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Statement: Michigan House "passes bill to 'voluntarily' begin placing human implantable microchips into the bodies of all state government employees
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 19, 2020
Location: michigan
Topics: technology
Context: posts on Facebook
Fact-check justification: A blog post says a Michigan bill "creates a framework for microchipping humans" and allows employers to "inconvenience" workers who refuse microchips. Another post says the Michigan House passed a bill to voluntarily begin placing microchips into the bodies of state government employees. The bill, sponsored by a Republican, would require employers to keep any microchip implants strictly voluntary for employees. The bill would also prohibit employers from discriminating against employees who choose not to be microchipped. It does not single out state workers. We rate this post .
Statement: Says Lee Leffingwell "raised property taxes 20 percent in three years.
Speaker: brigid shea
About the speaker: Brigid Shea, a former member of the Austin City Council, won election as the Precinct 2 member of the Travis County Commissioners Court in 2014. She earlier helped found Save Our Springs, a group devoted to protecting Barton Springs.
Date: May 7, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: city budget;city government;taxes
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: Mindful that tax rates alone paint an incomplete picture of the impact of property taxes, which are also driven by changes in property values, we found that what a typical Austin homeowner — one with the median-value home — paid in taxes went up 25 percent in the three years that Leffingwell’s served as Austin mayor. Adjusted for inflation, that figure drops somewhat, but is still about 20 percent. So, taxes went up 20 percent, or more, with Leffingwell as mayor. However, no Austin mayor can raise taxes solo commando. Leffingwell had one of the seven votes that were cast each year in setting the city’s rates. This significant perspective is absent from Shea’s statement, making her  .
Statement: The typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Gov. Scott Walker's policies.
Speaker: mary burke
About the speaker: Burke is a former Trek Bicycle executive and former Wisconsin Commerce Department secretary who announced on Oct. 7, 2013 that she would seek the Democratic nomination for governor in Wisconsin in the fall 2014 election against incument Republican Gov. Scott Walker. She lost to Walker on Nov. 4, 2014. She is a school board member in Madison, Wisconsin.
Date: June 18, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;workers
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Our rating Burke told delegates at the state Democratic convention that "the typical Wisconsin worker makes $5,000 less each year than our neighbors in Minnesota" under Walker’s policies. The gap is real and Burke hit the mark with her description of it. The gap has grown or held steady in Walker’s time depending on the measuring stick used. Burke didn’t say Walker created the gap, but the disparity is a longstanding one, and one that existed and grew under governors of both political stripes. We rate her  .
Statement: In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
Speaker: kurt schrader
About the speaker: Kurt Schrader is a congressman representing Oregon's 5th District. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008.   He was elected to the Oregon State House of Representatives in 1996 and the Oregon Senate in 2003. He is a veterinarian and an organic farmer.
Date: February 2, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: federal budget;medicaid;medicare;social security
Context: congressional website
Fact-check justification: To rule, we need to decide first if the distinction between "the budget" that Schrader referred to and total revenues, which includes the debt and all the entitlement programs, is a difference that matters. We think that, while his language could have been more precise, the average person would understand what he was talking about. Context matters in PolitiFact rulings, and in context, his remarks make his meaning clear. On the math, Schrader’s estimate of "a few decades" is very reasonable, under present circumstances. For that reason we rate this : .
Statement: A couple of debates ago, (Donald Trump) said if you don't support socialized health care, you're heartless.
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: February 25, 2016
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: Houston, Texas
Fact-check justification: Cruz said that Trump said in a recent debate that "if you don’t support socialized health care, you’re heartless." Trump did not say those words, or anything like them, in any recent debate. He advanced the idea of more competition among private insurance companies, and he said that government should take care of those who can’t afford insurance. While there was a time in the past when Trump supported a single-payer plan, there’s no substance to Cruz’s statement. We rate it .
Statement: It was revealed in court" on Feb. 23, 2022 "that Tory Lanez DNA WAS NOT found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 23, 2022
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post says, "It was revealed in court" on Feb. 23, 2022 "that Tory Lanez DNA WAS NOT found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case." At a Feb. 23 pre-trial hearing for Lanez no one said that his DNA was not found on the weapon. Lanez’s attorney said they were in the process of retaining a DNA expert, and that the LAPD had done a DNA analysis. The nature and results of that analysis were not disclosed. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations.
Speaker: democratic governors association
About the speaker: The Democratic Governors Association is an independent organization that supports Democratic governors and candidates.
Date: July 13, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: environment
Context: a post on Medium
Fact-check justification: The Democratic Governors Association said Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations." There's no doubt that Putnam supported a bipartisan law that made changes to state water policy. But the group's attack ignores the regulations and procedures that remain in place. This statement is partially accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Photo shows "a German mall separating the vaccinated and unvaccinated.
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: December 3, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "We have children together," the post says. "We are separated by a virus-proof fence. Kristai has a QR code, I don’t have one." Russian-language news sources reported the following week that Gobzems, who was unvaccinated, had tested positive for COVID-19.   We rate claims that this photo was taken in Germany .
Statement: No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%.
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: November 17, 2019
Location: national
Topics: criminal justice;crime
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Bloomberg said, "No other city in America did what we did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%." He’s generally on target, as each of the three statistical claims are backed by the numbers. But Bloomberg can’t  all the credit, in that the declines began before he took office and continued afterward; and experts including the FBI warn against using statistics to make city-to-city comparisons. For a statement that is accurate but needs clarification, our rating is .
Statement: Says he "helped save" the Olympic games.
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: December 6, 2011
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;message machine 2012;new hampshire 2012;sports
Context: Florida
Fact-check justification: While it may be stretch to suggest the future of Olympics themselves were at stake during Romney’s time in Salt Lake, by all accounts, he did help the city’s moribund Olympic committee reverse its fortunes after an embarrassing scandal and brought the 2002 Winter Olympics to a successful conclusion. We rate Romney's  .
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton helped "get done" the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Speaker: bill clinton
About the speaker: Bill Clinton was president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He is married to Hillary Clinton, the 2016 presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
Date: July 26, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: health care
Context: a speech at the Democratic convention
Fact-check justification: Bill Clinton said Hillary Clinton sought to expand health care piecemeal including the "Children's Health Insurance Program." Clinton did work behind the scenes to create the program to offer healthcare to children. He avoided specifying how much credit she should get for that and whether she worked with both parties to make that happen. We rate this  .
Statement: An analysis showed that Bernie Sanders would have won the Democratic nomination if it were not for the Super Delegates.
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: July 24, 2016
Location: national
Topics: elections
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump tweeted, "An analysis showed that Bernie Sanders would have won the Democratic nomination if it were not for the Super Delegates." This does not check out. Sanders would have still lost without superdelegates in the mix, because Clinton won a majority of the popular vote and pledged delegates. On the contrary, the only way for Sanders to have won is he would have been able to persuade more superdelegates to switch their votes from Clinton to him. We rate Trump’s  .
Statement: In the United Kingdom, "70-plus percent of the people who die now from COVID are fully vaccinated.
Speaker: alex berenson
About the speaker: Alex Berenson is a journalist.
Date: October 19, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: Berenson said that in the United Kingdom, "70-plus percent of the people who die now from COVID are fully vaccinated." The figure he cited does not apply to the entire U.K., only England. But a high percentage of COVID-19 deaths in England occurred among fully vaccinated people largely because high percentages of Englanders are vaccinated, especially older people who are more likely to die from illness.  Moreover, the report Berenson cited shows that the unvaccinated are still much more likely to die from COVID-19: The COVID-19 death rate — the number of deaths per 100,000 people — is much higher among unvaccinated people than vaccinated people. We rate the  .
Statement: On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia.
Speaker: chris murphy
About the speaker: Chris Murphy is a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Connecticut. He previously represented a district in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: July 9, 2018
Location: national
Topics: legal issues;supreme court;guns
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Murphy said that on assault weapons, Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia." Kavanaugh stated that assault weapons bans were unconstitutional in the circuit court case Heller vs. District of Columbia . Scalia’s opinion on the Supreme Court allowed for some regulations in District of Columbia vs. Heller , which some courts have interpreted to rule in favor of assault weapons bans. But the decision was not about assault weapons. We found at least one instance where Scalia signed off on saying an assault weapons ban would be unconstitutional. So Kavanaugh’s position and Scalia’s are substantially similar. Leaving room for legal interpretation, we rate this statement .
Statement: Half the lottery directors across the country had not run a lottery before they were hired.
Speaker: brian robinson
About the speaker: Brian Robinson is the communications director for Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican.
Date: October 11, 2012
Location: georgia
Topics: lottery
Context: a newspaper article
Fact-check justification: Robinson, the governor’s spokesman, shunned criticism about the state’s new lottery director having no previous lottery experience when selected for the job last month. Robinson told a newspaper reporter that half the country’s lottery directors had not run lotteries before taking the top job. Robinson’s  is correct -- in most cases. There is some room for interpretation. Still, we rate Robinson’s statement .
Statement: Mike Martinez cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing possible jail time and stuck us with his $24,657.50 legal bill.
Speaker: progress for austin pac
About the speaker: The Progress for Austin PAC, which in December 2014 sent a mailer critical of Austin mayoral candidate Mike Martinez, describes businessman Marc Winkelman as its prime decision-maker.
Date: December 3, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: city budget;city government;ethics;legal issues
Context: a mailer to voters
Fact-check justification: The PAC said Martinez "cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing possible jail time and stuck us with his $24,657.50 legal bill." Martinez, like fellow council members who’d routinely conferred before public meetings despite restrictions in law, signed an agreement arguably heading off the possibility of jail time, though the county still would have had to file charges before winning a conviction and a sentence. Council members including Martinez also went along with the city paying related legal bills. We rate the statement .  – The statement is accurate and there’s nothing significant missing. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners
Speaker: john burzichelli
About the speaker: John Burzichelli is a Democratic assemblyman who represents parts of Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties. He also serves as the Assembly's deputy speaker.
Date: September 19, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: an interview with NJToday
Fact-check justification:   Burzichelli said, "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners.   Christie originally proposed an across-the-board income tax cut that would have benefited wealthy individuals more than those with lower-incomes, but he has since backed off that plan.   His new proposal is based on the property tax burden of homeowners and excludes residents with incomes more than $400,000. We rate Burzichelli’s statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.
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: November 25, 2022
Topics: sports;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: "  Saudi coach Hervé Renard said , "It is not time to get something at this moment. We only won one game. We still have to get very important games, and we are hoping some more. There is nothing  about this comment." We rate these claims .
Statement: It's not true that "the United States was built on stolen land.
Speaker: ron desantis
About the speaker: Ron DeSantis announced on May 24, 2023 that he is running for president in the Republican primary. DeSantis won the race for Florida governor in 2018 and 2022. DeSantis was first elected to Congress in 2012 and resigned in September 2018 to focus on his campaign. He represented Florida's 6th Congressional District which is south of St. Augustine and north of Orlando and includes Daytona Beach. DeSantis initially ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but dropped out after Marco Rubio decided to seek re-election.
Date: October 24, 2022
Location: florida
Topics: education;history
Context: a gubernatorial debate
Fact-check justification: Courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have time and again affirmed that as fact. Government-endorsed actions to remove Native Americans from their ancestral lands included the 1830 passage of a federal law that led to war and resulted in thousands of Native deaths and more than 3,000 Seminoles being removed from Florida. DeSantis'  is wildly historically . We rate it ! Read this fact-check in Spanish .
Statement: Forty percent of the Fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants.
Speaker: steve case
About the speaker: Steve Case is the co-founder and former CEO of America Online (AOL).
Date: July 3, 2011
Location: national
Topics: immigration;economy
Context: an interview on CNN
Fact-check justification: I don't know what this tells us about immigration policy." We think it's valid to look at the percentage of companies founded by immigrants or their children to provide some historical context to the immigration debate. But it was not a scientific analysis, and there were some assumptions made -- such as counting as children of immigrants anyone who had one parent who was an immigrant, or including companies spun off from ones founded by immigrants -- that some may legitimately debate. The analysis also includes companies with strength and dominance today that may be more attributable to more recent leaders than their founders. We rate the  .
Statement: Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in.
Speaker: stephen colbert
About the speaker: Stephen Colbert is the host of CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Previously, he worked for Comedy Central as host of The Colbert Report, and he also starred on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Date: June 23, 2016
Topics: history;government regulation;public safety;pundits;punditfact;guns
Context: a comedy sketch
Fact-check justification: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert asserted that Ryan "shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in." Ryan didn't order the cameras shut off in response to the protest. They were turned off because House Republicans declared the House session in recess. That's a standard policy of Congress, even if it was Republicans making the decision. Colbert's bit was funny, but on its factual basis we rate the statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/92344eb8-90bb-4f8f-8538-82fe220e5176
Statement: This is what Kamala Harris thinks about young Americans … 'They are stupid!'
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 10, 2020
Topics: criminal justice;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A post on Facebook says Harris called young Americans "stupid." It’s a partial quote of something Harris said. Harris was speaking about initiatives to reduce recidivism rates for young, low-level offenders and wryly made a comment about how young adults often make bad decisions in order to illustrate the broader point that more empathy is needed for them within the criminal justice system. Harris made the comment, but the post leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click  here , for more.
Statement: Photo shows people protesting the 2020 election in Washington D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021.
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: January 5, 2021
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But the photo spreading on social media is definitely not from this month.   We rate that  . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more. RELATED:  Fact-checking the March for Our Lives