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Statement: For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services.
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: March 5, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: disability;medicaid;state budget
Context: a State of the State speech
Fact-check justification: During his State of the State speech, Scott said "For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services..." Scott has proposed $36 million that should help at least 750 people with disabilities on the waiting list for the waiver. The last time the state increased funding to allow a significant increase in clients was eight years ago. However, Scott omitted that about 21,000 would remain on the waiting list. And due to other budgetary changes, some people are getting less money to spend on services. We rate this  .
Statement: If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history.
Speaker: jeb bush
About the speaker: Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. 
Date: October 14, 2015
Location: new hampshire
Topics: economy;poverty
Context: Concord, N.H
Fact-check justification: Bush said: "If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history." Bush’s statement would have been more accurate if he hadn’t taken on such a long period of history. That said, the degree of income mobility has been stagnant for several decades with no signs of improving, which supports Bush’s general point. On balance, we rate the  .
Statement: The "establishment media ignored" President Donald Trump's Fourth of July event.
Speaker: breitbart
About the speaker: Breitbart is a conservative news website.
Date: July 5, 2019
Topics: patriotism;recreation;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: "  Before the big event, some publications advised readers on how they could watch the celebration. Newsweek reported that CBS News, C-SPAN and Fox News would carry it live and streaming elsewhere online. Deadline reported that PBS was also planning to air it live while "the broadcast networks will rely  on their streaming channels for Trump’s portion of the event." Still, there was plenty of other coverage of the event.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: The debt-ceiling bill "doesn't cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years.
Speaker: jim demint
About the speaker: Jim DeMint is a former U.S. Senator from South Carolina. He is now president of The Heritage Foundation .
Date: August 3, 2011
Location: national
Topics: deficit;federal budget
Context: an interview with "The State" newspaper
Fact-check justification: Technically, the debt that will be added is not a result of the debt ceiling bill itself, as DeMint indicated. The bill didn’t "add about $7 trillion in new debt," as he put it -- instead, it fails to stop that debt from being added. We understood what DeMint’s point was -- and thought it was a valid one -- but at PolitiFact, one of our guiding principles is that "words matter." In this case, DeMint was  to say that the debt ceiling bill itself added to the debt, but he was right in his point that, despite passage of the bill, debt will continue to grow. For that reason we rate his statement .
Statement: Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 20, 2020
Topics: immigration;public health;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: To slow the spread of the virus, Australia has banned entry to non-Australian residents and citizens and their immediate families. But it has not determined whether the travel ban will last six months. Officials say it will remain in effect until it’s safe to lift, but have not given a specific date for its end date. The online post is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison.
Speaker: liquid death
About the speaker: Liquid Death is a non-alcoholic beverage brand based in Santa Monica, Calif.
Date: October 27, 2022
Location: georgia
Topics: elections;government regulation;ad watch
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: The Liquid Death beverage company said in an ad that in Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison." A 2021 Georgia law does prohibit people from giving water within 150 feet of a polling place, and violators face up to 12 months in jail. We rate the statement . RELATED: Fact-checking ads in the 2022 elections RELATED: Georgia fact-checks
Statement: The census "for years and years and years, decades, has asked, 'Are you a citizen of the United States of America?'
Speaker: ronna mcdaniel
About the speaker: Ronna Romney McDaniel (born January 19, 1973) is the current Chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and former Chair of the Michigan Republican Party. McDaniel is the granddaughter of two-term Michigan Governor and Nixon administration Cabinet member George W. Romney and niece of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
Date: March 28, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: census;history
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating McDaniel said the census "for years and years and years, decades, has asked, ‘Are you a citizen of the United States of America?’" The last time all households were asked about U.S. citizenship was in the 1950 census. But in the decades since, some version of the question has been asked in nearly every census -- either through the now-defunct "long form" or the ongoing annual surveys. The 2020 census calls for asking all households the citizenship question. For a statement that is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate McDaniel’s  .
Statement: Says Oregon ranks 43rd in education.
Speaker: chris dudley
About the speaker: Republican Chris Dudley is a financial adviser. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Oregon in 2010. Dudley graduated from Yale University in 1987 with a degree in economics and political science.  He played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association, including six seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers.  He retired from basketball in 2003. He was a senior vice president at M Financial and is now a partner in a small financial company in Oregon. In 1994, Dudley and his wife, Chris Love, founded The Dudley Foundation, which is dedicated to children who have diabetes.
Date: September 30, 2010
Location: oregon
Topics: education
Context: the KGW/The Oregonian debate
Fact-check justification: In every measure of educational quality that I have ever seen, Oregon tends to be in the bottom third, so therefore we're somewhere between 34 and 50." PolitiFact Oregon takes a similar view. Dudley is clearly cherry-picking one ranking out of dozens, but he did accurately quote a well-known educational study. Other rankings do place Oregon on the lower end of things. So, we rate this  .   Comment on this item.
Statement: Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.
Speaker: republican national committee
About the speaker: The Republican National Committee is the national arm of the Republican Party.
Date: June 5, 2008
Location: national
Topics: ethics
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: And with his recent book advances, he apparently had the money to buy the house without Rezko's help. (His 2005 financial disclosure form states that he received $378,239 in book royalties; and $847,167 in a book advance.) His answer to Time appears to reflect that. The GOP appears to be parsing words in hopes of scoring a "gotcha" that just isn't there. We rate the statement .
Statement: In fact, oil spills from tankers are far more common than the very rare leaks from rigs or pipelines.
Speaker: eric johnson
About the speaker: Lobbyist Eric Johnson, a Republican, is a former Georgia state senator.
Date: June 7, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: environment;energy;oil spill
Fact-check justification: But platform and pipeline spills still take place roughly 40 times annually. That's a little more than three times per month. That's not rare at all. That's chronic. We rule this  .
Statement: Pfizer vaccine now completely worthless in Israel as >80% of all COVID-19 patients were previously vaccinated.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 31, 2021
Topics: israel;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed, "Pfizer vaccine now completely worthless in Israel as >80% of all COVID-19 patients were previously vaccinated," citing data it says comes from the Israel Ministry of Health Dashboard.   does not support the  that vaccines are now completely worthless in Israel, where cases are at a fraction of the peak in January and vaccines have been shown to protect against hospitalization and severe illness.  We were unable to locate the data cited in the  or any single chart on the ministry’s dashboard that contained similar categories of data. But published reports indicate that half of new COVID-19 infections in Israel are in those who have been fully vaccinated. We rate this  .
Statement: Nate McMurray lobbied to send our jobs to China. (And Korea, too.)
Speaker: chris collins
About the speaker: Chris Collins is the Republican congressman representing New York's 27th Congressional District.
Date: October 10, 2018
Location: new york
Topics: trade
Context: a direct mail campaign ad
Fact-check justification: McMurray worked in Asia with American companies trying to enter markets there. He also was a co-author of an article about navigating Korea's labor laws. Collins claimed "McMurray lobbied to send our jobs" to China and Korea. There is no  that companies sought McMurray’s legal advice to move jobs from the United States to Asia, or that McMurray lobbied on behalf of trade deals. We rate this  .
Statement: Trump was secretly inaugurated as president of the restored Republic.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 7, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: There is no credible  to support this . There are no news reports. There was no inauguration by the U.S. military crowning Trump president.   This post echoes beliefs among QAnon adherents who have claimed that, as president, Trump was working with the military to takedown a global sex-trafficking cabal involving Democratic politicians and celebrities.   But this is fiction, and we rate this post !
Statement: Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don't know why Washington politicians don't change libel laws?
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 5, 2018
Location: national
Topics: legal issues
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump tweeted that "someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost." This is not accurate. Anyone who alleges defamation from a fabricated and  account could sue under at least one and possibly two legal doctrines, and if they did, they would have a good chance of prevailing at trial — even a public figure like Trump, who would have to meet a higher legal standard. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Maine Gov. Janet Mills is "using taxpayer money to buy cars for those on welfare, without a public hearing on the rules. If someone on welfare sells the car for cash without the state's approval, the rules don't allow the state to prosecute them for car theft.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 17, 2020
Topics: states;transportation;welfare;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said the Mills administration is "using taxpayer money to buy cars for those on welfare, without a public hearing on the rules. If someone on welfare sells the car for cash without the state’s approval, the rules don’t allow the state to prosecute them for car theft." The pilot program is rooted in a budget passed years ago and will be financed using a federal TANF block grant, meaning tax dollars are at play. Other details in the post’s paragraphs-long description of the program are  accurate, as well. The program allows the state to furnish cars as one of the transportation aid options. But the cars are not totally free to those who get them, and participants who violate the terms of the program by selling their cars could still be referred to law enforcement. Plus, while there’s no public hearing currently on the books for the state’s proposed rules, public comment is being accepted through July 5, and a hearing could still take place if enough people request it. There was also a public hearing in 2017, when the program was first introduced as part of a separate legislative package that didn’t pass.  We rate this post .
Statement: You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: May 13, 2015
Topics: crime;sports;punditfact
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump claimed, "You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended." Today, that’s at best a highly unlikely scenario . The closest historical example we could find came from 2000 involving the case of Ray Lewis, but there is the wrinkle that his murder charges came and went during the 2000 offseason. He eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction of justice. Trump’s statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details and takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: Ukraine is the "money laundering and child sex trafficking capital of the world!
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: April 7, 2022
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks;ukraine
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Tier 1, the United States’ ranking, is the highest, but it doesn’t mean the country has no human trafficking problems. Rather, it means the country fully meets minimum standards to eliminate trafficking. Tier 2 — Ukraine’s tier — means a country’s government doesn’t fully meet the minimum standards but is making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance. Tier 3 includes countries such as Afghanistan and Russia that don’t meet the minimum standards and aren’t trying to.   We rate this post .
Statement: Proof of citizenship isn't necessary before you register to vote in Florida.
Speaker: alan hays
About the speaker: Sen. Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) represents parts of Lake, Marion, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia counties
Date: October 18, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: immigration;elections;redistricting
Context: a Senate committee meeting
Fact-check justification: Sen. Hays said that Florida doesn't require "any proof of citizenship necessary before you register to vote." There is a kernel of  here: According to the state Division of Elections, state law doesn't require new voter applicants to prove their citizenship in some physical sense. They simply must sign a sworn statement attesting that they meet the voting requirements -- including being a citizen. But there are a couple of critical caveats. First, willfully lying on a voter registration form about your citizenship status can lead to a felony conviction. Second, the most common way to register to vote in Florida is during the process of obtaining a driver's license -- in 2010, 57 percent of those who registered to vote in Florida chose that method. And during that process, people are asked to verify their citizenship. Lastly, we have to consider the experiences of two actual supervisor of elections, who said there is no widespread problem of illegal immigrants registering to vote. For those reasons, we rate this  .
Statement: Says ATF chief nominee David Chipman was part of the 1993 assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
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: May 26, 2021
Location: national
Topics: guns
Context: a social media posts and articles
Fact-check justification: Multiple tweets, blog posts and articles assert that Chipman is the man in the photo of a government agent standing in the rubble of the Waco siege. Government filings prove that the photo dates from April 19, 1993, and that the man was a member of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team.  Chipman was in Norfolk, Va., on April 19, 1993, and served with the ATF, not the FBI. The man in the photo is not Chipman. We rate this  .
Statement: A "peer reviewed, scientific study showed that the COVID-19 vaccine causes two deaths for every three lives it saves.
Speaker: liz wheeler
About the speaker: Conservative commentator Liz Wheeler hosts "The Liz Wheeler Show" video podcast.
Date: June 30, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Walach, an author of the study, told Retraction Watch, a website that reported on the aftermath of the study, that he does not agree with the expression of concern, saying "we have used and analyzed the data correctly, and not incorrectly. But that the data are less than optimal is clear to everyone and we said so in our paper. The purpose is to generate enough momentum for governments and researchers to finally create the good data that are long overdue." Wheeler didn’t reply to a request seeking comment.   With the journal backing away from the study due its data misrepresentation, and Wheeler not acknowledging that in her report, we rate Wheeler’s  .
Statement: The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens.
Speaker: letitia james
About the speaker: Letitia James is New York State attorney general, elected in 2018. She previously was New York City public advocate and a member of the New York City Council. 
Date: April 23, 2019
Location: new york
Topics: immigration;census;supreme court
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: James said that the enumeration clause of the Constitution requires a count of every individual, not only every citizen. There are many sources that give  for this , including several court cases. The parties in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court also agree that the Constitution requires a count of every individual. The Census website also makes clear that every individual residing in the United States must be counted. We rate James’ statement .
Statement: What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American.
Speaker: richard blumenthal
About the speaker: Richard Blumenthal has been a United States Senator from Connecticut since Jan. 5, 2011. A Democrat, he formerly served as the state's attorney general.
Date: May 9, 2017
Location: national
Topics: health care;veterans
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Blumenthal said, "What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American." A reasonable person might hear Blumenthal’s statement and think that under the Republican health care bill, most or all veterans won’t get a tax credit to which they are entitled. It’s much more nuanced than that. Under the Republican plan, like the Affordable Care Act, a person cannot qualify for financial assistance to help them buy an individual health insurance policy if they have access to other affordable health care options. Regulations written in 2012 to comply with the Affordable Care Act said this rule doesn’t apply to veterans who are eligible but not enrolled in the Veterans Administration health care system. The Republican bill doesn’t contain language that would have the same effect. So if it becomes law in its current form, a subset of veterans might not be able to access financial assistance that would enable them to choose private insurance over health care through the VA. But a Republican administration could do what the Democrats did before them and include the benefit as part of a regulatory change. Blumenthal’s statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details, so we rate it .