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Statement: March 2019 and on-going food benefits WILL NOT be available until further notice. Clients are encouraged to use their food benefits as soon as possible in case SNAP benefits are unavailable in March.
Speaker: delaware health and social services
About the speaker: Delaware Health and Social Services is a state agency. 
Date: January 14, 2019
Topics: food;poverty;facebook fact-checks
Context: a flyer
Fact-check justification: A Facebook post said, "March 2019 and on-going food benefits WILL NOT be available until further notice. Clients are encouraged to use their food benefits as soon as possible in case SNAP benefits are unavailable in March." The first part of that post is premature because it is unknown if SNAP benefits, more commonly referred to as food stamps, will be available in March. All we know is that during the federal government shutdown, food stamps have continued through February. What happens after that is anybody’s guess. We rate this statement .
Statement: Former President Donald Trump issued a statement threatening to leak "interesting videos" of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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 20, 2023
Topics: facebook fact-checks
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: The date on the purported statement is March 18, 2022 — nearly a year before McCarthy was elected speaker in January 2023. We found no  that this is an authentic statement from Trump. It doesn't appear on his website , where other statements are posted, nor did we find any news coverage about an alleged video of McCarthy at Mar-a-Lago.   On March 18, 2023, Trump did post a statement on his website about a "witch hunt," but he was referring to a grand jury in New York that may indict him  in connection with a hush money payment.   We rate claims that this is an authentic statement from Trump .
Statement: Replacing marriage licenses with domestic union contracts does not alter state or federal benefits.
Speaker: adam schnelting
About the speaker: Adam Schnelting is a Republican state representative in Missouri.
Date: February 24, 2020
Location: missouri
Topics: marriage
Context: an op-Ed for The Missouri Times
Fact-check justification: We couldn’t find any example of marriage benefits specific to Missouri that would be affected.   Our ruling  Schnelting wrote that replacing marriage licenses with domestic union contracts "does not alter state or federal benefits." While domestic unions could be recognized in Missouri as legally equivalent to marriage, there is no guarantee that the other states would recognize the union, or the dissolution of the union as such. And, with no federal definition, there is also nothing in federal law qualifying domestic unions for the expansive list of spousal benefits, privileges and rights.    With that, we rate this  .
Statement: Barack Obama has the longest track record of any candidate in this election in support of the 'Bridge To Nowhere.'
Speaker: john mccain
About the speaker: John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona, a post he held from 1987 to his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. McCain was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent his career in the military, as his father did. He was a combat pilot in Vietnam who was shot down and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. He was born in 1936 in Panama. 
Date: September 15, 2008
Location: national
Topics: federal budget
Context: a news release
Fact-check justification: And it passed with a resounding 91 senators in favor. We think it’s a stretch to  that Obama supported the Bridge to Nowhere. Certainly not the way Palin once did when she was running for governor of Alaska. Voting for a $236-billion spending bill that included the Alaska bridge is hardly support for it. But because Obama could have voted to kill the project with the Coburn Amendment, we’ll give it a .
Statement: Gov. Wolf is not allowing companies that distribute U.S. flags to ship out orders to be placed at veteran's graves for Memorial Day.
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 11, 2020
Location: national
Topics: coronavirus;pennsylvania
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification: Roae posted on Facebook that Gov. Wolf had blocked companies that distribute American flags from shipping orders ahead of Memorial Day. Wolf initially blocked FlagZone from operating during the pandemic and then rejected the company’s request for a waiver. A state official later said the company did not need special permission to ship limited numbers of flags. However, the company didn’t understand this until the state said so, especially since the clarification came days after the Wolf administration rejected FlagZone’s application to resume operations. We rate Roae’s statement .
Statement: We're the highest taxed nation in the world.
Speaker: donald trump
About the speaker: Donald Trump is the former president of the United States. He was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016.  He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year. In November 2022, he announced he would run for president in 2024.
Date: May 8, 2016
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: an interview on 'Meet the Press'
Fact-check justification: Trump said, "We're the highest taxed nation in the world." By all metrics we looked at, the United States is far from the most taxed nation overall and for businesses. We rate Trump’s  .
Statement: Every major city which has a center of poverty is run by Democrats. Every major city.
Speaker: newt gingrich
About the speaker: Newt Gingrich is a political adviser and author. A former Georgia congressman, Gingrich served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. Gingrich sought the GOP nomination for president in 2012.
Date: December 15, 2013
Topics: poverty;punditfact
Context: comments on ABC's "This Week"
Fact-check justification: Gingrich emphasized that every major, poor U.S. city is run by Democrats. We found two cities in the top 5 poorest, and three in the top 20, that have Republicans at the helm. Yes, most cities on the list are led by Democrats, but Gingrich said "every." As such, we rate his statement . https://www.sharethefacts.co/share/4cfba731-6fa6-4ffe-8c24-c2fc2ae43b57
Statement: There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia.
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: February 28, 2016
Location: national
Topics: candidate biography;crime
Context: comments on Meet the Press
Fact-check justification: Cruz said, "There have been multiple media reports about Donald's business dealings with the mob, with the mafia." While it’s important to note that these connections were not atypical in the real estate and casino businesses in the 1980s, Cruz’s statement is accurate. Media reports have linked Trump to mafia bosses and mob-connected business associates for decades. We rate the  .
Statement: Says a new law adopted in Texas means property tax bills "are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (local government) revenue growth.
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 24, 2020
Location: texas
Topics: taxes
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: Patrick said a 2019 law adopted in Texas means that property taxes in the state "are no longer really dependent on your values, it is on (city and county) revenue growth." The bill Patrick mentioned limited how much taxing entities can increase property tax revenue before triggering an election, but it did not change the role property values play in any part of the calculation. Property values remain essential to the process. The law’s author said the bill was more about shifting culture than changing the literal calculation for taxes, as it increases transparency and requires an automatic rollback election. But regardless of where the bill shifted focus, property values dictate what a person’s tax bill will be each year and they are part of the equation for cities and counties when they calculate the annual tax rate. We rate this  .
Statement: The blue, pink, and white colors in the progress pride flag represent pedophiles
Speaker: facebook posts
About the speaker: Posters on Facebook and other social media networks.
 
Date: May 29, 2023
Topics: lgbtq;facebook fact-checks
Context: a video
Fact-check justification: "The arrow points to the right to show forward movement, while being along the hoist edge shows that progress still needs to be made." Others have tried to connect the colors to a flag design for "minor-attracted persons," which began circulating a few years ago, but numerous fact-checkers have debunked this myth and found that this flag design is not at all related to the LGBTQ+ community or movement.   The new colors in the progress pride flag are meant to be inclusive of transgender people. It was not created to celebrate adults who are attracted to children. We rate this  !
Statement: Democratic presidents "have been considerably more effective at creating private-sector jobs.
Speaker: carolyn maloney
About the speaker: a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing a district in New York.
Date: January 21, 2010
Location: national
Topics: economy;history;workers
Context: the House
Fact-check justification: "Obviously, luck matters a lot, but when there is a consistent pattern over more than 60 years, it starts to look like more than just luck."    Kevin Hassett, an economist with the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a former economic adviser to the Republican presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John McCain, argued that the best way to evaluate presidents is to look at their policies. Still, he added, calculations like Maloney's "are worth doing. They can be thought-provoking and can ignite debates that help inform."    So the significance of this pattern is open to question, but on the facts, the  is clear: We rate Maloney's statement , not just for the two presidents she cited, but for the postwar presidency as a whole.
Statement: This president spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning.
Speaker: jim bridenstine
About the speaker: Jim Bridenstine is a Republican representing an Oklahoma district in the House of Representatives.
Date: June 11, 2013
Location: national
Topics: climate change;federal budget;science;weather
Context: a House floor speech
Fact-check justification: Bridenstine said Obama "spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning." We think the most obvious way to read his words is to compare climate-change research funding with dollars spent on "weather forecasting and warning," which produces a 2.7-to-1 ratio. However, even if you accept Bridenstine’s argument that he meant to compare it to "weather forecasting and warning research ," the ratio is still not near 30 to 1. Bridenstine does have a point that climate change research exceeds weather forecasting expenditures, but he’s overstated the discrepancy. We rate his statement .
Statement: In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!
Speaker: dave brat
About the speaker: Dave Brat represents Virginia's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to the seat in 2014 after pulling of a stunning upset of Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican Primary. He is active in the Freedom Caucus, a conservative wing of Republican congressmen.
Prior to Congress, Brat was chairman of the business and economics department at Randolph-Macon College. 
Brat, a midwestern native, has obtained a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in economics from American University. He began teaching at Randolph-Macon in 1996.
Brat served two Governors on the Joint Advisory Board of Economists. He was president of the Virginia Association of Economists.
Date: May 29, 2015
Location: virginia
Topics: debt;federal budget;taxes
Context: a Facebook post
Fact-check justification:   Brat says that under the current U.S. path, "In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the federal debt will exceed all tax revenue."   A CBO report concludes that, in a worst-case scenario in which Congress resumes its old habits of cutting taxes and raising spending, this could happen in 2031 -- 16 years from now. Under a somewhat rosier scenario, in which current budget policies are kept in effect, the U.S. would hit bottom in 2044. Brat’s focus on the bleaker outlook is defensible because Congress this century has not shown great fiscal discipline.   We’re dealing with scenarios, however, and Brat’s statement would have been more accurate if he acknowledged from the outset that the U.S. "could" run out of tax money for many major programs instead of saying it "will."   No doubt, however, the U.S. is on a risky fiscal path. We rate Brat’s statement .
Statement: The White House Gift Shop is putting out a commemorative coin for Donald Trump's indictment.
Speaker: bill cassidy
About the speaker: Bill Cassidy, a Republican, represents a Louisiana disrict in the U.S. House of Representatives. He challenged incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in 2014.
Date: June 12, 2023
Topics: congress
Context: a social media posts
Fact-check justification: Cassidy tweeted that, "The White House Gift Shop is putting out a commemorative coin for Donald Trump's indictment." His statement is partially accurate in that a business called The White House Gift Shop is promoting the sale of coins commemorating Trump’s indictment. But Cassidy leaves out key details by failing to note that this private vendor is not associated with the actual White House.  We rate his  .
Statement: Before the Affordable Care Act, (West Virginia's) uninsured rate for people 64 to 19 was 29 percent. Today, it is 9 percent.
Speaker: bernie sanders
About the speaker: Bernie Sanders is a senator from Vermont. Sanders was first elected to the Senate in 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. The senator also ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2016, losing the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton. From 1991 until 2007, he was the representative of Vermont’s At-Large District of the House of Representatives. Sanders was the mayor of Burlington from 1981 to 1989. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. In 2019, he announced he was running for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in April 2020.
Date: February 13, 2017
Location: national
Topics: health care
Context: an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes
Fact-check justification: Sanders said, "Before the Affordable Care Act, (West Virginia’s) uninsured rate for people 64 to 19 was 29 percent. Today, it is 9 percent." Sanders pointed to one federal measurement, though it has methodological problems when drilling down to the statistics for smaller states. A more reliable data set for West Virginia’s case showed a decline from 21 percent to 9 percent. The decline was not as dramatic as he’d indicated, but it was still a significant one. We rate the statement  .
Statement: The Democrats are very sly. … (in New Hampshire) we have same day voter registration, and to be honest, when Massachusetts elections are not very close, they're busing them in all over the place.
Speaker: chris sununu
About the speaker: Chris Sununu is serving his third term on the New Hampshire Executive Council representing 20 percent of the state's population, which is about 265,000 people. The council votes on state contracts and appointments. He is CEO of Waterville Valley, one of the state's ski areas in the White Mountains. He is the son of former Governor John H. Sununu and brother to former U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu.  
Date: October 31, 2016
Location: new hampshire
Topics: elections;states
Context: a radio interview
Fact-check justification: Sununu said Democrats take advantage of New Hampshire’s same-day voter registration laws to bus voters in from out of state. While New Hampshire has experienced instances of voter fraud, the state’s top election official says they have been isolated and amount to one or two cases a year. More to the point, neither Sununu nor election officials could point to any instances of Massachusetts residents being bused across the border to vote on election day. The one piece of  Sununu pointed to was an instance of staffers of a Democratic politician registering to vote at the politician’s home -- but that practice was legal, and it did not involve Massachusetts residents being bused across the border en masse on Election Day. Sununu’s  is . We rate it .
Statement: In recent polling in battleground states, a "majority of the people" said Hillary Clinton "is untrustworthy.
Speaker: reince priebus
About the speaker: Reince Priebus was the first chief of staff to President Donald Trump, replaced by John Kelly in July 2017. Priebus was previously chairman of the Republican National Committee, a post he assumed in 2011. He is also the former chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He was an unsuccessful Wisconsin state Senate candidate in 2004. He is a Kenosha, Wis., native and lawyer.
Date: April 12, 2015
Location: wisconsin
Topics: candidate biography;ethics;negative campaigning;polls and public opinion
Context: an interview
Fact-check justification: In five of the states -- Colorado, Virginia, Iowa and Florida and Pennsylvania -- more people said Clinton is not honest and trustworthy than said she is. However, the percentage reached a majority -- over 50 percent -- in only Colorado and Virginia. Meanwhile, by 47 percent to 46 percent, people polled in Ohio said Clinton is honest and trustworthy. For a statement that is partially accurate, our rating is . To comment on this item, go to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s web page .
Statement: Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit.
Speaker: john mccain
About the speaker: John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona, a post he held from 1987 to his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. McCain was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and spent his career in the military, as his father did. He was a combat pilot in Vietnam who was shot down and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war. He was born in 1936 in Panama. 
Date: October 28, 2008
Location: national
Topics: taxes
Context: Hershey, Pa.
Fact-check justification: To be clear, we don't see  that Obama is crawfishing backward from his tax plan, as McCain implies. Most of the statements McCain refers to are consistent with Obama's long-stated tax policies. But McCain is also correct that there are a lot of numbers flying around that can be used in different ways. Voters need to be cautious in evaluating these numbers, because there are caveats and assumptions behind them. For this reason, we rate McCain's statement .
Statement: Says Charlie Crist could have expanded Medicaid after the health care law passed but didn't.
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: October 21, 2014
Location: florida
Topics: health care;medicaid
Context: Jacksonville
Fact-check justification: Scott said Charlie Crist could have expanded Medicaid after the health care law passed but didn't. Experts we talked to said that was possible, with an assist from the Legislature, but not at all likely. The law was too new for legislation to be passed during the 2010 legislative session. Even if Crist had wanted lawmakers to discuss it, they would have been hostile to the idea. The state was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the government, and there was no urgency to enact such sweeping change. The statement contains an element of  but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate the statement .
Statement: Says if Texas abortion measure passes, "someone living in El Paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to San Antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening.
Speaker: gilberto hinojosa
About the speaker: Gilberto Hinojosa, a former elected judge for Cameron County in the Rio Grande Valley, won election as chairman of the Texas Democratic Party in June 2012.
Date: July 3, 2013
Location: texas
Topics: abortion;health care
Context: an email blast
Fact-check justification: Hinojosa said that if the abortion legislation passed, an El Paso resident would have to make a 550-mile trip to San Antonio for simple services like a cervical cancer screening. That’s not so; such services will continue to be available in El Paso, local experts say. This statement misses the mark so badly, it’s . !   UMC-El Paso women’s health clinics Click here for addresses and contact information for the University Medical Center of El Paso Hospital’s seven Women’s Health Centers. Clinics in state Breast and Cervical Cancer Services program This state program has three main providers in El Paso -- Centro San Vicente , Project Vida and Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe -- and several satellite clinics. Click here to map such clinics across Texas. El Paso-area clinics providing health services free or at reduced cost for eligible women through the Breast and Cervical Cancer Services program.
Statement: White supremacist who killed protester is a Democrat and visited (President Barack) Obama in Oval Office.
Speaker: bloggers
About the speaker: Blog posting on the Internet
Date: August 15, 2017
Topics: fake news;punditfact
Context: Internet posts
Fact-check justification: OurLandOfTheFree.com said at the bottom of its home page that the site’s creators "make no guarantee that what you read here is . In fact, it most definitely is not." Its About Us page noted, "All posts should be considered satirical and all images photoshopped to look like something they’re not." This post makes word salad out of key talking points from the Charlottesville clashes, using a couple of factual details to further confuse what’s real and what’s not. We rate the  !