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Statement: Bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are evidence of "Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 15, 2022
Location: arizona
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post said that bags arriving at the Maricopa County vote counting site are  of "Democrats with the help of the media and GOP establishment stealing another election." Bags did arrive at a Maricopa election site, but it’s not a sign of anything criminal or nefarious, and it is in keeping with the state’s election procedures manual. Sealed bags are taken from vote centers to the central counting site by workers of differing political parties. When the bags are opened, it’s done under camera surveillance with political party observers present.  The bags are at the vote counting site so officials can reconcile the number of ballots with the number of voters who checked in at voting centers.  We rate this  ! RELATED : Arizona’s widespread use of mail-in voting and close margins created longer wait for results RELATED : Trump falsely claims Nevada and Arizona election officials ‘want more time to cheat’
Statement: Elon Musk is offering people the opportunity to make $1 million "in 90 days while sleeping in.
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 12, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The tweet appears to be doctored, and we came up empty looking for credible news reports or other sources connecting him to "QuantumAi." We did find a website that appears in Google search results as "Quantum Ai Elon Musk App," and the link leads to a site that describes Quantum AI as a tool for crypto traders. But scrolling down to the frequently asked questions section reveals a bait-and-switch.   The site says it is " news" that Musk has invested in Quantum AI, and he has not "expressed any interest in our platform. "  We rate this post .
Statement: Since 2009, Georgia's public schools have lost nearly 9,000 classroom teachers while the number of students has gone up.
Speaker: jason carter
About the speaker: Jason Carter was elected to the Georgia Senate in May 2010, representing portions of DeKalb County. He is an attorney at the business litigation firm of Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP. Carter is the grandson of former U.S. president and Georgia governor Jimmy Carter.
Date: February 18, 2014
Location: georgia
Topics: education
Context: press statement
Fact-check justification: On Oct. 1, the 180 districts collectively counted and reported to the state Department of Education that they had 1,723,439 students on their rolls. Carter’s statement was based on solid  numbers. Georgia has lost about 7.6 percent of its teachers since 2009. Enrollment wasn’t booming, but it did grow by about 2.6 percent. We rate his statement as .
Statement: Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? FAA could cut other spending.
Speaker: eric cantor
About the speaker: Eric Cantor is a former congressman who represented Virginia's 7th District from 2001 to 2014. He rose to House minority whip in 2009 and House majority leader in 2011. Cantor was upset by Dave Brat in the 2014 GOP primary for congress. He is now vice chairman and managing director of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank.
 
 
 
Date: April 23, 2013
Location: national
Topics: federal budget
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Cantor said flights were being delayed unnecessarily because the FAA could have cut other funds before furloughing air traffic controllers. But the law authorizing sequestration states that cuts must be applied equally. Given that the FAA is a huge federal agency tasked with cutting $600 million, to say there is no wiggle room is a stretch. But sequestration does not allow elimination of entire programs or departments to spend the money on in other areas, such as paying air traffic controllers. What’s more, the fact that Congress was compelled to act to give the FAA that flexibility undercuts the argument that the agency could have moved funds around all along. We rate Cantor’s statement .
Statement: On the last night of the General Assembly, "by 11 o'clock 95 to 98 percent of the business was done. So we really didn't have that late-night session. We were just holding on one bill.
Speaker: nicholas mattiello
About the speaker: Nicholas A. Mattiello has been Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives since March 25, 2014. A Democrat and lawyer, he is a graduate of the Suffolk University School of Law and represents District 15 in Cranston. He previously served as Majority Leader in the House.
Date: July 6, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: history;voting record
Context: an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers."
Fact-check justification: Nicholas Mattiello said that "by 11 o'clock 95 to 98 percent of the business was done. So we really didn't have that late-night session. We were just holding on one bill." It's  that one issue -- Newport Grand and its associated bills -- was holding things up on the last night of the session. It's much less  that 95 percent of the business was done by 11 p.m. And Mattiello's suggestion that you shouldn't call a 4 a.m. adjournment a late-night session simply because most votes involved legislation that members had seen before strikes us as  . His statement contains just enough  -- the fact that one bill was at issue -- to escape having his slacks scorched. We rule it . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: FCAT tests "account for less than 1 percent of the instructional time provided during the year.
Speaker: gerard robinson
About the speaker: Gerard Robinson was chosen by the Florida Board of Education to serve as the education commissioner in June 2011.
Date: June 15, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: children;corrections and updates;education
Context: a written statement
Fact-check justification: Robinson said that the FCAT tests "account for less than 1 percent of the instructional time provided during the year." This was a prepared statement, based on research done by his staff, in response to FCAT critics who say that schools devote too much time to the tests. Readers could assume that by "instructional time" Robinson was including regular lesson time in the classroom preparing for the FCAT. He wasn’t. His office says that referred to the number of minutes taking the test out of the total minutes of instruction per year. But he didn’t provide that explanation in his statement. In reality, there is no clear way to quantify how much time teachers spend preparing students for the test. Some teachers say they spend practically all their time on the FCAT. Robinson’s goal was to deflect criticism that too much time is spent "teaching to the test." He is suggesting that the FCAT eats up only a smidgen of a school year. But for students, parents and teachers who spend months preparing for those tests, Robinson’s words are . We rate this  . Update: During the editing process, ellipses were inadvertently left out of Robinson's comments of June 15. The ellipses are now included.
Statement: Human error, such as skipping a community in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, "is common in (the vote-tabulation) process.
Speaker: kathy nickolaus
About the speaker: Kathy Nickolaus is the Waukesha County clerk, a partisan post that oversees elections. She was first elected in November 2002 after winning a Republican primary. She was re-elected in 2004, 2006 and 2008 without opposition, when state law was changed and made the term four years
Nickolaus has had a long career in Republican politics. In the 1990s, she worked as a staffer for the Assembly Republican caucus.
Date: April 7, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections
Context: remarks at a news conference
Fact-check justification: We think it’s fair to assume she was including her own error as one of the "common" mistakes. History, and experts, confirm that human error is indeed not unusual in the tabulation of preliminary election results. It’s equally clear that her error, while not unprecedented, is on the extreme end of the scale and is a rarity. Our definition for  is: The statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That’s our ruling.
Statement: Democrat Senators high-five after voting in favor of late-term abortion.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 30, 2018
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Aides for Heitkamp and Schumer told PolitiFact in 2018 that the senators were greeting each other and that they did not speak about the vote in their interaction. When Heitkamp and Schumer met, the vote was about halfway through, so the hand clasp was not in reaction to a final tally and their exchange did not look like a high-five. Heitkamp lost her bid for re-election in 2018. The headline on LifeSiteNews.com inaccurately claims the senators high-fived in celebration of late-term abortion. We rate the post .
Statement: There are polls showing right now that the American people for the most part think it's a bad idea to provide tax cuts to the wealthy.
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: December 7, 2010
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: There’s modest support for Obama’s point from poll respondents who wanted to see the tax cuts continue for those below a certain threshold but expire for those above that threshold. And those respondents ranged from 39 percent to 53 percent in the five polls. So overall, the poll numbers support Obama’s general point, but they don’t fully justify his  that "the American people for the most part think it’s a bad idea." Actually, in most of the polls just a plurality says that. On balance, we rate his statement .
Statement: California's single-payer healthcare proposal would "force seniors off of Medicare.
Speaker: antonio villaraigosa
About the speaker: Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, is a candidate for California governor, former mayor of Los Angeles and former state Assembly speaker. 
Date: March 5, 2018
Location: california
Topics: health care;medicare;state budget;states;the 2018 california governor's race
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Candidate for governor Antonio Villaraigosa recently claimed a single-payer health plan backed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom would force seniors off Medicare. That plan, also known as SB 562 or Healthy California, proposes to create one central government health insurance provider in the state by folding in all other plans, including federal coverage such as Medicare. So, in this sense, Villaraigosa has a point. If successful, the plan would eliminate Medicare in the state and create a brand new, untested system. Villaraigosa’s , however, ignores the fact that the single-payer proposal at least intends to honor all rules and benefits under Medicare and improve upon the system. His statement gives the impression that seniors would be forced off Medicare and left without healthcare, which is far from the plan’s stated goal. Notably, California would need federal approval to bring Medicare and other federal plans into its new system. Experts say this approval is, at best, a long-shot. Newsom, the frontrunner in the race for governor, has expressed support for SB 562, though he’s said it’s not complete and still needs to move through the legislative process. In the end, there is much that’s unknown about the California proposal, including whether it will ever pass the Legislature.   What we do know is that Villaraigosa’s statement about taking away Medicare is partially accurate, but leaves out key context and tells only part of the story. We rate it .   – 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. PolitiFact California is fact-checking claims in the 2018 governor's race. Hear a  you want fact-checked? Email us at [email protected] , tweet us @CAPolitiFact or contact us on Facebook .
Statement: A majority of Americans agree with" a ban on assault weapons. "And by the way, so did Ronald Reagan.
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: January 16, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: guns
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Not only did Reagan support the ban, but so do most Americans, Obama said. Information from a Washington Post/ABC News poll supports the president’s statement. On these two issues, we gave Obama a  rating. Staff writer Karishma Mehrotra contributed to this article. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/c2035a6a-7caf-4aca-bdd2-cc83f268d2c4
Statement: The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.
Speaker: carla smith
About the speaker: Carla Smith is an Atlanta city councilwoman.
Date: September 13, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: water;taxes
Context: a meeting
Fact-check justification: "Utilities have fixed costs and revenue is variable," Brandt said. Based on the research we’ve seen, none of which has been disputed, Atlanta has the highest monthly bills in most categories. When it is not first, Atlanta is typically second. Atlanta users may not want to toast a glass of H2O to this one, but Smith’s  appears on target. We rate it as .
Statement: Says House Democrats passed impeachment rules that "do not allow any witness to be called unless the witness is approved by Adam Schiff," "do not allow involvement of the President's legal counsel" and "do not allow any witness to be questioned unless the question is approved by Adam Schiff.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: October 31, 2019
Topics: impeachment;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed impeachment rules passed by House Democrats "do not allow" Republicans to call and question witnesses without Schiff’s permission, and that the resolution prohibits the involvement of Trump’s lawyers.  Requests for additional testimony must go through Schiff, but the decision to ultimately allow them is not his alone. Democrats and Republicans are given equal time to question witnesses, and there’s nothing in the resolution saying Schiff must approve questions. Trump is not permitted counsel during hearings held by the Intelligence Committee, but the same is not  for Judiciary Committee hearings The post contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Rick Scott's company is partners with Playboy in a social networking website that has community pages specifically geared towards gay dating.
Speaker: bill mccollum
About the speaker: Bill McCollum is a former Florida Attorney General. He campaigned to be governor and was defeated in the Republican primary on Aug. 24, 2010. 
Date: July 15, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: immigration;candidate biography;corporations;lgbtq
Context: a campaign mail piece
Fact-check justification: It's also  for McCollum to say Quepasa is Scott's company, as if he were the owner, or the one making decisions. As a fourth-largest individual stockholder, he has clout, no doubt. But he's ultimately not in charge of Quepasa. (For instance the partnership with Playboy came in 2009, three years after Scott had already invested in the company). Because of those failures to be more clear with potential voters, we rate McCollum's  .
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton's Iran nuclear deal "lined the pockets of the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money.
Speaker: reince priebus
About the speaker: Reince Priebus was the first chief of staff to President Donald Trump, replaced by John Kelly in July 2017. Priebus was previously chairman of the Republican National Committee, a post he assumed in 2011. He is also the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He was an unsuccessful Wisconsin state Senate candidate in 2004. He is a Kenosha, Wis., native and lawyer.
Date: July 21, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: foreign policy;nuclear;terrorism
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Our rating Priebus said Clinton's Iran nuclear deal "lined the pockets of the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money." The United States labels Iran as the top state sponsor of terrorism. But the deal was struck 2.5 years after Clinton left the Obama administration. And the vast majority of the tens of billions of dollars that Iran gets is not American money, but its own assets, which were frozen by the U.S. and other countries that imposed sanctions on Iran. For a statement that contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, our rating is .
Statement: My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 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: July 25, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: economy;state budget;taxes
Context: campaign materials
Fact-check justification: That's more than all of the people employed in Hernando County, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics . Or it's equivalent to closing just about every dentist office in the state. Scott claims that his economic plan for Florida will create 700,000 jobs in seven years, but he admits that he's rounding up. The real number in the plan is closer to 660,000 jobs. We guess the "7-7-7" plan sounds better than "7- 6.6 -7" plan, but for the sake of accuracy, we have to rate Scott's  .
Statement: American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation.
Speaker: karl rove
About the speaker: Karl Rove is a former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush. He has worked as a commentator and political analyst for Fox News.
Date: March 23, 2011
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;military
Context: an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News
Fact-check justification: Nations hardly ever give command of their forces to other nations." When we presented our findings to Rove, he conceded through a spokesman that he was in error. He said he "had checked, quickly, for post-World War II (instances), but of course (PolitiFact is) right about World War I in which Americans were under foreign command, and it looks like there are instances in World War II where U.S. troops may have been under the operational command of British leadership." Ultimately, there are at leat 17 examples, stretching back longer than a century, in which U.S. forces have worked,  successfully, under foreign operational leadership. So we rate Rove's statement .
Statement: Two-thirds of our kids can't read at grade level.
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: January 26, 2016
Location: national
Topics: education
Context: a column posted on Medium.com
Fact-check justification: Rubio said that "two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level." The numbers from the NAEP reading test for fourth and eighth graders provide some support for his statement. However, experts said that there is no accepted definition of what being at "grade level" means under the NAEP tests. While Rubio's use of NAEP's higher "proficient" standard is a reasonable choice, experts said, it's not the only one -- many states have set standards aligned with NAEP's "basic" level instead. We rate the statement .
Statement: Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn't actually been any defunding the police.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: May 30, 2021
Location: texas
Topics: city budget;criminal justice;crime;public safety;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Twitter post
Fact-check justification: A viral tweet said, "Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police." There’s not enough current or comprehensive data to back the  that police budgets are the highest ever. The latest nationwide figures supporting it go only up to 2017, and police budget responsibilities are shared among various jurisdictions and levels of government, making comparisons difficult.  The  that "there hasn’t actually been any defunding," is not supported. Some municipal governments did take money away from police department operating budgets in the past year, though it’s not yet clear how long those cuts will last, and some are reversing course.  The post contains an element of  but lacks  to support its broadest claims. We rate it .
Statement: On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job.
Speaker: tina smith
About the speaker: Tina Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota, was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2017, filling a vacancy created when Al Franken resigned. Smith had previously served as lieutenant governor.
Date: April 10, 2018
Location: national
Topics: jobs;race and ethnicity;women
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: In Smith’s initial tweet, she wrote, "On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job." The official federal data shows that women earn 80 percent of what men earn, but that’s a collective average for all jobs, not a comparison of men and women holding identical jobs. For men and women holding the same job, there’s still a gap, but it’s substantially smaller. Our policy is to acknowledge and applaud after-the-fact corrections by speakers we check, but we still put the original comment to the -O-Meter. So Smith’s initial remark rates .