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Statement: A doctor at the Mayo Clinic is misdiagnosing pregnancies of Trump supporters so they have abortions.
Speaker: young america's foundation
About the speaker: Young America’s Foundation is a conservative group that seeks to educate young people about individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values.
Date: June 13, 2022
Topics: abortion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post that’s a screenshot of a tweet says a doctor at the Mayo Clinic is targeting Trump supporters for unnecesary abortions. The  tweet originated in 2018. The Mayo Clinic said at that time there is no doctor by that name at the clinic and the information had come from a troll operating a parody account. Twitter suspended the account that initially tweeted the information. We rate this  !
Statement: Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.
Speaker: chris taylor
About the speaker: Wisconsin state Rep. Chris Taylor, a Madison Democrat, was elected to the Assembly in a special election in August 2011. An attorney, she is the former public policy director of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.
Date: December 13, 2019
Location: wisconsin
Topics: legal issues;guns
Context: news release
Fact-check justification: But the picture is muddier when it comes to gun sales through licensed dealers.   In those cases, purchasers face a criminal background check -- which is more than what happens when you adopt a dog or register to vote. That leaves us with a statement that’s accurate but needs clarification or additional information. We rate Taylor’s  . window.gciAnalyticsUAID = 'PMJS-TEALIUM-COBRAND';
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Statement: Rep. Tim Ryan "wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.
Speaker: j.d. vance
About the speaker: J.D. Vance won the U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 2022. He has also worked as an investor, commentator, and bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy. 
Date: October 26, 2022
Topics: congress;drugs;elections
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Vance said Ryan "wanted to decriminalize fentanyl." Vance is referring to a pledge to reduce mass incarceration that Ryan signed during his 2019 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.  Ryan doesn’t say anything about legalizing fentanyl. Ryan actually says the opposite.  In response to a question about his willingness to decriminalize all drug possession, Ryan wrote, "No, I do not support the decriminalization at the federal level of all drug possession for personal use." Ryan mentioned only marijuana as the drug he would decriminalize.  Ryan has supported legislation that aims to reduce the flow of fentanyl, both before and after his presidential bid. We rate Vance’s statement ! PolitiFact researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this fact-check.  RELATED : GOP Senate hopeful JD Vance paid political adviser to run nonprofit that did little to fight opioids RELATED : Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate RELATED : Tim Ryan on the -O-Meter RELATED : J.D. Vance on the -O-Meter
Statement: Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton.
Speaker: john kennedy
About the speaker: John Kennedy is a Republican U.S. Senator from Louisiana.
Date: December 1, 2019
Location: national
Topics: impeachment
Context: an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
Fact-check justification: Kennedy said that former Ukraine President Poroshenko actively worked on behalf of Clinton. The publications he cited don’t back that up, nor does any of the other available . Poroshenko, and many other Ukrainian leaders, opposed Trump’s policies on Russia and its annexation of Crimea, and preferred Clinton’s tougher stance toward their giant neighbor to the east. They were openly critical of Trump. No article cast Poroshenko as a key player in those responses, nor do three of the news organizations he cited see those responses as election meddling.  We rate this  .
Statement: Tennessee's grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation.
Speaker: tennessee democratic party
About the speaker: The Tennessee Democratic Party headquarters are in Nashville.
Date: November 15, 2011
Location: tennessee
Topics: taxes
Context: introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes
Fact-check justification: So, the national numbers back the Democrats' . Although the state provides a tax discount for qualified food purchases, Tennesseans still pay among the highest sales taxes on groceries. We rate the statement .
Statement: America has 133 million registered voters," but "159 million votes" were cast in the 2020 presidential election.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 26, 2021
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a viral image
Fact-check justification: Estimates made by experts quoted by the Associated Press ranged from 195 million to 215 million. Ballots cast and counted According to the United States Election Project, which is run by University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald, 159,690,457 ballots were counted in the November election, including 158,254,475 that contained votes for president. The project is "the gold standard of turnout statistics," said Charles Stewart, founding director of the MIT Election Data Science Lab.   Another sign that the 133 million figure for registered voters is way off: In the 2016 election, according to the Florida project, 138,846,571 ballots were cast, including 136,753,936 for president. We rate the statement .
Statement: Right now, we are about 4% behind the (census) response rate where we were in 2010. But for Black and Latino and Native American communities, they're behind by 10%.
Speaker: stacey abrams
About the speaker: Stacey Abrams, a Democrat and national voting rights activist, is running for Georgia governor in 2022. She lost the Georgia governor's race in 2018. She is a former House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and State Representative for the 84th House District.
Date: July 23, 2020
Topics: census
Context: an MSNBC interview
Fact-check justification: Abrams’ staff said her point was that the national self-response rate was 4 percentage points behind the final self-response rate in 2010; and in 2020, Latino, Native American and Black communities’ self-response rates are 10 percentage points lower than in white communities. There is one metric that supports Abrams’ point that the response rate this census is about 4 percentage points behind 2010’s and that the response from some communities trails those of  white (non-Hispanic) communities by at least 10 percentage points.   Still, the Census Bureau and other experts said it’s difficult or impractical to compare response rates in 2010 and 2020 for several reasons, including different timelines, additional ways to answer the questionnaire, and an ongoing pandemic. Abrams’ statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy.
Speaker: marco rubio
About the speaker: Marco Rubio, a U.S. senator from Florida, was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016 and then dropped out and won re-election to the Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and took office Jan. 5, 2011. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and is a former Speaker of the Florida House. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 2000. He is from Miami and holds a law degree from the University of Miami.
Date: April 19, 2015
Location: national
Topics: cap and trade;climate change
Context: an interview on CBS' Face the Nation
Fact-check justification: Rubio said, "I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy." Existing cap-and-trade programs have not proven to be "devastating" in their economic impact. While estimates for proposed programs vary, most experts and analysts have found modest potential  impact on the economy; some even show a positive impact. Based on the , Rubio can’t be certain about the potential impact of cap and trade. We rate his  . Note: This  was fact-checked as part of a reward to our Kickstarter campaign to live fact-check the 2015 State of the Union. Thanks to all who contributed.
Statement: Canada is to thank for American football.
Speaker: dave grohl
About the speaker: Dave Grohl is an American musician. He is the founder and frontman of the rock band Foo Fighters.
Date: February 12, 2023
Location: national
Topics: history;sports
Context: a Super Bowl ad
Fact-check justification: Grohl said in a Super Bowl ad that Canada invented football. This is largely accurate.  American football has gone through several changes over its history, but historians note that it was first introduced in the U.S. by Montreal-based McGill University in 1874. The NFL also confirmed the ad’s  before it ran.   We rate this  .
Statement: Says proposal to boost teacher pension fund "puts no mandate on local government.
Speaker: bob mcdonnell
About the speaker: Bob McDonnell is the Republican governor of Virginia until January 2014. McDonnell was elected over Democratic state Sen. Creigh Deeds.
McDonnell previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2006 and as state Attorney General from 2006 to 2009.
McDonnell graduated from the University of Nortre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., with a bachelor's degree in 1976. He then served in the U.S. Army on active duty from 1976 to 1981 and in the reserves until 1997, retiring as a lieutenant colenel. He received a master's degree in business adminsitration from Boston University in 1980 and a master's and law degree from Regent University, Virginia Beach, in 1989.
Date: December 19, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: city budget;county budget;education;pensions;state budget
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: The governor and his finance secretary justify the statement by noting teachers are local employees and, as such, it is up to localities to pay for the bulk of their retirement costs. But the simple fact is that the General Assembly sets the rates localities pay into the state pension for teachers. If lawmakers adopt McDonnell’s plan, cities and counties must make the record retirement contributions or risk losing state aid. That sounds like a mandate to us, albeit one that started long before McDonnell became governor. We rate McDonnell’s no-mandate  .
Statement: Sunday liquor sales could generate $3.4 million to $4.8 million a year in additional sales tax revenue for Georgia.
Speaker: distilled spirits council of the united states
About the speaker: The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States is a Washington, D.C.-based group that says it represents many of America's leading liquor distillers.
Date: February 14, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: alcohol
Context: an op-ed
Fact-check justification: Some reports show a 5 to 7 percent increase in liquor sales is within the range of possibility, but Stehr believes it would likely be a bit lower. Other states, like Texas, also use lower estimates. With that caveat, we’ll be cautious about the council’s estimate that ending the takeout ban will result in an annual increase of $3.4 million to $4.8 million in taxes in the state of Georgia. It appears safe to say sales tax revenue would increase; the only question is by how much. Therefore, we rate the  as .
Statement: The five people aboard the Titan submersible "have been found dead.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 21, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Titan, which on June 18 was en route to visit the wreckage of the Titanic, has not been found. Searches for the missing submersible were still underway June 22.   It’s believed to have started its deep-sea dive with about a 96-hour air supply, The New York Times reported . That’s enough to last until the morning of June 22, or longer if its passengers can stay calm.   Aboard the submersible are : We rate claims that they were found dead before June 22 .
Statement: San Antonio has seen "67% growth" in water customers "in the last 25 years, 0% more water used.
Speaker: robert puente
About the speaker: Robert Puente, president and CEO of San Antonio's city-owned water utility, the San Antonio Water System, was a Democratic state representative first elected in 1991. As a House member, he chaired the House Natural Resources Committee, according to his biography on saws.org.
 
Date: September 20, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: city budget;city government;water
Context: a Texas Tribune Festival panel discussion
Fact-check justification: Puente said San Antonio has seen "67 percent growth in the last 25 years, 0 percent more water used." Those are cherry-picked, out-of-date stats, vintage 1984-2009. Up-to-date figures available when Puente spoke, covering 1986-2011, show that as the population served grew 52 percent, water usage increased 21 percent. San Antonio may outpace other cities in water conservation. This  still washes out as .  – The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: This video shows "Russian war in Ukraine.
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: March 7, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;ukraine;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: It’s a training range where Marines can practice air support exercises.   Capt. Ryan Bruce with the Marine Corps confirmed that the footage in the Facebook post shows Yodaville, but he said he didn’t know when it is from. We found what appears to be some of the video in this 2015 post on Military.com. The description says it shows gunships firing rockets and machine guns "on the simulated village of Yodaville during a helicopter close air support (CAS) training exercise near Yuma." We rate claims that this shows the current conflict in Ukraine .
Statement: Says "any attempt to try to compare" the Massachusetts health care law with the federal health care law is "completely, intellectually dishonest. Governor Romney did not raise one tax in doing what he did.
Speaker: chris christie
About the speaker: Chris Christie announced June 6, 2023 that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. Christie was the governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. As governor, Christie won office in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Prior to that, he was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. 
Date: October 11, 2011
Location: new jersey
Topics: health care
Context: a news conference with Mitt Romney
Fact-check justification: Christie dismissed comparisons between the federal health care law and the Massachusetts health insurance reform as "completely, intellectually dishonest," saying the state plan "did not raise one tax." The state reform did not include tax increases, but it includes several core elements similar to those in the national reform. To deny that those similarities exist would be dishonest. We rate the statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Democrats "booed families of children murdered by MS13.
Speaker: csc mediagroup.usa
About the speaker: CSC Mediagroup.USA is a website that says it posts news from a conservative perspective.
Date: January 30, 2018
Topics: immigration;congress;fake news;crime;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: CSC Mediagroup. USA’s disclaimer proclaims that it isn’t  news and that it publishes news from a conservative perspective that the mainstream media ignores. However, in this case it’s headline is . We found no  that Democrats "booed families of children murdered by MS13" -- instead they booed other comments Trump made about chain migration. We rate this  .
Statement: Says he "cut taxes by more than $600 million" when he was governor.
Speaker: george allen
About the speaker: George Allen was a U.S. senator from 2001-2007. He was governor of Virginia from 1994-1998.
Date: February 23, 2012
Location: virginia
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: an op-ed
Fact-check justification: Our ruling: George Allen said more than $600 million in taxes were cut during his governorship. We came up with $676.1 million in cuts, although we should point out that some of these reductions took place over six years. Allen, however, never qualified the time period for the tax cuts. And he arguably could have added other reductions to his list. We rate his statement .
Statement: Israel dropped a tactical nuclear weapon on the port of Beirut.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: August 5, 2020
Topics: israel;facebook fact-checks
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: Veterans Today claimed Israel dropped a nuclear weapon on the port of Beirut on Aug. 4. There is no  to support that.  Lebanese officials believe a combination of fireworks and ammonium nitrate caused the explosion in Beirut, a hypothesis that experts and eyewitness videos back up. The characteristics of a nuclear blast have not been detected in the city. And Israel has denied any involvement in the explosion. The article is . We rate it .
Statement: In 2008, Maggie Hassan voted against legislation to "prevent sanctuary cities in New Hampshire.
Speaker: jennifer horn
About the speaker: Jennifer Horn, the chairman of the Republican Party of New Hampshire, is a two-time challenger for the New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. She won the Republican nomination in 2008, but eventually lost to Paul Hodes in the general election. In 2010, she lost to Charles Bass in the Republican primary. Horn lives in Nashua, New Hampshire, with her husband William Horn.
Date: October 21, 2015
Location: new hampshire
Topics: immigration;voting record
Context: a memo
Fact-check justification: The New Hampshire Republican Party said that Maggie Hassan, as a state senator, "voted to kill legislation that would have blocked any effort to promote sanctuary city policies in New Hampshire." Hassan did vote against a 2008 bill that would have prohibited New Hampshire from serving as a "sanctuary for illegal aliens." However, it’s worth noting there were no efforts to establish sanctuary cities in the state at the time, nor are there any efforts today.   The statement is accurate but needs additional information, so we rate it .
Statement: Says the hospital listed on Barack Obama's just-publicized long-form birth certificate denies the president was born there.
Speaker: leo berman
About the speaker: Leo Berman is a state representative from Tyler.
Date: April 27, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: obama birth certificate
Context: a Texas Tribune article
Fact-check justification: So far as we can tell, Kapiolani hasn’t confirmed that Obama was born there, citing federal privacy law that prevents it from doing so. But we found no record that the hospital has ever denied it, as Berman claims. Nor did the lawmaker provide  of such. We have a rating for such statements. !
Statement: The city of Clarkston "can't decriminalize marijuana. Only state legislators and Congress can do that.
Speaker: vernon keenan
About the speaker: Head of the GBI.
Georgia's top cop.
Date: April 26, 2016
Location: georgia
Topics: drugs
Context: Newspaper interview
Fact-check justification: Only state legislators and Congress can do that." Keenan  is correct on that point -- even the mayor of Clarkston agrees with him. Clarkston can change its pot ordinance, and it can instruct its police officers to make pot enforcement a low-level priority. This, however, would not preclude the district attorney from bringing charges in State Court, which is beyond Clarkston’s control. We rate Keenan’s statement .
Statement: Under the "Obama economy ... utility bills are higher.
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: August 30, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy
Context: Tampa
Fact-check justification: Romney said that under the "Obama economy ... utility bills are higher." Under Obama, electricity, heating oil, propane and water-sewer-trash prices did rise, as Romney indicated. But natural gas and telephone prices fell. It's important to note the phenomenon is not unique to Obama. In the comparable three years of the Bush presidency, three of the six utility prices also rose. On balance, we rate Romney’s  .
Statement: Says his free public university tuition program "is paid for … by a tax on Wall Street's speculation.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: March 30, 2016
Location: national
Topics: education
Context: a CNN interview
Fact-check justification: Sanders said his free public university tuition program "is paid for… by a tax on Wall Street's speculation." Sanders’ $75 billion proposal is a federal matching program, meaning the Wall Street speculation tax would cover two-thirds of the costs. States would be required to pick up the tab for the remaining one-third. There is some question if some states would participate in the program. Recently, states have refused to be part of Medicaid expansion under a more generous style of cost-sharing. Sanders has a point that his proposed Wall Street tax would cover part of the plan, but he left out the significant state contribution. And it’s not a sure thing that every state would join in. So we rate his  .