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Statement: Says ex-Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti "publicly did not stand in opposition to" former Gov. Bruce Rauner's decision to sign a bill that expanded the public funding of abortions in Illinois.
Speaker: jeanne ives
About the speaker: Jeanne Ives is a former three-term Republican state representative from Wheaton, Ill. She unsuccessfully challenged former Gov. Bruce Rauner in Illinois' 2018 Republican primary election. 
Date: July 26, 2019
Location: illinois
Topics: abortion
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Ives said that as lieutenant governor, Sanguinetti "publicly did not stand in opposition" to Rauner’s decision to sign a bill that expanded the public funding of abortions in Illinois. That narrative is contradicted by numerous news articles published the day Rauner announced he would sign the bill, which quote directly from a statement Sanguinetti released clearly stating she disagreed with his decision. We rate Ives’  .  — The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says the Wyoming State Parks Department said it "discovered what looks like a giant root system stemming from the base of the Devils Tower.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 6, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The information in the Facebook post is , and it’s also not new. Snopes debunked it back in 2017 , after a Facebook page that posts satire published the claims . Other fact-checkers looked into it in 2020.   It’s 2021, and it’s still . We rate this post .
Statement: Babysitter on crystal meth eats 3-month-old baby.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: February 28, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a Internet rumor
Fact-check justification: The site says in its disclaimer that it is responsible for "the satirical nature of its articles and for the fictional nature of their content." There is no indication on the post we checked, or on most of the others reblogging the same  story, that it's fabricated. Comments on these stories make it clear some horrified readers were tricked. But this story about a babysitter getting high and attempting to eat a child never happened. We rate it !
Statement: ''Both Democrats and Republicans are advocating for the use of student test scores to measure teacher effectiveness.''
Speaker: foundation for florida's future
About the speaker: Foundation for Florida's Future is an education policy nonprofit organiztion founded by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Date: March 26, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: bipartisanship;education
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Asked why Florida Democrats don't follow what she sees as a national trend, she replied: "That's the million-dollar question. It really is federally and in other states a bipartisan issue." It is  that President Obama and Education Secretary Duncan support performance pay for teachers, which is among the key provisions in SB 6. But in Florida, where the foundation also focuses its , the Democrats are on the other side of this very contentious debate. So we rate the  .
Statement: Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position.
Speaker: votevets
About the speaker: VoteVets is progressive veterans advocacy group and political action committee.
Date: March 2, 2022
Topics: legal issues;foreign policy;patriotism;ad watch;ukraine;russia
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: VoteVets said: "Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position." Trump’s acts regarding Ukraine that resulted in his impeachment did not rise to the level of treason. And the Republican Party does not have an official position to appease Putin.  In 2016, the party removed from its platform language about arming Ukraine in its fight against Russia, but the platform contained language threatening action against any future Russian aggression.  Meanwhile, as Trump has said complimentary things about Putin, other Republican leaders have heavily criticized Putin’s actions.  The statement contains only an element of . We rate it .
Statement: Says two-thirds of groups targeted for IRS scrutiny were not conservative.
Speaker: progress texas
About the speaker: On its website, Progress Texas describes itself as a "nonprofit communications hub that educates the public about politicians, policies and organizations that have a direct impact on the everyday lives of Texans." Its mission, according to the website, is "to provide a strong, credible and enduring progressive voice that will ensure more inclusive, just and sustainable policies for Texas."
Date: May 31, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: taxes
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Progress Texas has twice said that two-thirds of the groups whose applications for tax-exempt status were scrutinized by the IRS were not conservative. The group’s fraction appears to be an unsupported assumption tied to a government report saying that 96 of 298 IRS-scrutinized organizations, or about a third, had "tea party," "patriot" or "9/12" in their names. The report listed other criteria the IRS used, some of which appeared to be aimed at conservatives. But the report has no information on the political makeup of the other groups, and we see no other indications that their political leanings have been authoritatively summed up or individually revealed, though the IRS has said the scrutinized groups without "tea party" in their names reflected "all political views," which presumably would fold in liberals to moderates to conservatives. Progress Texas’  shakes out as  and, given the lack of backup documentation, . !
Statement: Video shows Joe Biden has a body double.
Speaker: viral image
About the speaker: Graphics, pictures and charts shared on social media give chain emails a run for their money when it comes to spreading too-good-to-be-true claims all over the Internet. A common form is is the "Internet macro," which uses an easily recognized and repurposed image (called a meme) wth superimposed text to make a funny but political argument. Sometimes these images are passed across social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit so widely that the original source is nearly impossible to determine.
Date: September 6, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Another set of photos shows Biden in 2008 and in 2019 .   Yet another set of images compares Biden’s earlobes , particularly how they look more attached to his head in one photo than the other. But this isn’t  of a body double plot. These photos primarily show the effects of the passage of time.   We rate claims that this video proves Biden has a body double .
Statement: Six of the nation's 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: February 6, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;federal budget;income;population;wealth
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Six of the top 10 counties were in D.C. suburbs in Maryland or Virginia. We rate Walker's statement . To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s web page . ------ More on Scott Walker For profiles and stories on Scott Walker and 2016 presidential politics, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Scott Walker page .
Statement: JUST IN: Actor 'Vin Deisel' dies after a Failed Attempt to Perfect a Stunt on set." ​
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: August 22, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: We were unable to get in touch with the website where the article was posted, as we could not find any contact information for them. A story on a website, thth.mayatmenen.info, claims that actor Vin Diesel died "after a failed attempt to perfect a stunt on set." The article provides no  to support this , and no major news outlets are reporting that Diesel died. This is an iron giant of a hoax. We rate it !
Statement: Video shows abortion rights activist urging women to "run on down to the abortion clinic" if they get pregnant.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 7, 2022
Topics: abortion;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A video claims to show an abortion rights supporter brazenly encourage young women to go get abortions. But the woman shown in the video is a longtime evangelist who travels the country to preach at college campuses, often using crude language and over-the-top rhetoric as satire to try to relate to the young students. In a video on  Social she described herself as "pro-life."  We rate this  . PolitiFact reporter Yacob Reyes contributed to this report.
Statement: As Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney used a line-item veto to cut "millions of dollars for firefighting equipment," including firefighters' "coats, pants, helmets and boots.
Speaker: mahlon mitchell
About the speaker: Mahlon Mitchell has served as president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin union since January 2011. A Democrat, he lost to Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in Wisconsin's June 2012 recall elections. In November 2017, he announced his candidacy for governor in the 2018 election.
Date: June 12, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;labor;public safety;state budget;unions;workers
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Spokeswoman Allie Brandenburger provided a video clip of comments Romney gave in response to an interview question about his statement that the nation didn’t need more firefighters. That had nothing to do with Mitchell’s , so we emailed Brandenburger again, but got no reply. Our rating Mitchell said that as Massachusetts governor, Romney used a line-item veto to cut "millions of dollars for firefighting equipment," including firefighters' "coats, pants, helmets and boots." In 2006, Romney vetoed $2.5 million in grants for all types of fire safety equipment, including those Mitchell cited. We rate Mitchell’s statement .
Statement: Says Democrats are on vacation until May 4 and "refuse to come back" to sign a bill to help small businesses.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 16, 2020
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The legislation could be approved by unanimous consent, which does not require a majority of members to be present. But Democrats have not refused to come back from "vacation." Both the Senate and the House are in recess until May 4 to avoid spreading the coronavirus. The decision was made by congressional leadership. This post rates .
Statement: President Obama told people "to skip coming here (Las Vegas) for conventions and meetings.
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: February 4, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy;tourism
Context: Las Vegas
Fact-check justification: Romney said that Obama told people "to skip coming here (Las Vegas) for conventions and meetings." Obama said heads of corporations shouldn’t use taxpayer money for Vegas jaunts (or corporate jets or Super Bowl excursions or any other flight of luxury paid for by the rest of us). And he said parents shouldn’t spend their money on Vegas trips when they need to be saving for kids’ college. That could certainly be construed as a rap on tourism. But a suggestion to skip meetings and conventions? The president said no such thing. Romney’s , like so much about Las Vegas, was over the top. We rate it .
Statement: This image shows the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 24, 2022
Location: texas
Topics: facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The victims who have been identified are not the ones in the photos included in the collage on the Facebook post.   A post published on Facebook says a collage of photos identifies the victims of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.   However, the photo is not of the Uvalde victims. The post uses a photo of the 20 students and six adults that were killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newton, Connecticut in 2012. We rate this post .
Statement: Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that's their electoral strategy.
Speaker: blake masters
About the speaker: Blake Masters is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona. Until 2022, Blake Masters was Chief Operating Officer at Thiel Capital, the investment firm of billionaire Peter Thiel.
Date: May 14, 2022
Location: arizona
Topics: immigration;elections
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Masters said that to win more elections, "Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens." The rules, manpower and hardware at the southwest border might not satisfy Masters, but he  by saying the border is open. The process of becoming a U.S. citizen takes many years. And while current Hispanic voters lean Democratic, they have low turnout rates on Election Day. In the 2020 election, Republicans increased their share of Latino voters. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Common Core is a federal mandate.
Speaker: joe leibham
About the speaker: Wisconsin state Sen. Joe Leibham, R-Town of Sheboygan, was elected to the state Assembly in 1998 and to the Senate in 2002. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Aug. 12, 2014 Republican primary for the 6th District congressional seat. 
Date: July 19, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: children;education;federal budget;states
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Our rating Leibham said the Common Core education standards are a federal mandate. States put themselves in better position for federal education funding by adopting Common Core. But the school standards were voluntary for states to adopt, not mandatory, and some have since pulled out of the program -- just as Wisconsin is considering doing. We rate the statement .   To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s web page .
Statement: Says "there are homes for sale on and around (Oswego Lake) right now for under $150,000 that anyone is welcome to buy.
Speaker: doug thomas
About the speaker: Doug Thomas is the board of directors president of the Lake Oswego Corporation.
Date: February 11, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: housing
Context: an Oregonian article
Fact-check justification: There are some condos with lake access that go for less than $150,000. But that price is hardly the norm. Those are important details -- and his statement ignores them. We give this a . Return to OregonLive to comment on this staterement and ruling.
Statement: As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted.
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: February 10, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: city government;county government;criminal justice;legal issues;public service
Context: The (McAllen) Monitor
Fact-check justification: Abbott said, "As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted." During Abbott’s decade-plus as attorney general, his office has helped prosecute 104 cases against public officials across Texas -- 61 of them appearing to involve public corruption and five of those against judges, a county attorney and a DA. We rate his statement as .  – 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: A duck's quack doesn't echo and nobody can figure out why.
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: August 28, 2019
Topics: animals;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Trevor Cox, an acoustic engineering professor at the University of Salford in Manchester, investigated the myth that a duck’s quack doesn’t echo when he heard from journalists asking him if it was , according to a 2003 story in the Guardian .   He conducted experiments with a duck named Daisy, which quacked in an anechoic chamber designed to suppress all sound reflection and in a reverberation chamber designed to produce an echo, and then tested his hypothesis running virtual trials in outdoor and concert hall conditions.   Cox said he thinks the no-echo myth stems from the fact that a duck’s quack is relatively quiet and its echo just isn’t heard.   But it’s not non-existent, and somebody figured that out.   We rate this Facebook .
Statement: 70% of Americans don't believe a word the mainstream media puts out," so "everyone who thinks Biden won are only 30% of the population.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 23, 2021
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: on social media
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post said, "70% of Americans don't believe a word the mainstream media puts out," so "everyone who thinks Biden won are only 30% of the population." The level of people who have a complete distrust of the media is about half as high as the post says, according to the most recent Gallup poll, and the most recent poll asking about Biden’s legitimacy found 66% support, which is more than twice as high as what the post said. We rate the statement .
Statement: The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals" giving $125 on average, "not from PACs, not from groups.
Speaker: ed fallone
About the speaker: Ed Fallone, a law professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2013.
Date: March 6, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: campaign finance;elections;legal issues
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: The Wisconsin Club for Growth spent on behalf of Roggensack’s campaign. Our rating Fallone said "the majority of my contributions have been from private individuals" giving $125 on average, "not from PACs, not from groups." Not all private individuals are created equal, we found, but Fallone’s analysis is reasonable, his numbers are on target and his  about average gift size is slightly off but in his favor. His statement is accurate with those clarifications. We rate it .
Statement: Says Georgia's 5th congressional district, represented by John Lewis, is "in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested).
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: January 14, 2017
Location: national
Topics: economy;crime
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said Georgia’s 5th congressional district is "in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested)." The district isn’t in as terrible economic shape as Trump suggests. While it has higher unemployment and poverty rates than the national average, it still has a thriving economic hub in Atlanta and higher educational attainment. Atlanta does have a much higher crime rate than the national average, but like most major cities, that has been in decline. We rate Trump’s  . Correction : A previous version of this article compared the fifth district's poverty rate for families to the state's and country's poverty rates for all individuals. The district's overall poverty rate is 21.3 percent.
Statement: This kind of snowstorm happens every 10 or 15 years.
Speaker: john eaves
About the speaker: John Eaves, a Democrat, is chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners
Date: January 12, 2011
Location: georgia
Topics: weather
Context: a newspaper article
Fact-check justification: We occasionally get snow and we occasionally get ice. But we rarely get the snow-ice-Arctic-conditions metro Atlanta lived through last week. We may not like how state and local officials responded to the snow and ice, but history shows this perfect storm of winter weather is rare. Eaves’ estimate of this type of thing occurring only every 10 to 15 years might actually be a bit conservative. We rate his statement as .
Statement: When Bill Nye said "the Earth is a closed system," he suggested space exploration is impossible.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: July 25, 2023
Topics: space;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: He then said the quote cited in the Instagram post about Earth being a "closed system" but added, "There’s no place to throw your trash." On multiple occasions, Nye has expressed skepticism about settling outside of Earth, saying, "We can’t live anywhere else in the solar system" and people won’t " settle on Mars ." But Nye has acknowledged discoveries made through space exploration. In 2020, he told Space.com , "It's the exploration of space that led to these profound, profound improvements for quality of life for so many of us." We rate the  that Bill Nye’s saying "the Earth is a closed system" suggested that space exploration is impossible .