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Statement: A small majority of Americans don't think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don't want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: May 6, 2014
Location: national
Topics: health care;polls and public opinion
Context: a keynote speech
Fact-check justification: Clinton said, "A small majority of Americans don’t think they like the Affordable Care Act, but a large majority of Americans don’t want to do away with the protections that are in the Affordable Care Act." An average of recent polls shows that just over 50 percent of Americans favor repealing the law. And a recent Kaiser study shows that "large majorities" of Americans favor 10 of the 11 elements of the law the pollsters asked about. However, Americans do oppose one crucial element of the law -- the individual mandate. That's something Clinton's comment glosses over, so we rate her  .
Statement: The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can't take this stuff.
Speaker: newt gingrich
About the speaker: Newt Gingrich is a political adviser and author. A former Georgia congressman, Gingrich served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. Gingrich sought the GOP nomination for president in 2012.
Date: April 26, 2015
Topics: foreign policy;punditfact
Context: comments on ABC's "This Week"
Fact-check justification: Gingrich said the Clinton Foundation "took money from from foreign governments while (Hillary Clinton) was secretary of state. It is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff." A clause in the Constitution does prohibit U.S. officials such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from receiving gifts, or emoluments, from foreign governments. But the gifts in this case were donations from foreign governments that went to the Clinton Foundation, not Hillary Clinton. She was not part of the foundation her husband founded while she was secretary of state. Does that violate the Constitution? Some libertarian-minded constitutional law experts say it very well could. Others are skeptical. What’s clear is there is room for ambiguity, and the donations are anything but "clearly illegal." The reality is this a hazy part of U.S. constitutional law.  Gingrich’s statement rate . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/947e9cfc-05c6-4bc4-a4f8-00ee07b8ee52
Statement: Austin's Pease Elementary "is a school that was created as part of the Texas Constitution.
Speaker: meria carstarphen
About the speaker: Meria Joel Carstarphen, superintendent of the Austin Independent School District, was previously superintendent of the Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Schools.
 
Date: April 1, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: education
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: She says the larger point is preservation of the "historic jewel." The 1876 Constitution, Carstarphen’s post says, was "very clear about the use of public lands to establish a system of free public schools. The original Pease school, several blocks from the Capitol, embodied the intention of those constitutional framers." Our analysis: The superintendent clearly hopes to preserve an historically unique school. Still, her statement to KUT was .
Statement: Since 1900, six (U.S. Supreme Court) justices have been confirmed during election years, including Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was confirmed in the final year of the Reagan Administration.
Speaker: mark herring
About the speaker: State Sen. Mark Herring of Loudoun County was narrowly elected attorney general in 2013, capping a Democratic sweep of statewide offices after a recount.
Herring was born in 1961 in Johnson City, Tenn. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and graduated law school at the University of Richmond. He is the principal of the law firm Herring & Turner, P.C., working in the areas of business and corporate matters, land use and zoning, civil litigation and municipal law.
Herring won a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in 1999. He served in the state senate after a special election in January 2006 until January 2014.
Date: March 29, 2016
Location: virginia
Topics: supreme court
Context: a letter
Fact-check justification: Herring said there have been six presidential election year confirmations for Supreme Court seats going back to 1900. There indeed were six justices confirmed during presidential election years in that time frame. We rate his  .
Statement: 12 white female bodies in garage freezer tagged 'Black Lives Matter.'
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: July 17, 2020
Location: california
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: The images that appear with the story — one of a Black man looking at the camera and the other showing the back of a man in a shirt that says "coroner" — are the same images from a similar hoax we fact-checked in 2017. Only in that version of the story, a 39-year-old man in Chicago was arrested after police found "19 white female bodies in freezers with ‘Black Lives Matter’ carved into skin." But we called LAPD to be sure. " news," a spokesperson said.   We rate this story .
Statement: Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide.
Speaker: joaquin castro
About the speaker: Initially elected to the Texas House in 2002, Joaquin Castro initially won election to the U.S. House in November 2012.
Date: September 22, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: elections;history
Context: a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival
Fact-check justification: Texas voters have not elected a Democrat to statewide office for longer than voters in any other state. Castro’s statement rates as .
Statement: Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.
Speaker: jim francesconi
About the speaker: Jim Francesconi is a member of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education.
Date: August 7, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: education;poverty
Context: a guest column
Fact-check justification: This is within the ballpark of accurate if you limit the count to Oregon residents at Oregon’s public universities. And we can accept these qualifiers given the overall thrust of his guest column -- even as we find the original explanation provided by the speaker and university system to be seriously flawed. Last year’s snapshot figures show that 45 percent of Oregon resident undergraduates were on Pell grants, up from 30 percent in 2007. The Oregon University System eventually unearthed statistics to back up Francesconi’s statement, making it accurate but requiring clarification and additional information. We rate the statement .
Statement: The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004.
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: May 10, 2011
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: El Paso
Fact-check justification: That year, the agency had 10,500 agents to patrol land borders.   That number now stands at nearly 21,000. In other words, manpower has roughly doubled since 2004, as Obama said in his speech in El Paso. Again, that trend began under President Bush, whom Obama credited, but it continued under Obama. We rate Obama's statement .
Statement: Says Donald Trump mocked "someone with a disability.
Speaker: priorities usa action
About the speaker: Priorities USA Action is a PAC that is supportive of President Barack Obama.
Date: June 8, 2016
Location: colorado
Topics: disability
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: In an ad from Priorities USA Action, parents of a disabled child said Trump "mocked" a disabled reporter at a campaign rally. Trump did mimic the man’s oddly angled right hand while flailing his arms and shouting in a strange voice. Disabled people and advocates said the candidate clearly was mocking him. Trump’s excuses for his comments are at odds with the . Trump said he didn’t remember the man so he couldn’t know he was handicapped. But Kovaleski said he and Trump knew each other well because the reporter regularly covered the New York businessman for years. Archived reports support that. Trump also talked about the reporter with familiarity as a "nice reporter" and a "poor guy" who "you gotta see." Trump’s denials that he did not mock -- or even know -- the disabled reporter don’t add up. We rate the ad’s  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/b6a6f3b2-11b8-443e-a384-f9791cd9b28b
Statement: Rosa Parks' daughter praises (President Donald) Trump's response to Charlottesville.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: August 20, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Stories from sites like OurLandOfTheFree.com often are shared on other outlets, with no indication they are made up. Notably, the Republican Party of Virginia was fooled by this story. A volunteer for the group posted the original link on the party’s Facebook page , but it was eventually removed. This  came from a website that fabricates all of its content. We rate it !
Statement: Says Trump told Fox News "the Democrats can subpoena me and my administration for the next 10, 15, 20 years and we will never capitulate. They need to face the fact that I am in charge, this is my country and I will do as I please, they have no control over me. The people support me and will always support me.
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: September 15, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The graphics for the Fox screengrab come from an April 25, 2019, phone interview that Trump gave to Fox News host Sean Hannity when he was talking about the 2016 Democratic National Committee server hack . The video lines up with the Facebook post’s image a little after the 10-minute mark with the real Fox caption saying, "Trump: I want to see what was on the DNC server." The Facebook post’s "Trump goes ballistic" line in the chyron also doesn’t match the font used by Fox News Channel. A Fox News spokesperson confirmed to PolitiFact that the post’s image was doctored. We rate this !
Statement: The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country.
Speaker: josh earnest
About the speaker: Josh Earnest is the White House press secretary under President Barack Obama. He replaced Jay Carney, for whom Earnest was a deputy press secretary, in June 2014. 
Date: August 3, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: environment;public health
Context: a White House press briefing
Fact-check justification: Earnest said, "The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country." There’s little doubt about that. Mosquito populations can go up or down anywhere, but experts said the conditions in South Florida sustain a large and diverse collection of the insects essentially all year long. Be safe out there, and don’t forget the DEET . This may not be a biting revelation, but we rate it . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/93f73910-214f-40e5-9e4d-b76af85889a8
Statement: Global poverty is down to "less than 10% today from 37% in 1990.
Speaker: boris johnson
About the speaker: Boris Johnson is the British Prime Minister. Previously he was Foreign Secretary.
Date: February 17, 2017
Topics: global news service;poverty
Context: comments at the Munich Security Conference
Fact-check justification: Johnson said global poverty fell from 37 percent to under 10 percent since 1990. His numbers are quite close to those of the World Bank. An economist familiar with the assumptions behind the data told us that there’s enough uncertainty in the figures that it’s fair to say that Johnson has it right. The one point Johnson’s summary ignores is that some regions such as sub-Saharan Africa have not seen as large a decline in poverty. So his numbers are correct, but the reality is very different depending on where you live. We rate this  .
Statement: I've cut taxes for ... middle-class families, small businesses.
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 6, 2012
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: Charlotte, N.C
Fact-check justification: Obama has raised some taxes during his presidency, but he’s also pursued broad-based tax cuts for the middle class and small businesses. We particularly give weight here to the tax cuts that were part of the stimulus and the payroll tax holiday, which reduced taxes for broad swaths of the workforce. Some small businesses may have been hit by new taxes that were part of Obama’s health law, but these would depend on the particular circumstances of each business. Also, there were new taxes on cigarettes and indoor tanning. Obama said he has "cut taxes for those who need it – middle-class families, small businesses." He has, but he also has raised some taxes. So while his statement is accurate, it lacks that additional context. We rate his  .
Statement: Millionaires working side by side with George Soros are bankrolling (John Kasich's) super PAC.
Speaker: trusted leadership pac
About the speaker: Trusted Leadership PAC is a super PAC supporting presidential candidate Ted Cruz in the 2016 election cycle. 
Date: March 29, 2016
Location: ohio
Topics: campaign finance
Context: a Trusted Leadership PAC ad
Fact-check justification: A pro-Cruz ad says, "Millionaires working side by side with George Soros are bankrolling his (Kasich’s) super PAC." Donations totalling $650,000 from two guys who once worked with Soros hardly equate to "bankrolling" Kasich. The ad’s on-screen text goes even further to mislead voters with a blatantly   that Soros is directly giving to Kasich. Campaign finance records prove otherwise, with Soros donating handsomely to pro-Clinton groups. We rule the  .
Statement: If a President Romney got a call from the president of the (Mormon church), he has no choice but to obey. It is obedience over family and country.
Speaker: fred karger
About the speaker: Fred Karger is a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. He is the first openly gay presidential candidate from a major political party.
Date: October 15, 2011
Location: national
Topics: religion
Context: an interview with The Guardian
Fact-check justification: We don't see any  that Karger is correct that "if a President Romney got a call from the president of the (Mormon church), he has no choice but to obey. It is obedience over family and country." The church itself says in no uncertain terms that that’s not the case, and three scholars of the religion agree. The inflammatory nature of Karger’s charge rates it a .
Statement: Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages.
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: April 30, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: iran
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Scott said that Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages." The attack is a  stretch. What really happened in 2015 was that Nelson voted no on a cloture motion. By voting no, Nelson voted to continued debate on an amendment that experts said would have defeated the Iran deal. The amendment would have prohibited the president from waiving sanctions unless Iran released detained Americans and formally recognized Israel. But the deal was focused on the nuclear issue, not an attempt to solve major issues with Iran. Also, Nelson has worked to urge the White House to continue pressing for the release of a U.S. hostage in Iran. We rate this  .
Statement: The number of followers John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz have on Instagram proves the Pennsylvania Senate race was illegitimate.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 9, 2022
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: O’Rourke’s "had a lot of success on social media," Stromer-Galley said on NPR. "It hasn’t necessarily translated into the wins that he has hoped for. "  Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, likewise has about 2.1 million followers . Gov. Brian Kemp, who prevailed in the election, has a fraction of that many followers , about 47,600.   We rate claims that Instagram follower counts of Fetterman and Oz prove that the election was illegitimate !
Statement: Says Keanu Reeves said, "For me, Trump is the symbol of a successful man and a role model for every young American, something that our nation was looking for for year. I don't think that America will again have a leader like him.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: March 3, 2018
Location: national
Topics: fake news
Context: a blog
Fact-check justification: Bloggers said Reeves described Trump as the symbol of success and a role model for young Americans. We found no  he actually said these words. We rate this .
Statement: Says Wendy's founder "Dave Thomas left the state literally on his deathbed to avoid the estate tax.
Speaker: jay hottinger
About the speaker: Jay Hottinger is a representative in the Ohio House. He represents the 71st District, which encompasses portions of Licking County.
 
Date: February 9, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: taxes
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Until 2005 (three years after Thomas’ death), Florida also had an estate tax. Hottinger’s statement isn’t just , it’s also . On the -O-Meter, it’s worthy of flame broiling. That’s why we rate it .   Comment on this item .
Statement: Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections.
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 27, 2010
Location: national
Topics: corporations;corrections and updates;supreme court
Context: the State of the Union address
Fact-check justification: Based on our reading of the court's opinion and interviews with campaign law experts, we find that Obama has overstated the ruling's immediate impact on foreign companies' ability to spend unlimited money in U.S. political campaigns. While such an outcome may be possible, the majority opinion specifically said it wasn't addressing that point, and only further litigation would settle the matter once and for all. So we find Obama's  to be .    Editor's note: This statement was rated  when it was published. On July 27, 2011, we changed the name for the rating to .
Statement: No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: April 18, 2017
Location: national
Context: Kenosha, Wis
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days." Trump has had some achievements in office, but at the very least, they are much less numerous and far-reaching than those of Roosevelt, the standard against whom all presidents are measured. In more recent years, other presidents, including Obama, have accomplished more in their first 100 days than Trump has, historians say. We rate the  .
Statement: Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections.
Speaker: jason stanford
About the speaker: Stanford is a political consultant and a syndicated columnist who writes for the Austin American-Statesman, MSNBC and the Huffington Post. He co-wrote the 2011 book "Adios Mofo: Why Rick Perry Will Make America Miss George W. Bush."
Date: November 17, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: elections;population
Context: a commentary
Fact-check justification: Stanford said that in November 2014, "Texas had the worst voter participation in the country." According to the respected Elections Project, Texas appears to have had the lowest voter participation among states with a governor’s race. Among all states, though, Indiana appears to have had lower turnout--and besides, voting statistics aren’t final. We rate Stanford’s statement .  – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.