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Statement: Says that according to a study, under Obama's health care initiative, "nearly 90 percent of people" in Wisconsin with health insurance "will have their costs go up by more than 30 percent.
Speaker: frank lasee
About the speaker: Frank Lasee, a Republican from De Pere, has served as a Wisconsin state senator since being elected in 2010. In 1994, he was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly, where he served until being defeated in 2008. He ran for U.S. Senate in 2012 but ended his campaign before the GOP primary.
Date: January 9, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care
Context: an opinion column
Fact-check justification: But that remains to be seen. Our conclusion Lasee stated that, according to a study of the impact of federal health care reform on Wisconsin, "nearly 90 percent of people with insurance will have their costs go up by more than 30 percent." Those figures apply only to the fraction of people who buy their own health insurance, not to all Wisconsinites with insurance. And Lasee admitted he misquoted the study. We rate Lasee’s statement .
Statement: Surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid.
Speaker: john kerry
About the speaker: John Kerry is the secretary of state. He previously was a senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2004.
Date: October 26, 2016
Topics: global news service;federal budget;foreign policy
Context: a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Fact-check justification: Kerry said that surveys show that many Americans think that a quarter to a third of the U.S. budget is spent on foreign aid. The actual number is about 1 percent, and surveys back up Kerry’s statement. One 2016 poll found the average estimate was about 30 percent of all government spending. A survey done nearly two decades ago found an average estimate of 26 percent. There’s nothing  about Kerry’s summary. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/abaebb34-ae3b-41cf-8c1c-6b7ed1c8a219
Statement: Georgia ranks "last in job growth.
Speaker: ted jackson
About the speaker: Ted Jackson, a Democrat, is the sheriff of Fulton County, Georgia.
Date: February 29, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: jobs
Context: a letter
Fact-check justification: Georgia did have a larger decline in jobs than any other state over the most recent 12 months available. However, the percentage of that decline was not as great as two other states. Other research shows Georgia was close to last since 2007 and 2009. The sheriff’s  that Georgia was "last" in job growth is on target, but needs a little clarification. We rate the  as .
Statement: Says his tax and fee cuts will save households "$540 over two years.
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: February 7, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: presentations rolling out his budget
Fact-check justification: But he failed to factor in that more than half of those tax cuts would apply only to employers, not regular Floridians. In calculating the savings, it appears clear that Scott and his office simply divided the entire tax cut as projected by Scott -- $4.1 billion -- by the entire number of Florida households -- 7.5 million -- to reach their average savings of $540. That's easy math. But it's deceptive. We rate this  .
Statement: Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Sean Duffy's Republican Majority.
Speaker: democratic congressional campaign committee
About the speaker: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is responsible for assisting Democratic candidates for the U.S. House.
Date: July 2, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: campaign finance
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: There’s no  that Duffy received contributions from Adelson, and he has no control over contributions to groups that support him. "The  that Adelson’s donations to these other groups amount to ‘Chinese prostitution money’  is dubious enough that inserting the word ‘allegedly’ can’t save it," PolitiFact Ohio wrote in its assessment. That holds no matter what name is inserted into the cut-and-paste news release. You can repeat a , but the smell of smoke remains the same. .
Statement: At the Pelosi house, "the glass it seems was broken from the inside to the out, so it wasn't a break-in, it was a breakout.
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: November 1, 2022
Topics: crime
Context: a podcast interview
Fact-check justification: Trump claimed that at the Pelosi house, "the glass it seems was broken from the inside to the out, so it wasn’t a break-in, it was a breakout." This is refuted by police and accounts Pelosi and DePape told officials. A Justice Department criminal complaint says DePape told authorities he broke into the house through a glass door and that he wanted to take Nancy Pelosi hostage. Local and federal law enforcement authorities have charged DePape with numerous crimes, including attempted murder, assault on the immediate family member of a federal official and attempted kidnapping of a federal official. Trump’s  isn’t supported by . We rate it !
Statement: Says Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg "put an 80-year-old farmer in jail for refusing to plant native vegetation on his farm.
Speaker: citizens for a strong america
About the speaker: Citizens for a Strong America is based in Beaver Dam, Wis. It says it "promotes public policies that reduce tax burdens on families, increase public safety, and protect the rights of parents to make decisions about their children’s medical, psychological and educational well-being."
Date: March 31, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;legal issues
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: He was found in contempt of court three times by two different judges. And when Hensler was finally put behind bars, it was on the order of a judge for contempt of court, not merely refusing to plant native vegetation. Kloppenburg didn’t even request the jail time. The  against Kloppenburg is  . We rate it .
Statement: The Southern Baptist Convention voted 13 years ago "that women were inferior and had to be subservient to their husbands.
Speaker: jimmy carter
About the speaker: Jimmy Carter was elected president of the United States in 1976 and served one term. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. The native of Plains, Georgia was submarine commander, peanut farmer, state senator and Georgia governor. 
Date: June 23, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: religion;women
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: That is certainly open to interpretation, given the definition of "servant leadership" (one who "serves" the people he/she "leads"). Carter has a case if you cherry-pick the document. But the former president begins sliding down the -O-Meter if you look at Article XVIII and its possible interpretations. Overall his statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That meets PolitiFact’s definition of .
Statement: I've never supported legislation that invades people's choices about contraception.
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.
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Date: August 27, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: abortion;sexuality
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Cuccinelli, in a carefully-worded statement, says he’s never supported legislation that "invades people’s choices about contraception." While he’s never cast a vote on legislation that explicitly restricted birth control options, Cuccinelli for a decade has been one of the strongest anti-abortion voices in Virginia. He’s supported personhood bills that recognized life as beginning at the moment of conception or fertilization and bestowed human embryos with legal rights. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says such legislation could outlaw birth control pills and other forms of contraception that prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in a uterus. Cuccinelli’s wording also allows him to gloss over a vote he cast in 2003 against legislation that would have specified contraception does not constitute an abortion. So Cuccinelli’s  has some accuracy, but omits his consistent support of bills that would have opened or protected legal avenues to challenge the use of certain contraceptives. We rate his statement .
Statement: Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially.
Speaker: kenneth block
About the speaker: Kenneth Block is a software engineer and president of Simpatico Software Systems. He founded Rhode Island's Moderate Party and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010. He switched to the Republican Party in 2013 and made an unsuccessful run for Rhode Island Governor in 2014.
Date: December 16, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: elections
Context: a newspaper commentary
Fact-check justification: Ken Block said that "Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially." He argues that shorter sessions could encourage more participation. By the calendar, counting months, Block is right. Eleven other state legislatures finish weeks before Rhode Island’s usual June adjournment. But when you count the number of days the Rhode Island General Assembly is in session, Rhode Island legislators actually work fewer days than their counterparts in some of those 90-day states. We find the statement is "accurate but needs clarification or additional information," our definition of . (If you hear a  you'd like us to check, e-mail it to [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.
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 30, 2023
Topics: economy;infrastructure
Context: Baltimore
Fact-check justification: Biden said, "We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2." None of Biden’s rankings specifically match any we found from widely cited studies. But there is an element of  about the overall trend: China has narrowed its international R&D spending gap with the U.S. and other nations in recent decades. We rate his  .
Statement: Says that as a gubernatorial candidate, Chris Christie "promised no school cuts.
Speaker: stephen sweeney
About the speaker: State Senate President Stephen Sweeney is a Democrat representing Salem County and parts of Gloucester and Cumberland counties.
Date: May 24, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: education
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: The spokesman for the Senate Democrats provided conflicting  to support Sweeney’s  and PolitiFact New Jersey found even more conflicting  in news reports. However, Christie himself recently said he promised not to cut school aid while he was a candidate. We can’t argue with that. We rate Sweeney’s statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: A lot of the ideas in terms of the (health insurance) exchange, just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market, that originated from the Heritage Foundation.
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: March 30, 2010
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: an interview on NBC's Today show
Fact-check justification: We agree with Heritage that the differences between its original vision and the version enacted into law are not trivial, and are enough to undercut the president's effort to secure a Heritage Foundation seal of approval for his bill. But the president helped his case by wording his statement with extreme care. Intentionally or not, he gave himself subtle linguistic running room by saying that "a lot of the ideas" for the exchange came from Heritage, including the concept of "just being able to pool and improve the purchasing power of individuals in the insurance market." Even if not all of the ideas in the two plans are identical, we feel that it was fair of him to say that "a lot of the ideas" are in common, including the notion of pooling. So we conclude that the president's statement qualifies as .
Statement: Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs.
Speaker: lou greenwald
About the speaker: Lou Greenwald is a Democratic state Assemblyman representing parts of Burlington and Camden counties. He also serves as the Assembly Majority Leader.
Date: December 4, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: economy;jobs;labor
Context: Trenton
Fact-check justification: Greenwald said, "Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that  fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs." Leisure and Hospitality saw the second-highest rate of job growth in New Jersey in 2011, but a BLS economist confirmed that the average weekly salary of workers for that sector is the lowest among all sectors tracked. Greenwald, however, misstated that those jobs have the lowest proportion of workers earning minimum wage or below. We rate Greenwald’s statement . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure.
Speaker: james tedisco
About the speaker: James Tedisco is a State Senator from New York's Capital Region and North Country. He previously served in the state Assembly.
Date: April 13, 2018
Location: new york
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Tedisco said the measure raising the minimum wage for tipped workers in Maine was reversed in less than a year. Tedisco is right. Voters in Maine raised the minimum wage for tipped workers through a ballot initiative. State lawmakers reversed that decision less than a year later after pressure from restaurant workers who were against the wage increase. We rate his  .
Statement: Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 12, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: race and ethnicity
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral Facebook post says a picture of white boys playing a racist carnival game comes from a 1942 brochure for a Milwaukee-area YMCA camp. Museum archives and other research confirms the picture is authentic and comes from a brochure for Camp Minikani. The barbaric game was widely played from the 1800s into the mid-1900s, prevalent at all manner of fairs and carnivals, as well as in the media of the time. We rate this  .
Statement: Says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner paid for a Wall Street Journal ad critical of the president.
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: August 28, 2021
Location: florida
Topics: sports;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Hugh Culverhouse Jr. In 1992, Gay Culverhouse became the team’s president, and in 1993, Hugh Culverhouse Sr. turned over control of the team to three trustees, his children not among them.   "Perhaps the similarity of my name caused Ted Cruz to call me the owner," Culverhouse Jr. told USA Today .   He isn’t. We rate this post .
Statement: We in this state saw more job creation in the last three years since I've been governor than you saw in the whole eight years of Doyle's time as governor.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: June 19, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Walker is right on the numbers that show Wisconsin did gain more jobs in his first three years as governor than Doyle did in his eight years. But there’s an indirect element of blame in his . On that score, it’s worth noting Wisconsin consistently trailed the nation in job growth before the Great Recession triggered the second-term losses that dragged down Doyle’s tally. Walker skates past that fact as he chooses a comparison most favorable to himself. We rate Walker’s  .
Statement: Mercedes-Benz USA  moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.
Speaker: nathan deal
About the speaker: Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: January 13, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: The bottom line is, claiming Mercedes’ move will create 800 jobs is generally correct but lacking in context. If you’re an unemployed Georgian today, you likely have a shot at 480 Mercedes job openings, not 800. But there should still be 800 jobs, once it’s all said and done. And that alone could spur more work. We rate the  .
Statement: Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states.
Speaker: keith faber
About the speaker: State Rep. Keith Faber is running for state auditor in 2018. His hometown is Celina, in western Ohio.
Date: February 4, 2013
Location: ohio
Topics: health care;income;labor;public health;workers
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: We followed our curiosity further into its data from 2011, the most recent available: In global exports, Ohio trails Texas, California, New York, Washington, Illinois, Florida, Louisiana and Michigan. The state's largest export market is Canada, followed by Mexico, China, France and Brazil. The state's largest merchandise export category is transportation equipment. And export-supported jobs linked to manufacturing account for an estimated 7.1 percent of Ohio's total private-sector employment. Faber's statement rates  on the -O-Meter.
Statement: Says Gov. Tony Evers "has never had a real job.
Speaker: don pridemore
About the speaker: Don Pridemore is a former Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 22 from 2004 to 2015. He did not seek re-election in 2014.
Pridemore ran for the nonpartisan state executive office of Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2013. He was defeated by incumbent Tony Evers in the general election on April 2, 2013.
 
 
Date: April 24, 2020
Location: wisconsin
Topics: jobs;states
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Pridemore said Evers has "never had a real job." It’s probably news to dairy workers that scraping mold from cheese was not considered a real job. Ditto for nursing home caregivers, school teachers and principals. (Elected officials would probably disagree as well). We rate the  . window.gciAnalyticsUAID = 'PMJS-TEALIUM-COBRAND';
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Statement: Says Congressman Bill Pascrell "voted to remove the public option from the Affordable Health Care Act.
Speaker: steve rothman
About the speaker: Steven R. Rothman served as a Democratic congressman representing parts of northern New Jersey between January 1997 and January 2013. He left office after losing a primary election to Rep. Bill Pascrell.
Date: March 16, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: health care
Context: an interview on NJToday
Fact-check justification: In an NJToday interview, Rothman claimed Pascrell "voted to remove the public option from the Affordable Health Care Act." But Pascrell voted in November 2009 for a House bill that included a public option. The Senate approved a reform bill that didn’t include a public option, and that version became the final law. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .