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Statement: The head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those (Syrian) refugees.
Speaker: ted cruz
About the speaker: Ted Cruz is a U.S. Senator from Texas, first elected in 2012. Cruz also was a candidate for president of the United States in 2016. He is the former solicitor general for the state of Texas, previously serving as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a domestic policy advisor on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign, according to his campaign biography.
Date: December 15, 2015
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy
Context: a GOP debate on CNN
Fact-check justification: Cruz said, "The head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those refugees." The Cruz campaign pointed to comments Comey made about how he cannot personally vet every refugee admitted to the United States (required by a House bill that seeks to toughen the admissions process). But the FBI director never said, as Cruz claims he did, that the government "cannot vet" refugees. Comey has said there are challenges and gaps to the process and that there are always risks to admitting people from conflict zones. But he also said  the process is effective and has gotten more so in the past few years. We rate Cruz’s  .
Statement: North Korea confirms it has landed a man on the sun.
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: September 11, 2022
Topics: space;facebook fact-checks
Context: an Instagram post
Fact-check justification: "   But the website has a disclaimer at the bottom of the page. Readers who click on it will learn that Waterford Whispers News is a satirical site.    Even so, anyone who is trying to land on the sun should be advised that it’s a giant ball of heated gas that’s about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit with no solid surface.   We rate claims that North Korea landed a man on the sun .
Statement: Says under the new health care law "the patient-doctor relationship will be eliminated.
Speaker: joseph kyrillos
About the speaker: Joseph Kyrillos, Jr. is a Republican state senator representing part of Monmouth County. The former chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, Kyrillos is running in the November 2012 general election for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Robert Menendez.
Date: March 15, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: health care
Context: a campaign e-mail
Fact-check justification: Under the Obama administration’s health care law, Kyrillos claimed "the patient-doctor relationship will be eliminated." That’s a hefty charge. And there’s little proof to substantiate it. Provisions in the health care law allow changes to payments to health care providers and influence what’s covered by certain insurance plans, but nothing in the bill prevents physicians and patients from making health care decisions together. Kyrillos may need to call a doctor after this ruling: ! To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Under Gov. Scott Walker, "employer confidence now stands at 95 percent," compared to "only 10 percent" at the end of the "Gov. Jim Doyle-Mary Burke administration.
Speaker: republican party of wisconsin
About the speaker: The Wisconsin Republican Party works to elect Republicans to state and federal offices and advance the GOP agenda.
Date: May 30, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;jobs;polls and public opinion
Context: a statement
Fact-check justification: Our rating The state Republican Party said that under Walker, "employer confidence now stands at 95 percent," compared to "only 10 percent" at the end of the Doyle- Burke administration. The statement contains an element of , in that 95 percent of chief executive officers who are members of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, and who responded to the latest WMC survey, agreed that "things in Wisconsin are going in the right direction" rather than "on the  track." But the  ignores critical facts in suggesting that the 95 percent figure applies to all Wisconsin employers, when in fact the CEOs responding to the survey are not a representative sample of all employers. And although only 10 percent said the state was going in the right direction at the end of Doyle’s term in 2010, the rate was 51 percent in the survey done shortly before Burke left Commerce in 2007. We rate the state GOP’s statement .
Statement: Canada sets aside 36 percent of their visas for people with skills they think their country needs.  We set aside 6 percent.
Speaker: michael bloomberg
About the speaker: Michael Bloomberg was mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013. The billionaire co-founded Bloomberg LP, a financial information and media company, in 1981. On Nov. 24, 2019, he announced his candidacy for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president and dropped out on March 4, 2020.
Date: August 1, 2010
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: an interview on "Meet the Press."
Fact-check justification: While Bloomberg correctly noted an interesting disparity between Canadian and U.S. immigration policies, his facts are off. First, he says that the U.S. and Canada both set aside certain percentages of their visas. But only the U.S. limits visas for specific types of immigrants, and it does so with a number, not a percentage as he claims. And there is no "set aside" as Bloomberg says. We find the statement .
Statement: President Barack Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission's ideas. Not one.
Speaker: john boehner
About the speaker: John Boehner of Ohio is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was formerly the Republican minority leader from 2007-2011, and was the majority leader briefly prior to that.
Date: April 25, 2011
Location: national
Topics: deficit;federal budget
Context: an interview with ABC news
Fact-check justification: If Boehner had offered a more measured assessment, he would have had a fair point about the differences between Obama’s fiscal approach and that outlined by the commission. The president certainly could have gone further in embracing the recommendations of the panel he had commissioned. But he did embrace a wide variety of them, so to say bluntly, as Boehner did, that Obama "took exactly none of his own deficit reduction commission’s ideas" is simply not correct. To one degree or another, the commission’s recommendations are sprinkled throughout Obama’s budget proposals, in recognizable -- if not always in identical -- form. So we rate Boehner’s statement .
Statement: Nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it, but under Obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country, they've been deported.
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 19, 2016
Location: national
Topics: immigration
Context: the third presidential debate
Fact-check justification: Trump said "Nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it, but under Obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country, they've been deported." More than 2.4 million people have been deported under Obama’s presidency. But Trump’s  that "nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it," is completely . Not only is federal data issued about it on a yearly basis, there has also been extensive media coverage about it. Immigration advocates have called out the president for it and congressional hearings on deportations have also taken place. Trump’s  is partly right. We rate it .
Statement: Adam Laxalt "supports eliminating Nevada's protections for legal abortions.
Speaker: catherine cortez masto
About the speaker: Catherine Cortez Masto was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2016 in Nevada. She previously served two terms as Nevada's Attorney General.
Date: June 14, 2022
Location: nevada
Topics: abortion;health care;government regulation;women;ad watch
Context: an ad
Fact-check justification: Cortez Masto said Laxalt "supports eliminating Nevada's protections for legal abortions." Laxalt has said that the matter of abortion rights in Nevada is settled law. Nevada law allows abortion through 24 weeks of pregnancy and after 24 weeks, if it is to preserve the woman’s life or health.  However, Laxalt has also said that if the Supreme Court overturned Roe, it would be a "​​historic victory for the sanctity of life." Additionally, he has expressed support for a referendum that would ask Nevada voters about restricting access to abortions in the state. Cortez Masto’s  about Laxalt is partially accurate. We rate it . RELATED: Fact-checking ads in the 2022 campaigns RELATED: What would state laws look like in a post-Roe world? RELATED: The race for the Nevada Senate seat: A guide
Statement: Photo of woman in Team Trump attire is Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge presiding over the classified documents case.
Speaker: tweets
About the speaker: Twitter is a messaging service where people often discuss politics. Individual messages are called Tweets.
Date: June 9, 2023
Location: national
Topics: legal issues
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: It’s hard to say. "  Slate changed the caption June 12 to say only "Trump rallygoers," noting at the bottom of the story that it was "updated to reflect the fact that these are not members of the judiciary. "  Slate didn’t misidentify Cannon in the photo, but social media users who claimed the image depicted the judge said it came up in Google image searches for Cannon.   This  is .   RELATED: 9 Trump claims about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe, fact-checked , June 7, 2023
Statement: Rhode Island has the highest percentage of lawyers per capita in the country.
Speaker: helio melo
About the speaker: Helio Melo is a state representative from East Providence. First elected to the House of Representatives in 2004, he serves as chairman of the House Finance Committee.
Date: July 12, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: legal issues
Context: a newspaper interview
Fact-check justification: Helio Melo said Rhode Island has the highest percentage of lawyers per capita in the nation. We found that Rhode Island actually ranks 13th. That does put us in the upper third of the states, but here at PolitiFact Rhode Island, we tend to be literal. He’s still way off. The judges rule . (If you have a  you’d like PolitiFact Rhode Island to check, e-mail us at [email protected] And follow us on Twitter: @politifactri.)
Statement: The $1.8 billion in [transportation] bonding, we don't have a repayment mechanism.
Speaker: terry mcauliffe
About the speaker: Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, was elected governor of Virginia on Nov. 5, 2013. He received 47.8 percent of the vote in defeating Republican Ken Cuccinelli, who came in at 45.2 percent. Robert Sarvis, a Libertarian, finished a distant third with 6.5 percent.
McAuliffe's inaguration as Virginia's 72nd governor is scheduled on Jan. 11, 2014.
McAuliffe, a wealthy businessman and noted political fundraiser, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 reelection campaign. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and chairman of Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008. In 2009, McAuliffe unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Virginia governor.
McAuliffe was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Feb. 9, 1957. He has a bachelor's degree from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. McAuliffe has lived in Fairfax County for more than 20 years, is married and has five children.
 
Date: May 7, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: state budget;transportation
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: State party chairman Brian Moran earned a  in January for saying the McDonnell had no plan for paying back the debt. Moran, while serving in the House of Delegates, had voted for the two bills that allocated automobile insurance taxes to transportation debt payments. By saying the state "didn’t have a repayment mechanism," McAuliffe misled voters. He admitted to us he knew all long that a repayment plan exists.    We rate his  .
Statement: The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief.
Speaker: adam kinzinger
About the speaker: Adam Kinzinger is a U.S. congressman from Illinois’ 16th district and a former member of the Air Force.
Date: February 15, 2015
Location: national
Topics: congress;history;military;terrorism
Context: an appearance on ABC's 'This Week'
Fact-check justification: Kinzinger said that the authorization for use of military force now pending in Congress would represent "the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief." A plain reading of that statement finds it problematic. Time and time again, Congress has intervened to rein in presidents from taking certain types of actions or continuing combat longer than lawmakers want. To do this, Congress simply has to use the power it is granted in the Constitution, authority that has been affirmed and reaffirmed by courts for centuries. Even the narrower interpretation of the statement that Kinzinger’s office stands by — that it only refers to the war on terrorism  — doesn’t hold up. We rate the statement .
Statement: America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world.
Speaker: rick perry
About the speaker: Rick Perry is the U.S. Energy Secretary and was governor of Texas from late December 2000 through 2014. He was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He unsucessfully ran for president in 2012 and 2016.
Date: February 24, 2015
Location: virginia
Topics: energy
Context: a speech
Fact-check justification: Perry said the U.S. produces more oil and natural gas than any other country in the world. EIA figures show he’s correct. We rate his statement .
Statement: The jobs bill includes "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens
Speaker: eric cantor
About the speaker: Eric Cantor is a former congressman who represented Virginia's 7th District from 2001 to 2014. He rose to House minority whip in 2009 and House majority leader in 2011. Cantor was upset by Dave Brat in the 2014 GOP primary for congress. He is now vice chairman and managing director of Moelis & Company, a global investment bank.
 
 
 
Date: September 14, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs;workers;taxes
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Cantor's blog post was headlined "President Obama's tax on soup kitchens." That is  in two important ways. First, Obama did not single out soup kitchens for special tax treatment. And second, the proposal is not a tax on soup kitchens, or any other charitable organizations; it effectively increases the existing tax burden on a small percentage of households, which may indirectly cause disincentives for donations to soup kitchens. We rate the  .
Statement: The Pentagon "said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: June 20, 2023
Topics: federal budget;foreign policy;military;facebook fact-checks;ukraine
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The Pentagon did not say that it mistakenly sent Ukraine $6.2 billion in cash.   We rate the Facebook post . RELATED: Lie of the Year 2022: Putin’s lies to wage war and conceal horror in Ukraine RELATED: Where do Republican presidential candidates stand on Ukraine?
Statement: A Fox News affiliate reported on a shooting before it happened.
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: August 5, 2019
Topics: facebook fact-checks;guns
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "I was looking at and trying to decipher an image grab of a tweet that had been made in east coast time," she said. "El Paso is the only major city in Texas that sits on Mountain time. Just trying to process the timeline after a marathon of wall to wall coverage. "  There’s no conspiracy here.   We rate this Facebook post .
Statement: Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: May 25, 2020
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a headline
Fact-check justification: An article said, "Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'" In its complete context, the video from an interview with CNBC appears to show Biden saying he’s "going to be Joe Biden," not "beat Joe Biden."  The words do sound similar, but the context is telling, with Biden saying he’s going to stay  to his own political positions. CNBC’s transcript quotes Biden as saying "be," not "beat," as do news reports from the Associated Press and New York Times.  We rate this statement .
Statement: Says Mitt Romney's top five donors are Wall Street firms, while Barack Obama's top five are technology companies and universities.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: April 27, 2012
Location: national
Topics: campaign finance
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Even though the post may have been several months old by the time we checked it, the list of each candidate’s top contributors was pretty accurate, although it doesn't quite match the latest version from OpenSecrets. But the Facebook post doesn’t accurately describe what the list means. First, it incorrectly labels one of Obama’s donors. Second, the companies and colleges did not donate to Obama and Romney; their employees or related PACs did, which is an important detail. On balance, we rate the post .
Statement: Because of the new health care law, "2.5 million young adults now have coverage.
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: March 16, 2012
Location: national
Topics: health care;message machine 2012
Context: the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled"
Fact-check justification: Using annual and semi-annual figures rather than quarterly numbers, the number grew by 1.3 million. The HHS analysis makes the case that, for various technical reasons, its method is superior. We think both estimates are reasonable, and while the 2.5 million figure got more traction in the media, we also think it’s worth noting that the underlying federal study offers an alternative -- and smaller -- number. In essence, the film cherry-picks the higher number. So the statement is accurate but needs clarification, which fits our definition of .
Statement: The last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country's bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery.
Speaker: lloyd doggett
About the speaker: Rep. Lloyd Doggett was initially elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.
Date: January 7, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: bipartisanship;debt;federal budget
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Doggett said "the last time Republicans held hostage a resolution to ensure that our country’s bills were paid cost us more than $1 billion in added interest and slowed the economic recovery." The government took on more than $1.3 billion in added interest during the delay period, the GAO estimates. However, it’s not clear the delay slowed the economic recovery. And while it seems to us that Republican desires for spending cuts greatly explain the delayed action, it’s also correct that GOP leaders wanted the ceiling raised while some House Democrats voted against the measure raising the ceiling. We rate Doggett’s  as .
Statement: We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate.
Speaker: chris christie
About the speaker: Chris Christie announced June 6, 2023 that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. Christie was the governor of New Jersey and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. As governor, Christie won office in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014. Prior to that, he was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 2002 to 2008. 
Date: May 4, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: congress;elections
Context: a speech at a Cato Institute event
Fact-check justification: Christie said: "We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate." In 1972, New Jersey sent Republican Clifford Case to the U.S. Senate to serve a fourth term. Since then, New Jersey voters have not elected another GOP candidate to the Senate. And though a Republican from New Jersey briefly served in the Senate in 1982, he was appointed, not elected. We rate Christie’s statement . To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/c878bd49-4149-4aa0-81b1-9293c0da3700