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Statement: All members of Congress are required to be in Obamacare, but Obama and members of his administration "have their own gold-plated health care plans that they're in.
Speaker: sean duffy
About the speaker: Sean Duffy is a Republican member of the U.S. House, representing Wisconsin's 7th District in the northwestern part of the state. The former Ashland County district attorney was elected In November 2010, taking the seat previously held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Obey of Wausau.
Date: October 8, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: congress;health care;government regulation
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating Duffy said: All members of Congress are required to be in Obamacare, but Obama and members of his administration "have their own gold-plated health care plans that they're in." Members of Congress will have to buy their health insurance from marketplaces created as part of the health reform law, while the president and members of his administration can keep the coverage they get from the federal government. But the federal offerings are roughly comparable to what Congress can buy in the marketplaces, not vastly superior. For a statement that is partially accurate but leaves out important details, Duffy gets a . To comment on this item, go to the Journal Sentinel's web page .
Statement: California's rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners
Speaker: yes on 10 campaign
About the speaker: The Yes on 10 campaign supports California's Proposition 10, a statewide rent control ballot measure. 
Date: September 28, 2018
Location: california
Topics: elections;housing;government regulation;regulation
Context: a TV advertisement
Fact-check justification: In a recent TV ad, the Yes on 10 campaign claimed California’s rent control measure would have "no effect on homeowners." Prop 10 would not force cities to impose rent control, but it would give them that option -- including on single family home rentals. Prop 10 supporters say it would be a politically poor decision for cities to do that. But that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. The TV ad is partially accurate. But it leaves out the key information that single-family homes are currently exempt from rent control in the state, and that Prop 10 would at least give cities the option to impose rent regulations on them. We rate the  .   – 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: Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don't have access to broadband. That needs to change.
Speaker: roy blunt
About the speaker: Roy Blunt is the junior U.S. senator from Missouri. He was formerly a U.S. representative from Missouri’s 7th district, and served for six years as the Republican whip in that chamber.
Date: September 8, 2017
Location: missouri
Topics: technology
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Blunt said that nearly two-thirds of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. FCC numbers back up his statement. Experts agree that Missouri has a broadband access issue, and all cite the same FCC report. The 2016 Broadband Progress Report from the FCC states that 61 percent of rural Missourians lack access to broadband. The report is the most recent and uses a benchmark of of 25 Mbps/3 Mbps for high-speed internet. While 61 percent isn’t 2/3, it’s nearly so, especially in the context of the statement. We rate Blunt’s  .
Statement: Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of (Medicare's) health care costs.
Speaker: barack obama
About the speaker: Barack Obama is the former president of the United States. Obama also served as a U.S. senator from Illinois. He was born in 1961 in Hawaii, where his parents met as students at the University of Hawaii. Obama's father is from Kenya and his mother is from Kansas. He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Obama previously served in the Illinois state Senate and was an instructor at the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Date: February 12, 2013
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;health care;medicare
Context: the State of the Union speech
Fact-check justification: Obama said, "Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of health care costs." He’s right that health care costs are slowing, but there’s not conclusive  that the law is helping. The nonpartisan reports from the Congressional Budget Office don’t specifically say that, and some aspects of the health law translate to increased spending. Among health care experts, we found debate over how much the Affordable Care Act is contributing to an overall slowdown in health spending. Some argue that the recession is making people spend less on health care. Others say the health care system is changing to become more efficient. Many say that more study is needed. Obama’s taking credit for more than he can prove. Overall, we rate his statement .
Statement: There are 500 million Internet users "and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in China. … So you've got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent.
Speaker: jon huntsman
About the speaker: Jon Huntsman was the governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. He served as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011. He is a Republican candidate for president in 2012. 
Date: August 2, 2011
Location: national
Topics: china;foreign policy;new hampshire 2012
Context: Milford, N.H
Fact-check justification: … Blogs really reflect that." Our ruling: Huntsman said there are 500 million Internet users in China and 80 million bloggers, "so you’ve got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent." He's right about the 500 million and his estimate on bloggers is low, but his underlying point is valid. But it's worth noting that experts say the vast majority of bloggers are writing about social rather than political topics. On balance, we rate his  .
Statement: A minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent.
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: August 4, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: abortion;states
Context: an interview with Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention
Fact-check justification: Rubio said "a minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent." Rubio has a good argument for about 11 states, but that’s a minority. More commonly, parents by law need to be at least notified -- and in many cases give their consent -- for a minor to have an abortion. There is a significant exception, however: 37 states allow a minor to go through a judge without notifying parents. As for tattoos, most states either ban them for minors or require parental consent. We rate this  .
Statement: There was someone else on that plane for the secret Bill Clinton/Loretta Lynch meeting.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: July 11, 2017
Topics: corrections and updates;fake news;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Again, none of it is . This is another example of a series of  stories attempting to fool readers with a bogus saga about an oft-cited political event. We rate the  ! Editor's note: The meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch was in 2016. A typo in an earlier version of the story had the  year.
Statement: Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat of coronavirus.
Speaker: charlie kirk
About the speaker: Charlie Kirk is the founder and president of Turning Point USA, a conservative group that advocates for limited government and free markets.
Date: February 24, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Kirk said: "Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat of Coronavirus." On Feb. 10, three people from China were apprehended at the border and two had a fever. All three were taken to a local hospital for assessment and were medically cleared for travel. None of the individuals were quarantined at the station. Kirk’s tweet gets some things right, but includes  details, like the number of people with symptoms and whether individuals were quarantined. He also leaves out the conclusion of this saga: None of the people had coronavirus. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Jon Runyan voted to "end programs to aid homeless veterans.
Speaker: shelley adler
About the speaker: Shelley Adler, a Democrat, is running to represent New Jersey's third congressional district.
Date: May 4, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: veterans;voting record
Context: an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”
Fact-check justification: In a television interview, Adler said her opponent voted to "end programs to aid homeless veterans." Runyan voted for a bill that did not include funding for 10,000 new housing vouchers for homeless veterans. The bill would have had no impact on existing vouchers. The bill wouldn’t have expanded the program, but it wouldn’t have ended it. And Runyan ultimately voted for another bill, which became law, that included funding for new vouchers. We rate Adler's statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America.
Speaker: greg abbott
About the speaker: Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
Date: March 4, 2019
Location: texas
Topics: economy
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: At a press conference celebrating the state’s economic success, Abbott said that, "on a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America." We did the math and his  is  if you look at every single place with at least one Fortune 500 company. But when you do a more reasonable comparison with cities of a similar size (populations over 100,000), Irving does have the most Fortune 500 companies per capita. We rate this  .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information.
Statement: The entire state of Florida led the nation last year with the most prison inmates committing tax fraud.
Speaker: bill nelson
About the speaker: Bill Nelson was first elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida in 2000. He lost re-election to Gov. Rick Scott in 2018. Nelson previously served in the Florida Legislature, Congress and as state Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner.
 
Date: March 17, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: corrections and updates;crime;taxes
Context: a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman
Fact-check justification: "Prisoners continue to find ways to exploit weaknesses in the system in order to receive refunds to which they are not entitled." It may not be a top ranking that Florida wishes to , but Nelson is correct in noting that the state leads the nation in prisoners committing tax fraud. We rate this  . CORRECTION: When first published on March 24, 2011, this -O-Meter item misspelled the last name of IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman, It was corrected on March 28.
Statement: Milwaukee has "the highest incarceration rate among African-American men in the country.
Speaker: gwen moore
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is a Democratic member of Congress, representing Wisconsin's 4th District, which primarily includes Milwaukee. Moore, who served in the state Legislature from 1989 to 2004, was elected to Congress in 2004.
Date: August 15, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;crime;urban
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: And no local-level data was reported.) Our rating Moore said: Milwaukee has "the highest incarceration rate among African-American men in the country." There are indications that Milwaukee has a very high black male incarceration rate, including a 2016 study that ranks Wisconsin ranks second in the incarceration of black males and females in state prisons. But there are no local-level data on a national basis to determine exactly where Milwaukee ranks. For a statement that is partially accurate, our rating is .
Statement: Every poll said I won the debate.
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 9, 2015
Location: national
Topics: polls and public opinion
Context: an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
Fact-check justification: Trump said that "every poll said I won the debate." He has a point that at least three instant polls -- from the Drudge Report, Time and Slate -- showed him with better showings than any of his rivals, though the non-random design of these polls means they should be taken with a big grain of salt. More problematic for his  is that the methodologically superior Gravis poll showed him finishing second to Carson, and found more respondents saying he did the worst in the debate than the number who said he did the best. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details, so we rate it .
Statement: In Houston, Texas, there are more brothels than there are Starbucks.
Speaker: greg abbott
About the speaker: Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
Date: June 27, 2018
Location: texas
Topics: crime;sexuality
Context: a fundraising conference call with supporters
Fact-check justification: Abbott said Houston has more brothels than Starbucks stores. Of late, Houston police have tied prostitution-related cases to less than 50 sites while Houston is home to 155 Starbucks stores. However, police have identified more than 200 massage parlors and other places where prostitution likely occurs--a count supported by our own search of Houston parlors listed on the Rubmaps site. We rate this  .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: The United States "is not modernizing its nuclear weapons.
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: April 25, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: nuclear
Context: Iowa
Fact-check justification: Rubio said that the United States "is not modernizing its nuclear weapons." Most of the experts we interviewed disputed Rubio’s statement. While the United States has reduced the number of warheads, it has also been modernizing nuclear equipment and has plans to continue to do so. We rate this  .
Statement: DeSantis erases Disney's tax exempt law. Will cost Disney $200 Mil in taxes. Per year!
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 21, 2022
Location: florida
Topics: taxes;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: DeSantis did not "erase" any tax-exempt status for Disney. That misconstrues the special taxing district status that is in the process of being removed.   We could not find  to substantiate the $200 million tax figure cited in the . The financial impact of the legislation on Disney’s tax bill remains unclear.   We rate this  .
Statement: The remains of Brian Laundrie that were discovered in Florida belong to a twin.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 21, 2021
Location: florida
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Twins — even identical twins — don’t have identical dental patterns, according to a study published in a 1982 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.   There has been no mention in news or law enforcement reports that Laundrie had a twin, but there has been media coverage of his sister and their parents .   We rate this  . RELATED: Why the Gabby Petito case, but not others, has drawn so much attention
Statement: Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.
Speaker: david mckinley
About the speaker: David McKinley is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia.
Date: September 9, 2020
Location: west virginia
Topics: drugs;public health
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: McKinley said, "Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state." A state report put the number of pills flowing into West Virginia at more than 780 million. Using 2010 census data, that works out to 421 pills for every resident of West Virginia.  It’s worth noting, however, that these hundreds of millions of pills flowed into the state over a six-year period, and that the last year included in the data was eight years ago. We rate the statement .
Statement: In the history of Republican primaries, I've gotten the most votes in the history of the Republican party.
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: April 29, 2016
Location: california
Topics: elections
Context: a speech at the California Republican Party Convention
Fact-check justification: Donald Trump said he’s already earned the most Republican primary votes in history. Experts who track this say Trump is on pace to break the record, but is still shy by about 800,000 votes. They predicted a strong victory in California --- more than a month from now -- could hand Trump the milestone. We rate Trump’s   … for now. UPDATE: About one month after PolitiFact California rated Donald Trump’s "most votes in history"  on April 29, 2016 as " … for now," the vote totals have changed. Trump now appears to have broken the all-time record for most votes in a GOP presidential primary. That’s according to Eric Ostermeier, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota and founder of the number-crunching blog  Smart Politics . Ostermeier told us on June 1, 2016 that Trump’s victory in the Washington primary on May 24, 2016 put him over the top. The rating on his April 29  remains the same because we judge statements based on the data available at the time. Trump got ahead of himself again during a speech in Sacramento, also on June 1, 2016, where he said he’s broken the GOP presidential primary record "by millions" of votes. We rated  that   " again … for now." Ostermeier predicted Trump could smash the record by millions following the June 7 primary in California, New Jersey and other states. We'll be watching. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/082e07f8-9846-4ffa-b768-1719cae2ac47
Statement: We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year" and "we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate.
Speaker: kirsten gillibrand
About the speaker: Kirsten Gillibrand is a senator from New York. Gillibrand was appointed as senator in 2009 to fill Hillary Clinton’s vacated seat, as Clinton became U.S. Secretary of State under Barack Obama. Gillibrand won a special election in 2010 to retain her senate seat and won re-elections in 2012 and 2018. From 2007 to 2009, she served as the representative of New York’s 20th Congressional District. Gillibrand received a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. In 2019, she ran for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in August.
Date: February 23, 2021
Location: new york
Topics: legal issues;military;women
Context: an interview with WNYC
Fact-check justification: Gillibrand said, "We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year" and "we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate." The number of reported military sexual assaults increased in all but one year between 2010 and 2019, and the number reached a record in 2019. The number of estimated assaults based on survey data also increased between 2016 and 2018, the most recent two years for which data is available. Conviction and prosecution rates have also dropped in most years since 2013. However, the decline in prosecution and conviction rates may be related to an increase in reported assaults, changing the mix of cases that are most prosecutable. We rate the statement .
Statement: California has a personal belief exemption to any new vaccine added to the schedule after June 2015 for public and private daycare, preschool and K-12.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: June 21, 2021
Location: california
Topics: education;public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: It’s unclear whether the COVID-19 vaccination will be mandated for students in California. If it is, experts said they expect the Legislature would take the lead on mandating the shots and it’s likely personal belief exemptions would not apply. In short, personal belief exemptions do not currently exist for any mandated vaccination in California and there is only one process that would require personal belief exemptions to be offered for any new shots. Therefore, we rate this  .  – The statement is not accurate.