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Statement: Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says "we immediately deployed health resources.
Speaker: mike pence
About the speaker: Mike Pence is the former vice president of the United States. A Republican, Pence was elected governor of Indiana in 2012. Pence previously served for 12 years as a congressman from Indiana representing the Sixth Congressional District; he was first elected in 2000. During his time in the U.S. House of Represenatives, he served as House Republican Conference chairman and chairman of the House Republican Study Committee. Pence was born in Columbus, Ind. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1981 from Hanover College and a law degree in 1986 from Indiana University. After accepting Donald Trump's offer to be running mate, Pence ended his 2016 campaign to be re-elected as Indiana governor. 
Date: February 29, 2020
Topics: health care;public health
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: However, a crucial component of the response — a needle exchange program — was authorized months after officials noticed the increase in HIV cases. Pence publicly opposed needle exchange programs, which were illegal in Indiana. He had to be persuaded to sign an executive order to suspend the law and allow the county to establish the program. Pence’s statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: The day before 9/11 the Pentagon reported $2.3 trillion missing.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: June 25, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: Instagram posts
Fact-check justification: In May 9, 2000, in testimony to a House subcommittee, then-Department of Defense Assistant Inspector General for Auditing Robert J. Lieberman also mentioned that $2.3 trillion was unsupported by reliable explanatory information and audit trails. He repeated this in another testimony on July 20, 2000. Another audit report dated Aug. 18, 2000, said, "As a result of processing $7.6 trillion of department-level accounting entries, of which $2.3 trillion could not be supported or were made to invalid general ledger accounts, the DoD Agency-Wide financial statements for FY 1999 were subject to a high risk of material misstatement." The Associated Press , Lead Stories and USA Today also fact-checked similar claims.   We rate the  that "the day before 9/11 the Pentagon reported $2.3 trillion missing" .
Statement: For every dollar we invest in Head Start, we get $5 to $7 back into our economy.
Speaker: tim ryan
About the speaker: Tim Ryan is a representative of Ohio’s 13th Congressional District. Ryan served the state’s 17th Congressional District from 2003 until 2013, when he assumed office to represent the 13th District. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president. In 2022, he is running for an Ohio U.S. Senate seat.
Date: April 14, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: children;federal budget
Context: an interview on Fox News
Fact-check justification: Ryan’s numbers land right in the middle of the cost-benefit estimates. While some are as high as $16.10 for each dollar spent, there are some as low as $2.50. That the researchers caution that forecasting outcomes from kids in Head Start now is difficult is an additional piece of information. While there’s decades of data, programs have also changed over time. On the -O-Meter, we rate Ryan’s  as .
Statement: John Fetterman wants to release one-third of dangerous criminals back into our communities.
Speaker: mehmet oz
About the speaker: Physician and talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz is a 2022 candidate for the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania.
Date: July 18, 2022
Location: pennsylvania
Topics: corrections and updates;criminal justice;ad watch
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Oz said Fetterman wants to release one-third of dangerous criminals back into our communities." Fetterman has not called for releasing one-third of "dangerous criminals." In 2020, he said he agreed with what he said was a comment by Pennsylvania’s corrections secretary that the state’s prison population could be reduced by one-third — without a risk to public safety. Oz’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it . RELATED: Fact-checking ads in the 2022 election campaigns RELATED: Pennsylvania fact-checks
Statement: In the health care bill, we're now offering insurance for dogs.
Speaker: glenn beck
About the speaker: Glenn Beck is the host of The Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show. He also hosts an Internet-based TV show. Beck formerly hosted a television talk show on CNN Headline News and then Fox News.
Date: November 12, 2009
Location: national
Topics: health care;pundits
Context: his radio program
Fact-check justification: Providing government health insurance to dogs is quite another. "We are not offering insurance for dogs," Morris said. We pored over the bill and came to the same conclusion. There is no health insurance of any kind for dogs -- no public option for Rex, no death panels for Fido. So we've got to put Beck in the doghouse for this one -- !
Statement: Says House Republicans "tried to change the definition of rape.
Speaker: gwen moore
About the speaker: U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is a Democratic member of Congress, representing Wisconsin's 4th District, which primarily includes Milwaukee. Moore, who served in the state Legislature from 1989 to 2004, was elected to Congress in 2004.
Date: September 4, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: abortion;criminal justice;crime
Context: a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Fact-check justification: The January 2011 bill, which passed the House but didn’t become law, would have amended President Barack Obama’s health care reform law to prevent federal payment to health plans that include abortion coverage, according to PolitiFact National. Our rating Moore said House Republicans "tried to change the definition of rape." Her statement contains an element of , in that GOP members sought to change when federal money for abortions could be used in cases of rape, by using the term "forcible rape." But the  ignores critical facts that would give a different impression -- the House Republicans’ effort was not to change the definition of rape, per se, but rather to restrict the use of federal funds in abortions. We rate Moore’s statement .
Statement: The Dems and their committees are going 'nuts.' The Republicans never did this to President Obama.
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: February 7, 2019
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;congress
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump tweeted, "The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama." Obama didn't face the types of investigations of his personal and financial life the Trump did, partly because Obama was more transparent about his holdings and his personal finances were less complicated. Still, the Republican-led House and Senate actively pursued several investigations in which Obama and his administration were put through a wringer. The topics included Solyndra, Fast & Furious, alleged IRS bias, Benghazi and the Affordable Care Act website. To one degree or another, the Republican-led probes -- often conducted by overlapping committees in one or both chambers -- were a mix of legitimate governmental oversight and partisan warfare. We rate the statement .
Statement: A photo of "Obama's White House staff" shows the alleged Ukraine whistleblower.
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 5, 2019
Topics: impeachment;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: But his name doesn’t appear on the June 30, 2017, report .   That’s because on March 3, 2017, MIT announced that Edelman was joining its internet policy research initiative. As director of the school’s project on technology, the economy and national security , he leads the initiative’s AI policy research.   But the whistleblower complaint that led to the U.S. House impeachment inquiry details recent government work, describing "official duties," "official interagency business" and colleagues — U.S. officials, not academics.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: The President has decided to move forward with executive actions on immigration that he has said on numerous occasions that he didn't have the constitutional power to take.
Speaker: bob goodlatte
About the speaker: Bob Goodlatte, a Republican, was first elected to Congress in 1993. He represents Virginia's 6th District, centered in Roanoke.
He is currently the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the vice chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Goodlatte earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, in 1977. His undergraduate degree in government was earned at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, in 1974.
Date: November 21, 2014
Location: virginia
Topics: immigration
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Goodlatte said, "The President has decided to move forward with executive actions on immigration that he has said on numerous occasions that he didn’t have the constitutional power to take." The record supports Goodlatte. We rate his statement .
Statement: Nobody has played clips over and over ... of President Obama (saying), 'If they bring a knife to the fight, we'll bring a gun.' 
Speaker: joyce kaufman
About the speaker: Joyce Kaufman hosts a weekday radio show on WFTL 850 A.M. which is largely broadcast in South Florida. She is conservative but her Broward County voter registration lists her as no party affiliation in 2010.
Date: November 12, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;pundits
Context: a radio show
Fact-check justification: Kaufman told us that her reference to "the cow" was about Maddow -- the MSNBC commentator who played the clip of Kaufman. "I endearingly call her Rachel Mad-cow," Kaufman said. For this -O-Meter, our goal was to evaluate whether Obama said "if they bring a knife to the fight we'll bring a gun," as Kaufman claimed. We found several news articles quoting Obama as saying exactly that and he's never denied it (though the Chicago Tribune said it was meant as a joke). We rate this  .
Statement: 98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000" and would not see a tax increase under Barack Obama's plan.
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: October 15, 2008
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: Hempstead, N.Y
Fact-check justification: This means people who derive a significant living off their business income. In 2007, about 2 percent of those tax filers would have made enough money to see a tax increase under Obama's plans. There is a small bit of uncertainty in the best data available; it includes some people who we would not think of as traditional small business owners. But still, Obama's statement during the debate that "98 percent of small businesses make less than $250,000" matches the findings of a respected, non-partisan group of tax analysts. For that reason, we rate Obama's statement .
Statement: Says HB2 "hasn't moved the needle one iota" on North Carolina's economy.
Speaker: john skvarla
About the speaker: John Skvarla is a Republican political appointee and N.C. Secretary of Commerce
Date: October 24, 2016
Location: north carolina
Topics: corporations;economy;lgbtq;states
Context: Charlotte
Fact-check justification: North Carolina has undeniably lost money and jobs due to HB2, so Skvarla’s  that the law "hasn’t moved the needle one iota" on the economy seems  at first glance. On a macro scale, however, Skvarla has a point. Even hundreds of millions of dollars in losses won’t dent the state’s GDP very much. And the now-canceled jobs would not have had much of an impact on the overall unemployment rate. Yet many local economies – particularly in Wake and Mecklenburg counties, the state’s two largest – have felt the sting of hundreds of jobs lost, that would have provided tens of millions of dollars in annual wages. That would have helped the economy. So would the tens of thousands of sports fans who will now spend their money in other states. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/acbcb55c-e49d-46b0-9ce7-5627c28b56c6
Statement: The war in Ukraine is "scripted and staged.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 25, 2022
Topics: foreign policy;facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Scott Radnitz, an associate professor of Russian and Eurasian studies at the University of Washington, viewed the Facebook post and video, and said that the  hinges on a world domination conspiracy theory — but there is no  presented for why or how the war is being staged. "There is little to refute directly, other than to note that thousands or millions of people would have to be in on any conspiracy to  a war, and like the 9/11 attacks (which some people also deny) there is substantial video footage of attacks on Ukrainian cities, Russian invading forces, and throngs of refugees," Radnitz said. Nevertheless, he added, "a  believer will persist in denying all that , something that is easier to do when the conflict is geographically distant and they do not personally know anyone directly affected by it." With a war raging, the world responding and both sides of the conflict experiencing its effects, the  that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is "scripted and staged" holds no merit. We rate it !
Statement: Says Maggie Hassan pays zero property taxes on her $500,000 home.
Speaker: republican governors association
About the speaker: the gubernatorial campaign arm of the Republican Party.
Date: October 16, 2012
Location: new hampshire
Topics: taxes
Context: Republican Governor's Association says NH candidate for governor Maggie Hassan pays no taxes
Fact-check justification: It’s owned by Phillips Exeter Academy where her husband Tom is principal and he is required to live in the home. The building is one of the school’s tax exempt properties, but Phillips Exeter is still the town’s largest taxpayer. The ad by the Republican Governor’s Association gives the impression that she's evading her own taxes while supporting increased taxes "for the rest of us." The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate this  to be .
Statement: Says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt.
Speaker: winning our future
About the speaker: Winning Our Future is a Super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich for president in 2012.
Date: January 11, 2012
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;jobs;message machine 2012
Context: the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Fact-check justification: The video King of Bain: When Mitt Romney Came to Town , claims that "Romney and Bain bought the 80-year-old company in 2000, loaded KB Toys with millions in debt, then used the money to repurchase Bain stock. The debt was too staggering. By 2004, 365 stores had closed." The clear implication is that Romney and Bain were responsible for the toy company's demise. Bain Capital bought KB Toys in 2000, after Romney retired. He wouldn't have been involved in financial decisions, though he would have profited from them. The company did choose to take on debt, buy stock and pay investors a dividend, even as the toy store chain struggled to find its niche in a volatile industry. But toy industry analysts agree that far more than debt drove KB Toys into bankruptcy court. It was a troubled company before Bain bought it, and Bain wasn't able to fix it. Did more debt hurt? Probably. But to blame Romney and Bain for the chain's downfall is to ignore critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate this  .
Statement: Massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of health-care costs in this year.
Speaker: elizabeth roberts
About the speaker: Elizabeth Roberts has been Rhode Island's Secretary of Health and Human Services since January 2015. Previously, she served as lieutenant governor from 2007 to 2015, the first woman to hold that office. Prior to that, she was a State Senator from Cranston and Warwick.
Date: May 24, 2012
Location: rhode island
Topics: health care;medicaid;medicare;public health
Context: a debate on State of the State
Fact-check justification: During a debate in which she argued that the health-care overhaul in Massachusetts has brought down costs, Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts said, "Massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of healthcare costs in this year." We couldn’t find state-by-state numbers for health-care costs for this year, last year, or 2010. But in 2009, three years after Mitt Romney signed the legislation, total per-person spending in Massachusetts was slightly higher than the national average. Only if you look at health insurance costs in 2010 -- particularly family plans -- do you see increases in Massachusetts far below the national average. But one year does not make a trend. Other factors may have been at work to make 2010 a good year for insurance purchasers. And during the other three years when health insurance reform was in effect in Massachusetts, the trend was that insurance rates and overall costs of health care went up faster than the national average. As a result, we rate her statement "  ." (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: You look at defense … we're spending more than the rest of the world combined.
Speaker: jon huntsman
About the speaker: Jon Huntsman was the governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. He served as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011. He is a Republican candidate for president in 2012. 
Date: December 12, 2011
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;military;new hampshire 2012
Context: Manchester, N.H
Fact-check justification: "It’s hard to tell because the numbers don’t translate exactly, but (United States spending is) more in the range of 40 or 45 percent," said Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress , a left-leaning think tank. "Fifty percent is definitely a little high," Korb said. Our ruling: The  supports Huntsman's underlying point -- that the U.S. spends far more than other countries on defense, but it falls short of his  that U.S. spending exceeds that of all other countries combined. International research shows that United States’ defense funds make up between 40 and 45 percent of the world’s total military spending. We rate Huntsman’s  .
Statement: Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade.
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: November 1, 2017
Location: national
Topics: immigration;homeland security
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Castro tweeted, "Ending #TPS and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade." Castro accurately cited GDP loss reported by the left-leaning Center for American Progress. But at least one other report pegged a GDP loss three times as small, $45.2 billion. The report Castro used calculated lost earnings and impact on industries, the other report only looked at lost wages. We rate Castro’s  .
Statement: A tragic end today" for CNN's Sanjay Gupta
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 23, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed Gupta met "a tragic end today" on Dec. 23, 2021. He is still alive and has already appeared on CNN and MSNBC in 2022.  The post links to an advertisement for CBD gummies that falsely claims Gupta is the CEO of the company and has been promoting his products on television. There is no  Gupta has any connection to a CBD gummy company. Similar advertisements relying on  celebrity endorsement scams have been used to sell other cannabis products. We rate this  .
Statement: The Supreme Court "has decided to take up the Texas case.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: December 8, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "SCOTUS hasn’t voted 6-3 to do *anything* election-related," he said. "SCOTUS hasn’t ‘agreed to hear’ the Texas case." We rate this Facebook post . This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click here , for more.
Statement: Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something.
Speaker: chris abele
About the speaker: Chris Abele is Milwaukee County Executive, a position he won in an April 2011 special election to finish out the final year of the term of Scott Walker, who was elected governor in November 2010. The election was the first attempt at political office for Abele, a Milwaukee philanthropist and business owner.
The office is nonpartisan, but Abele has indicated he is a Democrat.
Date: May 18, 2017
Location: wisconsin
Topics: county budget;county government;crime
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: That’s a total reduction of 321. Incomplete county records don’t indicate whether deputy reductions during first three years were requested by Clarke or were simply made by the County Board. But in 2005, he requested and was granted a gradual turnover of 200 positions in the county jail from being deputies to lower-paid correctional officers. So, at least 200 of the 321 deputy reductions were specifically requested by Clarke, although those 200 deputies were jailers who were replaced by lower-paid correctional officers. We rate Abele’s statement .