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Statement: Says N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo "rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price, and he turned it down.
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: March 24, 2020
Location: new york
Topics: coronavirus
Context: a Fox News town hall
Fact-check justification: The report issued guidelines on ventilator allocation if there weren’t enough for everyone and suggested that hospitals designate a triage officer or committee. It explored a lottery system, but did not recommend it as the primary option. Cuomo did not establish one. Trump’s statement is . We rate it .
Statement: If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying in front of Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago.
Speaker: michael bloomberg
About the speaker: Michael Bloomberg was mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013. The billionaire co-founded Bloomberg LP, a financial information and media company, in 1981. On Nov. 24, 2019, he announced his candidacy for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president and dropped out on March 4, 2020.
Date: August 11, 2019
Location: national
Topics: guns
Context: an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
Fact-check justification: Bloomberg said, "If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying before Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago." In 1999 testimony before Congress, LaPierre said, "We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show." Subsequent statements from LaPierre and other NRA officials have acknowledged that the organization’s position on background checks has since changed. We rate Bloomberg’s statement .
Statement: Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community.
Speaker: julián castro
About the speaker: Julián Castro is a former U.S. secretary of Housing & Urban Development. He was the youngest member of Barack Obama’s cabinet, serving from 2014 to 2017. Just before he became secretary of HUD, he was the mayor of San Antonio, elected in 2009. Castro received a bachelor’s degree in political science and communications from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out on Jan. 2, 2020.
Date: March 8, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: immigration
Context: Hillary Clinton campaign news release
Fact-check justification: Castro, a surrogate for the Clinton campaign, said: "Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community." Sanders, then an Independent in the House, voted with 75 Democrats to restrict the U.S. from alerting Mexico to Minutemen operations on the border. However, we didn’t see any  that this since-weakened extremist group was designated a "hate group." On balance, we rate this  as .  – 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: Says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion from a union" because "the Supreme Court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions.
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: September 14, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: labor;legal issues;crime;supreme court;unions
Context: a campaign proposal
Fact-check justification: The high court did rule that union extortion in pursuit of legitimate labor ends, such as a better contract, does not violate a particular federal law that prohibits extortion that obstructs commerce. But that case did not involve union extortion against workers. Moreover, state as well as other federal laws protect workers against abuses by a union. For a statement that contains an element of  but ignores facts that would give a different impression, our rating is . More on Scott Walker Our look at key fact checks involving Walker and unions is here .
Statement: Florida retirees and families "lost tens of thousands of dollars" in deposits on failed Trump condo projects, but he "pocketed their money and walked away.
Speaker: tim kaine
About the speaker: Tim Kaine is a U.S. senator representing Virginia, elected to the Senate in 2012. He was the 2016 Democratic nominee for vice president.
Kaine was governor from 2006 to 2010, lieutenant governor from 2002 to 2006, mayor of Richmond from 1998 to 2001, and city councilman of Richmond beginning in 1994. He was also the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011.
Kaine was born in St. Paul, Minn. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1979 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and a law degree from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., in 1983. He took a year-long break during law school to work with the Jesuit order as a Catholic missionary in Honduras, becoming fluent in Spanish.
 
Date: July 27, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;housing
Context: a speech at the Democratic convention
Fact-check justification: Kaine said Florida retirees and families "lost tens of thousands of dollars" in deposits on failed Trump condo projects, but he "pocketed their money and walked away." It’s clear that many buyers, whatever their occupation or familial status, indeed lost at least that much in the failed Trump projects in Tampa and Fort Lauderdale. Some were further compensated partially with settlements after suing the billionaire. Whether Trump cheated them is another matter. While his licensing agreements with the developers were secret, he was entitled to a certain amount of money for putting his name on the building. He was sued by several dozen angry buyers and either settled or was found not at fault, which is not the same as walking away without addressing the problems. Kaine’s statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/b0c3e425-5851-49f6-9bec-ecace6975c3c
Statement: There's a big chunk of the country that thinks that I have been too soft on Wall Street.
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: September 20, 2010
Location: national
Topics: corporations;economy;regulation
Context: a town hall meeting
Fact-check justification: Here, we're checking Obama's statement that there's "a big chunk of the country that thinks that I have been too soft on Wall Street." We didn't find a lot of polling data on this question. The question that addresses it most closely was whether "the financial institutions on Wall Street have too much influence, too little influence, or the right amount of influence on the Obama Administration." The resounding answer to that was yes, they have too much influence. We rate Obama's statement .
Statement: Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).
Speaker: the gateway pundit
About the speaker: The Gateway Pundit is a conservative website.
Date: March 29, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Reviews by physicians from the CDC and the FDA "revealed no  that vaccination contributed to patient deaths," the CDC said. The Gateway Pundit recently made another   about fatal side effects, this time taking European data out of context to exaggerate the risk of vaccines. The  shared information from a European database that stresses its information is preliminary and requires additional research before making conclusions.   The  that there were nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 as the past 10 years is not accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Under Virginia law, if you are a non-federally licensed (gun) dealer, you cannot get a background check even if you want one.
Speaker: terry mcauliffe
About the speaker: Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, was elected governor of Virginia on Nov. 5, 2013. He received 47.8 percent of the vote in defeating Republican Ken Cuccinelli, who came in at 45.2 percent. Robert Sarvis, a Libertarian, finished a distant third with 6.5 percent.
McAuliffe's inaguration as Virginia's 72nd governor is scheduled on Jan. 11, 2014.
McAuliffe, a wealthy businessman and noted political fundraiser, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008. In 2009, McAuliffe unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Virginia governor.
McAuliffe was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Feb. 9, 1957. He has a bachelor's degree from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. McAuliffe has lived in Fairfax County for more than 20 years, is married and has five children.
 
Date: February 3, 2016
Location: virginia
Topics: guns
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: McAuliffe says, "Under Virginia law, if you are a non-federally licensed (gun) dealer, you cannot get a background check even if you want one." The law requires only licensed dealers - those in the business of selling guns - to conduct background checks on a prospective buyer. As such, only licensed dealers are allowed to contact the state police to request the check. A private seller has no direct access to the background-check process. That doesn’t mean a private seller determined to get a background check is out in the cold. He can ask a gun dealer to conduct the check for him. But that’s a messy process that requires a lot of paperwork and the private seller to temporarily convey his gun to the dealer. So McAuliffe misspeaks when he says the law prohibits the private seller from getting a background check. But the law does make it very difficult for the private seller - who is under no obligation to seek a background check - to get one. We rate McAuliffe’s statement .
Statement: Says Tom Hanks was photographed wearing a T-shirt with an anti-Trump message that begins, "I was going to be a Trump voter for Halloween but…
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 28, 2018
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .) The image is actually a doctored version of a photograph taken of Hanks on May 21, 2010, while he was on the set of the movie "Larry Crowne" in Los Angeles . Peppa Chapple, an assignments editor with Pacific Coast News, confirms the original image was shot by photographer Juan Sharma. In its original, Hanks’ shirt is plain white without any wording on it. We rate this viral image .
Statement: President Joe Biden's corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations.
Speaker: jennifer granholm
About the speaker: Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, is the Energy Secretary in the Biden administration. She served two terms as governor of Michigan, from 2003 to 2011.
Date: April 4, 2021
Topics: corporations;taxes
Context: remarks on CNN's "State of the Union"
Fact-check justification: Granholm said Biden’s corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations." Using the most expansive measure, a combination of the national and sub-national rates, the United States after enactment of Biden’s proposal would actually rank the highest of any of the 38 countries in the OECD, which is often used as a proxy for leading industrial nations. Using just the national rate, the U.S. would rank below Australia, France, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Portugal, and would be tied with New Zealand (28%). But that would still be in the top one-fifth of advanced countries. We rate the statement .
Statement: McCain's energy plan is a "single-answer proposition" — new domestic oil drilling.
Speaker: brian schweitzer
About the speaker: Brian Schweitzer is governor of Montana.
Date: August 26, 2008
Location: national
Topics: energy
Fact-check justification: Some may argue that McCain's plan doesn't do enough to develop alternative fuels, or that his plan for new domestic oil drilling perpetuates the country's dependence on oil, but that doesn't mean McCain's energy plan is "a single-answer proposition" built around new oil drilling. It clearly is not. In fact, McCain's energy plan includes many provisions that have nothing to do with drilling. Schweitzer's  isn't just , it's  so. Our ruling is !
Statement: The impending work stoppage is unlawful.
Speaker: patrick morrisey
About the speaker: Patrick Morrisey is the attorney general of West Virginia. Morrisey is running for the West Virginia U.S. Senate seat.
Date: February 21, 2018
Location: national
Topics: education;legal issues;workers
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Referring to a West Virginia teacher’s strike, Morrisey tweeted that "the impending work stoppage is unlawful." Precedents both from his own office and from the state Supreme Court support that view, and Morrisey was careful to say "unlawful" rather than "illegal." By going on strike, the teachers are not taking part in criminal activity; they are at risk of disciplinary action. We rate the statement .
Statement: The Democratic health care bill in the House would "create 53 new government bureaucracies.
Speaker: charles boustany
About the speaker: Dr. Charles Boustany is a heart surgeon and a Republican congressman from Louisiana.
Date: September 9, 2009
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: response to President Obama's health care address to Congress
Fact-check justification: It would establish a health insurance exchange in which people not on plans provided by large companies could shop for competitive rates. That requires the creation of some new institutions. But they are  to cite 53 as the number. In fact, the number is clearly much smaller. So we find the  .
Statement: State economic development dollars were used to support a project where goods were manufactured in China.
Speaker: anthony brindisi
About the speaker: Anthony Brindisi is a member of the New York state Assembly from the Utica area.
Date: May 26, 2017
Location: new york
Topics: economy
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Brindisi said "state economic development dollars were used to support a project where goods were manufactured in China." That may eventually be . But it's not  now. The company has not received any state money yet. Brindisi also said New York state should support "our state workers and state companies first, before they ship taxpayers' money right out the door to China." No state money was used or will be used to buy twelve fermentation tanks from a Chinese manufacturer for Genesee Brewery. The brewery stands to eventually receive state money for other phases of the upgrade, but it must first meet investment and job creation targets. We rate the  .
Statement: Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: October 22, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: federal budget;health care;government regulation;medicaid;poverty
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Mitt Romney said Rhode Island took its federal Medicaid money and demonstrated that the state could run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government. In context, his statement suggests that the federal government turned over control of the program to Rhode Island. That's not the case. Instead, the state got a waiver from federal rules through a program designed to let states experiment with better ways to provide health care for the poor. That allowed Rhode Island to continue to realign and streamline the program, saving millions. Even without the waiver, there's  that the state would have saved money because it was already inaugurating reforms on its own. The degree of savings is debatable, but Romney never cited an amount. Because his statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate it  . (Get updates from PolitiFact Rhode Island on Twitter: @politifactri . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: Says Walker "wants to get rid of" students' ability to stay on their parents' health insurance.
Speaker: tony evers
About the speaker: Tony Evers, a Democrat, was elected Wisconsin governor in November 2018. His term begins in January 2019. Evers has served as the Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction, a non-partisan position, since 2009. He previously worked as a teacher and school district administrator.
Date: November 1, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: families;health care
Context: a public forum
Fact-check justification: It’s not reasonable to extrapolate from Walker’s opposition of the ACA that he opposes each and every individual policy position within it. And the  ignores the fact that Walker has already signed into law a requirement that health insurers in Wisconsin allow young adults to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26. We rate Evers’  . Editor's note: This item was updated on Nov. 5, 2018 to reflect information from Joe Peacock of the Kids Forward about how the provision in state law compares to the ACA. The rating remains .
Statement: State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking.
Speaker: kris jordan
About the speaker: Kris Jordan is a Republican who represents the Ohio Senate’s 19th District, which includes Delaware and Knox counties as well as portions of Franklin County. He is serving in his first term. A lifelong resident of Delaware County he served six years as a county commissioner before being elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2008. He and his wife, Melissa, live in Ostrander.
Date: June 15, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: environment;energy
Context: the Ohio Senate
Fact-check justification: So where does that leave Jordan’s  that "state agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking." That statement squares with ODNR’s records. But regulators in Ohio have linked water contamination problems in at least one incident to other aspects of drilling such as the construction of the drilling wells. That’s additional information that provides clarification. On the -O-Meter, Jordan’s statement grades out at .
Statement: Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays.
Speaker: american unity pac
About the speaker: This PAC describes itself as“focused exclusively on protecting and promoting candidates for U.S. Congress who support freedom for all Americans, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”
 
Date: August 30, 2016
Location: ohio
Topics: human rights;islam;nuclear
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: An American Unity PAC digital ad claims that Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iran without a commitment from that regime to stop its harsh treatment of Christians, gays and women. Strickland said he supported the Iran nuclear deal last year during his campaign, but he didn't hold federal office when the deal was completed and he didn't vote in favor of it. There are other problems with the ad. For one, the $150 billion estimate is too high, experts say. Also, separate U.S. sanctions for human rights violations remain in place and continue to be enforced. And Strickland’s symbolic support of the deal wasn’t tacit approval of Iran’s persecution of women, non-Muslims, and homosexuality. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/86ba6f86-061f-4d6a-aece-53fb53453cc0
Statement: Says Barack Obama's regulatory adviser Cass Sunstein, "wants to ban hunting and says animals should be represented in court.
Speaker: national rifle association
About the speaker: An advocacy group that fights restrictions on the right to bear arms.
Date: June 11, 2012
Location: national
Topics: guns
Context: a mailer
Fact-check justification: For the most part, the NRA accurately summarizes Sunstein’s position in his 2004 book and his 2007 speech at Harvard. But the group ignores the most recent statements Sunstein made on both issues as part of his 2009 confirmation. Sunstein said he would respect people’s right to hunt -- though that doesn’t mean he still doesn’t want to ban the practice. His about-face was more evident when it comes to the right of an individual to sue on behalf of animal. Contradicting his earlier statements, he said he does not favor changing federal law. Those details are missing from the NRA’s latest attack. We rate this  .