copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” (Donald Trump, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2024-10-05): According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), the law will raise $738 billion from tax reform and prescription drug reform to lower prices, as well as authorize $891 billion in total spending – including $783 billion on energy and climate change, and three years of Affordable Care Act subsidies.[1][7] It represents the largest investment towards addressing climate change in United States history.[8] It also includes a large expansion of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), including the hiring of up to 87,000 new employees, with a reported increased number of audits expected as a result.[9][10][a] According to several independent analyses, the law is projected to reduce 2030 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 2005 levels.[11][12] The Act is not generally believed to have reduced inflation in 2022 and 2023,[13][14] though some economists predict it will bring down inflation in the medium-to-long term.[15][16] [...] - Increased funding for the IRS for modernization and increased tax enforcement, including the hiring of up to 87,000 new IRS employees – $80 billion[43][45] [...] - ^ a b CFP®, Kate Dore (August 9, 2022). "With 87,000 new agents, here's who the IRS may target for audits". CNBC. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
Claim: “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” (Donald Trump, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2024-09-06): The IRS said the campaign is focused on taxpayers with more than $1 million in income and more than $250,000 in recognized tax debt. Agency officials said since the program’s launch, almost 80 percent of the 1,600 millionaires targeted by the IRS for failing to pay a delinquent tax debt have now made a payment, leading to over $1.1 billion recovered. And in the first six months of a new February 2024 initiative, the IRS collected $172 million from 21,000 wealthy taxpayers who have not filed tax returns since 2017. Republicans have called for funding for the IRS to be cut. Donald Trump’s campaign for president said he would drastically reduce spending on federal agencies — and that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris "cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income." That debunked claim comes from a plan the Treasury Department proposed in 2021 to bring on that many IRS employees over the next decade if it got the money. At least 50,000 IRS employees are expected to retire over the next five years.
Claim: “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” (Donald Trump, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2023-01-11): "House Republicans just voted unanimously to repeal the Democrats’ army of 87,000 IRS agents," tweeted speaker Kevin McCarthy after the vote. [...] The 87,000 figure comes from a 2021 Treasury report that estimated the IRS could hire 86,852 full-time employees over the course of a decade with a nearly $80 billion investment – not solely enforcement agents. [...] A Trump appointee, Rettig called the claim that the IRS is hiring 87,000 agents to harass taxpayers "absolutely false."
Claim: “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” (Donald Trump, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2024-08-16): This IRS crackdown on tipped service industry workers was announced just months after the Biden-Harris administration and congressional Democrats spent $80 billion to increase the size and power of the IRS while including zero new taxpayer protections. Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate to increase IRS audit enforcement. [...] "Joe Biden’s radical war on the working class just expanded to tipped workers, further proof that working-class Americans who make less than $75,000 will bear the brunt of over 710,000 new IRS audits under the newly supercharged IRS. While the President talked a big game about going after billionaires in his partisan State of the Union address, it’s clear that the White House is doubling down on crazy and prioritizing going after hardworking middle-class employees.
Claim: “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” (Donald Trump, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2024-08-21): In response, some social media users have claimed that, while serving as vice president, Harris cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate in favor of a bill that introduced taxes on tips. One Instagram reel includes video footage of Harris, in her role as Senate president, casting the tie-breaking vote to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 with the caption, "Kamala taxed your tips."
Claim: “Kamala cast the tie breaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” (Donald Trump, 2024-08-23)
Evidence (2024-09-11): The campaign ad played on a rumor claiming that President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 mentioned the enforcement of fully reporting taxes on tips. More broadly, the rumor claimed the legislation — for which Vice President Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote — benefited efforts for the IRS to specifically "go after" people who depend on tips, such as restaurant servers, providing $80 billion in funding to hire 87,000 new IRS agents for enforcement of the middle class. [...] In one online example of the rumor at hand in this fact check, a user on X posted (archived) on Aug. 13, "Don't forget: Kamala Harris was the tie breaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act which put taxes on tips and hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after the middle and lower class to get the money." [...] The August 2024 Breitbart.com article featured a Feb. 8, 2023, post (archived) from podcaster Patrick Bet-David, in which Bet-David misleadingly tied the false rumor about the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents for enforcement to the headline of an IRS website page for the Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA) program, titled, "IRS introduces new service industry tip reporting program." That page displayed the date of Feb. 6, 2023.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-07-16): Switzerland banned full face coverings such as burqas, but it didn’t disacknowledge Islam.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-07-18): A social media post claiming that Switzerland has banned hijab and derecognised Islam as an official religion has gone viral. The post reads, "BREAKING: Switzerland banned Hijab and no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion via referendum. (sic)" [...] It further stated that most of the roughly 6 per cent of Muslims in Switzerland originate from the Balkans and Turkey, predominantly residing in larger cities. We also found no media report suggesting that Islam has been derecognised as an official religion in the country.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2021-03-07): Switzerland is deciding on whether to ban Muslim face veils in a national referendum - a move that was instigated before the coronavirus pandemic. [...] The proposal under the Swiss system of direct democracy does not mention Islam directly but local politicians, media and campaigners have said it is an attack on the religion. [...] He described facial coverings like the burka and the niqab as "a symbol for this extreme, political Islam which has become increasingly prominent in Europe and which has no place in Switzerland".
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2021-03-07): Voters in Switzerland backed a proposal on Sunday to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets. [...] Campaign posters reading "Stop radical Islam!" and "Stop extremism!", featuring a woman in a black niqab, have been plastered around Swiss cities. [...] A 2019 Federal Statistical Office survey found that 5.5 percent of the Swiss population were Muslims, mostly with roots in the former Yugoslavia.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2021-03-02): According to official statistics, there are approximately 380,000 Muslims living in Switzerland, about 5 percent of the population, many with roots in the Balkan region. [...] It is not the first time that Switzerland’s Muslim community has felt singled out by a referendum. [...] Rashidi said such laws reinforce the sentiments held by many Muslims of not being viewed as full members of Swiss society, despite being Swiss or having lived in the country for most of their lives.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-09-03): Recently, there have been widespread reports on social media claiming that Switzerland has banned women’s attire and no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion. These reports allege that Switzerland has banned the Hijab and no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion following a referendum. However, after thorough investigation, D-Intent Data has confirmed that these claims are false and baseless. [...] Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) made a post on X (Formerly Twitter) and wrote. "No to the veil" Switzerland banned Islamic head coverings and no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion via referendum. This is what democracy looks like. Other European countries would vote the same if they were allowed to. Serial fake news peddler and self-proclaimed OSINT account @RealBababanaras on X (Formerly Twitter) has made a post and claimed. Switzerland banned Hijab and no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion via referendum.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-01-28): The rise of violent Islamist groups targeting the West spurred a hardening of attitudes towards Switzerland’s Muslim minority. "Before 9/11 it was the nationality that people focused on, after it became religion," says Önder Güneş, spokesperson of the Swiss Federation of Islamic Umbrella OrganisationsExternal link (FIDS). In the eyes of the wider Swiss population, the attacks turned migrants into Muslims, and Muslims into radicals, he explains. [...] The problematisation of Muslims also seeped onto the political stage. In 2009, Switzerland voted in a referendum to ban the building of minarets. This was followed by a vote to ban women from wearing both the burqa and niqab, two forms of Islamic dress that conceal a woman’s face, in public. Despite estimations that only a few dozen Muslim women in Switzerland wore such clothes, the ban was approved by a slim majority of 51.2% in March 2021. Both votes were triggered by members of the conservative, right-wing Swiss People’s Party. [...] Although these challenges are not new or unique to Switzerland, a young generation of Swiss Muslims is pushing back. While the first generation of Muslim immigrants that arrived in Switzerland saw this discrimination as being part and parcel of living in a foreign land, their children who identify as Swiss are far less accepting.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-07-25): FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Claims Switzerland Has Banned Hijabs, Refuses To Recognize Islam As An Official Religion A post shared on Facebook claims Switzerland has banned hijabs and refuses to recognize Islam as an official religion. [...] The Facebook post claims Switzerland has banned hijabs and refuses to recognize Islam as an official religion. The post features an image of two young women posing beside a poster featuring a woman wearing a veil. "No to the veil," text included on the poster, which has been translated from French, reads.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-01-28): Swiss against Islam as an official religion Almost two-thirds of people living in Switzerland do not think Islam should be recognised as an official Swiss religion, according to a survey. A similar proportion believes there is no place for Islam in the country. [...] "We should think about whether we want to recognise Islam as an official religion so that we don’t leave the training and financing of imams to foreign and perhaps fundamental circles," Christian Levrat told the SonntagsZeitung.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-07-17): The claim: Those sharing have claimed that via a referendum in Switzerland, the hijab has been banned in the country. It also reads that Islam is no longer recognised as an official religion in the country. [...] Secondly, there is no substantial evidence to prove that Islam is not recognised as a religion in Switzerland. [...] Islam in Switzerland: The viral post also claimed that Switzerland does not recognise Islam as a religion. However, their government website suggests otherwise, making the claim false.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-01-28): A decade after the decision, the number of Muslims in Switzerland continues to grow, while the building of mosques – minus minarets – has continued in some cantons. Indeed, Islam, while not an official state-recognised religion in Switzerland, is the country’s third-biggest faith. However, the community of almost 450,000 believers is very mixed when it comes to origins and attitudes towards faith. About 350 associations represent Muslims’ interests, while preachers operate in some 300 prayer-houses. Four of these have minarets. [...] Swiss against Islam as an official religion
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2021-03-08): The ban was proposed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, which campaigned with slogans such as "Stop extremism," BBC News reports. [...] The Central Council of Muslims, a leading Swiss Islamic group, said it was "a dark day" for Muslims. [...] According to research by the University of Lucerne, almost no one in Switzerland wears a burqa, and only around 30 women in the nation wear the niqab. About 5% of Switzerland's population of about 8.5 million people are Muslim; however, AP reports that the Swiss government opposed the ban, in part because it could harm tourism.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2021-03-07): A leading Swiss Islamic group said it was "a dark day" for Muslims. [...] It is not the first time Islam has figured in a Swiss referendum. In 2009 citizens went against government advice and voted to ban the building of minarets, external - a proposal also put forward by the SVP which said minarets were a sign of Islamisation. [...] Ahead of the vote, Walter Wobmann, chairman of the referendum committee and an SVP lawmaker, described Muslim face coverings as "a symbol for this extreme, political Islam which has become increasingly prominent in Europe and which has no place in Switzerland".
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2023-09-20): Swiss parliament approves ban on full-face coverings like burqas, and sets fine for violators GENEVA (AP) — The lower house of Switzerland’s parliament voted Wednesday to give final legislative passage to a ban on face coverings, such as the burqas worn by some Muslim women. [...] The move follows a nationwide referendum two years ago in whch Swiss voters narrowly approved forbidding niqabs, which leave slits for the eyes, and burqas as well as ski masks and bandannas that are worn by some protesters.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2023-05-17): The constitution states that "freedom of belief is absolute" and "the freedom of practicing religious rituals and establishing worship places for the followers of divine religions [i.e., the three Abrahamic faiths: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism] is a right regulated by law." The constitution states citizens "are equal before the law" and criminalizes discrimination and "incitement to hatred" based upon religion. The constitution specifies Islam as the state religion and the principles of sharia as the main source of legislation but stipulates the canonical laws of Jews and Christians form the basis of legislation governing their personal status, religious affairs, and selection of spiritual leaders. The government officially recognizes Sunni Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, and allows only their adherents to publicly practice their religion and build houses of worship. "Disdaining and disrespecting" the three Abrahamic religions and supporting "extremist" ideologies are crimes.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2016-09-30): Switzerland 6 July 2016
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2022-01-01): Muslim (official) 63.5%, Buddhist 18.7%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.1%, other (Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions) 0.9%, none/unspecified 1.8% (2020 est.)Maldives [...] Muslim (official) 96.5% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3.5% (2020 est.)Palau [...] Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-12% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2020 est.)note: despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013)
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2021-03-07): A leading Swiss Islamic group said it was "a dark day" for Muslims. [...] It is not the first time Islam has figured in a Swiss referendum. In 2009 citizens went against government advice and voted to ban the building of minarets - a proposal also put forward by the SVP which said minarets were a sign of Islamisation. [...] Ahead of the vote, Walter Wobmann, chairman of the referendum committee and an SVP lawmaker, described Muslim face coverings as "a symbol for this extreme, political Islam which has become increasingly prominent in Europe and which has no place in Switzerland".
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-07-16): Islam is the world’s most common state religion, but a recent Threads post claims Switzerland doesn’t even recognize it as an official faith. "Switzerland banned Hijab and no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion via referendum," the July 16 post said. [...] We rate claims Switzerland no longer recognizes Islam False.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-07-19): Other religions [edit]Islam is the second largest religion in Switzerland after Christianity,[7] adhered to by 5.4% of the population in 2020.[3] Swiss Muslims are mostly of foreign origin (mostly of Arab ancestry those in the Gallo-Romance regions, and mostly of Balkan, Turkish and Iranian ancestry those in the Germanic regions), although there is an increasing number of native Swiss converts.[17] Religious Jews represented 0.2% of the Swiss population in 2020.[3] Other religions present in the country include Hinduism and Buddhism, practised by both local Swiss who have nurtured interest in Eastern doctrines and by immigrants from Asia.[17] There is a Taoist temple, Ming Shan (明山, "Mountain of Light"), located in Bullet, Vaud, and built according to the rules of feng shui; it is the headquarters of the Swiss Taoist Association and the main centre in Europe of the Taoist tradition of Wujimen (无极门, "Gate of Infinity"),[d] which originated on the Min Mountains of Sichuan, China.[18] In the country there are also various new religious movements, among which one of the most influential has been the Theosophy-derived Anthroposophy; the Anthroposophical Society was established by the Austrian occultist Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s and 1930s in Dornach, Solothurn, and it is known
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2017-10-03): In Afghanistan, for example, Islam is the official state religion, stated explicitly in the constitution: "The sacred religion of Islam is the religion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan."3 The constitution also requires the president and vice president to belong to the state religion – as do some other countries – and other senior officials must swear allegiance to the principles of Islam in their oaths of office. Political parties’ charters must not run contrary to the principles of Islam, and the Ulema Council, a group of influential Islamic scholars, imams and jurists, meets regularly with government officials to advise on legislation.4 The constitution mandates that "No law shall contravene the tenets and provisions of the holy religion of Islam in Afghanistan." A slightly smaller share of countries (20%) have a preferred or favored religion. These are not official state religions, but may be listed in the constitution or laws as the country’s traditional, historical or cultural religion(s), and may receive benefits from the state that are not afforded to other religions. [...] Most of the countries where Islam is the official religion (16 of 27, or 59%) are in the Middle East and North Africa. In addition, seven officially Islamic countries (26%) are in the Asia-Pacific region, including Bangladesh, Brunei and Malaysia. And there are four countries in sub-Saharan Africa where Islam is the state religion: Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritania and Somalia. No countries in Europe or the Americas have Islam as their official religion.
Claim: Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.” (Threads posts, 2024-07-16)
Evidence (2024-07-21): Social media users have claimed that Switzerland has banned the hijab (a head cover worn by Muslim women) and also refused to recognize Islam as an "official religion" via a referendum. This claim has been shared along with an image of two women standing next to a poster of a veiled woman with the text "No to the veil" in French. A Facebook user shared the image (archived here) with the caption: "Switzerland banned Hijab and no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion via referendum. Do you want the same referendum to be held in all European countries?" Archived versions of similar posts can be viewed here, here, and here. A similar claim on X (formerly Twitter) garnered over 45,000 views (archived here). [...] Claims on social media that Switzerland de-recognized Islam through a referendum or banned the hijab are misleading. Switzerland has no official state religion, and only full face coverings like the niqab or burqa were banned in 2023, not the hijab.