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Statement: Reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott won't come clean.
Speaker: florida first initiative
About the speaker: Florida First Initiative is a federal 527 organization running ads in the Florida governor's race.
Date: August 17, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;crime;message machine 2010
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: The ad says that "reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott won't come clean." The line refers to a civil lawsuit involving Solantic, a company Scott co-founded, and Dr. Gary Glencross. Glencross alleged that his medical license was misused by the Jacksonville-based chain of walk-in clinics. A month after Scott gave a deposition in the case, it was settled. Terms of the settlement are confidential. The case was a civil one, not criminal. And Scott provided a deposition as required. The only instance of him failing to "come clean" is not providing the results of that deposition to the public. Which he doesn't have to. We rate the accusation .
Statement: U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine were laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 13, 2022
Topics: campaign finance;corrections and updates;elections;facebook fact-checks;ukraine
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claimed that U.S. aid money sent to Ukraine is being funneled back in the form of campaign contributions to Democrats through the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. FTX’s former CEO was a large donor to Democrats, but has also given to Republicans. The company’s connection to Ukraine was partnering with a fundraising site called Aid to Ukraine that allows people to donate cryptocurrency for the country’s war effort. That money was then transferred to the Ukrainian government, not the other way around. There is no  to support the . We rate this . Update, Nov. 16, 2022: This story was updated to include statements from the U.S. State Department, the United States Agency for International Development and Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation that were received after publication. It also clarifies the job title for Alex Bornyakov . The rating is unchanged.
Statement: The two worst counties for (Medicaid) fraud in the country -- not state -- are Dade and Broward county.
Speaker: ron saunders
About the speaker: Ron Saunders, D-Key West, is a state representative and minority leader.
Date: January 19, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: health care;crime
Context: a meeting with reporters
Fact-check justification: We could not find any government office that could point to numbers ranking counties across the nation in terms of Medicaid fraud. But we found four experts -- one from the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, one a former secretary of the state's AHCA, a spokesperson from a national organization that provides information on health care fraud and an attorney who specializes in health care law -- who all agree that Saunders is likely right. At PolitiFact Florida, we dig for data to support claims by politicians -- and Saunders and our experts haven't provided hard numbers to prove him right. But the fact that four experts -- including one appointed by a Republican governor -- generally back up the Democratic minority leader or say that the two counties are at least among the worst in the nation carries weight with us.  We rate Saunders’  .
Statement: Singer Celine Dion Says: 'I Can't Even Look At An American Flag Any More, I Hate This Country.'
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: April 11, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a post on the Internet
Fact-check justification: The 59-second video shares the same title as the blog post, but instead of Dion speaking, it’s actually just a computer voiceover, saying, "I can’t even look at an American flag anymore, I hate this country." Right after the "quote," however, the voice-over contradicts the previous statement. It says that Dion is one of the most talented vocalists that "ever existed." And although she is from Canada, her performance of God Bless America proves her " appreciation of our amazing country." We rate this headline !
Statement: Says Sen. Rand Paul's 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC.
Speaker: doug muder
About the speaker: Doug Muder writes the Weekly Sift, a liberal blog on politics and society.
Date: October 20, 2014
Topics: ebola;federal budget;public health;punditfact
Context: a post on the Weekly Sift blog
Fact-check justification: Muder said that in 2011 Sen. Paul proposed cutting the CDC budget by $1.165 billion. Budget documents confirm that. In fact, Paul’s most detailed budget that year would have trimmed CDC spending by slightly more, about $1.2 billion. While the Senate approved two broad spending measures to fund the CDC in 2014, Paul voted against both. We rate the  .
Statement: ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding.
Speaker: john mccain
About the speaker: John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona, a post he held from 1987 to his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. McCain was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent his career in the military, as his father did. He was a combat pilot in Vietnam who was shot down and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. He was born in 1936 in Panama. 
Date: November 29, 2007
Location: national
Topics: history
Context: St. Petersburg
Fact-check justification: R. John Pritchard, a historian and lawyer who is a top scholar on the trials, said the Japanese felt the ends justified the means. "The rapid and effective collection of intelligence then, as now, was seen as vital to a successful struggle, and in addition, those who were engaged in torture often felt that whatever pain and anguish was suffered by the victims of torture was nothing less than the just deserts of the victims or people close to them," he said. In a recent journal essay, Judge Evan Wallach, a member of the U.S. Court of International Trade and an adjunct professor in the law of war, writes that the testimony from American soldiers about this form of torture was gruesome and convincing. A number of the Japanese soldiers convicted by American judges were hanged, while others received lengthy prison sentences or time in labor camps. We find McCain's retelling of history to be accurate, so we give him a .
Statement: We're within 600 miles of 60 percent of America. We're in a perfect location.
Speaker: john kasich
About the speaker: John Kasich is the governor of Ohio. A Republican and a former congressman, he defeated Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 and was reelected in 2014. He ran for president in 2016.
Date: May 10, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: a speech to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Fact-check justification: We found that 184,900,000 people live within 600 miles of Ohio, or 59.9 percent of the U.S. population of 308.7 million. That's 60 percent, whether you round off by a number that is not statistically significant or factor a margin of error. The 600-mile reach would include nearly all of the Eastern Seaboard, the upper Midwest, much of the Deep South and some states west of the Mississippi River. One additional note: In addition to 60 percent of the U.S. population, Kasich’s  also would encompass the most populous parts of Ontario and Quebec. We rate Kasich's statement as .
Statement: The storming of the Capitol was staged.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: January 6, 2021
Topics: elections;crime;facebook fact-checks;jan. 6
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: NBC News reporter and producer Frank Thorp posted a video from the gallery showing intruders roaming the Senate floor and looking through desks.    Jeffrey Rosen, the acting attorney general Trump appointed to replace William Barr, issued a statement on Jan. 7 saying that the "nation watched in disbelief as a mob breached the Capitol Building and required federal and local law enforcement to help restore order. "  Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said , "The violent attack on the U.S. Capitol was unlike any I have ever experienced in my 30 years in law enforcement here in Washington. "  There is no  that it was staged, a psychological operation, or a  flag. We rate these claims .
Statement: Women have come through the recession worse off than men … the numbers bear that out. We went from a 7 percent unemployment rate for women when he (President Barack Obama) was elected to an 8.1 percent now.
Speaker: caroline casagrande
About the speaker: Caroline Casagrande is a Republican assemblywoman from Freehold, NJ, representing District 11.
Date: April 29, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: an interview on My9TV.com's "New Jersey Now" program
Fact-check justification: Casagrande said, "women have come through the recession worse off than men … the numbers bear that out. We went from a 7 percent unemployment rate for women when he was elected to an 8.1 percent now." Labor statistics show and some experts told us that while men took the brunt of job loss during the recession, the industries they dominate – construction and manufacturing – tend to bounce back first during economic recovery. Women often are affected much later than men during a recession, meaning they are more likely to have a slower rate of gaining employment. Casagrande’s timeframe is off slightly for the statistic she cited, and Obama can’t be held completely responsible for the slow recovery among women. We rate Casagrande’s statement . To comment on this story, go to NJ.com .
Statement: The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
Date: November 2, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: deficit;economy;federal budget
Context: "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington"
Fact-check justification: We think it's reasonable to pause where Perry's research team landed in March. At that time, the CBO estimated the government would record $1.5 trillion in debt for fiscal year 2010, which breaks down to about $4.1 billion per day, though (as we note) those figures have since ratcheted down a bit. We're persuaded too that a case could be made for paying closer attention to the shifting ratio of the debt to the GDP. Regardless, Perry's calculation was on target. We rate his statement as .
Statement: The Obama administration has put out "more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times.
Speaker: rob portman
About the speaker: Rob Portman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is a former Republican congressman who also was a U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George H.W. Bush.
Date: May 23, 2013
Location: ohio
Topics: regulation
Context: Conference call with reporters
Fact-check justification: Some of Obama’s biggest rules resulted from court rulings dating to Bush, with courts requiring environmental regulation after Bush balked. But Obama’s share of these or similar statutory or judicially required rules -- 48 percent of all the rules his administration finalized -- was not much different from the share Clinton had to deal with in his first term, nor the share Bush had in his second term. This doesn’t change the facts or statistics as stated by Portman: The Obama administration has put out "more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times." We rate his  .
Statement: The NFL agreed to give the domestic terror group, BLM, 250 million dollars.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 21, 2020
Topics: race and ethnicity;sports;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Since that agreement more than two seasons ago, the NFL has donated $44 million to fund social justice work by awarding grants to 20 organizations and 350 grassroots programs. "Now that fund will balloon to $250 million in all," according to a story on the NFL’s website, "with the league working with players to identify and work with programs that address criminal justice reform, police reform and economic and educational advancement for African Americans." No programs have been announced, so the NFL could decide to donate some of that money to the Black Lives Matter Foundation. But a spokesperson for the league told fact-checkers at the Dispatch that it’s not accurate that all $250 million would be funneled there.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns.
Speaker: ted cruz
About the speaker: Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.
Date: January 15, 2016
Location: national
Topics: criminal justice;crime;guns
Context: North Charleston, S.C
Fact-check justification: Cruz said Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns." Holder unquestionably said the word "brainwash." But Cruz leaves out some important context -- how long ago the comment was made, and the fact that it was targeted toward youth during a high-crime era in Washington, D.C., not the overall American public. We rate the  .
Statement: Says 25 percent of Oregonians oppose the death penalty.
Speaker: joshua marquis
About the speaker: Joshua Marquis is the district attorney for Oregon's Clatsop County.
Date: November 27, 2011
Location: oregon
Topics: criminal justice;states
Context: a blog comment
Fact-check justification: How  this is for Oregon, we can’t say, but neither can Marquis. With PolitiFact, the burden of proof is always on the speaker. Marquis’ statement might have the smallest grain of , but it ignores some important details. We give his statement that death penalty opponents are "in a minority of about 25 percent" a . Tell us what you think by visiting Oregonlive and leaving a comment.
Statement: Mike Parson opposes protections for pre-existing conditions.
Speaker: nicole galloway
About the speaker: Nicole Galloway, a Democrat, is state auditor of Missouri and a candidate for governor in 2020.
Date: September 26, 2020
Location: missouri
Topics: health care
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Nicole Galloway said, "Mike Parson opposes protections for pre-existing conditions." Parson has made it clear that he opposes the Affordable Care Act, which protects Americans with pre-existing conditions. At the same time, like other Republicans, he has said he supports the protections for pre-existing condition coverage. He backed a state law intended to protect pre-existing conditions if the Affordable Care Act were overturned. But that bill never made it out of committee, and a legal scholar says the legislation wouldn’t work — insurers would simply stop offering individual policies at affordable prices, leaving people without employer-provided insurance no way to get coverage. Parson may say that he likes the idea of protections for pre-existing conditions, but he has done nothing to put in place effective, clear legislation that will provide these protections. And by supporting a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act, he has taken steps to overturn a federal law that already protects people with pre-existing conditions.  We rate this  .
Statement: The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on
his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due
credit card bills.
Speaker: ron klein
About the speaker: Ron Klein is a former Democratic Congressman from South Florida, representing District 22 in South Florida from 2007-2011. He was defeated in a re-election campaign on Nov. 2, 2011.
Date: August 24, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;message machine 2010
Context: a campaign TV advertisement
Fact-check justification: If the campaign offers it later, we will review this item then. What we do know is that an IRS lien was filed, so Klein's ad is accurate on that score. The Broward liens and the credit card accusations also are accurate descriptions of public records. But we think the ad lacks context because Klein fails to mention that the IRS lien was settled within a few months, as were most of the other judgments filed in Broward County. So we rate this  .
Statement: There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850.
Speaker: diego arene-morley
About the speaker: Diego Arene-Morley, of Washington, D.C., is the president of Brown University Students for Sensible Drug Policy. He is a junior majoring in public policy.
Date: November 18, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: civil rights;criminal justice;crime;marijuana
Context: a community forum
Fact-check justification: Arene-Morley said that "There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850." Our research found that U.S. Bureau of Criminal Statistics put the number of African American men under state and federal criminal justice supervision in 2013 at about 1.68 million -- 807,076 above the number of African American men enslaved in 1850. The Sentencing Project, too, puts that number at 1.88 million with local jails factored in. Given that , we rate Arene-Morley’s   . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Says Jacky Rosen "skipped work ... at the expense of veterans" to "attend a publicity stunt.
Speaker: dean heller
About the speaker: Dean Heller is a Republican U.S. senator from Nevada.
Date: June 26, 2018
Location: national
Topics: immigration;veterans
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Heller said that Rosen skipped work at the expense of veterans for a publicity stunt. Heller highlighted his own support as a cosponsor of a companion measure in the Senate — but he forgot to highlight the same of Rosen. Rosen did miss the vote.  The bill faced zero opposition, was on a formal fast-track for passage, and passed 382-0. Rosen didn’t skip "work." She made an official visit, along with another congressman, to sites near the Mexican border that were relevant to legislation she introduced related to family separation at the border. The thread of accuracy here is Rosen missed a vote. We rate this  .
Statement: The majority of minimum wage workers...are mothers.
Speaker: abigail spanberger
About the speaker: Abigail Spanberger is the 2018 Democratic nominee for the 7th Congressional seat in Virginia. A former CIA agent, she is challenging incumbent Republican Dave Brat
Date: October 20, 2020
Topics: income;women;workers
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Spanberger, in debate, said, "The majority of minimum wage workers" are mothers.  There’s not much data on bottom wage earners across the nation because the minimum wage varies in most states. The Bureau of Labor Statistics keeps limited statistics about minimum wage workers in the 21 states that allow the federal floor or $7.25 an hour, but it does not track the number or percentage who are moms. We were unable to find data on the number of minimum wage moms, and Spanberger didn’t come up with any. Some of the backup information her campaign actually cast doubt on her . Spanberger fails in her burden to prove her , so we rate it .
Statement: People committed involuntarily for 72 hours under the Baker Act will get their guns back "automatically and immediately upon discharge....and their commitment is never entered into a background check database.
Speaker: mike ryan
About the speaker: Mike Ryan was elected to the non-partisan office of Sunrise mayor in 2010. He is a partner in the law firm of Krupnick Campbell Malone and is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Date: January 14, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: health care;guns
Context: a political blog
Fact-check justification: Ryan made a two-part  about the Baker Act and guns. First, he said "Now someone committed involuntarily for 72 hours under the ‘Baker Act’ (as a danger to themselves or others) will have their guns returned to them by the police automatically and immediately upon discharge after 72 hours..."   Those who are released after a Baker Act evaluation are entitled to get their guns back, the state’s former attorney general wrote in an opinion. Many law enforcement agencies require a court order, a process than can take several weeks. The second part of Ryan’s , "and their commitment is never entered into a background check database," is close to correct. It would be more accurate to say that "their evaluation under the Baker Act is never entered into a background check database." An evaluation itself is not commitment, and therefore the law stating that a commitment would preclude someone from having a weapon doesn’t apply. We rate this  .
Statement: Farmers are declaring bankruptcy "in record numbers" and "the median income for U.S. farm households was -$1,548 in 2018.
Speaker: tulsi gabbard
About the speaker: Tulsi Gabbard is a representative of Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District. Elected to the office in 2012, Gabbard is the first Samoan-American and first Hindu member of the U.S. Congress. She was re-elected in 2014, 2016 and 2018. Gabbard has also been in active service for more than the past 10 years and has served in the Hawaii Army National Guard. Gabbard received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Hawaii Pacific University. In 2019, she announced she is running for the Democratic nomination for president.
Date: February 19, 2019
Location: national
Topics: agriculture
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Gabbard said farmers are declaring bankruptcy "in record numbers" and "the median income for U.S. farm households was -$1,548 in 2018." Bankruptcy filings are not at record levels. Chapter 12 filings in 2018 were lower than in 2017 and in other recent years. And Gabbard’s phrasing for median income for farm households is . The median farm income was forecast at -$1,548 in 2018. But that’s not representative of a farmer’s overall median income. Farm household income includes off-farm and farm incomes. The median farm household income (off-farm and farm) for 2018 was forecast to reach $76,594 in 2018. Gabbard’s  contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .