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Statement: Say "Pope says that the rights of Muslim migrants trump any safety concerns that you might have with them in your country.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: July 10, 2018
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: An article on Facebook claimed, "Pope says that the rights of Muslim migrants trump any safety concerns that you might have with them in your country." The pope discussed ensuring all migrants' "personal safety over national security." But this article cherry-picked a subgroup of migrants to make it seem like he was only talking about Muslims.    In addition, the text of the article is copied from a 2017 Reuters article, even though it is framed as though the speech happened recently. For a partially accurate  that takes things out of context, we rate this headline .
Statement: Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan.
Speaker: derrick van orden
About the speaker: Retired Navy SEAL, Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives.
Date: December 7, 2021
Location: national
Topics: afghanistan;immigration;military;wisconsin
Context: Twitter
Fact-check justification:   Van Orden claimed actions by Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."  The figures he uses are real, but they are dramatically mischaracterized — particularly with the use of the word "abandoned."  The State Department’s initial estimate included thousands who have dual citizenship. And even using a whittled-back number would suggest that every one of those individuals wants to leave. After the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline, about 100 Americans remained who wished to be evacuated. Since then, the U.S. has helped 479 American citizens and 450 permanent residents leave Afghanistan. As of mid-December, officials said, about a dozen were seeking help in leaving the country. Our definition of  is a statement that "contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression." That fits here.
Statement: Says "we are overcharging students . . . to help pay for the health care law.
Speaker: lamar alexander
About the speaker: Lamar Alexander is the senior senator from Tennessee.
Date: May 7, 2012
Location: tennessee
Topics: education;federal budget;health care
Context: a speech on the Senate floor
Fact-check justification: Do the savings from ending the private banking subsidies for student loans help pay for the health care law? Yes, but only 15 percent of those savings is going to health care, and even with that, the bill actually expanded the amount of revenue available for assisting students financially. We rule Alexander’s statement .
Statement: The (health reform) legislation which Washington passed last year has made it more difficult to hire" because it's increased costs for employers.
Speaker: rob portman
About the speaker: Rob Portman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is a former Republican congressman who also was a U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George H.W. Bush.
Date: May 3, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;health care
Context: a press availability following a policy luncheon
Fact-check justification: PR Machine Works is still hiring. Mound Laser is not slowing its hiring because that would be a capitulation. And Rebsco will delay new hiring because every new cost hurts -- including insurance. After looking at considerable amounts of data and studies, talking with industry and association experts and phoning people who run small companies, we found that Portman’s statement had some elements of . But there were too many critical facts pointing the other direction, too many  or confused assumptions about the cause of double-digit premium hikes -- and too few actual lost jobs or slowdowns attributable to health reform -- for the -O-Meter to point in any other direction than .
Statement: Says the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 24, 2021
Location: colorado
Topics: immigration;religion;facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns." Alissa apparently is Muslim, but there is no  that he entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico or that he had illegally purchased a gun he allegedly used in the shooting. We rate the statement .
Statement: My judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor.
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: June 4, 2013
Location: national
Topics: legal issues
Context: the White House Rose Garden
Fact-check justification: Obama said his judicial nominees "have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor." That’s  if you count from committee approval to confirmation, but not if you count the full period from nomination to confirmation. As it turns out, the average wait for George W. Bush’s circuit court nominees was actually longer from nomination to confirmation. Because Obama didn’t specify the measurement he was using -- and because an alternative number exists that runs counter to his  -- Obama has essentially cherry-picked a figure that puts his situation in the most sympathetic light. On balance, we rate his  .
Statement: Says "he fought Obama at the Supreme Court — and won.
Speaker: josh hawley
About the speaker: Josh Hawley took office as U.S. Senator from Missouri in 2019. Hawley previously served as Missouri’s Attorney General. 
Date: June 14, 2016
Location: missouri
Topics: supreme court
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: Hawley's campaign ads  he "fought Obama at the Supreme Court — and won." Even though he did not make oral arguments or even appear before the justices, all the key players involved in the Hobby Lobby and Hosanna-Tabor cases say he played important, even instrumental, roles in shaping legal arguments and strategy. One case was a key ruling that limited the Affordable Care Act, the signature legislation of the Obama administration. The other ruling limited the the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal law administered by the executive branch, headed by President Barack Obama. We find this  to be .
Statement: Says there were over 600 reports of Texas votes for Donald Trump in the state's 2016 Republican primary virtually all getting tallied for Marco Rubio.
Speaker: committee to restore america's greatness
About the speaker: The Committee to Restore America's Greatness, a super PAC founded by Roger Stone in 2015 to support Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and to critique other aspirants, subsequently started the stopthesteal.org website to encourage voters to battle efforts to deny Trump the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
 
Date: April 6, 2016
Location: texas
Topics: elections
Context: a web post
Fact-check justification: A pro-Trump super PAC said there were over 600 reports of Texas votes for Trump virtually all getting tallied for Rubio. If so, those reports are no longer public, which leaves us to speculate about the content of the unreleased affidavits described by Trump backer Stone. Judging this statement on available facts, there’s no there there--not even a whisper of one. !  – 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: The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.
Speaker: charlie kirk
About the speaker: Charlie Kirk is the founder and president of Turning Point USA, a conservative group that advocates for limited government and free markets.
Date: April 3, 2020
Topics: china;pundits;technology;punditfact;coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Kirk said, "The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens." The  is based on a report from researchers at the University of Toronto. But one of the researchers told us that while they identified security issues with Zoom, whether China has exploited the platform for espionage was not something they considered. China is likely capable of using Zoom for spying, experts told us. It’s not implausible that the country has tried using it to target governments, businesses and others with sensitive information.  We don’t know whether China has done so. But there’s no proof that it has. A spokesperson for Zoom said the company isn’t aware of efforts by China to tap into meetings on the platform, and experts said most ordinary Americans shouldn’t have any reason to worry. We rate this statement .
Statement: The Senate immigration bill is … filled with things like rewards for au pair agencies, Alaskan seafood processors and Vegas casinos.
Speaker: karen handel
About the speaker: Karen Handel is the former secretary of state of Georgia. She is also the former chair of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Handel, a Republican, lost the runoff for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: July 18, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: immigration;federal budget
Context: a Twitter post
Fact-check justification: To sum up, Handel said that the Senate immigration bill contains "rewards" for au pair agencies, Alaskan seafood processors and Vegas casinos. The provisions cited for the three industries are included in the legislation, along with several others. The items were part of deals fought for by industry lobbyists and included to garner support for the bill. Whether that classifies them as "rewards" is a matter of opinion -- in this case, Handel’s opinion. Handel spokesman McLagan argued for a "super ," but we’re content with a  rating.
Statement: We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free.
Speaker: jorge elorza
About the speaker: Jorge O. Elorza was elected mayor of Providence in 2014. A professor at the Roger Williams University School of Law, he is co-founder of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University and stepped down as a judge on the Providence Housing Court in 2014 to run for mayor. He received his law degree from Harvard University in 2003, and a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Rhode Island. 
Date: September 30, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: debates;debt;deficit;disability;economy;history;labor;legal issues;pensions;public safety;retirement;unions;workers
Context: a Providence Journal-WPRI debate
Fact-check justification: Jorge Elorza said, "We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free." The city's biggest retirement check goes to a retired fire chief who is getting $16,401. Although Elorza overstated the amount a bit, its close enough to rate his statement  . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, email us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: Says using E-Verify is "a fair amount of cost," about $20 per person that does not match.
Speaker: j.d. alexander
About the speaker: Sen. J.D. Alexander is a Republican from Lake Wales. He was first elected to the Florida Senate in 2002.
Date: April 29, 2011
Location: florida
Topics: immigration
Context: comments to the 'St. Petersburg Times' and 'Miami Herald'
Fact-check justification: Alexander said one of the reasons he doesn't support mandating E-Verify is because it has "a fair amount of cost," about $20 per person that does not match. Our analysis shows that there is indeed a cost to using the system -- though it's technically free. First, the cost shouldn't necessarily be different if a person isn't verified by the system, except that an employer will incur additional costs to replace that prospective worker. And second, while Alexander's figure of $20 per employer isn't too far out of line based on the statistics we've seen, the cost does depend on how many employees are being checked, and whether a business decides to process the E-Verify checks by themselves or through a third-party company. So, we rate this  .
Statement: Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work.
Speaker: john chisholm
About the speaker: John Chisholm, a Democrat, was elected Milwaukee County district attorney in November 2006.
Date: June 2, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: county budget;county government;criminal justice;crime
Context: a letter
Fact-check justification: Our rating Chisholm said Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work." There’s no dispute that part of the sheriff’s overtime budget pays deputies to work security checkpoints at the courthouse complex. The deputies typically are observing visitors passing through the checkpoints, but sometimes get actively involved in screening them or monitoring metal detectors. We rate Chisholm’s statement . To comment, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website .
Statement: Says Judge Amy Coney Barrett said that "gays have a right to be discriminated against because they are against God's wishes" and that "white people are God's chosen ones.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 22, 2020
Topics: supreme court;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Facebook posts  that Barrett said that "gays have a right to be discriminated against because they are against Gods wishes" and that "white people are Gods chosen ones." Barrett has never said anything along these lines.  We rate these posts . ​
Statement: It's estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions.
Speaker: greg steube
About the speaker: Greg Steube was first elected to Congress in 2018 to represent Florida’s 17th District which spans Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, and Okeechobee counties, as well parts of Sarasota, Lee, and Polk counties. He was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010. He is an Army veteran and lives in Sarasota.
Date: May 28, 2019
Location: florida
Topics: federal budget;medicaid;medicare;social security
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Steube said, "It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security payments, and federal pensions." The data for 2018 showed about $966 million in improper payments for "failure to verify death data." Most of those improper payments were for Social Security. Also, beneficiaries don’t get the benefits directly for Medicare or Medicaid -- those go to providers. We rate this  .
Statement: We've cut the deficit by two-thirds.
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: July 2, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: debt;deficit;economy;stimulus
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Largely as a result of the aging population and rising health care costs, CBO projects the deficit to grow from less than 3 percent of GDP in 2015 to more than 6 percent in 2040. Our rating Obama said: "We've cut the deficit by two-thirds." In raw dollars and as a percentage of the overall economy, the annual federal deficit in 2014 was two-thirds smaller than in 2009, the year Obama took office. But there are several caveats, including the fact that his stimulus spending helped raise the 2009 deficit and the economy, for which he can take some credit, has improved since the end of the Great Recession the same year. For a statement that is accurate but needs additional information, our rating is .
Statement: Katie Hobbs signing Arizona's election certification was "unconstitutional.
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: December 6, 2022
Location: arizona
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: In recent Arizona history, there isn’t a direct comparison to a secretary of state seeking election to the governor’s office. But something similar happened in Georgia in 2018, when Democrats called on then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp to recuse himself because he was running for governor. Kemp, a Republican, declined.   The Associated Press, reporting on Arizona’s election certification, noted that though Republicans "have complained for weeks" about Hobbs’ role in certifying her own victory, "it is typical for election officials to maintain their position while running for higher office. "  We rate claims that Hobbs certifying the election was unconstitutional .
Statement: Electoral College elector commits suicide to avoid voting for Donald Trump.
Speaker: universepolitics.com
About the speaker: A website associated with fake news that describes itself only as "the universe of politics."
Date: December 19, 2016
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: an Internet post
Fact-check justification: The same story and photo appeared on that site , which says in a disclaimer that the posts on the site are "entirely fictional." We attempted to contact both websites but did not get a response from either. But it’s clear that the story is completely made up, and posted in an attempt to capitalize on a real event. We rate it ! https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/39c2156d-11a8-41e4-88b0-cb0466d6307f
Statement: Constituents now face reality that all their personal issues will be made public" under Clean Missouri.
Speaker: jean evans
About the speaker: Rep. Jean Evans, a Republican, represents parts of St. Louis County in the Missouri House of Representatives. She was elected to her first two-year term in November 2016. 
Date: November 25, 2018
Location: missouri
Topics: campaign finance;privacy issues
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Evans said, "Constituents now face reality that all their personal issues will be made public" under Clean Missouri. All of them? That’s unlikely given that the Sunshine Law contains provisions for the closure of certain public records that are more sensitive. It is hard to say that all personal issues emailed to state legislators will be made public without knowing the content of those communications. The new law gives legislators more responsibility for determining what is appropriate to release under the law. Evans’ warning appears to be a broad overstatement of what could occur because of Clean Missouri. For these reasons, we rate Evans' statement .
Statement: Footage of nuclear explosions proves that "nukes are fake.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: July 4, 2023
Topics: nuclear;facebook fact-checks
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: There has been ample documentation of the nuclear tests conducted in the U.S. from 1945 to 1992, with immediate and long-term effects of nuclear weapons well reported. (Nuclear testing worldwide largely stopped after countries, including the U.S., signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1996.) More than 225,000 people in Japan were killed or wounded by the atomic bombs the U.S. dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 and the subsequent radiation. Also, reporting has explored the adverse health effects people living close to the nuclear testing sites in Nevada have experienced. We rate the  that footage of nuclear explosions proves "nukes are " .
Statement: The Latino unemployment rate is higher than the white rate and the black rate is higher than the Latino rate.
Speaker: marc morial
About the speaker: Marc Morial is the president of the National Urban League, a century-old civil rights organization. He served two terms as mayor of New Orleans.
Date: July 25, 2010
Location: national
Topics: economy;race and ethnicity;workers
Context: a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: But if you look at the unemployment rate for Asians, it's 7.7 percent. That's actually lower than the rate for whites. (Technically, the BLS only calculates a non-seasonally-adjusted rate for Asians, but the comparable rate for whites is still higher at 8.7 percent.) Still, as we indicated, Morial made no specific  about unemployment among Asian-Americans, and for the groups that he did mention -- whites, blacks and Latinos -- his numbers were accurate. So we rate his comment .
Statement: The World Health Organization just admitted that I was right. Lockdowns are killing countries all over the world. The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.
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: October 12, 2020
Topics: public health;health check;coronavirus
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump tweeted on Monday and then said later that night at a campaign rally that the WHO admitted he was right about lockdowns. We found no  the WHO made this admission. And, based on a review of WHO communications, we found its messaging on the topic has been consistent since the pandemic’s early days. Trump also appears to have relied on a brief video clip of a wide-ranging interview with WHO special envoy Dr. David Nabarro that didn’t give an accurate portrayal of how Nabarro characterized the use of this intervention. We rate this statement .