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Statement: One of the reasons I believe we're in trouble in Yemen is we lost the population on drone strikes issues. That's what stirred up the population. That's what is happening in Yemen.
Speaker: lincoln chafee
About the speaker: Lincoln Chafee is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. He served one four-year term as Rhode Island's governor, beginning on Jan. 4, 2011. He was the first Independent to be elected to that office. He subsequently became a Democrat. As a Republican, he served as mayor of Warwick from 1992 to 1999, when he was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of his father, Sen. John H. Chafee. He was elected to a full Senate term in 2000. He is married with three children. In April 2015 he formed an exploratory committee to consider running for President.
Date: June 14, 2015
Location: rhode island
Topics: terrorism
Context: Campaign speech
Fact-check justification: There is strong  that the U.S. drones in Yemen have antagonized many Yemenis who might have been allies in the fight against al-Qaida.   But Chafee takes a big leap when he suggests that because of drone strikes "we lost the population" — especially when there are no public opinion polls to back him up. Others argue that a civil war, with little link, if any, to drone strikes, is what’s driving unrest in Yemen, pushing about one million people out of their homes. That makes more sense to us. We rate Chafee’s 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 "About 7 in 10 of Oregon's inmates are in prison for violent crimes and serious sex offenses.
Speaker: steve doell
About the speaker: Steve Doell is the executive director of the Truth in Sentencing Project as well as the president of Crime Victims United.
Date: July 19, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: criminal justice;crime;public safety;state budget
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: The state would not hazard a projection other than the overall increase of 2,000 beds, of which at least 1,000 come from Measure 57. As for a ruling? It is factually correct that as of now, 70 percent of inmates are in prison for crimes against a person, and that 65 percent are in there for crimes we can see are violent in nature. That is "about seven in 10" or two-thirds. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says his state budget will "provide an increase in state funding
for the 2011-12 school year.
Speaker: john kitzhaber
About the speaker: John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, was governor of Oregon for two terms, starting in 1995. He was inaugurated in 2011 for an unprecedented third term.
He was elected to the Oregon Legislature in 1978, rising to the position of Senate President. He spearheaded the Oregon Health Plan as a legislator and as governor. Kitzhaber graduated from Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon Medical School (now Oregon Health & Science University). He worked as an emergency room physician in Roseburg from 1974 to 1988.
Date: January 25, 2011
Location: oregon
Topics: education;state budget
Context: an e-mail
Fact-check justification: Kitzhaber is right, it does. That said, it’s important to recognize that even with the increase in state funds, the school system will have to make do with less sooner or later. Kitzhaber seems to have chosen later. Since we think that bit of context is important, we rate this  . Comment on this item.
Statement: The murder rate in Atlanta is on the rise this year.
Speaker: atlanta neighborhood association
About the speaker: An online forum for a community association in the city of Atlanta.
Date: July 9, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: crime;public safety
Context: an online community forum
Fact-check justification: A neighborhood association alerted Atlanta residents that the city’s homicide rate is up for the year and has even reached a 50 percent increase. At one point, the murder rate did spike that high, though with weekly fluctuations, the year-to-date rate is up about a quarter from this time last year. That puts Atlanta in line with other cities seeing an increase in their murder rates. There is little conclusion on what might be driving the rate, or even if different cities share the same causes. But a 24 percent increase is cause for notice. We rate the  .
Statement: Today, about 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check.
Speaker: kirsten gillibrand
About the speaker: Kirsten Gillibrand is a senator from New York. Gillibrand was appointed as senator in 2009 to fill Hillary Clinton’s vacated seat, as Clinton became U.S. Secretary of State under Barack Obama. Gillibrand won a special election in 2010 to retain her senate seat and won re-elections in 2012 and 2018. From 2007 to 2009, she served as the representative of New York’s 20th Congressional District. Gillibrand received a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. In 2019, she ran for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in August.
Date: January 24, 2013
Location: national
Topics: criminal justice;guns
Context: an interview on MSNBC
Fact-check justification: Gillibrand claimed that "today, about 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check." She, and other gun control advocates who have cited that figure, correctly repeated the findings of a well-respected study about gun ownership. There’s no question that many guns are bought and sold in America without the oversight of a background check. But is 40 percent  "today," as Gillibrand said? Even the author of the original study says nobody knows. By mentioning the statistic as if it is current and accurate, Gillibrand revealed nothing of the fact that the figure is almost 20 years old. That’s an essential detail that people engaged in the gun debate should know. All this leads us to rate her statement .
Statement: Masks have negative impacts on 68% of children.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: January 26, 2021
Location: national
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Without standards on capturing data on how the children reacted, and without a matched group of children who didn’t wear masks, there’s no way to say that the masks caused the children’s reactions. The result is a jumble of numbers, not valid data. This Instagram post recycled a  made in early January. The fact-checkers at Health Feedback debunked that one a few days later. We rate this  .
Statement: Says "Donald Trump was doing a rally in the state of Florida" the day Trump's son and others met with a Russian lawyer in New York.
Speaker: corey lewandowski
About the speaker: Corey Lewandowski is a conservative political adviser who worked for Americans for Prosperity in New Hampshire before joining Trump's campaign.
Date: July 13, 2017
Topics: elections;homeland security;punditfact
Context: an NBC interview
Fact-check justification: Lewandowski said "Donald Trump was doing a rally in the state of Florida" the day his son and others met with a Russian lawyer in New York. That’s . The Florida rally was two days later on June 11. Trump was in New York on June 9 and spoke at a fundraiser before returning to Trump Tower. We rate Lewandowski’s  .   More from PolitiFact on the Trump-Russia story Lewandowski wrongly says Trump in Florida day of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer Fact-checking Donald Trump’s comments about campaign meeting with Russian lawyer Trump and Russia, Clinton and Ukraine: How do they compare? Russia, Trump, Turkey: Detailing Michael Flynn's fall The possible ties between Trump and Russia, explained Is 'collusion' illegal? Fox News host says no What legal experts say about Donald Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer 5 questions about opposition research and Russia Six big moments from the June 8 James Comey hearing The 3 things Comey’s advance testimony corroborates from press reports, Trump 6 questions about James Comey’s upcoming Senate hearing, answered Obstruction of justice, presidential immunity, impeachment: What you need to know The shifting explanations of Trump’s Russia disclosures : Trump uses Russia's 'law firm of the year' to counter  he's too close to Russia Donald Trump’s   that James Clapper said no collusion found in Russia probe Trump and Democratic views on FBI's Comey at key turning points Sean Spicer’s   that Paul Manafort played a minor role in the Trump campaign
Statement: Under Barack Obama's plan, the government would spend $1-trillion more.
Speaker: republican national committee
About the speaker: The Republican National Committee is the national arm of the Republican Party.
Date: September 30, 2008
Location: national
Topics: federal budget
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Some of the Obama campaign's proposals and cost projections cited on the Republicans’ tally continue to be correctly categorized as new spending, in one form or another. They include: Even Obama acknowledges uncertainty about his proposals given the downturn in the economy and the cost of the financial bailout. In the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, 2008, he said, "There's no doubt that we're not going to be able to do everything that I think needs to be done." But overall, the Spend-O-Meter hasn’t improved its batting average since February. We rule the Republicans’ $1-trillion : .
Statement: Says Rick Perry's "Pay to Play" politics led him to send $899 million to an offshore call center in Bermuda, driving down enrollment in children's health insurance
Speaker: texas democratic party
About the speaker: The Texas Democratic Party says it's "working to advance issues like job creation, comprehensive immigration reform, good schools, health care and building an economy that lasts."
Date: October 5, 2009
Location: texas
Topics: health care
Context: news release
Fact-check justification: , privatizing oversight of CHIP may not have delivered hoped-for savings, and enrollment may have been reduced. But the Democrats'  that Perry sent nearly $900 million to an outfit in Bermuda, directly causing more than 200,000 children to lose their health coverage, amounted to a big overreach. If they'd been more careful — even saying that the call centers were part of a troubled privatized model — our analysis may have been different. But the party misstated the facts, undermining what could have been a meaningful critique. We rule the statement .
Statement: It begins: Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process.
Speaker: free thought project
About the speaker: Free Thought Project is website whose mission is to "foster the creation and expansion of liberty minded solutions to modern day tyrannical oppression."
Date: April 18, 2018
Location: florida
Topics: guns
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: A headline on the Free Thought Project said, "Florida police now confiscating guns from people with no due process." The headline and the story make it appear that Florida police arbitrarily took away a man’s guns, and that’s not the case. The man in question voluntarily gave his weapons to police before he was taken into custody under the Baker Act, a judge said. While the man was being treated, Lighthouse Point police followed the protocol for obtaining a temporary risk protection order, and the man did not contest the order at any point during the court proceedings. With everything considered, we rate this  .
Statement: A Democratic poll operation shows that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country.
Speaker: bill o'reilly
About the speaker: Bill O'Reilly hosted The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News until 2017. He formerly worked as a television news reporter and has authored numerous books.
Date: February 3, 2010
Location: national
Topics: bipartisanship;pop culture;pundits
Context: Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor"
Fact-check justification: You may argue that Fox comes out on top because Republicans and conservatives really trust Fox while Democrats and liberals generally trust CNN and the major networks, but not as much as conservatives trust Fox. That's . But O'Reilly said a Democratic poll operation showed that Fox News is the most trusted news operation in the country. And that's what it found. We rule his statement .
Statement: A National Football League lockout would cost Atlanta $160 million in lost jobs and revenue.
Speaker: nfl players association
About the speaker: The National Football League Players Association.
Date: November 22, 2010
Location: georgia
Topics: workers
Context: a letter
Fact-check justification: We've found an array of research and opinion on this topic, and it is across the spectrum. We wish there were some concrete research by the NFL, but it is apparently wary from past criticism of such studies. The lowest recent estimate of annual economic impact on a city we found was the $85 million for the San Francisco 49ers. Each independent expert we talked to believed there will be little economic impact if there is no NFL action next season, since they believe people will find other ways to spend their money. We rate the NFL Players Association's  as .
Statement: In the 2011 legislative session, DEQ's budget was cut 18.5 percent — a disproportionate cut compared to other natural resource agencies.
Speaker: oregon environmental council-oregon business association
About the speaker: The Oregon Environmental Council is an advocate for environmental concerns.
The Oregon Business Association is a statewide business advocacy group.
Date: January 18, 2012
Location: oregon
Topics: environment;government regulation;state budget
Context: a letter
Fact-check justification: The uptick in Fish and Wildlife’s overall budget, by the way, came from a 30 percent increase in user fees and a 12 percent boost in federal money. The bottom line is that there are other natural resource agencies that have taken greater budget hits than DEQ, whether you measure by total funds or general funds, including one of the agencies cited. The statement is partially accurate, but leaves out important details. We rate the statement . Return to OregonLive to comment .
Statement: This year, the Blackstone Valley Mayoral Academy became the first public school in Rhode Island history to have 100 percent of its elementary-age students proficient in reading on state assessments.
Speaker: daniel mckee
About the speaker: Daniel McKee is a mayor of Cumberland, R.I., who was elected Rhode Island's lieutenant governor in 2014. He served on Cumberland's town council from 1992-1998. He is a former basketball coach and has served on the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Cumberland-Lincoln beginning in 1978.
Date: August 21, 2011
Location: rhode island
Topics: children;education
Context: a Providence Journal commentary
Fact-check justification: Instead, the Blackstone Valley students are taking a test that students in the vast majority of elementary schools don’t take, an important qualifier. In addition, the statement -- and its use of the plural "assessments" -- suggests that the students got 100 percent in more than one test, which is . Because the statement is  accurate but leaves out those important details, we rate the   . (Get updates from PolitiFactRI on Twitter . To comment or offer your ruling, visit us on our PolitiFact Rhode Island Facebook page.)
Statement: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla resigned, saying mRNA vaccines are "not safe.
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 12, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Reuters and The Wall Street Journal were among the news outlets to report on Read’s retirement, and Pfizer issued a press release announcing it. There are no such articles to corroborate the  that Bourla resigned and undermined his company’s products in the process. The mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines predates the pandemic , but misinformation about their safety continues to spread. There is ample  that such vaccines are safe and effective , and we found no  that Bourla suggested otherwise.      We rate this post .
Statement: Says he hasn't changed his view on abortion restrictions.
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: April 20, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: abortion
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Crist said in a TV interview that he hasn’t changed his view on abortion restrictions. We find that  -- unless you're talking about having views that have always been difficult to pin down. Even before he switched parties, Crist voted both for and against abortion restrictions: In the 1990s, he opposed a waiting period for adults but also backed restrictions that included a waiting period for minors and a ban on partial birth abortion. In 2010, he vetoed a bill to require women to undergo ultrasounds before they have an abortion. He's also called himself both "pro-life" and "pro-choice," and he seems comfortable offering up his own personal definitions of the terms. If he's shown a kernel of consistency, it's that he often -- but not always -- talked about being personally "pro-life" but wanting to respect the right of women to make decisions with their doctors and without government interference. Interestingly, this is not a case of a politician changing his stance after switching parties. Crist has always been all over the map on abortion. On balance, we rate his  .
Statement: President Trump is in great danger. Evidence is mounting that he's being deliberately killed at Walter Reed Military Hospital.
Speaker: alex jones
About the speaker: Alex Jones is a conservative radio show host based in Austin, Texas. He hosts The Alex Jones Show and runs InfoWars.com, a website known to traffic in fake news and conspiracy theories.
Date: October 3, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Alex Jones and Infowars regularly share unfounded conspiracy theories. In 2018, several social media platforms including Facebook pulled or suspended their accounts for violating hate speech policies.   A Facebook group supportive of Trump shared this particular Facebook video. But there is nothing to substantiate the  that Trump is being "deliberately killed." We rate it .
Statement: State Sen. Kirk deViere voted against Medicaid expansion, the governor's budget and teacher raises.
Speaker: north carolina futures action fund
About the speaker: N.C. Futures Action Fund is a liberal political action committee funded by liberal donor Dean Debnam. In 2022, the group paid for ads attacking incumbent Democrat Kirk DeViere in North Carolina's state Senate 19 race. 
Date: May 16, 2022
Location: north carolina
Context: a campaign mailer
Fact-check justification: The N.C. Futures Action Action Fund ad says deViere "voted no" on Medicaid expansion, teacher raises, and the governor’s budget. But the state senate was never asked to vote on Medicaid expansion or the governor’s budget during the 2021-22 session, as suggested by the mailer. The mailer cites deViere’s vote on SB 105 as opposing "better pay" for teachers. That bill included raises for teachers, something Cooper praised when he signed it. We rate this  .
Statement: 'Satellites' are on balloons and not in space.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: February 5, 2023
Topics: homeland security;foreign policy;space;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: Social media posts claimed satellites are on balloons and not in space.  There are high-altitude devices that use balloons to float, but they are not the same as satellites, which are launched into space using rockets. The posts also claimed space is , which PolitiFact has repeatedly debunked. We rate this  !
Statement: The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.
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 5, 2021
Location: national
Topics: corrections and updates;elections
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors." His office provided no legal basis for that assertion, and multiple legal scholars have said that no law gives the vice president any role beyond reading the results from the states. Based on the text of the Constitution, existing law and prevailing scholarship, we rate this  . RELATED: Counting the votes Jan. 6: What you need to know CORRECTION, Jan. 6, noon:  In a group email exchange with Hofstra University law professors Eric Freedman and Richard Neumann, we thought Freedman was sharing his own thoughts when in fact he was passing on the thoughts of Neumann. We wrongly attributed comments to Freedman that should have been attributed to Neumann. The story has been corrected.
Statement: Prior to Obamacare here in Wisconsin, 95 percent of Wisconsinites were covered by insurance. After Obamacare, 95 percent of Wisconsinites were covered by insurance. It hasn't had an impact.
Speaker: ron johnson
About the speaker: Ron Johnson is a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin. A businessman and accountant, Johnson defeated Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the 2010 election. He is seeking re-election in 2016.
Date: October 14, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: health care
Context: a U.S. Senate debate
Fact-check justification: The  runs into problems on several fronts. He misspoke on the statistic he was trying to cite, and he references a 2014 survey when more recent data is available. But above all, he uses the numbers to  Obamacare hasn’t had an impact on the number of uninsured in Wisconsin. And that’s simply not the case. We rate the  .
Statement: DUI arrests dropped significantly in Tampa once Uber began operating here.
Speaker: dana young
About the speaker: Dana Young, R-Tampa, is a member of the Florida House of Representatives. She has represented the 60th district since 2012 and is the current majority leader. Previously, Young represented the 57th district from 2010 to 2012. 
Date: June 21, 2016
Location: florida
Topics: crime;technology
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Young said DUI arrests dropped dramatically when Uber came to Tampa. Uber came to Tampa in April 2014, and DUIs did drop that month, and continued to do so in 2015. However, experts cautioned that there are many more factors that can affect the number of DUI incidents, so attributing the drop to solely to Uber is unscientific. Plus, more comprehensive data show the number of DUI arrests has fluctuated over recent years. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/0f460b5b-5c03-4167-9057-97e23713139a