copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2022-03-31): Transgender people are some of the bravest people in our nation. But nobody should have to be brave just to be themselves. Today, the Biden Administration announced new actions to support the mental health of transgender children, remove barriers that transgender people face accessing critical government services, and improve the visibility of transgender people in our nation’s data. [...] Providing resources for transgender kids and their families. Transgender children are put at higher risk of attempted suicide or mental health challenges when they face bullying, rejection, or denial of health care. The Biden Administration is releasing several new resources to help transgender children and their parents thrive: [...] Supporting transgender students and their families - Ensuring educational environments are free from sex discrimination and protecting LGBTQI+ students from sexual harassment. President Biden signed an Executive Order recommitting the Federal Government to guarantee educational environments free from sex discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Executive Order charged the Department of Education with reviewing the significant rates at which students who identify as LGBTQ+ are subject to sexual harassment, including sexual violence. The Department of Education has announced that it intends to propose amendments to its Title IX regulations this year.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-05-30): The claim: Joe Biden said he supports allowing kids to have ‘transgender surgery’ at town hall event [...] "Joe Biden Believes 8- & 10-Year-Old Children Should Be Allowed To be mutilated by undergoing ‘Transgender’ Surgery," the post reads in part. [...] Biden never addressed the idea of gender-affirming surgery for children in these remarks. He was responding to a question about protecting the rights and lives of transgender individuals.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-04-18): Young Americans do not support gender-based stereotypes; political ideology more than gender, race, or education, is most predictive of attitudes on this subject.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-07-23): The Biden administration is reaffirming its support for overturning bans on gender-affirming surgeries for transgender minors after backlash over a recent White House statement opposing such surgeries. [...] The statements marked a significant policy change for an administration whose Department of Justice has urged the supreme court to take up the case of a Tennessee law that bans all gender transition care for minors, arguing that the law discriminates against trans people. "[These statements] unfortunately sowed a lot of confusion among transgender people and our families as to what is their position," said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of Advocates for Trans Equality. "The Biden administration has consistently done the right thing and … there’s been a really positive track record for a long time, which we’re really grateful for. Then when those statements came out, it seemed like a contradiction. It made everyone pretty scared that there was some about-face."
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2022-08-09): Governors tell Biden to stop taking lunch money from kids in pursuit of transgender agenda Tuesday August 9, 2022Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little and 14 other governors recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their disagreement with proposals from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Education that may require institutions receiving federal funding to allow biological males to access women and girls’ locker rooms, bathrooms, and dorms. [...] The governors also express concern these proposals are just a first step before the Biden Administration changes federal regulations related to Title IX’s application to athletic competition. If the Biden Administration chooses to ignore the highlighted concerns and follow through with these reinterpretations of Title IX, the governors make clear they will pursue any avenues necessary to fight these regulations.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2022-07-07): In addition, at a May 4 hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., asked Xavier Becerra, Biden’s secretary of health and human services, "In what case would it be inappropriate to perform irreversible sex-change surgery on kids?" [...] But one of the glaring omissions from the Biden administration’s fight to make cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers more accessible to children facing gender dysphoria is this: Parents are hardly mentioned. [...] In a recent message to commemorate so-called Transgender Visibility Day, Biden talked about and encouraged parents and children who are struggling to ask for help.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2015-04-10): After Vice President Joe Biden announces his support for same-sex marriage, Obama is forced to move up a planned announcement of his change in position. In an interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts, Obama says he has changed his mind. "At a certain point," he said, "I’ve just concluded that — for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that — I think same-sex couples should be able to get married." [...] April 2015: Obama says that conversion therapy for minors should be banned Conversion therapy attempts to "correct" homosexual or transgender feelings. Obama’s response comes after thousands signed a White House petition in honor of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender girl who committed suicide by walking into traffic after being forced to go through such sessions, according to notes she left. Two states, California and New Jersey, have outlawed the practice.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-06-06): Yet, Biden and Trump supporters also have very different opinions across many other topics likely to be focal points in the campaign: gender identity and sexual orientation, crime and policing, reproductive issues, the influence of religion on society and the changes that have transformed life in the U.S. in recent decades. [...] - Nearly all Trump supporters (90%) say gender is determined by sex at birth. By contrast, Biden supporters are more divided. About six-in-ten (59%) say gender can be different from sex at birth; 39% say gender is determined by sex at birth. - Nearly a decade after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, Biden and Trump supporters have starkly different views of the impact of that historic ruling. Biden supporters are about five times as likely (57%) as Trump supporters (11%) to say legalization of same-sex marriage is good for society.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2022-05-06): Nearly every other nationally ambitious Democrat of the era walked gingerly around LGBTQ issues, but Biden was often notable in his efforts to keep them at a distance. When he sought the presidency for a second time, in 2008, Biden did not participate in a Human Rights Campaign-hosted forum on LGBTQ issues attended by eight of his rivals, including Obama and Hillary Clinton. (Biden blamed scheduling conflicts). Like the two frontrunners, Biden declared himself opposed to changing marriage laws while supportive of civil unions that could offer equal benefits to gay and lesbian couples. [...] As president, Biden has kept his promise to transgender youth to "always have your back." He moved to lift his predecessor’s ban on military service by transgender people, and the State Department has begun to issue passports with gender-neutral markers. His administration has interpreted a range of existing federal law, including the Affordable Care Act and Title IX, to extend anti-discrimination provisions based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and has joined litigation against state laws about transgender participation in youth sports. When Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a directive encouraging the public to report parents who provide gender-affirming medical care for transgender children, Biden threatened to have his government intercede. "Affirming a transgender child’s identity is one of the best things a parent, teacher, or doctor can do to help keep children from harm, and parents who love and affirm their children should be applauded and supported, not threatened, investigated, or stigmatized," he said.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2024-07-03): Notably, the Biden administration has taken its support for gender-affirming care for trans youth all the way to the Supreme Court. The court has agreed to take up the question of whether gender-affirming care bans for trans youth are unconstitutional, in response to the Biden administration petitioning on behalf of trans youth and their families. The administration’s stance against laws that ban gender-affirming care for trans youth — which includes bans on surgeries — appears to remain the same. "As President Biden has repeatedly said, ‘It’s wrong that extreme officials are pushing hateful bills targeting transgender children, terrifying families, and criminalizing doctors. These are our kids. These are our neighbors. It’s cruel and it’s callous,’" the spokesperson said, quoting a statement that Biden made last summer in response to rising anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. [...] The Biden administration has previously put out multiple statements in support of gender-affirming care for trans youth. The White House has stated that "transgender children have the right to access gender-affirming health care" and has promoted resources on gender-affirming care for trans youth, including an explainer written by the HHS that discusses when and how puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries are received by minors.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2022-10-24): Joe Biden has said it is wrong to block children’s access to sex change surgeries or puberty blockers. [...] When asked if conservative states should have the right to pass laws limiting access to gender reassignment treatments, Mr Biden said in comments published on Sunday: "I don’t think any state or anybody should have the right to do that. As a moral question and as a legal question, I just think it’s wrong." [...] Mr Biden in June signed an executive order to enhance protections for transgender children and take steps to ban conversion therapy.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2020-10-25): But he and I have reached different conclusions about this year’s presidential election. His October 22 article, "Policies, Persons, and Paths to Ruin," explained why he thought it would be wrong for him to support either candidate in this election. (He does not mention either candidate by name, but the article is about this election and he compares one candidate who supports policies that endorse "baby-killing," "sex-switching," and "socialistic overreach" (evidently Joe Biden) to the other candidate who is guilty of sins of "unrepentant sexual immorality" and "unrepentant boastfulness" (evidently Donald Trump).
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2020-10-16): The mother of a transgender daughter asked Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden asked how he would protect LBTQ rights if he is elected president – and Biden said he would just "flat-out change the law." Biden took questions at a televised town hall on Thursday, held opposite one with President Trump on a separate network after the second presidential debate was canceled. [...] "Didn't love all the language Biden used while answering the Q from the mom of a trans kid, but watching a presidential candidate acknowledge the humanity of trans adults and kids (and the epidemic of murders of trans [women of color]) made me tear up," another person tweeted. "I was actually really happy to see Biden's support for trans folk tonight, even if his wording wasn't perfect it's clear he wants us protected and I appreciate that," wrote another Twitter user.
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2020-10-22): The claim: Joe Biden said transgender children have 'a right to transition' [...] "If your 8 year old child says they want to be transgender to make life easier ... they have a right to transition and there is no reason for you to deny it," reads its quote, attributed to Biden. [...] Based on our research, we rate the claim that Joe Biden said transgender children "have a right to transition" FALSE. In reality, he said transgender children should be subject to "zero discrimination."
Claim: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids." (American Principles Project, 2020-10-20)
Evidence (2021-04-30): AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Social media users are altering comments made by Biden during an Oct. 15 town hall to falsely suggest he supports sex changing medical procedures for young children. Biden said transgender children should not experience discrimination, but he did not say they "have a right to transition." THE FACTS: Social media users are distorting Biden’s response to a question about a transgender child at a town hall to imply he supports sex changing medical procedures for children. [...] Biden’s website does not discuss sex changing medical procedures for children.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2020-03-23): Russian President Vladimir Putin has implemented some policies to cancel large gatherings and keep people at home during the coronavirus pandemic. But we could not find any evidence that he has threatened jail time for people who don’t comply. The claim about a Putin policy to jail those who don’t stay at home appears to come from a post by the Twitter account of an Indian comedian, who later labeled his assertion a "joke."
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2020-03-24): A post shared hundreds of times on Facebook has appeared to claim that Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has ordered the country to stay at home and said those who disobey this order will receive five years in prison. The post reads: "Putin has stated: Russian citizens have two options: stay at home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years. Statement is over." Authorities in Moscow have said jail time of up to 5 years is a possibility for those returning from high-risk countries and not isolating. Russia also said in February that it was deporting foreign nationals who it said had violated quarantine restrictions.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2024-02-24): And the past two years of brutal war have twisted and distorted Russia internally too. [...] And now Putin’s most vocal critic – Alexey Navalny – is dead. Amid a broader crackdown on dissent, this country has plunged further into isolation and darkness. [...] Privately, many Russians remain quietly hopeful that there will, one day, be a change in course. But few believe it is likely to be now or even soon.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2023-07-01): Kyle Wilson, former Australian diplomat in Moscow, Russia analyst and current visiting fellow at the Centre for European Studies at ANU, said ultimately, there were two options. [...] Vladimir Putin could not risk civilian deaths. [...] According to Putin, victory had been stolen and that "intrigues, squabbles and politicking behind the backs of the army and the nation" caused the army and state to collapse, leading to civil war.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2023-02-10): Read this story in Russian. [...] My name is Ilya Yashin, a Russian opposition politician, whom the Kremlin has kept in prison since the middle of last summer. I’ve been sentenced to 8.5 years of incarceration, because I publicly spoke out against the war in Ukraine. But today I want to say a few words in defense of my nation. [...] Second: People are fleeing from Putin. In the past year, around 700,000 citizens have left Russia. The majority of them have emigrated, not wanting to be involved in military aggression. I want to draw attention to the fact that this is twice as many people left the country than were drafted into the army. Sure, you could probably blame those who chose to escape instead of choosing the path of resistance, prison, and torture. But the fact is that hundreds of thousands of my countrymen left their homes behind, having refused to become killers on the orders of the government.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2023-06-28): But it is still worth spending time getting their views of the crisis that has engulfed the presidency of their mortal enemy Vladimir Putin. Without doubt, he is facing the most serious challenge to his authority since he first became president in 2000. [...] Another senior official, who spoke on condition he was not named, went further, suggesting that President Putin would be forced to dismiss his Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff General Valery Gerasimov, perhaps as a response to another military setback.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2022-03-01): This narrow channelling of the country’s resources into security services has brought about a steady decline in living standards for ordinary citizens. Most of them aren’t fortunate enough to be employed in government ministries such as the MVD (Internal Affairs, which includes FBI-like functions), the security forces (the infamously unaccountable siloviki, including the Federal Security Service known as the FSB), the military, the police or connected to oligarch-run business networks with ties to Putin. [...] But without the necessary connections and a willingness to participate in corrupt, often criminal activities, it is becoming increasingly difficult if not impossible for the average Russian to lead anything resembling a normal life. [...] Putin constantly claims to be "operating within the framework of the law," but the legal system in Russia is manipulated for the sole purpose of supporting and protecting the powerful.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2024-01-04): Putin Signs Citizenship Decree To Attract Foreigners To Fight For Russia [...] Previously, they faced challenges when their identity documents were not recognized in different member states, leading to difficulties in accessing services, traveling, or even basic tasks like opening a bank account or enrolling in school. [...] A Dutch citizen has been detained in Moscow after striking a police officer in the face following a disagreement over a knocked-down road sign, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on October 4, citing a law enforcement source in the Russian capital. The alleged altercation took place near the Smolenskaya metro station, leading to the immediate detainment of the man, the source said. Law enforcement agencies have opened a criminal case under Article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code, which addresses the "use of violence against a government official," which is punishable by up to five years in prison. A day earlier, Mash Telegram channel identified the Dutch citizen as Harry Johannes van Wurden, 64.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2024-08-22): Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing foreign citizens and stateless individuals to apply for temporary residency in Russia. This new policy is seen as a response to the ongoing tensions with Western countries, according to Russian news agency TASS. The decree is aimed at those who share what the Russian government describes as "traditional Russian spiritual and moral values." It offers a refuge for individuals who feel disillusioned with the policies of their own countries, particularly those influenced by Western neoliberal ideologies, the official statement read. [...] Validity: 5 years, with no limit on renewals.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2023-11-28): The sanctions have left Russian business leaders with no option but to stay at home. Even those who wanted to remain in the West and help Ukraine were punished — such as banker Oleg Tinkov, who condemned the war and even renounced his Russian citizenship but was hit by sanctions nonetheless. (He finally succeeded in getting them lifted only a few months ago.) Tycoon Mikhail Fridman, co-founder of Russia’s largest private bank, cautiously criticized the war, only to find himself briefly arrested by British authorities and hit by American sanctions. A few weeks ago, Fridman gave up, initially leaving his London home for Tel Aviv, then finally returning to Moscow. [...] Even so, the shift in public opinion is unmistakable. Twenty months ago, Russian elites were convinced that the long-unassailable Putin had finally overplayed his hand and that he would likely have to pay a harsh price for his miscalculation. Now, most of them seem to have changed their minds. The Russian president, as they see it, has shown that he’s here to stay.
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2023-01-30): Explanation: Russian President Vladimir Putin has implemented some policies to cancel large gatherings and keep people at home during the coronavirus pandemic. But we could not find any evidence that he has threatened jail time for people who don't comply. Read the Full Article (PolitiFact)This false claim originated from: Instagram
Claim: “Putin has stated: Russian citizens (have) 2 options: Stay home for 15 days or in jail for 5 years.” (Instagram posts, 2020-03-23)
Evidence (2022-09-21): Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the immediate "partial mobilization" of Russian citizens on Wednesday, a move that threatens to escalate his faltering invasion of Ukraine following a string of defeats that caused recriminations in Moscow. [...] The announcement comes as Russia is believed to face shortages of manpower and follows amendments to Russia’s law on military service made Tuesday, which raise the penalties for resistance related to military service or coercion to violate an official military order during a period of mobilization or martial law. [...] The bill sets a jail term of up to 15 years for resistance related to military service or coercion to violate an official military order, involving violence or the threat of its use, during the period of mobilization or martial law.