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Statement: A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.
Speaker: ron desantis
About the speaker: Ron DeSantis announced on May 24, 2023 that he is running for president in the Republican primary. DeSantis won the race for Florida governor in 2018 and 2022. DeSantis was first elected to Congress in 2012 and resigned in September 2018 to focus on his campaign. He represented Florida's 6th Congressional District which is south of St. Augustine and north of Orlando and includes Daytona Beach. DeSantis initially ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 but dropped out after Marco Rubio decided to seek re-election.
Date: June 7, 2023
Location: california
Topics: immigration;florida
Context: a roundtable discussion
Fact-check justification: DeSantis’ statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate it . PolitiFact Staff Writer Nuria Diaz Muñoz contributed to this report. RELATED: Ron DeSantis’ once-slim immigration agenda is now a focal point of his 2024 presidential bid
Statement: Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged.
Speaker: grover norquist
About the speaker: Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform, a group he founded in 1985 to advocate for a tax system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. Its flagship program is the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which it began promoting in 1986 and expanded to the state level in 1990. Those who sign on to the pledge commit to oppose any effort to increase income taxes on individuals or businesses. Norquist also serves on the board of directors of the National Rifle Association of America, the American Conservative Union and The Nixon Center.
Date: July 13, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;taxes
Context: an interview on CNN
Fact-check justification: Clearly, he intends that as a statement of causation. But the analysis of Kravitz and Burman rebuts that. They found no  of a connection between actual economic growth and changes in capital gains tax rates. The actual effect of capital gains tax rates remains a hotly contested issue. We rate Norquist's statement .
Statement: Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country.
Speaker: george will
About the speaker: George Will is a conservative columnist syndicated by the Washington Post.
Date: November 30, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: environment;climate change;transportation
Context: a TV talk show
Fact-check justification: In 2014, traditional SUVs and crossovers accounted for 34 percent of new-vehicle sales, as high as any year going back to 1995. Our rating Will said that despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country." Will is correct on carpooling to work and essentially correct on SUVs, when taking into account both traditional SUVs and the smaller crossover vehicles. But it’s worth noting that the market share for the traditional SUVs is down from its peak in 2002. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says MSNBC called the Florida governor's race for Andrew Gillum before Election Day.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: November 6, 2018
Topics: elections;facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Our Voter Assistance Hotline is open and has been assisting voters who are calling in with questions about where to vote, how to vote, etc." Though MSNBC aired a graphic that looked like Gillum won the tight gubernatorial race, the network quickly said it was a . As Hayes said earlier in the segment: "We have quite simply never seen a midterm election like this one." But, he added, "we don’t know, let’s be clear, how all this energy will translate to election results."    We rate this  .
Statement: In Cover Florida "thousands already enrolled and climbing.
Speaker: charlie crist
About the speaker: Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign.  As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.
Date: March 24, 2010
Location: florida
Topics: health care
Context: a radio ad
Fact-check justification: thousands. And he is also technically correct to say enrollment is "climbing" because the number of participants has grown every month. Yet we think listeners of Crist's radio ad will get the impression that their governor has introduced a large program that is growing rapidly and making significant progress in covering Florida's 3.6 million uninsured. But it's a tiny effort that is growing a small amount. We find his  .
Statement: Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused.
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: March 2, 2012
Location: wisconsin
Topics: children;families;crime;marriage
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: It was highest for children living with one parent who had an unmarried partner in the household -- 57.2 per 1,000 children. That’s more than eight times higher than the rate in households with married biological parents. Our rating Grothman said a federal study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused." Grothman accurately quotes the study, which found that the rate of sexual abuse among children who live with a biological parent and the parent's partner is 20 times higher than the rate for children who live with their married biological parents. We rate his statement .
Statement: A telephone company will no longer have to provide landline service to customers if there is an alternative provider, including wireless.
Speaker: ward armstrong
About the speaker: Ward Armstrong, D-Henry County,  was a  a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2012, serving the final five years as minority leader. He served on the Courts of Justice, Finance, and Rules committees. In 2011, House Republicans merged Armstrong's district with that of another incumbent, Republican Charles Poindexter. Armstrong was defeated by Poindexter that fall.
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Date: March 21, 2011
Location: virginia
Topics: regulation
Context: a House floor speech
Fact-check justification: But Irby said those comparisons occur only in the same group of technology, meaning wireless prices are compared to other wireless services, not landline prices. Let’s review. Armstrong said a bill approved by the General Assembly would allow phone companies to refuse to run landlines to new customers if alternative services, including cell phones, are available. He’s right and we rate his  .
Statement: The growth rate of women-owned businesses in Texas has nearly doubled that of the nation since President Obama has taken office.
Speaker: greg abbott
About the speaker: Greg Abbott won election as governor of Texas in November 2014, carrying 59 percent of the vote. Abbott was re-elected in 2018. Abbott, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, served three terms as the state's attorney general before being succeeded by Ken Paxton in early 2015.
Date: July 10, 2014
Location: texas
Topics: small business;women
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: Abbott said the "growth rate of women-owned businesses in Texas has nearly doubled that of the nation since President Obama has taken office." A reasonable estimate shows the described growth rate in Texas was nearly double the national rate from 2007 into 2013. Then again, Abbott’s trumpeting of Texas under Republicans versus the country under Obama also pokes at the last two years of George W. Bush’s presidency, which the Abbott email didn’t acknowledge. Also, the implied message that women-owned businesses are booming ignores that most women-owned firms remain extremely small and don’t generate huge revenues. We rate this statement .  – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. Click here for more on the six PolitiFact ratings and how we select facts to check.
Statement: Says under his leadership "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7%, while it is down 1.3% nationally under President Obama.
Speaker: scott walker
About the speaker: Scott Walker, a Republican, is the former governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in November 2010. He survived a recall election in 2012, defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights.  He won re-election to a four-year term in November 2014 and was a 2016 presidential candidate before dropping out in September of 2015. He was defeated by Tony Evers in the 2018 gubernatorial election. Walker is a former Milwaukee County executive and former member of the state Assembly.
Date: July 21, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: economy;income
Context: a tweet
Fact-check justification: Our rating Walker said under his leadership, "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7 percent and down 1.3 percent nationally under Obama. He pointed to data from the Current Population Survey. But the data considered more accurate -- from the American Community Survey -- showed the opposite. We rate statements that contain some element of  but ignore critical facts that would give a different impression as . That fits here.
Statement: Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.
Speaker: erick erickson
About the speaker: Erick Erickson is the host of a conservative radio talk show based in Atlanta.
Date: January 27, 2023
Topics: climate change;energy;gas prices;transportation
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: Citing a post by car blog Jalopnik, Erickson said, "Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car." The  was based on a study conducted by the Anderson Economic Group, which found that from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, for midpriced vehicles, it was more expensive to charge an electric car than to fuel one with an internal combustion engine.  But the comparison did not hold  for luxury vehicles. And the report didn’t account for differing costs across the nation for fuel, electricity and taxes. It also did not factor in other points of cost comparison between the vehicles, such as maintenance and environmental costs.  The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate this  .
Statement: Says raising the state income tax rate on millionaires to offset property taxes for other residents is "not a tax increase. It's a tax shift.
Speaker: lou greenwald
About the speaker: Lou Greenwald is a Democratic state Assemblyman representing parts of Burlington and Camden counties. He also serves as the Assembly Majority Leader.
Date: July 15, 2012
Location: new jersey
Topics: taxes
Context: an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”
Fact-check justification: During a TV interview, Greenwald offered this description of his proposal to raise the state income tax rate on millionaires and use the extra money to offset property taxes for people earning up to $250,000: "It’s not a tax increase. It’s a tax shift." But despite how the money would be spent, raising any tax rates is clearly a tax increase. Calling such a measure a "tax shift" doesn’t make any sense, and Greenwald should know better. So, here’s three more words to add to his vocabulary: ! To comment on this ruling, go to NJ.com .
Statement: Americans received the biggest tax cut in history last year.
Speaker: patrick mchenry
About the speaker: Patrick McHenry is a U.S. representative from North Carolina.
Date: May 29, 2018
Location: north carolina
Topics: taxes
Context: a newsletter
Fact-check justification: McHenry said "Americans received the biggest tax cut in history last year." That statement, which Trump has repeated, wasn’t  when he said it and it’s not  now. We rate it .
Statement: A CNN headline reads: "Members of Crip gang volunteer to fight wildfires after sky turns red.
Speaker: instagram posts
About the speaker: Posters on Instagram, where people share photos and graphics and sometimes add filters.
Date: September 12, 2020
Topics: fires;facebook fact-checks
Context: a meme
Fact-check justification: It was created by doctoring a real article that CNN published Sept. 10. That article is about United States sanctions on a Ukrainian lawmaker — not gang members putting out wildfires. "It is not a screenshot from CNN. It’s been fabricated," said Emily Kohn, senior director of communications for CNN. The Instagram post is .
Statement: Says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act adopted last year contains "a series of slush funds, set up to stay on the books automatically, with little or no oversight.
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: March 14, 2011
Location: ohio
Topics: health care
Context: video
Fact-check justification: Congress also has the power to oversee the bill’s implementation, and Republicans have held several hearings on the subject already this year. Boehner may object to the latitude the health care bill gives HHS. But as speaker, his words carry a lot of weight, and he should choose them wisely. His  "slush fund" label is not only , but . On the -O-Meter, that rates a .
Statement: After losing 750,000 jobs a month before this administration, the U.S. economy under Barack Obama has had 20 straight months of growth, has added 2.8 million jobs in the private sector and added "millions of jobs in manufacturing.
Speaker: debbie wasserman schultz
About the speaker: Debbie Wasserman Schultz became the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in 2011 and resigned in July 2016. The Florida Democrat was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 after serving in the state senate. She represents Congressional District 23 in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Date: November 13, 2011
Location: national
Topics: economy;jobs
Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Fact-check justification: On Wasserman Schultz’s first two points, we have no major quibbles. On the third, the number is accurate according to one calculation, but it is cherry picked in a way that sheds the most favorable light on the president. And on the fourth -- manufacturing jobs -- Wasserman is flat-out . We realize that she said "we've begun to add millions of jobs," suggesting more to come. But a rebound of 303,000 jobs is too few to support a  that big. Meanwhile, we’re downgrading her for overselling Obama’s role in job creation. On balance, we rate her statement .
Statement: Two years ago we were "drilling our own oil for $27 a barrel." Now, thanks to Joe Biden, we're "paying $105 a barrel to Russia.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: March 6, 2022
Location: national
Topics: energy;gas prices;facebook fact-checks;russia
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post claims that, two years ago, the U.S. was drilling its own oil for $27 a barrel and thanks to Biden is now paying Russia $105 a barrel. The U.S. was not drilling it’s own oil for $27 — it was selling at these types of low prices at a loss due to effects from the pandemic. The U.S. has purchased oil from Russia for decades and the $105 per barrel from Russia cited in the post is probable, but prices in general were going up and the U.S. was paying more for all oil imports, not just those from Russia. Biden and his policies are not playing a meaningful role in the rising prices, experts said. The surge is due to multiple things, including rising demand amid sluggish production increases from pandemic lows, as well as the war in Ukraine.  We rate this post .  RELATED: Ask PolitiFact: Why are gas prices going up?   RELATED: Fact-checking Biden’s  that there are 9,000 unused oil drilling permits
Statement: Fully vaccinated Australians in hospital for COVID-19 surpass unvaccinated
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: January 12, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks;coronavirus
Context: a blog post
Fact-check justification: An Epoch Times headline shared on social media said "Fully vaccinated Australians in hospital for COVID-19 surpass unvaccinated."  The headline suggests that vaccinated people are more susceptible to severe illness from the virus than unvaccinated people. But the headline misrepresents the data cited in the article, parts of which are accessible only to paying subscribers. The article is about data from one Australian state — not the whole country — where there were more vaccinated people in the hospital than unvaccinated people.  But nearly 93% of eligible people in the state are vaccinated. Coupled with the fact that more than 50% of those in the ICU with COVID-19 were unvaccinated, experts say, the figures demonstrate the vaccines’ effectiveness in preventing severe illness. The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context. We rate this  .
Statement: Video shows Joe Biden putting a Medal of Honor on a Vietnam War veteran backward.
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: July 6, 2022
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: In the clip that’s being shared, the gold star medal that hangs from the blue ribbon that Biden affixed around Birdwell’s neck isn’t visible. But in other footage , and photos, it is.   You can see someone handing the medal to Biden and then Biden appropriately placing it around Birdwell’s neck in this clip that was shared live on YouTube by PBS NewsHour. The medal is also visible in this Getty Images photo as Biden secures the medal on Birdwell.   We rate claims that he put the medal on Birdwell backwards !
Statement: GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens.
Speaker: john cox
About the speaker: John Cox is a Republican businessman who lives in San Diego County. He is a candidate in the 2021 election to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom. He ran and lost in the 2018 race for California governor.
Date: April 23, 2018
Location: california
Topics: immigration;elections;public safety;states;the 2018 california governor's race
Context: a campaign TV ad
Fact-check justification: John Cox’s campaign for governor claimed in a recent TV ad that Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens." Legislative records show Allen voted against a bill that allowed undocumented Californians to apply for a state drivers license during a floor vote in the state Assembly in May 2013. They also show he missed a final vote against the same measure in September 2013, even though he was present at the Capitol that day. There’s some  to Cox’s . But it leaves out the key context about Allen’s earlier opposition, a detail that’s too important to omit. We rate the  .   – The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details or takes things out of context.
Statement: Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent.
Speaker: catherine taylor
About the speaker: Catherine Taylor is a Republican who made an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor in Rhode Island in 2014. Taylor, who also ran unsuccessfully for secretary of state in 2010, is a former speechwriter for Sens. John and Lincoln Chafee, and served as director of the Rhode Island Division of Elderly Affairs.
 
Date: September 7, 2014
Location: rhode island
Topics: economy;government regulation;regulation;small business
Context: a TV interview
Fact-check justification: Catherine Taylor said that tent companies such as Newport Tent must meet different permit requirements in each of Rhode Island’s cities and towns. Although the state legislature has worked to ease the regulations governing Newport Tent and other tent companies, one thing hasn’t changed. Those companies must still seek permits from cities and towns through processes that vary widely and have differing requirements. We rule Taylor’s   . (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: Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
Speaker: various media reports 2
About the speaker: this is for hate crimes story. fact-check of reports in news media.
Date: June 18, 2015
Location: georgia
Topics: crime
Context: church shooting aftermath
Fact-check justification: Attorney General Loretta Lynch has opened an investigation to determine whether a federal hate crimes charge should be brought in the mass church shooting in Charleston. This is in the absence of a state hate crimes law in South Carolina. The tragedy has drawn attention South Carolina, Georgia and three others identified as the only ones without state-level hate crime laws. The Anti-Defamation League, which has arguably been the biggest advocate of these laws, says research backs up that there are five states in this category.. We rate the statement .
Statement: A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders "unity" policy document shows "they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.
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: July 14, 2020
Topics: criminal justice;crime
Context: the White House Rose Garden
Fact-check justification: Trump said that a Biden-Sanders "unity" policy document shows that "they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess." The document does not say anything about abolishing police departments or getting rid of all prisons. The document includes several passages that clearly indicate that police and prisons will exist in the future, with proposed changes. Criminologists say some of Biden’s policies represent a continuation of policies enacted by Trump himself in the First Step Act. We rate the statement .