images shared on several Facebook posts purport to show Ukrainians praying for peace during the current conflict with Russia. The photos do show Ukrainians praying for peace in the face of Russian threats, but they are actually years old. One picture was first shared online in 2015, the other in 2019. We rate the posts .
Statement: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan "incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 7, 2021
Location: national
Topics: corrections and updates;elections;crime;facebook fact-checks;jan. 6
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed Sullivan "incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol." Sullivan joined the mob of Trump supporters that entered the Capitol, filming the events as they transpired and posting his videos online. But he was one person among thousands. There’s no  that he "incited" the violence himself or led the charge into the Capitol. Sullivan denied any affiliation with antifa, although he has posted related hashtags on Twitter.  We rate this statement . PolitiFact researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this report. UPDATE, Jan. 11, 2021 : This fact-check was updated to include more detail from Sullivan’s video at the Capitol. Our ruling remains the same.
Statement: NFL "players are living, on average, longer than the average male.
Speaker: roger goodell
About the speaker: Roger Goodell is the commissioner of the NFL.
Date: February 2, 2014
Topics: sports;punditfact
Context: comments on "Fox News Sunday"
Fact-check justification: Goodell said that NFL "players are living, on average, longer than the average male." His  is backed up by a government study that examined former NFL players who played from 1959 to 1988. But the study, which was released in 2012, did conclude that bigger players had an increased risk of dying from heart disease and did not evaluate more modern-day players. Modern-day players are bigger. We rate Goodell’s statement .
Statement: The national debt grew an estimated $15 billion last weekend.
Speaker: mark warner
About the speaker: Mark Warner, a Democrat, has represented Virginia in the U.S. Senate since 2009. He serves on the Banking, Budget, Commerce and Intelligence committees. He is the honorary co-chairman of the Forward Together PAC.
Warner gave the keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Warner previously served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. He also ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1996. Before public office, Warner was an early investor in the cell phone business, co-founded the company that became Nextel.
Warner was born in Indianapolis, Ind., and grew up in Illinois and Connecticut. Warner graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C. He received a law degree from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.
Date: December 6, 2010
Location: virginia
Topics: deficit;economy
Context: a floor speech
Fact-check justification: Based on daily debt calculations using Office of Management and Budget data, Warner’s absolutely correct. Looking back using the Treasury’s actual debt figures? Not so much.    But we can’t say Warner was off by nearly $14 billion for two reasons: 1) the Treasury’s official numbers aren’t released until one business day after the date they reflect, so he couldn’t have known Monday’s debt figure on Monday, and 2) he is careful in his wording to point to "estimates" rather than  the figure is correct for that specific period of time. So we find his  to be .
Statement: The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want.
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: November 19, 2015
Location: national
Topics: elections;foreign policy
Context: a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations
Fact-check justification: Clinton said that "the Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want." Even acknowledging that Clinton mentioned some of the problems with Libya’s democratization in the rest of her comments, she is spinning the facts of recent Libyan elections in the most favorable way. Security concerns kept some polling places closed, and the most recent election was punctuated by a mass shooting by Islamist attackers and the assassination of a leading human-rights advocate. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details, so we rate it .
Statement: Each year, 18,000 people die in America because they don't have health care.
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: September 17, 2007
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: Des Moines, Iowa
Fact-check justification: It was granted a charter by Congress in 1863 and has a mandate to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. The report found that people without health care coverage: • received less frequent or no use of cancer screening tests; • received inconsistent care for the management of chronic disease; • received fewer diagnostic and treatment services for trauma or heart attacks, and had an increased risk of death when in the hospital. The report concluded that "excess deaths among uninsured adults ages 25–64, based on a 25 percent higher mortality risk, can be estimated to be in the range of 18,000 each year." The report was independently reviewed. Its findings controlled for an individual's health insurance status as an independent variable, ruling out issues of income, for instance.
Statement: Says "Sasha Obama's racist anti-white rant just got her expelled.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 3, 2018
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Conservative Columns does not include a disclaimer on its home page or on the story. In addition to the identical content, the America’s Last Line of Defense article appears under the same headline as conservativecolumns.com, and it’s filed in the site’s category of "You'll have to wait for the Snopes debunk to tell If it's ‘satire’ or not." This story was copied from a conservative satire site and then touted as fact. It’s not. We rate this  !
Statement: The total (state) payroll has gone down. The total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. I like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements.
Speaker: john kasich
About the speaker: John Kasich is the governor of Ohio. A Republican and a former congressman, he defeated Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 and was reelected in 2014. He ran for president in 2016.
Date: March 2, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: state budget
Context: a session with reporters
Fact-check justification: Of the three parts in Kasich’s , he was accurate on two: the number of workers on the state payroll has decreased and the biggest reason is jobs emptied by retirements. He missed, though, on the main part of his statement, that the state had decreased its payroll. Actually, it has grown, but very slightly at less than five one-hundredths of a percent. That’s an important detail to known, given that he went on to boast about the state’s efficiency under his administration.    On the -O-Meter, his  rates .
Statement: Russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in Texas.
Speaker: lon burnam
About the speaker: Lon Burnam represented District 90 (which covers parts of Fort Worth and Tarrant County) from 1997 through 2014. He lost his bid for re-election in the 2014 Democratic primary.
Date: August 22, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: bipartisanship;corrections and updates;foreign policy
Context: telephone press conference
Fact-check justification: Burnam said: "Russia has more diversity in its governmental representation than we do in Texas." We see a thread of  here in that four parties have seats in the State Duma; just two parties hold legislative seats in Texas. But there’s little diversity permitted from the parties in the parliament, authorities advise. We rate this  .  – The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check. CORRECTION, 11:07 a.m., Sept. 2, 2014: A reader pointed out we'd overstated the share of legislative seats held by Republicans in Texas. So we've amended this article to specify 63 percent (not 76 percent). This correction did not affect our rating of Burnam's .
Statement: One of the other inaccuracies ... is that we have raised taxes multiple times and run up the budget. Absolutely not true. One tax increase since I've been in office. It was a quarter mill tax in the unincorporated area only.
Speaker: susan latvala
About the speaker: Susan Latvala is a member of the Pinellas County Commission. She was first elected in 2000, and was re-elected to a four-year term in 2010. She previously served as a member of the Pinellas County School Board.
Date: September 14, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: voting record;taxes
Context: Dunedin
Fact-check justification: And a year earlier, meeting records show that Latvala voted with the majority to increase the property tax rate countywide. It was a small increase, from $6.75 per $1,000 of property to $6.801, but an increase nonetheless. She did vote to raise taxes more than once during her nearly 10 years on the commission. "I goofed," Latvala said, when confronted with the records. So we rate Latvala’s  as .
Statement: You had (4,925) out-of-state voters… in Georgia.
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: January 2, 2021
Location: georgia
Topics: national;elections
Context: a phone call with Georgia's Secretary of State
Fact-check justification: Trump said that "you had (4,925) out-of-state voters… in Georgia." He appears to have gotten his number from a list of purported "out-of-state voters" created by a former Trump campaign staffer. Braynard’s analysis has been widely criticized by statisticians and election experts. Braynard himself acknowledged that he only listed "potentially" illegal voters rather than people proven to have voted illegally.  The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has investigated the  and found it to be baseless. This  is . ​
Statement: Says he got twice as much money from the sale of County Grounds land than Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker was willing to accept.
Speaker: lee holloway
About the speaker: Lee Holloway is the chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. He represents the county's 5th District, which encompasses parts of Milwaukee's north side. He was elected to the board in 1992 and has served as chairman since 2004.
Date: November 17, 2010
Location: wisconsin
Context: an interview with a weekly newspaper
Fact-check justification: From all accounts, Holloway was involved in the talks, and pushed for the formula that was ultimately used and the final price tag was about $5 million more than UWM’s initial appraisal. So some him credit for the higher price. But there’s no concrete  that Walker was willing to simply accept the UWM appraisal -- and certainly none that he wanted to go $2.5 million lower. That wouldn’t be much negotiating at all.   We rate Holloway’s statement .
Statement: Says Mitt Romney's plan "calls for a $5 trillion tax cut.
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 3, 2012
Location: national
Topics: debates;taxes
Context: the first presidential debate
Fact-check justification: President Obama said Mitt Romney seeks a $5 trillion tax cut. The $5 trillion figure accounts for only half of Romney’s plan -- and it's cumulative over 10 years. The governor says he will offset those lost revenues by reducing tax deductions and eliminating loopholes. However, he has never said what those changes would be. The president made a  statement about an incomplete plan, but he did describe what the plan was missing and Romney would not fill in the gaps. We rate the statement .
Statement: Pennsylvania had 2.6 million mail in votes that the court of appeals of PA held to be unconstitutional. Umm that alone means Biden lost PA.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 31, 2022
Location: national
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks;pennsylvania
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said, "Pennsylvania had 2.6 million mail in votes that the court of appeals of PA held to be unconstitutional. Umm that alone means Biden lost PA. Will anything be done about this?"  A court ruled in January that the state’s passage of a law to allow no-excuse voting by mail was unconstitutional, and that such a change would require a constitutional amendment. But the court did not toss out the mail ballots cast or the election results, which were already accepted by Congress.  The ruling on the voting law is on hold pending an appeal, so the fate of the law remains unclear. But we do know that this fact stands: Biden won Pennsylvania. We rate this statement .