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Statement: Says Gov. Scott Walker "made more than $70 million in cuts to job training programs through (Wisconsin's) technical colleges.
Speaker: fred clark
About the speaker: Democrat Fred Clark is a member of the Wisconsin state Assembly, representing the 42nd District near Baraboo. He was elected in 2008. He ran unsuccessfully against Republican state Sen. Luther Olsen in an August 2011 recall election.
Date: February 1, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: education;jobs;state budget
Context: a Democratic Party radio address
Fact-check justification: "Students were able to get the experience in classroom we have always offered," Smits said, emphasizing that outside the classroom, the guidance cuts did mean less service. Our conclusion Clark correctly quantified Walker’s budget as having made more than $70 million in cuts to the technical college system. But it was a cut in general aid, not specifically to job training programs. And some of the cut was significantly offset by other changes in the budget, as was evident when officials told us the impact of the cuts was relatively modest. We rate Clark’s statement .
Statement: Unemployment among Oregon high school graduates aged 18 to 20 increased more than 200 percent from 2008 to 2011, while the U.S. average increased only 30 percent.
Speaker: cascade policy institute
About the speaker: Cascade Policy Institute is a libertarian think tank dedicated to limited government.
Date: July 5, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: economy;jobs;workers
Context: a website
Fact-check justification: The problem we have is we don’t think it’s fair to use the national average to highlight the apparently horrible nature of Oregon unemployment, without noting the actual unemployment figures. In every data set we checked, Oregon’s youth unemployment in 2008 was lower than the national average. Of course, the rate of increase will be higher when the starting point is lower. We think the actual unemployment rates are an important missing detail that should be considered when looking at increases. We rate the statement .
Statement: Expanding Medicaid, which if we had done at the beginning of the Abbott administration, would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy.
Speaker: beto o'rourke
About the speaker: Beto O’Rourke is a former representative of Texas’s 16th Congressional District. He represented the district from 2013 until 2019, when he gave up his seat to run a senate campaign against incumbent Ted Cruz, which O’Rourke lost. He received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Columbia University. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president.
Date: November 19, 2021
Location: texas
Topics: medicaid
Context: a rally
Fact-check justification: O'Rourke said "expanding Medicaid...would have brought in $100 billion to this state's economy" if it had been done at the beginning of Abbott's tenure. Projections rely on making assumptions for the number of people who would register, the reimbursement rate and additional funding. The figure O'Rourke drew from was based on a 2013 estimate drawn up by the state government and verified by current and former state government financial experts. More recent research suggests the amount of forgonefederal funding could be less than the $10 billion per year on average that the $100 billion   suggests. It could be $5 billion to $6 billion. But the ripple effect of even this smaller influx of federal money on the state's economy could be larger than $100 billion. The statement is accurate but needs additional context. We rate it .
Statement: By clicking on a link from a fake USPS text message, "you are sending your precise location to sex traffickers in your local area" so they can kidnap you.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 19, 2021
Location: national
Topics: crime;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A TikTok video reposted to Facebook claims that by clicking on a link from a  USPS text message, "you are sending your precise location to sex traffickers in your local area" so they can kidnap you. The text messages are scams, but there is no  they are linked to sex trafficking.  We rate this  .
Statement: Says Malala Yousafzai "is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.
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 16, 2021
Topics: afghanistan
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Afghan girls and young women are once again where I have been — in despair over the thought that they might never be allowed to see a classroom or hold a book again. Some members of the Taliban say they will not deny women and girls education or the right to work. But given the Taliban’s history of violently suppressing women’s rights, Afghan women’s fears are real. Already, we are hearing reports of female students being turned away from universities, female workers from their offices. "  We rate this post .
Statement: Sen. Obama has always had a 100 percent prochoice rating.
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: February 4, 2008
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: an e-mail message sent to voters before Super Tuesday
Fact-check justification: The Planned Parenthood Action Fund similarly gave Obama a perfect score on its 2006 congressional scorecard. He also earned 100 percent records for his votes in eight years as a state senator, according to Pam Sutherland, president and CEO of the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council. (She is neutral in the presidential race and her group has not endorsed a candidate.) "He has always voted in favor of abortion rights," she said. So we find DeLauro's statement to be .
Statement: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that the Democrats have to pass their terrible health care bill so that the American people can actually find out what's in it.
Speaker: republican party of texas
About the speaker: The Republican Party of Texas says it promotes a conservative government philosophy in the Lone Star state.
Date: March 12, 2010
Location: texas
Topics: health care
Context: an e-mail blast
Fact-check justification: So how does the GOP's statement shake out? The party's e-mail errs when it makes it sound as if Pelosi thinks the health-care measure is terrible. It's very much the opposite. But it accurately quotes Pelosi as saying people will find out what's in the plan after it passes. We rate the statement as .
Statement: There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied.
Speaker: laura ingraham
About the speaker: Laura Ingraham is a conservative broadcaster and commentator. On April 13, 2014, she was named an ABC News contributor.
Date: May 4, 2020
Topics: public health;pundits;science;punditfact;coronavirus
Context: a TV segment
Fact-check justification: Ingraham said "there was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied." Experts we spoke to cited a number of studies — including two influential analyses of the 1918 influenza — that show social distancing can help slow the spread of new infectious diseases. We rate this statement .
Statement: Marcy Kaptur voted against a ban which would have prevented the aborting of a baby girl for the sole reason that she's a girl.
Speaker: samuel wurzelbacher
About the speaker: Samuel J. Wurzelbacher gained national fame as “Joe the Plumber” during the 2008 presidential election. He is the Republican nominee for Ohio's newly drawn 9th Congressional District in the 2012 election. His Democratic opponent is longtime Democratic incumbent Marcy Kaptur.
Date: June 4, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: abortion;message machine 2012;voting record
Context: a campaign video
Fact-check justification: Kaptur's record on abortion has been consistent. In a story about this vote, Roll Call, a Washington publication, described her as a  Democrat who opposes abortion. But in this case, her staff said, concerns about other effects and consequences of the legislation played a role in her vote. And, the bill’s leading sponsor acknowledged that political strategy drove the process under which it was considered. On the -O-Meter, Wurzelbacher's  rates .
Statement: Says Sen. Bernie Sanders has called President Barack Obama "weak. He's called him a disappointment.
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: February 11, 2016
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: comments during the PBS Democratic debate
Fact-check justification: Clinton said Sanders has called Obama "weak. He's called him a disappointment."   Sanders has critiqued Obama and used those words to describe the feelings of Americans, or to describe Obama’s policies. But Sanders did not specifically call Obama "weak" and "a disappointment." We rate the  .
Statement: Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support.
Speaker: rush limbaugh
About the speaker: Rush Limbaugh is a conservative radio talk show host. His website describes him as "America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie; defender of motherhood, protector of fatherhood and an all-around good guy."
Date: January 29, 2013
Location: national
Topics: immigration;pundits
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Limbaugh said research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support." Surveys of Hispanic and Asian immigrants show that majorities of immigrants favor bigger government, which could be the "source of prosperity" Limbaugh meant. But we could find no research to say that those views are what drive people to immigrate. Family connections and job opportunities in the U.S. are the most common reasons cited in studies. Limbaugh’s  contains a grain of  but makes a  causal connection. That fits our definition of .
Statement: Says the federal government is spending $765,828 to subsidize "pancakes for yuppies" in Washington.
Speaker: roger williams
About the speaker: Roger Williams won election to represent the newly created Congressional District 25 in 2012. He is a former Texas secretary of state, the state's chief elections officer. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 as chairman of the Republican National Finance Committee’s Eagles fundraising program and also has served as state finance chair for John Cornyn's 2002 Senate campaign, according to his campaign website.
Date: July 2, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: federal budget
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: A $765,828 federal grant helped an IHOP open in a part of the capital that has been gaining retail cachet. It makes sense, too, that the restaurant’s customers include yuppies. Who doesn’t like pancakes? But the intimation that the grant was awarded just to satisfy yuppie appetites fails to acknowledge that people of all stripes (and ages and income levels) order short stacks. Also, the grant enabled dozens of down-and-out individuals to land jobs -- a result not acknowledged in the campaign mailer. We rate Williams’  .
Statement: Says he "earned the highest possible credit ratings as state treasurer.
Speaker: josh mandel
About the speaker: Josh Mandel, a Republican from Lyndhurst, is a Marine veteran who served two tours in Iraq. He served as Ohio treasurer from 2011 to 2019.  Before that, he was a state representative from the 17th Ohio House District. He unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in the 2012 US Senate race. Mandel is running for the GOP nomination for an Ohio U.S. Senate seat in 2022.
Date: May 23, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: message machine 2012
Context: a campaign commercial
Fact-check justification: The  in the new ad, though similar to the email , is more carefully worded. It does not imply that the state’s rating had "just" improved. But knowing the credit rating has been at that level for more than a decade and a half provides a clearer picture. Mandel’s statement is accurate but needs additional information to provide clarification. On the -O-Meter, the  rates .
Statement: The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers.
Speaker: jeffrey loria
About the speaker: Jeffrey Loria is the owner of the Miami Marlins baseball team.
Date: February 24, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: baseball;city budget;county budget
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: In response to renewed criticism about the 2009 Marlins stadium financing deal, Loria said "The majority of public funding came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers." Loria is borrowing from politicians’ playbooks here: He cherry-picked a fact that puts the situation in the best light while omitting a thorough explanation. On the surface, he is correct: Much of the public funding for the stadium came from hotel bed taxes largely (though not entirely) paid for by tourists. But these are still tax revenues that belong to the taxpayer, and if it didn’t go to the Marlins, it would have gone to some other public purpose to benefit those taxpayers. He also ignores that the county will be paying off that debt for decades. His implication that locals can shrug their shoulders at that public cost, and dismiss it as coming from the wallets of out of town tourists, is disingenuous. We rate this  .
Statement: We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, 'Phooey, nonsense, I'm not going to participate in your program, because it doesn't do what I need done.'
Speaker: tom price
About the speaker: Rep. Tom Price is the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration. Previously, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 6th District of Georgia, an area that includes Marietta and Canton.
Date: May 7, 2017
Location: florida
Topics: health care
Context: an interview on CNN's State of the Union
Fact-check justification: Price said, "We have got 20 million folks out there across this land who have told the federal government, ‘Phooey, nonsense, I’m not going to participate in your program, because it doesn’t do what I need done.’ " Price mentioned the number of people who are either paying a fine because they don't have insurance or who are claiming an exemption, usually because they don't qualify for affordable coverage. About 6.5 million taxpayers reported the penalty in 2016 tax filings, and 12.7 million taxpayers claimed one or more exemptions, bringing the total to about 20 million. But Price makes it sound like all of those people are simply declining coverage. In reality, many can't qualify for affordable coverage, even if they would like to. We rate this  .
Statement: Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.
Speaker: kay bailey hutchison
About the speaker: Kay Bailey Hutchison, initially elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993, did not seek re-election in 2012. She ran for governor in 2010, losing the Republican nomination to incumbent Rick Perry.
Date: December 12, 2011
Location: texas
Topics: deficit;federal budget;jobs;taxes
Context: an interview on CNN’s ‘Out Front’
Fact-check justification: Hutchison said that getting millionaires off unemployment and food stamps would save the government $20 million -- though she doesn’t acknowledge that millionaires are already barred from the food-stamp program; there’s no new savings possible on that front. We rate her statement .
Statement: Photo shows Joe Biden asleep at his desk.
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: February 5, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: We found nothing to support the allegation that he was caught and photographed sleeping at his desk.   The public schedule the Biden transition team released for Jan. 20, the day that picture was taken, began with an 8:45 a.m. church service and ended with a 9:55 p.m. appearance by Biden and the first lady on the Blue Room Balcony. The president’s public schedule is available online . While it doesn’t detail his every move on a given day, it shows Biden working full days with events slated for the mornings, afternoons and evenings. We rate this image .
Statement: At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee).
Speaker: richard ojeda
About the speaker: Richard Ojeda, a U.S. Army veteran and Democratic state senator, ran unsuccessfully for a U.S. House seat in West Virginia in 2018. He has announced his interest in pursuing the presidency in 2020.
Date: November 27, 2018
Location: west virginia
Topics: economy;financial regulation
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Ojeda said that Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)." The company confirmed both figures, which they are required by law to report to the government. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin.
Speaker: maram museitif
About the speaker: Maram Museitif of Austin was named by the Austin City Council to the Central Health Board of Managers in May 2017.
Date: May 24, 2017
Location: texas
Topics: census;city government;health care;public health
Context: a Central Health press release
Fact-check justification: Museitif called Arabic Austin’s third most-common language. That’s ; in 2015, Chinese ranked third in prevalence in Austin behind English and Spanish, according to federal surveys. Arabic was evidently third most common among languages spoken by patients at clinics overseen by Central Health. We rate Museitif’s statement .  – The statement is not accurate. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain.
Speaker: eric cantor
About the speaker: Eric Cantor is a former congressman who represented Virginia's 7th District from 2001 to 2014. He rose to House minority whip in 2009 and House majority leader in 2011. Cantor was upset by Dave Brat in the 2014 GOP primary for congress. He is now vice chairman and managing director of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank.
 
 
 
Date: February 19, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: federal budget;pop culture
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Cantor said the federal government spent $1.2 million "paying seniors to play World of Warcraft," a popular fantasy game. His facts are all messed up. He’s referring to federal grant for a study to determine whether computer games can slow mental decline in the elderly. But the grant application never mentioned WoW and participants in the federally-funded study did not play that game. Before applying for the federal money, the researchers conducted a small, pilot study in which seniors played WoW over the course of two weeks and were tested to see if it improved their cognitive abilities. This study was funded with a $5,000 grant from N.C. State. No U.S. money was involved. The federal study involves hours of testing each participant and efforts to identify the aspects of computer games that might help seniors better deal with life offline. Cantor’s statement  suggests that Washington is sponsoring a geriatric gaming club. We rate his  .
Statement: Proposed NC law for body camera footage gives police "broad authority to keep video footage secret – even from individuals who are filmed.
Speaker: aclu of north carolina
About the speaker: The ACLU of North Carolina is the state-level chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union
Date: June 29, 2016
Location: north carolina
Topics: after the fact;civil rights;criminal justice;public safety;transparency
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: The ACLU said if the bill becomes law, police will have "broad authority to keep video footage secret – even from individuals who are filmed." Police can stop individuals who were filmed by police from viewing the video, using broad and sometimes vague reasoning. And even on appeal, judges have limited authority to overrule the police. Police won't be able to decide if a video is made completely open to the public. Only a judge will. But in any given case, a number of law enforcement officials will have rights of notification and testimony that aren’t given to the regular individuals who are also in the video. We rate this  . After The Fact Gov. Pat McCrory signed the body cam bill into law on Monday, July 11. https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/236400b3-7fa7-47c7-b200-7ff1e8dd16ab
Statement: Says President Trump posted a combative tweet to EA Sports about Colin Kaepernick.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 8, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Both of their Twitter profiles show that neither posted the tweets on Sept. 8, and the post isn’t among archives of Trump’s deleted tweets.   The post was created by @SavageSportsMMZ , a satirical sports social media account whose watermark can be seen in the background of the post.   The  tweet was then reposted on a Facebook page called NFL memes and has been shared thousands of times since. The page says it posts parody NFL-related memes, but many users didn’t seem to know that and criticized Trump and Kaepernick in the post’s comments.   We rate this !