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Statement: Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors" as a condition of playing team sports.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: August 24, 2021
Topics: public health;sports;facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A headline shared on Facebook says a high school in Washington state is forcing unvaccinated student athletes to wear ankle monitors to play indoor sports. The school is making staff and students, whether or not they are vaccinated, wear proximity monitoring devices while they are participating in high to moderate-contact indoor sports, as a COVID-19 safety measure to aid social distancing and contact tracing. The devices do not track location. The headline leaves out key context from the article, and leaves the impression that the requirement applies only to unvaccinated students. We rate this  .
Statement: Says Attorney General Eric Holder recently revealed "this idea to have government have gun owners wear special bracelets that would identify you as a gun owner.
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: April 26, 2014
Topics: government regulation;punditfact;guns
Context: speech to the NRA convention
Fact-check justification: According to Palin, Holder recently revealed "this idea to have government have gun owners wear bracelets, special bracelets, that would identify you as a gun owner." That’s far from the . Holder said he wants the federal government to explore gun safety measures, including smart-gun technology that would prevent weapons from being fired by anyone except their rightful owner. The comment in question came as he explained why his agency is seeking federal money for grants to spur research into safer guns. He listed fingerprint identification and the gun talking "to a bracelet or something that you might wear" as tools that could prevent a gun owner’s firearm from being used by someone else. Some smart guns are powered by bracelets with embedded radio signal transmitters, but that’s just one way this could work. The purpose of accessories worn in order to fire a smart gun is not to help the government track owners or identify them (again, Holder is pursuing no such policy). The goal of the emerging technology is to minimize shootings caused by suicides, children or stolen guns. We rate Palin’s  .
Statement: Video suggests GOP voters denied access in general election.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: November 2, 2022
Location: texas
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: The video was posted in the days before the Nov. 8 general election without any information about when or where it was taken.   It was taken in March, when some voters faced challenges voting in the Texas primary election. Some GOP voters in Texas temporarily couldn’t vote during the primary election because of staff shortages. Democratic voters were also diverted from some polls during the primary for the same reason.   We rate this  .
Statement: Says Donald Trump tweeted, "I ordered the Treasury secretary to send checks to Americans! First however, we will go through your social media history from the last 4 years and search for any post with #NotMyPresident in it. I wouldn't think of offending you with a check if I'm not your president! #MAGA
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: March 18, 2020
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: #MAGA" This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat  news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook .)   Trump has tweeted a lot in the past few days, but he tweeted no such thing as the statement appearing in the Instagram post. The tweet also doesn’t appear in this database of tweets Trump deleted.   We rate it .
Statement: WHO admits their testing grossly overstates individuals testing positive for COVID.
Speaker: the gateway pundit
About the speaker: The Gateway Pundit is a conservative website.
Date: January 20, 2021
Topics: public health;facebook fact-checks
Context: an article
Fact-check justification: A Gateway Pundit article claims that the "WHO admits their testing grossly overstates individuals testing positive for COVID," citing a notice from the organization. However, the notice cited by the article is a reminder to lab technicians to carefully read the user’s manuals that come with PCR tests to ensure that results are interpreted correctly. It is not an admission that PCR tests don’t work or result in huge numbers of  positives. This  is . ​
Statement: Says actor Tim Allen wrote a lengthy anti-Democrat attack on Facebook.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: September 1, 2019
Topics: fake news;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Claims that Allen said this began surfacing in late August 2019, when other fact-checking organizations came across similar posts.   But it appears that days before social media posts began crediting Allen with the statement, a version of it was posted on the Facebook page of singer Ted Nugent, who is also known to be a vocal conservative. A day later, the message was shared by a Facebook user who is coincidentally named Tim Allen, but is not the actor. It is likely the actor was misattributed after another man with the same name shared it.   We rate this .
Statement: In November 2019, Speaker Pelosi said it would be 'dangerous' to leave it to voters to determine whether President Trump stays in office.
Speaker: doug collins
About the speaker: A current member of Congress from Gainesville, GA.
Date: December 18, 2019
Location: national
Topics: impeachment
Context: an opening statement to the House of Representatives
Fact-check justification: Pelosi said waiting for the election is dangerous because she believes the president is "jeopardizing the integrity of the 2020 elections." She did not say it’s dangerous to leave it to voters to determine whether Trump stays in office, as Collins said she did. We reached out to Collins’ press office for comment, but we haven’t heard back. The statement is . We rate it .
Statement: Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is a "billionaire.
Speaker: marina dimitrijevic
About the speaker: Marina Dimitrijevic is the director of the Wisconsin Working Families Party. She's also a Milwaukee County supervisor and previously served as chairwoman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. Voters elected her to a Milwaukee County supervisor's post in 2004; in 2012, her fellow supervisors elected her to lead the board. She was an unsuccessful candidate in the Aug. 12, 2014 Democratic primary for the 19th District seat in the state Assembly.
Date: February 16, 2016
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;wealth
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Abele then answered the question directly: "I am not a billionaire." Our rating Dimitrijevic claimed Abele was a billionaire. There’s plenty of  that Abele is a wealthy man, with a even-wealthier father. Meanwhile, the family’s Argosy Foundation doesn’t appear to have anywhere near $1 billion in assets, and, regardless, that isn’t Abele’s personal holdings. We rate the  .
Statement: This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century.
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: May 20, 2013
Location: florida
Topics: jobs;state budget
Context: a press release
Fact-check justification: Scott said that the 2013-14 budget "reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century." To get there, Scott's office examined budgeted positions and made certain adjustments including subtracting for vetoes. They also projected the state's population for 2013-14. We think their assessment is largely fair, with some small caveats. First, there are other ways to measure both the state workforce -- either by using federal labor statistics, or other state data. And second, the size of the state workforce per capita has been declining for years. Minor points, though. We rate this  .
Statement: Ted Budd "on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.
Speaker: cheri beasley
About the speaker: Cheri Beasley, a former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, is running for U.S. Senate.
Date: October 7, 2022
Location: north carolina
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Beasley said that Budd, "on four separate occasions, voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million." It’s fair to say that Budd voted against bills that funded grants that ultimately sent funds to North Carolina law enforcement agencies.  However, Beasley got her numbers mixed up. The funding was included in massive spending plans that featured trillions of dollars for federal government operations and other initiatives, from stimulus checks to border wall funding. And Budd says he opposed the bills for reasons unrelated to law enforcement funding. Beasley cherry-picked small details of a massive spending plan to make a  assertion. The  has an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: A cap-and-trade bill would "destroy over 50,000 jobs in Virginia.
Speaker: robert hurt
About the speaker: Robert Hurt, Republican, represents Virginia's 5th District, which is composed of 19 counties and two independent municipalities and is Virginia's largest, in Congress. Hurt was first elected to the U.S. House in 2010. He serves on the Financial Services Committee and on its Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises and Housing and Insurance subcommittees.
Hurt, a Pittsylvania County native, previously served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2002 to 2007 and in the state senate from 2008 to 2010.
Hurt graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, in 1991 and earned a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Miss., in 1995.
Date: March 25, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: environment;jobs;regulation
Context: a newsletter
Fact-check justification: They also note long-range employment projections can be dicey. A thorough economic analysis should consider both gains and losses from a policy. The NAM report fails to do that. Hurt’s statement, based on the study, omits critical facts. We rate it .
Statement: Sherrod Brown supported President Obama's $453 billion tax increase.
Speaker: crossroads gps
About the speaker: Crossroads GPS is a conservative advocacy group founded by prominent Republicans, including former White House political adviser Karl Rove.
Date: October 9, 2012
Location: ohio
Topics: economy;jobs;message machine 2012;taxes
Context: a television ad
Fact-check justification: (Brown indicated support for the jobs bill, but at least one senator who voted with him, Democrat Jim Webb of Virginia, said he was voting to take up the bill but opposed the measure itself.) The  from Crossroads GPS has an element of  in its statement. The American Jobs Act of 2011, which Brown did indicate support for, did include a surtax that was expected to yield $453 billion over 10 years. But the  in the ad leaves out critical facts that would give a different impression. On the -O-Meter, the  rates .
Statement: Richard Hayne, president and CEO of Urban Outfitters … (is) a supporter of Rick Santorum and donated over $13,000 to him.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 4, 2012
Location: florida
Topics: candidate biography;elections;families;pop culture
Context: a post on Facebook
Fact-check justification: We’re focusing here on the Facebook  that Urban Outfitters CEO Richard Hayne is a supporter of Rick Santorum and donated over $13,000 to him. What we know is that Hayne was at one time a supporter of Santorum, who donated -- between him and his wife -- more than $13,000 to Santorum and one of his political action committees. Hayne has not contributed to Santorum’s run for president, and we do not know if Hayne is supporting Santorum this time around. That, combined with the fact that the donations are nearly 7-18 years old, is enough for us to rate this  .
Statement: Due to the baby formula shortage Tricare will now pay to have it shipped directly to you.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 15, 2022
Topics: children;families;health care;military;facebook fact-checks
Context: a post
Fact-check justification: About 40% of formulas are out of stock nationwide, The Atlantic reported May 12. A Facebook post claimed, "Due to the baby formula shortage Tricare will now pay to have it shipped directly to you." Tricare does not cover the cost of formula for all infants, but it does cover the formula for infants with metabolic disorders. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it .
Statement: Barry Smitherman "doesn't have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general's office.
Speaker: ken paxton
About the speaker: As a Republican state senator, Ken Paxton won election as Texas attorney general in 2014. He previously served as a Texas House member from McKinney.
Date: January 24, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: candidate biography;legal issues
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Paxton said Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office." Most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office -- 87 percent -- don’t require any legal experience at all. Of the 734 jobs that do, 70 percent have a minimum qualification of three years or more, which Smitherman would not meet. We rate Paxton’s statement, which could have used clarification that he was focusing on lawyer jobs, as .  – 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: Quotes show Democrats supported riots "when BLM was BURNING down cities and killing people in the streets!
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: January 6, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post features statements made by four Democratic leaders and claims the comments are all direct quotes that were made "when BLM was BURNING down cities and killing people in the streets!" This is . Some of the quotes are legitimate, and were made during or around the height of the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer.  Some of the statements received backlash, but none specifically indicated that they meant anything besides peaceful protest. Harris, in particular, condemned violent rioters and said she supported peaceful protesters.  Other comments were made years ago and were not referring to any looting or violent civil unrest that occurred during riots in 2020.  The Facebook post contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it .
Statement: There's no strings attached to that money that we'd be getting as an incentive to expand Medicaid.
Speaker: jon erpenbach
About the speaker: Jon Erpenbach is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin state Senate. He was elected to a Madison-area district in 1998.
Date: March 21, 2021
Location: national
Topics: health care;medicaid;wisconsin
Context: TV interview
Fact-check justification: Our ruling  Erpenbach said there are "no strings attached" to the financial incentive Wisconsin could currently receive from the federal government to expand Medicaid.   He’s right that there are no hidden strings attached to the money — that all the state would have to do is accept the expansion to receive it.   Still, there are long-term responsibilities attached to that action, even if there are also long-term benefits.   Our definition of  is that "the statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context." That fits here.
Statement: Loranne Ausley "voted six times to tax your savings.
Speaker: republican party of florida
About the speaker: The Republican Party of Florida represents Republicans in Florida.
Date: September 16, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: taxes
Context: statements on the party's website
Fact-check justification: The statement we're checking in this item is that Ausley "voted six times to tax your savings." Ronnie Whitaker, party executive director, called them "job-killing tax hikes." First, saying "savings" is a bit broad. The tax didn't touch pensions, CDs, savings accounts and 401(k) plans; it applied to investments such as stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Second, the votes in question weren't for tax hikes. They were against cutting the state's intangible tax. And there weren't really six of them. The RPOF actually is talking about three bills, and really, four votes -- a vote to lower the intangible tax rate from 1 mill to .75 mill, a vote to raise the exemption amounts, and then two votes to repeal the tax entirely. In each of those cases, Ausley voted "No." Maybe we're sticklers for words -- no maybe about it, we are -- but if we use the RPOF logic that Ausley "voted six times to tax your savings," we could say quite convincingly that Republican U.S. Senate nominee Marco Rubio voted four times to tax your savings -- in one year. Yep, back in 2001, Rubio voted against an amendment offered by Democrats that would have increased the amount that could be exempted from the tax (but not as much as Republicans wanted). That same year he cast three other votes in favor of proposals that would have cut the intangible tax in some form or another, but not eliminate it altogether. By the RPOF logic, because the tax remained in place, Rubio cast four votes to tax your savings. Would we criticize Democrats or independent Charlie Crist if they tried to make that ? Absolutely. Are we criticizing the Republicans in this case? You betcha. We rate their  .
Statement: Since last year's address, more than 10,000 jobs created -- many on the high end of the employment scale.
Speaker: nathan deal
About the speaker: Nathan Deal is running for Georgia governor in 2010.
Date: January 17, 2013
Location: georgia
Topics: jobs
Context: a twitter post
Fact-check justification: The releases do not say whether all the positions are full-time jobs. We interpreted Deal’s comments that many of the jobs were "on the high end of the employment scale" to mean that they will command high salaries. There is some support for the governor’s  on that point: The governor’s numbers were slightly off on the number of jobs, from what we found. It seems reasonable to believe that many of these positions will be on the high end of the employment scale. We rate this  .
Statement: The national debt increased $16,000 every second George Allen served in the U.S. Senate.
Speaker: tim kaine
About the speaker: Tim Kaine is a U.S. senator representing Virginia, elected to the Senate in 2012. He was the 2016 Democratic nominee for vice president.
Kaine was governor from 2006 to 2010, lieutenant governor from 2002 to 2006, mayor of Richmond from 1998 to 2001, and city councilman of Richmond beginning in 1994. He was also the chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2009 to 2011.
Kaine was born in St. Paul, Minn. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1979 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and a law degree from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., in 1983. He took a year-long break during law school to work with the Jesuit order as a Catholic missionary in Honduras, becoming fluent in Spanish.
 
Date: December 7, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: deficit;federal budget
Context: a debate
Fact-check justification: Our conclusion: Kaine says the national debt increased by $16,000 every second Allen served in the U.S. Senate from 2001 to 2007. The actual number, from the day Allen entered the Senate to the day he left, is $15,555.38 per second. Kaine reasonably rounded up. Allen voted for budgets that increased the debt by $16,896.68 a second. We rate Kaine’s statement .
Statement: We will have more people enter our country illegally than were born in this country in one year.
Speaker: dan patrick
About the speaker: As a Houston state senator, Dan Patrick won election as lieutenant governor of Texas in November 2014 after earlier defeating incumbent David Dewhurst for his party's nomination. Patrick also has hosted a daily talk show on AM700 in Houston.
Date: May 15, 2019
Location: texas
Topics: immigration
Context: a television appearance
Fact-check justification: Patrick said, "We will have more people enter our country illegally than were born in this country in one year." There is no  to support Patrick’s . While it is hard to say exactly how many people successfully enter the country illegally while evading detection, it’s safe to say that the real number is significantly smaller than Patrick’s 5 million. We rate this  . Footnote: This isn’t the first time Patrick has made a  like this. In 2014, he suggested that more people are apprehended after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a week "than are born in Texas each week." That was  (at the time).
Statement: Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress.
Speaker: erick erickson
About the speaker: Erick Erickson is the host of a conservative radio talk show based in Atlanta.
Date: October 9, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: corporations;economy;federal budget;financial regulation;housing;transportation
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: And Erickson’s  was limited to those acted on by Congress. Our rating Erickson said Ryan "is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress." Ryan was one of 20 GOP House members who voted for TARP and for a related auto industry bailout measure that did not become law, although he is only one of only five of those members who are still in the House. On the other hand, Ryan voted against the bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. For a statement that contains an element of , our rating is .