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Statement: Farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression.
Speaker: cory booker
About the speaker: Cory Booker is a senator from New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2013, making him the first African-American senator from New Jersey and the first African-American elected to the Senate since Barack Obama in 2004. Booker served as mayor of Newark from 2006 until 2013. He has a bachelor's degree in political science and a master’s degree in sociology from Stanford University, an honors degree in United States history from The Queens College as a Rhodes Scholar and a J.D. from Yale Law School. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president and suspended his campaign in January 2020.
Date: March 18, 2019
Location: national
Topics: agriculture;public health
Context: an interview on MSNBC
Fact-check justification: Booker said that "farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression." Broadly stated, the data on farmer suicide is not comprehensive, but what there is does not support that statement. Limited data from the 1930s suggests the suicide rate in general was a bit lower at the time, but we didn’t find any specific numbers to farmers. The latest government report on farmer suicides offers a narrow comparison between 2012 and 2015. The rate was higher in 2012, but the number of suicides in both years are too small to draw firm conclusions. In a group of upper-Midwest states, the rate was markedly higher in 1982 than rates reported today. We rate this  .
Statement: The Simpsons" predicted money missing from Bank of America customers' accounts in January.
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: January 23, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: "  A Facebook post sharing the clip was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat  news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta , which owns Facebook and Instagram.) This clip is largely authentic from a 1995 Simpsons episode with one glaring exception: the building didn’t say "Bank of America" in the original. Rather, it was labeled "First Bank of Springfield" in which Bart causes a bank run.   We rate claims that "The Simpsons" predicted a recent account problem at Bank of America .
Statement: Says "John James supported Betsy DeVos' agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead.
Speaker: senate majority pac
About the speaker: Senate Majority PAC is a super PAC that works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate.
Date: September 4, 2020
Location: michigan
Topics: education
Context: a Facebook ad
Fact-check justification: The Senate Majority PAC claimed in a Facebook ad that James "supported Betsy DeVos’ agenda to cut public school funding and put it into wealthy private schools instead." During her tenure as education secretary, DeVos has sought funding cuts to public schools while increasing federal funding to help more children enroll in private schools. James has made comments supportive of DeVos’ school choice efforts broadly, but his campaign declined to offer details on his education policy proposals, and he has no legislative voting record to indicate where he stands. It may seem like James is benefiting from the lack of information he and his campaign have provided on his education platform. Nonetheless, the PAC did not provide conclusive  for its  that he favors directing federal funding away from public schools to supporting private schools. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate this  .  This fact check is available at IFCN’s 2020 US Elections FactChat #Chatbot on WhatsApp. Click  here  for more.
Statement: NASA confirms earth will go dark for 6 days in December 2020.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: December 15, 2020
Topics: science;facebook fact-checks
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: We reached out to NASA but did not immediately receive a reply. However, this  has been circulating online for nearly a decade . The latest blog post refers to "NASA Director Charles Bolden," but Bolden resigned as the agency’s administrator in 2017 . A NASA spokesperson recently told Check Your Fact that it "has not issued any statement with that  . "  This blog post gets a similar rating: .
Statement: Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million.
Speaker: frank caprio
About the speaker: Frank T. Caprio Jr. served as Rhode Island's general treasurer from 2007 through 2010. He ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2010 and ran for treasurer again in 2014, losing in the Democratic primary. Prior to that, he served as a state senator from 1995-2006 and as a state representative from 1991 to 1994. He is married and has two children.
Date: May 19, 2013
Location: rhode island
Topics: candidate biography;economy;pensions;retirement;wealth;workers
Context: an appearance on "10 News Conference"
Fact-check justification: Frank Caprio said that since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million." State records show that, at first blush, the numbers were $13.1 million in 2010 and $46.0 million now. He's not on the money, but close. But it's not clear if Caprio has given a complete accounting of his expenses for fiscal 2010. Both Caprio and Raimondo say some data is unavailable for that year, so that element of  remains unresolved.   Because Caprio's comparison is partially accurate but lacks important details and elements of context, we rate it  . (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: Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25.
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: April 30, 2013
Location: national
Topics: federal budget;transportation
Context: a press conference
Fact-check justification: Obama said the United States needs to invest more in its airports over the long term in part because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25." He is spot-on about the rankings, but the survey in question offers only imperfect support for the argument that the federal government should invest more in its airports, since the survey measures not just major infrastructure aspects of airports (which the federal government would help fund) but also passenger amenities (something the government would not get directly involved in). We rate the  .
Statement: Jeb Bush's plan for Social Security is "disastrous for seniors and raises the retirement age to 70.
Speaker: annette taddeo
About the speaker: Annette Taddeo announced in October 2021 that she is running in the Democratic primary for Florida governor. Taddeo was elected in September 2017 as a state senator in Miami-Dade County. She is a former chairwoman of the Miami-Dade Democratic party. She lost a Democratic primary for Congressional District 26 against Joe Garcia in 2016. She ran for lieutenant governor on a ticket with former Gov. Charlie Crist in 2014 and lost.  
 
Date: November 24, 2015
Location: florida
Topics: social security
Context: a fundraising email
Fact-check justification: Taddeo said Bush’s plan for Social Security is "disastrous for seniors and raises the retirement age to 70." Taddeo has a point that Bush said he is open to the idea of raising retirement ages, but her email mischaracterizes his plan. Her email attempts to convince seniors nearing retirement that benefit changes are imminent if Bush is elected.  Bush has repeatedly said he does not intend to alter Social Security for current retirees or those who would be joining the program soon. And while 70 is one of several ages Bush threw out in an interview, his official plan doesn't establish specifics beyond stating age reforms are needed.  Taddeo’s statement contains an element of  about Bush’s plan for Social Security but  that point to scare seniors. We rate the statement .
Statement: In the Illinois Legislature, Barack Obama "voted 'present,' instead of yes or no" on seven votes involving abortion rights.
Speaker: hillary clinton
About the speaker: Hillary Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president. She served as U.S. Secretary of State during the first four years of the Obama administration. She is formerly a U.S. senator from New York, first elected in 2000. She was a candidate for president in 2008. She previously served as first lady when her husband, Bill Clinton, served two terms as president. She was born in Chicago in 1947, graduated from Wellesley College and earned a law degree at Yale Law School. She and her husband have one daughter.
Date: December 20, 2007
Location: national
Topics: abortion
Context: Iowa
Fact-check justification: Two other large groups, NARAL Prochoice America and Planned Parenthood, are not endorsing. Planned Parenthood, however, has given both candidates 100 percent ratings for their records on abortion. We stipulate that there are clearly different interpretations of the significance of Obama's "present" votes. But there's no doubt he made them. So we find Clinton's statement to be .
Statement: Says Democratic state Sen. Jim Holperin "voted against a property tax freeze" in 2009 and then voted for a "$1.5 billion property tax hike.
Speaker: kim simac
About the speaker: Kim Simac, a Republican, is a leader of the tea party movement in Wisconsin and is founder of Northwoods Patriots, a group based in Eagle River, Wis., that says it is dedicated to protecting Christian values. She ran unsuccessfully in a 2011 recall election against Democratic Wisconsin state Sen. Jim Holperin.
Date: July 21, 2011
Location: wisconsin
Topics: state budget;taxes
Context: a letter and news release
Fact-check justification: She uses math that an average taxpayer probably would not, but officials say it’s one way to tally up the impact. We think it’s somewhat , but not totally out of bounds, to say Holperin "voted" for a property tax increase. After all, state actions have a big factor in local tax levies and lawmakers know the estimated impact on local levies when they approve a budget. And Holperin voted for the 2009-11 budget, the one in question. We rate Simac’s  .
Statement: Every time a Republican has been elected president over the last few decades, House Democrats have objected to the result
Speaker: lee zeldin
About the speaker: Lee Zeldin is a Republican representing New York's 1st Congressional District.
Date: September 6, 2022
Location: new york
Topics: elections;jan. 6
Context: a news conference
Fact-check justification: After the 2020 election, Trump was trying to overturn the election, and he had met with some House Republicans to further that goal. In the previous years, not even the losing candidates were seeking to overturn the results. The objections were more symbolic than the 2021 effort to block the election results. In 2021, the objections could have overturned the presidential election. Because the statement is accurate but needs clarification or additional information, we rate this .
Statement: A single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year" in public assistance in Wisconsin.
Speaker: glenn grothman
About the speaker: Republican Glenn Grothman, of the Town of Glenbeulah in Sheboygan County, was first elected to Congress in 2014 after serving 21 years in the Wisconsin Legislature. He represents the 6th Congressional District in east-central Wisconsin that includes all or parts of Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Fond du Lac, Dodge, Winnebago, Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties.  
 
Date: November 30, 2014
Location: wisconsin
Topics: children;education;health care;housing;public health;welfare
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Our rating Grothman said: "A single parent with a couple kids can easily get $35,000 a year" in public assistance in Wisconsin. On one level, Grothman is using a common example in terms of a single parent with two children, but his use of the word "easily" goes too far. The very analysis he cites as  concludes that only a small  percentage of Wisconsin residents would qualify for all of the various child care subsidies, housing aid, food stamps and tax benefits that Grothman cites. Our rating is . To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website .
Statement: George Allen voted for budgets that increased the national debt by $16,400 for every second he served in the U.S. Senate.
Speaker: jamie radtke
About the speaker: Jamie Radtke, a Republican, was a candidate for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012 and was president of the Richmond Tea Party and co-founder of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation.
Radtke graduated from Liberty University, Lynchburg, in 1995 and earned a master's degree in public policy from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, in 1998.
Date: January 17, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: federal budget
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: Only problem is it gets 14 miles a gallon, so it will cost us down the road. Let’s review Radtke said the Allen voted for budgets that increased the debt by $16,400 every second he was in the Senate. Her formula was a bit flawed; the actual figure is $16,896.68 a second. We find it hard to penalize Radtke for a slight  she made in her opponent’s favor. So we rate her statement .
Statement: Says the Democratic leadership and presidential candidates "are mourning the loss of (Qassem) Soleimani
Speaker: nikki haley
About the speaker: Nikki Haley announced on Feb. 14, 2023 that she is running for president in the Republican primary. Haley was the governor of South Carolina 2011-2017 and then served as President Donald Trump's ambassador to the UN in 2017 and 2018.
Date: January 6, 2020
Location: national
Topics: foreign policy;terrorism
Context: an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
Fact-check justification: Haley said the Democratic leadership and presidential candidates "are mourning the loss of Soleimani." That’s a complete fabrication. Most of the top congressional Democrats and the leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination have gone out of their way to say that Soleimani was a bad actor who is responsible for many deaths, including deaths of Americans. The few top Democrats who didn’t go out of their way to say something along those lines simply ignored him in their statements. Haley’s statement is . !
Statement: American voters remain steadfast in their support for immigration reform with a path to citizenship, with more than 70 percent who want to see reform passed this year.
Speaker: causa oregon
About the speaker: Causa Oregon, based in Salem, is the Northwest's largest Latino civil and human rights organization. Its mission is to "foster a society that recognizes the contributions of immigrants and upholds the values of democracy, equality, and respect."
Date: November 14, 2013
Location: oregon
Topics: immigration
Context: a website statement
Fact-check justification: The combined results of those polls, not unlike the controversy surrounding proposed immigration reform, were all over the map. So do seven in 10 Americans support letting illegal immigrants remain in the U.S. with an added bonus of a pathway to citizenship? Apparently so, according to several polls -- but only if you don’t remind respondents that someone "broke the rules" coming here in the first place. Adding that phrase, according to other polls, yielded a far different answer. We rate Causa Oregon’s  .
Statement: Voting-rights legislation proposed by Democrats in Congress called H.R. 1 "would force states to restore the voting rights of convicted felons—including violent felons convicted of murder or rape.
Speaker: doug lamalfa
About the speaker: Doug LaMalfa is a Republican serving in the U.S. House of Representative for California's 1st congressional district north of Sacramento. 
Date: March 2, 2021
Location: california
Topics: criminal justice;elections;crime;voter id laws
Context: a constituent email
Fact-check justification: The proposed legislation would restore voting rights for all people convicted of a crime but only once they’ve completed their sentence and been released from incarceration.   LaMalfa also ignores the fact that the vast majority of states including California already restore voting rights for people convicted of a crime, either automatically upon their release or after a period of time.   Given these key omissions, we rated LaMalfa’s  .    – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context.
Statement: Since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women.
Speaker: mitt romney
About the speaker: Mitt Romney is a U.S. senator from Utah. He ran for president in 2012 as the Republican nominee, losing to incumbent President Barack Obama. Prior to that, Romney served one term as governor of Massachusetts, elected to the post in 2002. He was born in 1947 in Michigan, where his father was governor from 1963 to 1969. Romney graduated from Brigham Young University and received both a law degree and an MBA from Harvard University. Romney helped found the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, which launched or rebuilt such companies as Staples and Dominos Pizza. Romney managed the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City from 1999-2002. He ran for president in 2008 but lost the Republican nomination. He and his wife, Ann, have five sons, Tagg, Craig, Matt, Ben and Josh.
Date: October 6, 2012
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs;message machine 2012;women
Context: a campaign ad
Fact-check justification: The Romney campaign claimed that "since President Obama took office, there are over 450,000 more unemployed women." That’s literally , but the statistic is cherry-picked. Starting the count at the beginning of the recovery, rather than the beginning of Obama’s term, produces a starkly different result -- a decrease of 548,000 unemployed women. And the rise in women’s unemployment under Obama pales compared to the rise experienced under George W. Bush. These important pieces of context are left out of the ad. On balance, we rate the  .
Statement: Europe COMPLETELY BANS the Moderna vaccine for young people.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: October 8, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: Norwegian officials also said they recommended men under the age of 30 get the Pfizer vaccine, not Moderna. And on Oct. 8, Icelandic officials said they were temporarily suspended use of the Moderna vaccine before reversing the position slightly on Oct. 12, saying that it would only be used for booster shots for people 60 and older. Five of 44 European countries have recently limited the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. To  that the continent has completely banned the vaccine among young people is .   We rate this post .
Statement: Jill Biden was a teenage babysitter for Joe Biden's family.
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: February 21, 2021
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: However, Jill Biden has denied Stevenson’s , saying she "separated from her first husband irreconcilably in the fall of 1974 and moved out of their marital home" before her first date with Joe Biden in March 1975. Joe Biden’s first wife, Neilia, and their daughter, Naomi, died in a car accident in 1972. In his memoir , "Promises to Keep," Joe Biden said that he didn’t want to introduce Jill Biden to his surviving sons right away but that they ultimately encouraged their dad to marry her. They wed in 1977. We rate this post .
Statement: Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook.
Speaker: shelley grogan
About the speaker: Shelley Grogan, a municipal court judge in Muskego, is running for a seat on the District II Court of Appeals in the April 2021 election.
Date: March 29, 2021
Location: wisconsin
Topics: criminal justice;elections
Context: a radio ad
Fact-check justification: In an attack ad, Grogan said Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook." Davis did indeed spend 21 years working on the Van Poyck case, seeking to have his sentence reduced from the death penalty to life in prison. But the ad  on key points. "Cop killer" isn’t quite an accurate description of a man convicted of killing a prison guard. And the "off the hook" phrasing overstates the situation since the appeals weren’t seeking to overturn the conviction, just the death penalty. Most notably, the overall tone of the ad implies something nefarious about the representation when Davis was filling a role mandated by the judicial system — and doing it for free. We define  as a statement that "is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context." That fits here.
Statement: Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.'
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 6, 2010
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography
Context: an interview with FoxNews.com
Fact-check justification: Palin's statement is  in two ways. She initially appears to suggest that Obama had only 150 days of experience in the U.S. Senate, which is . She then says he voted present many times, which also is not correct. He never voted present in the U.S. Senate. So we find her statement .