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Statement: Since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled.
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: February 24, 2016
Location: national
Topics: welfare
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: Sanders said, "Since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled." Sanders is talking about a very specific and small percentage of American households living on less than $2 cash income per person per day. That figure has more than doubled from 636,000 to 1.5 million since 1996 when Bill Clinton signed welfare reform. The data isn’t a perfect capture of how much these people receive in government benefits, and only so much blame can be placed on welfare reform legislation. But experts told us the law did play a significant role in this trend. We rate Sanders’  .
Statement: Andrew Tate officially gets sentenced to 15 years in prison! (Found guilty).
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 20, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: (Read more about our partnership with Meta , which owns Facebook.) Tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist who was detained alongside his brother Tristan, has denied the allegations, saying the case against him is "empty. "  Police haven’t charged the brothers, much less have they been convicted and sentenced.   The most recent turn of the screw: a judge extended their custody until Feb. 27, according to the BBC . We rate claims that Tate was convicted and sentenced .
Statement: The health care law "imposes the largest tax increase in history on the middle class.
Speaker: american commitment
About the speaker: American Commitment is a conservative 501(c)4 group that supports “free markets, economic growth, Constitutionally-limited government, property rights, and individual freedom”
Date: July 10, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: health care;message machine 2012;taxes
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: The ad calls the health care law "the largest tax increase in history on the middle class." Actually, the law is not the largest tax increase in history, and most of its taxes fall on the wealthy and the health care industry. Even if all of the taxes in the health care law fell on the middle class -- which they don’t -- the statement still wouldn’t be accurate. For flagrant disregard of the facts, we rate this statement !
Statement: Official govt docs expose Michelle Obama's 14 year history as a man.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 22, 2023
Topics: sexuality;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "We have no record of this voter’s record ever indicating any gender other than female. "  We contacted the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to try to learn more about the purported voter registration card in the posts but didn’t hear back.   However, it has long been established that Obama was never a man. She was born Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in January 1964 and gave birth to two daughters. We rate claims that government documents prove she was a man !
Statement: Ron DeSantis still hasn't condemned the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Speaker: charlie crist
About the speaker: Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign.  As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.
Date: June 29, 2022
Location: florida
Topics: elections;jan. 6
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: During a coronavirus briefing the following day,  he reiterated that regardless of "what banner you're flying under," rioting is . More recently, DeSantis has been careful not to characterize the incident as an insurrection. On the riot's anniversary, DeSantis said labeling the incident an insurrection and likening it to ​​the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is "an insult." In the same remarks, however, he said rioting needed to be held accountable. We rate Crist's  .
Statement: Kevin McCarthy said Nancy Pelosi "should be prosecuted and jailed.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: July 11, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Searching for the quote and McCarthy’s name on Google yielded three results — two Facebook quotes and a YouTube video .   In the video, which appears in the Facebook post, McCarthy criticizes Pelosi and the proposed COVID-19 relief bill from the House floor on Feb. 26, 2021. He didn’t say she should be prosecuted and jailed.   He also didn’t say as much at a press conference that day, when he again discussed the COVID-19 relief bill, which he called "Pelosi’s Payoff Bill. "  We rate this statement .
Statement: Says she has bipartisan support, including "53 sheriffs throughout the state, Democrats and Republicans.
Speaker: patience roggensack
About the speaker: Patience Roggensack was a lawyer in private practice in Madison, Wis., when she was elected to the Wisconsin Appeals Court, District 4, in 1996. She ran for Supreme Court in 2003, winning a 10-year term. She stood for re-election in 2013.
Date: March 26, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections
Context: a candidate forum
Fact-check justification: Both are Democrats. Our rating Roggensack said she has bipartisan support, including "53 sheriffs throughout the state, Democrats and Republicans." As expected, Roggensack has plenty of support from GOP sheriffs, but she has significant backing from Democratic sheriffs, as well.   A little more than one-fifth of the sheriffs backing her are Democrats and those Democrats make up more than 40 percent of all the Democratic sheriffs in the state. We rate Roggensack’s statement .
Statement: Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn't beat herpes in the polls.
Speaker: arnold schwarzenegger
About the speaker: Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Republican and was governor of California from November 2003 to January 2011. 
 
Date: February 14, 2017
Location: california
Topics: congress;polls and public opinion
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: Arnold Schwarzenegger recently claimed: "Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls." Surveys by the Public Policy Polling  back-up Schwarzenegger’s dramatic . It should be noted, however, that the polls were conducted about four years ago and don’t include a comparison of Congress to herpes. Congress’ overall approval rating has remained in the dumps since that time, rising only slightly from 8 percent to 11 percent. It’s disapproval rating has, however, shrunk somewhat from 85 percent to 68 percent. We rate Schwarzenegger’s  .   – The statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information. Click here for  more  on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says Chris Koster "fell silent" as attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting "over $12,000 in campaign contributions' from people affiliated with the service.
Speaker: eric greitens
About the speaker: Eric Greitens, a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, founded The Mission Continues, a Missouri-based non-profit that helps returning veterans. He won his race for Missouri governor as a Republican in 2016. He resigned on May 29, 2018 after he was charged with felony computer tampering and faced allegations related to an extramarital affair.
Date: September 29, 2016
Location: missouri
Topics: campaign finance;legal issues;women
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Koster’s office didn’t end its efforts to restrict Backpage after the donations were made. Greitens’ campaign says Koster’s efforts were hollow. But that’s up for interpretation. The statement contains an element of , but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate the statement .
Statement: Evangelical leader says those who oppose Trump could be 'punished' with gay child.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: April 7, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: Barton did say on on Aug. 10 that Christians would "answer to God" if they didn’t exercise their God-given responsibility to vote, supporting Trump. References to Barton were edited out of the version appropriated by AlternativeMediaSyndicate.com. But again, Copeland didn’t say God would punish Trump opponents by affecting the sexual orientation of their offspring. The quote was made up by a parody site and reused by AlternativeMediaSyndicate.com. We rate the statement !
Statement: The 9-9-9 plan "does not raise taxes on those that are making the least.
Speaker: herman cain
About the speaker: Herman Cain is an author, columnist and talk radio host. Cain, a former pizza franchise CEO, ran for president as a Republican in 2012.
Date: October 18, 2011
Location: national
Topics: poverty;taxes
Context: Las Vegas
Fact-check justification: Cain said the 9-9-9 plan "does not raise taxes on those that are making the least." But it would raise income taxes on  people who now have low tax burdens due to exemptions and deductions. The Tax Policy Center analysis adds more detail and found that high percentages of lower-income tax filers would see tax increases. It’s  that Cain’s campaign may release more details on his plan that could change this picture. But knowing what we know now about the plan, we rate Cain’s statement .
Statement: About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans.
Speaker: cory gardner
About the speaker: Cory Gardner, a Republican, won a seat to represent Colorado in the U.S. Senate in 2014. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Colorado House of Representatives.
Date: January 23, 2017
Location: florida
Topics: terrorism
Context: an interview on Fox
Fact-check justification: Gardner said, "about 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans." Gardner omits that to get to the 30 percent figure requires adding those the Director of National Intelligence says were confirmed of re-engaging and those only suspected of re-engaging. Also, the federal government provides no details in its report about how it arrives at the figures or the identity of the detainees that went back into battle. Gardner is on more solid ground that "a dozen or so killed Americans." That stems from a 2015 Washington Post article based on interviews with government officials. On balance, we rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/5b77967e-d73c-4573-b7e9-679e628289c3
Statement: It's been 4 and a half years since the United States Senate passed a budget.
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: October 2, 2013
Location: virginia
Topics: congress;federal budget
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: McDonnell said the U.S. Senate hasn’t passed a budget in four and a half years. His information is out of date. The Senate passed a budget in March. A group of Republican senators has  blocked efforts to begin budget negotiations with the House. What a difference a year makes for this . McDonnell’s statement is .
Statement: The House of Representatives does not have a prochoice majority.
Speaker: loretta sanchez
About the speaker: Loretta Sanchez is a Democratic member of Congress who represents California's 47th district, an area that includes parts of Anaheim, Santa Ana and Garden Grove.
Date: November 10, 2009
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: an interview on "Morning Joe"
Fact-check justification: Getting back to Sanchez's statement: She said, "the House of Representatives is not a majority prochoice." Her  is supported by counts from both sides that show only 185 members are solidly in favor of abortion rights. It's worth noting that the number of antiabortion House members is less than a majority, too. But as for Sanchez's , she is right. We rate her  .
Statement: Canada's new law allows government to take children away if parents don't accept kids' 'gender identity.'
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: April 24, 2022
Topics: children;families;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: An Instagram post claimed, "Canada’s new law allows government to take children away if parents don’t accept kids’ ‘gender identity.’" Child protection services are provided by independent children’s aid societies, not the Canadian government. Children’s aid societies only intervene when there is proof of abuse or neglect. They cannot remove children from their families solely based on the parents refusing to accept their child’s gender identity or expression. We rate this  .
Statement: More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid.
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: March 2, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: debt;disability;economy;families;health care;medicaid;poverty;state budget;taxes
Context: a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group
Fact-check justification: Roberts said more than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid. She cited a specific percentage of 31.5 percent and said it came from the 2013 fiscal year. It's actually from the 2015 fiscal year. But the percentage from 2013 is very close to that. Roberts may have gotten the source year , but it turns out that either year produces the same result. We rate her statement as  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Anyone remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate: 'You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.'
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 24, 2021
Topics: china;debates;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said, "Anyone Remember Kamala telling Joe during the Debate: ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’" Harris never said that during the Miami primary debate highlighted by the Facebook post, or in any of the other four primary debates she participated in, transcripts show. We rate this Facebook post ! RELATED: Harris did not call Biden a racist during her busing attack
Statement: George Washington, as many don't know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: April 3, 2019
Topics: history;facebook fact-checks
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: A story from Liberty Writers Africa claims that the first president of the United States was a black man named John Hanson. As , it cites photos of a purported African American on the back of the $2 bill. Government documents show that there were two John Hansons — one white, one black. The former was the first president of the Continental Congress, while the latter was a senator in Liberia. Neither was the first modern president of the U.S. The dark man pictured the back of the $2 bill is Robert Morris, a Founding Father. Liberty Writers Africa’s  is . We rate it .
Statement: 53 percent of Americans cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs.
Speaker: bill pascrell
About the speaker: Bill Pascrell is Democratic member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey.
Date: July 28, 2009
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: a speech on the House floor
Fact-check justification: Pascrell said that 53 percent of Americans “cut back on their health care in the last year because of costs,” a number that reflects anyone who cited one of the seven possible actions offered to respondents. But Pascrell’s statement is not far off from one of those seven offerings, a rather broadly worded question that asked respondents whether they had “put off or postponed getting health care you needed.” That question drew a yes from 27 percent of respondents, well below the 53 percent Pascrell chose to cite. Pascrell accurately conveyed the survey’s topline figure, but he did use old numbers (figures that have varied a bit in subsequent months) and the survey provides other data that make the problem seem less dire than the headline number indicates. We rate his assertion .
Statement: Under Obama's budget plan, families making over $250,000 are "going to lose their mortgage deduction, their charitable deductions.
Speaker: cynthia lummis
About the speaker: Cynthia Lummis is a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Wyoming.
Date: March 24, 2009
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: We'll allow for a bit of hyperbole in Lummis' statement that raising tax rates for families making over $250,000 amounts to putting a cap on the American Dream. What we find egregious is her  that these high earners would "lose" their mortgage and charitable deductions. She's alleging that Obama wants to eliminate a sacred cow, a cherished deduction for decades. But that is just patently , alarmist, and a complete distortion of the administration's budget proposal. We rate her statement .
Statement: Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.
Speaker: kathy hoffman
About the speaker: Kathy Hoffman is a former public school teacher and current Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Date: July 28, 2022
Location: arizona
Topics: education
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Hoffman said, "Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%." The numbers back her up. The state hired nearly 300 counselors in the past three years, and the student to counselor ratio improved by about 20%. Hoffman began lobbying for more counselors before the COVID-19 pandemic. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Michele Bachmann said "English was good enough for Jesus when he wrote the Bible.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: February 3, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: patriotism;religion
Context: a photo-quotation posted to Facebook
Fact-check justification: The Facebook post claims Bachmann said, "If English was good enough for Jesus when he wrote the Bible, it should be good enough for Coke." It’s a line so old, you’d have thought its fizz was gone. !  – The statement is not accurate and makes a  . Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: In "the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas.
Speaker: brigid shea
About the speaker: Brigid Shea, a former member of the Austin City Council, won election as the Precinct 2 member of the Travis County Commissioners Court in 2014. She earlier helped found Save Our Springs, a group devoted to protecting Barton Springs.
Date: March 5, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: water
Context: an op-ed column
Fact-check justification: Austin’s water/wastewater rates increased about 100 percent from 2000 to 2012, not taking inflation into account. And does water cost more in Austin than in the other biggest Texas cities? For residential customers, that depends on how much is used. Overall, if Austin doesn’t always have the highest water costs among the biggest Texas cities, it’s in the running. We rate Shea’s two-part  .
Statement: As a congressman, Mark Neumann "voted four times to increase our debt.
Speaker: eric hovde
About the speaker: Eric Hovde, a hedge fund manager and businessman from Madison, entered politics by running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012. He finished second in the GOP primary.
Date: July 13, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: debt;deficit;federal budget;message machine 2012
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: That sounds a lot like Hovde’s position, which he laid out at a candidate forum in April 2012.   He said he could support a debt-ceiling increase but only if its tied to strict spending restraints that balance the budget within two years. Our rating In a TV ad, Hovde paints Neumann as a go-along-to-get-along congressman who was cavalier about federal spending and helped raise the nation’s debt. Neumann did vote four times to extend the debt ceiling, but the ad leaves out important details: The votes were part of a historic drive by Republicans to balance the budget, and were wrapped into huge fiscal bills. That pushes his  down to  on the -O-Meter.