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Statement: Some of the things that (Megyn Kelly) said, I didn't say.
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: August 9, 2015
Location: national
Topics: women
Context: a Meet the Press interview
Fact-check justification: Trump said that "he didn’t say" some of the things about women that Kelly talked about. The record, however, shows the opposite is . He has said exactly what Kelly mentioned in the debate. We rate Trump’s statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/9520c998-b1af-4223-a6b2-7acb3ccbb9c9
Statement: Pictures and reports of "empty hospitals" prove COVID-19 spread is "fake crisis for real government planned agendas.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 28, 2020
Topics: health care;public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post amid the surging coronavirus outbreak claimed nurses are reporting  empty hospitals in the United States and suggested it shows a conspiracy to exaggerate the coronavirus outbreak.  There are hospitals with significant numbers of empty beds, but that’s because they are canceling non-urgent surgeries and other procedures in an effort to free up bed space for an expected influx of coronavirus patients. The COVID-19 outbreak is real. We rate the statement .
Statement: H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate.
Speaker: marcia fudge
About the speaker: Rep. Marcia Fudge, a Democrat from Warrensville Heights, is the congresswoman from Ohio's 11th district. Prior to her election to the House of Representatives, she was mayor of Warrensville Heights.
 
Date: August 22, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: elections
Context: an e-mail to Democratic supporters
Fact-check justification: Tokaji reached a similar conclusion. "The bottom line is that in some, but not all, circumstances, a ballot which has both a mark and the name of the candidate written in should be counted. Which is, of course, not to say that it will in fact be counted," Tokaji wrote in an email. That some ballots could be counted, though, is a point of clarification for Fudge’s statement. On the -O-Meter, a statement that is accurate but needs clarification rates .
Statement: We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years.
Speaker: jeb bush
About the speaker: Jeb Bush was a Republican candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He served two terms as the governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is also the brother of former President George W. Bush and the son of former President George H.W. Bush. 
Date: June 2, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: jobs;state budget
Context: Orlando
Fact-check justification: Bush said, "We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years." He was referring to a specific count of workers in state agencies cut between 1999 and 2007, and in context we can consider his numbers pretty accurate. Experts told us it’s important to keep in mind that privatizing state jobs or cutting positions doesn’t mean it’s necessarily cheaper or better for taxpayers. The statement, however, is accurate, and we rate it .
Statement: Says that shutdowns are "ineffective" and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread "by someone going to work.
Speaker: greg abbott
About the speaker: Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
Date: November 19, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: public health;coronavirus
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Experts say that if measuring strictly transmission rates and case numbers, shutdowns have proven to be effective in managing spread. But it’s harder to quantify the efficacy of a shutdown when considering all the social and economic consequences. In Texas, case numbers rose after each time that Abbott lifted shutdowns. Abbott’s comments about workplace gatherings not being a common way for COVID-19 to spread also ignores workplaces where proper precautions can be difficult to achieve. We rate this  .
Statement: Queen Elizabeth shot dead in Detroit.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: September 8, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: an image shared on Instagram
Fact-check justification: An image shared on Instagram claimed that Queen Elizabeth II was "shot dead in Detroit." She died peacefully in Scotland on Sept. 8, according to officials from the royal family. There’s no  that the queen has been anywhere near Detroit in years.  We rate this  !
Statement: The economy always does better when there's a Democrat in the White House.
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: March 21, 2016
Location: arizona
Topics: economy
Context: a rally at a Phoenix high school
Fact-check justification: Hillary Clinton said, "the economy always does better when there’s a Democrat in the White House." Yes, Democratic presidents do have more Gross Domestic Product growth than Republicans, according to quarterly GDP data dating back to 1947. But Clinton's comments require several caveats. The current growth in the economy under Obama is lower than the Republican average. Factors such as oil prices also reflect the higher GDP growth under Democratic presidents. On top of that, comparing one period of time to another or one president to another can be problematic. On balance, we rate Clinton's  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/5799cbf2-451d-4bea-bb10-cd4dd1203e8b
Statement: Says a coronavirus patent expired just as there is a "sudden outbreak" and, despite "media fear-mongering," there is already a vaccine available.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 22, 2020
Topics: china;public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post states: "So.. patent on this ‘new’ Corona virus expired on the 22nd, today.. We have a sudden outbreak. There's magically already a vaccine available.. And NOW fear mongering spread by the media about quarantine." There was an outbreak in recent weeks of what is known as the Wuhan coronavirus.  News media reported that Chinese authorities have taken steps to quarantine Wuhan, the city in China where the outbreak was discovered. More importantly, there was no expired patent related to the Wuhan coronavirus, and there is currently no vaccine for the Wuhan coronavirus, either. We rate the statement .
Statement: The American people don't want us to raise taxes.
Speaker: john boehner
About the speaker: John Boehner of Ohio is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was formerly the Republican minority leader from 2007-2011, and was the majority leader briefly prior to that.
Date: June 24, 2011
Location: national
Topics: polls and public opinion;taxes
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: In conclusion, Boehner said that "the American people don't want us to raise taxes." In fact, polls indicate that people don't like taxes, but they are often okay with increasing specific taxes or closing loopholes. Additionally, when it's time to make hard decisions about the budget, they favor a balanced approach of spending cuts and tax increases. Finally, they tend to favor tax increases for other people -- such as the wealthy or corporations -- if not themselves. Overall, we rate his statement .
Statement: Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison.
Speaker: drug policy alliance
About the speaker: The Drug Policy Alliance, and its electoral arm Drug Policy Action, is an organization that works to change marijuana laws across the country. It has offices in Washington D.C., New York, California and elsewhere.
Date: February 19, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: marijuana
Context: Politico
Fact-check justification: Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison," Piper said. She voted against amendments to ban the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws. In theory, advocates believe that the amendment -- which passed late in 2014 after multiple attempts -- prevents the feds from going after sick marijuana users in states that allow medical marijuana. However, even before the amendment passed, dying patients who simply smoked joints that they obtained legally were not being hauled off to prison en masse by federal agents. Instead, the federal government focused on major suppliers or distributors. Saying Wasserman Schultz voted to send people to prison significantly  the issue. The statement contains some element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: President Donald Trump "announced that he would reinstate a national day of remembrance for fallen officers that the traitor before him had done away with.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: May 29, 2017
Topics: fake news;crime;punditfact
Context: Internet rumors
Fact-check justification: Bloggers claimed that Trump reinstated "a national day of remembrance for fallen officers that the traitor before him had done away with." The national day of remembrance for police officers killed in the line of the duty currently falls on May 15 each year. It is called Peace Officers Memorial Day. Obama did not cancel the day, and Trump did not reinstate it. We rate this  .
Statement: Social Security took seven years before anybody got the first check.
Speaker: jay leno
About the speaker: Jay Leno is a comedian and host of NBC's "Tonight Show."
Date: November 8, 2013
Topics: corrections and updates;health care;social security;punditfact
Context: a broadcast of the "Tonight Show"
Fact-check justification: Leno said after Social Security passed, it was seven years before "anybody got the first check." That’s what was intended, but Congress amended the law in 1939 to move up the issuance of monthly checks, the Social Security Administration told us. Moreover, people received lump sum checks in from 1937 to 1939. That interim effort involved a lot of people and a fair chunk of change. There’s an element of  to Leno’s , but not much more. We rate his statement .
Statement: Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. "Why are we going the other way? (Austin leaders are saying) 'Oh, let's reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas.
Speaker: chip roy
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Chip Roy was elected to represent Texas' 21st Congressional District in 2018. Previously he worked as vice president of strategy for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. He also worked as a political operative for several different Texas Republicans.
Date: June 3, 2021
Location: texas
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: However, experts say that because these crime totals are low numbers, using percent change comparisons can easily mischaracterize or distort increases.   Roy also connects elevated crime levels to the Police Department’s reduced budget.  But it’s difficult to draw a direct causal relation between police budget changes and crime stats, and Roy doesn’t provide any .    Crime rates are responsive to a number of sociological factors, and those factors are driving homicide increases in cities across the country — regardless of any increase or decrease in police department funding, experts say.    We rate this  .
Statement: McCain "said he was 'stumped' when asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV.
Speaker: planned parenthood
About the speaker: Planned Parenthood Federation of America identifies itself as the nation's leading women's health care provider, educator, and advocate, serving women, men, teens, and families. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization formed as the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Planned Parenthood Votes is a super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
 
Date: August 25, 2008
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: Denver
Fact-check justification: McCain: (Twelve-second pause) "Get me Coburn's thing, ask Weaver to get me Coburn's paper that he just gave me in the last couple of days. I've never gotten into these issues before." So yes, McCain said he was "stumped" when asked whether he thinks contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV. This is one -telling condom.
Statement: Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies.
Speaker: michael mccaul
About the speaker: Michael McCaul was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004.
Date: July 19, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: economy;health care
Context: an e-mail
Fact-check justification: 16th is 16th." Our take? , the CMS is poised to spend some $800 billion this year, more money than the size of all but 15 nations' economies. But this dramatic point isn't a meaningful comparison, because it lacks any context — such as spending per person — that puts the numbers in perspective. We rate McCaul's statement .
Statement: Says Barack Obama has played nearly 100 rounds of golf as president.
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: June 7, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: recreation
Context: Fort Worth
Fact-check justification: So, is Obama approaching 100 rounds of golf? Looks like it. Koffler posted a blog on May 26, 2012 stating that Obama was going golfing that day for his 98th time as president. On June 8, 2012, Koffler replied to our inquiry by saying that Obama has yet to play round 99. We rate Perry’s  as .
Statement: NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania.
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: August 13, 2016
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: trade
Context: an interview with TV station WJAC
Fact-check justification: Consensus among economists is job losses because of NAFTA were minimal, though Robert E. Scott’s study showed Pennsylvania losing 26,300 jobs because of it.    Either way, "disaster" is a particularly explosive word that doesn’t take into context the winners and losers from the policy. The thousands of job losses that may be attributable to NAFTA were offset statewide by increased exports from Pennsylvania and new jobs in other parts of the economy. Besides, most economists agree China has had a much more negative effect on American labor than NAFTA.    We rule the  .
Statement: In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime.
Speaker: kelda helen roys
About the speaker: Kelda Helen Roys, a Madison Democrat, was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2008 and served until 2012. In 2012, she lost to Mark Pocan in the race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018. An attorney, Roys is the former executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin, which supports abortion rights.
Date: July 19, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: abortion;health care;legal issues;states;supreme court;women
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: It is the law of the land, so to flatly declare that abortion is a crime in Wisconsin is . But current Wisconsin statutes still include a provision  — made unenforceable by Roe — that generally makes performing an abortion a felony. And that’s important, should Roe ever be overturned. In sum, Roys’  contains an element of , but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. That’s our definition of .
Statement: More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment.
Speaker: stephen carter
About the speaker: Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught since 1982. 
Date: December 4, 2014
Topics: criminal justice;punditfact
Context: "Bloomberg Views"
Fact-check justification: Carter said that more than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment. Based on a strictly technical reading of existing laws, the consensus among the legal experts we reached is that the number is reasonable. Way more than a majority of Americans have done something in their lives that runs afoul of some law that includes jail or prison time as a potential punishment. That said, experts acknowledged that the likelihood of arrest, prosecution or imprisonment is exceedingly low for many of Americans’ "crimes." As such, we rate the  .
Statement: Warren Buffett says stop Obamacare now and start over.
Speaker: tom graves
About the speaker: Tom Graves represents Georgia's 9th Congressional District.
Date: September 22, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: health care
Context: an ABC News interview
Fact-check justification: The  was similar to other blogger claims debunked by fact checkers, and based on an interview Buffett gave three years ago before Obamacare was signed into law. Buffett did say he would scrap the then Senate bill, but also noted that he would vote for it instead of continuing with the existing health care situation. Graves’  may not have misrepresented Buffett’s comments as being recent like the bloggers did, but his comments were made after similar claims about Buffett were found to be . And Graves still made the , without any additional context, five days after several fact checkers debunked the . We rate Graves’ statement .
Statement: When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business.
Speaker: eric trump
About the speaker: Eric Trump is the second son of President Donald Trump and his former wife Ivana Trump. He is the executive vice president of the Trump Organization.
Date: October 15, 2019
Location: national
Topics: ethics
Context: a Fox News appearance
Fact-check justification: Eric Trump said, "When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business." The Trump Organization said it would not make new foreign deals during Donald Trump’s presidency. But the Trump brothers have traveled across the globe, managing properties and taking action on deals that they say were signed or under works before Trump took office. Regardless of whether these moves should be considered new foreign deals, it’s  to  the Trump family children stopped all international business after their father’s election. We rate this statement !
Statement: Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt.
Speaker: scot ross
About the speaker: Scot Ross is executive director of the Madison-based One Wisconsin Now, a liberal advocacy group. He formerly worked as a communication director for Democrats who have served in Congress and in Wisconsin state government.
Date: December 13, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education
Context: a television interview
Fact-check justification: He acknowledged he got the number , making the jump seem bigger than it was, but was correct that more state students have college loans. He’s less accurate about the implication that the increase in debt is due to Walker. To be sure there have been cuts to education and the UW System under Walker, but Ross offered no  that those cuts drove state students debt higher. And student debt nationally has increased sharply in the years he has been in office. We rate the  .
Statement: Says Joe Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 31, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A social media user told the Associated Press he created the altered video. A Facebook post claims Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview. That didn’t happen. The video was edited to create a deceiving and  narrative. We rate it !
Statement: We have 650 people who move to Texas every day.
Speaker: glenn hegar
About the speaker: Glenn Hegar, a former Texas House member initially elected to the Senate in 2007, was elected Texas state comptroller in 2014. Hegar describes himself as a sixth-generation Texan who farms land that's been in his family since the 1800s. He is the former chair of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
Date: September 10, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: corrections and updates;economy;population;states
Context: Georgetown, Texas
Fact-check justification: Hegar said: "We have 650 people who move to Texas every day." Different government estimates suggest the state has lately been netting 655 or even around 880 new residents a day, depending on the estimate. It’s also worth noting Hegar could float a much bigger number by tallying solely people GTT , but that number would fail to account for people leaving the state. We rate this  .  – 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. CLARIFICATION, 4:40 p.m., Oct. 2, 2015 : We added a clarifying sentence to this story after we recognized, post-publication, that Hegar's figure for people who move to Texas every day did not add up to about half a million new residents a year; we suspect he was referring in his speech to total annual population growth, taking into account Texas births outpacing deaths. This clarification did not affect our rating of his .