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Statement: Says Donald Trump's conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to Justin Bieber's, who said in the past that abortion "was no big deal to him.
Speaker: sarah palin
About the speaker: Sarah Palin was the Republican nominee for vice president in 2008. She is also the former governor of Alaska and the author of  Going Rogue: An American Life. Sarah Palin's previous experience includes leading the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and serving as the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
Date: February 1, 2016
Topics: abortion;punditfact
Context: an interview on CNN
Fact-check justification: Palin said Bieber "has made statements understanding the sanctity of life but in the past said (abortion) was no big deal to him." At PolitiFact, we believe it's the responsibility of the person making a  to provide the  to back it up. Palin didn't respond to our query. The only reasonable conclusion at this point is that Bieber hasn’t changed his position on abortion like Trump. Nonetheless, we never say never : If on-the-record  of Bieber supporting abortion prior to his Rolling Stone interview turns up, we'll consider a different ruling. Until then, Palin’s  is not substantiated. We rate her  .
Statement: In Massachusetts, Scott Brown's Republican affiliation is "not a secret, but clearly not on display.
Speaker: kelly o'donnell
About the speaker: Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News.
Date: January 19, 2010
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;elections;pundits
Context: a segment on NBC's Today show
Fact-check justification: So, back to O'Donnell's  that Brown's Republican affiliation was "not a secret, but clearly not on display." O'Donnell was correct that during the campaign there was "no mention of being a Republican on Brown's bus, signs or campaign ads." We did find two brief instances -- one in a speech, one in a news release -- in which Brown referred to himself as a Republican. But while news coverage regularly mentioned his party affiliation, meaning that it should have been no secret to voters, the candidate clearly downplayed his partisan ties. So we find O'Donnell's statement .
Statement: Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs.
Speaker: rick scott
About the speaker: Rick Scott, a wealthy Florida businessman, was first elected Florida's 45th governor on Nov. 2, 2010 and re-elected Nov. 4, 2014. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is running for re-election in 2024.
Date: March 31, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: jobs
Context: an online ad
Fact-check justification: Scott said in an online ad, "Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs." Looking only at the numbers -- and not whether Scott’s policies should get credit for the growth -- Florida added 517,500 total nonfarm jobs and lost 23,000 government-sector jobs between December 2010 and February 2014. It would have been more accurate for Scott to cite private-sector job growth. We rate this  .
Statement: Palin supports "aerial hunting of wolves and other wildlife.
Speaker: defenders of wildlife action fund
About the speaker: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund is the political action committee for a conservation advocacy group that champions environmental causes.
Date: September 26, 2008
Location: national
Topics: environment
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: The program was axed by a judge who ruled it an improper bounty on wildlife. “I have said many times that my administration is committed to management of game for abundance, and to a proactive, science-based predator management program where appropriate,” the governor said in a news release at the time. We find her actions are adequate to support the statement that she promotes aerial shooting. But the environmental group’s categorization of the program is debatable and not putting it within the context of a state predator management program is a bit . We find the  is .
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to abolish the Second Amendment.
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: May 7, 2016
Location: national
Topics: guns
Context: Washington
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment." We found no  of Clinton ever saying verbatim or suggesting explicitly that she wants to abolish the Second Amendment, and the bulk of Clinton’s comments suggest the opposite. She has repeatedly said she wants to protect the right to bear arms while enacting measures to prevent gun violence. Gun advocates say Trump’s  is backed up by Clinton’s openness to a gun buyback program and her disagreement with a Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment. But whether or not these two cherry-picked comments actually reveal Clinton’s intentions is a matter of interpretation. For this  to hold water, the support for Second Amendment abolition needs to be more direct. So we rate it .
Statement: One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they're talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense.
Speaker: gordon hintz
About the speaker: Wisconsin state Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, was elected to the state Assembly in 2006. In September 2017, his colleagues elected him minority leader of the Assembly.
Date: November 18, 2018
Location: wisconsin
Topics: elections;taxes
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating Hintz said, "One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense." Hintz is generally on target: Republicans did cite cost as one factor -- among several -- when they initially planned to hold off on calling special elections to fill seats vacated by Walker appointees. And they are considering adding a single -- not multiple -- additional election in 2020, which by one estimate could cost taxpayers about $7 million. We rate the  .
Statement: In Rhode Island "there are 150 different pension plans for public workers.
Speaker: kernan "kerry" king
About the speaker: Kernan "Kerry" King, the unsuccessful Republican candidate for General Treasurer in 2010, is former executive counsel for Gov. Donald Carcieri, and retired vice president of Met Life.
Date: August 21, 2010
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;public service;retirement;state budget;workers
Context: an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers
Fact-check justification: "Likewise for judges, who tend to be appointed later in their careers, so those designs take that career track into account. Those have traditionally been different," said Dingley. "But aside from that, there is a strong argument to be made that the rest should have a uniform design." The bigger question, given how poorly-funded some of the plans are, "is who makes up the huge deficits," Dingley said. Ultimately, King's count of the number of public pension plans in Rhode Island isn't perfect, but it's close enough for us, so we rate his statement as .
Statement: Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent.
Speaker: tommy thompson
About the speaker: Tommy Thompson, a Republican, was a 2012 candidate for the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. He served as governor of Wisconsin from 1987 until 2001, when he left office to become President George W. Bush's secretary of health and human services. He previously spent 20 years in the Wisconsin Assembly. Thompson briefly ran for president, withdrawing in 2007.
Date: September 25, 2013
Location: wisconsin
Topics: corrections and updates;health care;public health;states
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent." In one study, 35.7 percent of American adults were estimated to be obese. In another study, which used a different methodology, the rate was 28.1 percent, slightly below Wisconsin’s 29.7 percent. The percentages cited by Thompson contain an element of , but the conclusion he drew isn’t valid because the two studies can’t be compared, so we rate his statement .
Statement: Says that under the new healthcare law, full- and part-time workers will be required to buy insurance costing $375 to $1,000 a month, starting in 2014.
Speaker: county line
About the speaker: The County Line restaurants, originated in Austin, specialize in barbecue.
Date: November 2, 2012
Location: texas
Topics: health care
Context: an open letter to employees
Fact-check justification: The County Line letter to workers says full- and part-time workers will be required to buy health insurance in 2014 costing $375 to $1,000 a month. Those figures align with the budget office’s 2010 letter on what it would cost to purchase health insurance in 2016--not 2014. Also, those estimates did not attempt to calculate the effect of premium subsidies and were clearly presented as ballpark forecasts. Broadly, too, the County Line notice risks the misimpression that insurance costs would be borne by workers alone when results will not be that simple. We rate this  as .
Statement: Says Hillary Clinton had an "undercover nurse" with her at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in New York.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: September 13, 2016
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: posts
Fact-check justification: Bloggers started a rumor that photos showed Clinton with an "undercover nurse" at the Sept. 11 memorial in New York. The undercover nurse then became Clinton’s personal doctor. Neither is . The woman in the photos is a former Clinton staffer who was helping at the memorial. We rate this  . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/67c3b389-1420-4a7e-bded-8af2eafc7b02
Statement: Ron Johnson has voted against funding for law enforcement and recently opposed a plan to recruit and train new officers
Speaker: mandela barnes
About the speaker: Mandela Barnes is an American politician serving as the 45th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. A member of the Democratic Party, Barnes is a former state representative. On August 14, 2018, he won the Democratic primary in a landslide and became the running mate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony Evers. Evers and Barnes went on to win the November 2018 election, defeating incumbent Republicans Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch. Barnes became Wisconsin's first African American lieutenant governor.
 
 
Date: September 2, 2022
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;elections;crime
Context: News release
Fact-check justification: Barnes said, "Ron Johnson has voted against funding for law enforcement and recently opposed a plan to recruit and train new officers."  The  on both is beyond thin. On the first part of the , Team Barnes makes an American Rescue Plan Act-related  PolitiFact has already rated . Also, Johnson’s vote on a budget balance bill was cited, but the best  is cuts to law enforcement funding might have happened down the line. On the second part of the , the criticism of Johnson’s response to Biden’s Safer America Plan is indirect at best — albeit, the response apparently came in knee-jerk fashion. Finally, the  ignores cases where Johnson has backed law enforcement. We rate this  .
Statement: A "Liability Warning Acknowledgement Form" allows a worker to sue their company if they get injured from the COVID-19 vaccine.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 15, 2021
Topics: jobs;public health;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims that a worker can compel their boss to sign a "Liability Warning Acknowledgement Form" that allows them to sue their company if they report an adverse reaction after getting the COVID-19 vaccine that prevents them from working. Labor experts said they don’t know of any states where a "liability warning acknowledgement form" exists or, if it did, would be recognized in any legal capacity. We rate the Facebook post .
Statement: After Sandy Hook, Ted Cruz stopped Obama's push for new gun control laws.
Speaker: courageous conservatives pac
About the speaker: The Courageous Conservatives PAC is supporting U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in his bid for president and other conservatives running for House and Senate.
Date: November 6, 2015
Location: texas
Topics: guns
Context: a video ad posted online
Fact-check justification: The pro-Cruz PAC said that after the Sandy Hook shootings, "Cruz stopped Obama’s push for new gun control laws." Actually, Cruz had company in stopping the Obama-supported push for new restrictions. Crucially, most Senate Republicans and a few Democrats kept the expansion of background checks favored by Obama from winning further consideration. Still, we see an element of  here. Despite just joining the Senate, Cruz frequently spoke out on the issue and shared authorship of an unsuccessful alternative to the failed background-check plan. We rate the statement .  – The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. Click here for  more  on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: The new tax law is "kicking the American economy into high gear with $5.5 trillion in tax cuts.
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 2, 2018
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: an email from the White House
Fact-check justification: Trump said the recently enacted tax law includes "$5.5 trillion in tax cuts." Putting it that way ignores that the bill also includes $4 trillion in tax increases, for a net of $1.5 trillion in tax cuts. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it .
Statement: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is proposing a "nationwide motorcycle ban.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: June 28, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Also: "Back off!!! A good majority of motorcyclists are retired veterans. She is NOT going to be able to do it." This satirical article is just that — satire. We rate it !
Statement: Iran will be shooting at our soldiers with bullets, etc., purchased with the $150 billion Obama gave them.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 1, 2020
Topics: iran;nuclear;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claimed: "Iran will be shooting at our soldiers with bullets, etc., purchased with the $150 billion Obama gave them." The 2015 Iran nuclear deal involved multiple nations, not just the United States under Obama, and did not involve the United States giving cash to Iran. It’s also debatable whether Iran ultimately got access to $150 billion of what were its own assets — which had been frozen in retaliation for its pursuit of a nuclear weapon — or whether the amount was much less. What is correct is that largely because of the U.S. involvement, the deal resulted Iran getting access to likely tens of billions of dollars of its own funds, and it’s unclear how they might be spent. For a statement that contains only an element of , our ruling is .
Statement: Says "Elizabeth Warren lied when she says I want to abolish the Federal Minimum Wage.
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: May 11, 2016
Location: national
Topics: workers
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "Elizabeth Warren lied when she says I want to abolish the Federal Minimum Wage." Yet when Trump was asked if he would have a federal floor with states going higher if they wish,Trump said, "No." While Trump's other statements can leave readers with a different impression, there is certainly no  Warren lied. She simply used Trump's own words. We rate this statement .
Statement: It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife
Speaker: andrew koenig
About the speaker: Andrew Koenig is a Republican state senator in Missouri, representing portions of St. Louis County. He was previously a state representative.
Date: August 18, 2017
Location: missouri
Topics: abortion;history;race and ethnicity
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Koenig said Margaret Sanger statues should be removed because Sanger was a white supremacist who "spoke at KKK events." Sanger spoke at one event for the women’s affiliate of the KKK, but it was to educate those women on birth control. And this was the only event she spoke at that any sources or documents pointed to. Sanger has been accused of white supremacy by many because of her belief in eugenics and her implementation of a birth control clinic in Harlem and other black communities. But historians point out this was because she wanted to share her belief in the importance of birth control with both white and black women. Koenig’s statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: Says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has been "arrested 23 times" and is the "daughter of (a) Somali terrorist.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 1, 2019
Topics: candidate biography;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A viral photo on Facebook claims that Ilhan Omar has been arrested 23 times and is the daughter of a Somali terrorist. She was arrested once and the charges were dropped. Minnesota court records show that Omar has had 24 traffic violations in the past 10 years, not arrests. We could not find any  that either of Omar’s parents were involved in a terrorist organization in Somalia. The post is not accurate. We rate it .
Statement: Pregnant women trying to buy health insurance on their own are barred from maternity coverage because they have a "pre-existing condition.
Speaker: j. james rohack
About the speaker: J. James Rohack is a cardiologist and served from 2009 to 2010 as the president of the American Medical Association, the leading group that represents physicians in the United States.
Date: August 16, 2009
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: Fox News Sunday
Fact-check justification: Such plans may have unfavorable terms and high premiums. So back to Rohack's . Health care reform legislation now under consideration in Congress would, if enacted, improve the situation for pregnant women seeking health insurance by prohibiting restrictions based on pre-existing conditions. But for now, Rohack is correct that pregnancy is considered a pre-existing condition and prevents many women from getting coverage if they seek insurance on the individual market. We find his statement .
Statement: Says that "18 children died while in custody of Border Patrol" during the Obama administration.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: December 26, 2018
Topics: immigration;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A meme on Facebook says that "18 children died in U.S. custody at the border" when Obama served as president. We were unable to find any documentation that supports the  that any children died in U.S. custody at the border during the Obama administration. Trump's Homeland Security secretary also said that until the two recent deaths, it had been over a decade since a child died in custody at the border. The  seems to have started by articles that re-circulatied a 2016 human rights watchdog report that analyzed the deaths of 18 adult detainees between 2012 and 2015. We rate this  .
Statement: Bill Clinton cut the military drastically.
Speaker: rudy giuliani
About the speaker: Rudy Giuliani is the former mayor of New York City. He was born in Brooklyn in 1944 and previously served as a federal prosecutor, as well as an associate attorney general under President Reagan. He graduated from Manhattan College and earned a law degree from New York University Law School. He has been married since 2003 to Judith Nathan and was married twice before. He has two children, Andrew and Caroline. He withdrew from the presidential race on Jan. 30, 2008.
Date: January 5, 2008
Location: national
Topics: military
Context: Manchester, N.H
Fact-check justification: Total defense forces also shrank, from 3.3-million to 2.9-million. The Republicans are trying to portray Clinton and the Democrats as weak on defense and to make the peace dividend look like a partisan effort. But contrary to the Republicans' claims, the post-Cold War shrinkage of the U.S. military was very much a bipartisan effort. It began under a Republican president and a Democratic Congress and continued under a Democratic president and a Republican Congress. And so we find, as we did before, that this  is .
Statement: A bill supported by Gov. Scott Walker makes it "so that drunk drivers who kill have an easier time of it.
Speaker: democratic party of wisconsin
About the speaker: The Democratic Party of Wisconsin focuses on advancing state Democratic candidates and related issues.
Date: November 1, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: alcohol;legal issues
Context: a campaign news release
Fact-check justification: Both sides -- defense and prosecution -- are subject to the new standards. And even defense-side experts don’t buy the "easier road" argument. Finally, we think it’s  to suggest -- as the party’s statement did --  that the intent of the bill was to favor homicidal drunken drivers. It clearly wasn’t. We rate the party’s  .
Statement: Says a pro-Democratic ad is "false" for saying that he allowed two disgraced staffers in 2012 to "resign.
Speaker: thom tillis
About the speaker: Thom Tillis is a Republican who serves as U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
Date: April 15, 2014
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: a TV ad
Fact-check justification: Tillis’ ad called a pro-Democratic ad "" for saying that he allowed two disgraced staffers in 2012 to "resign." But the news coverage at the time painted a different picture -- he accepted their resignations. This generally supports the Democratic ad’s description, so we rate Tillis’  .