copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].” (Social media posts, 2024-07-11)
Evidence (2024-02-29): You do have the right to remain silent. [...] Just look at what’s going on in immigration right now. There is a serious challenge at our borders and we need serious people to take a clear-eyed look at what’s going on there and to compromise and figure out a good solution, but instead, we would rather portray our opponents as either hating all Brown people or, on the other side, wanting to open the floodgates to everyone who wants to come in because they want to replace White people or something absurd like that. [...] I’ll be right back with Barb McQuade after this.
Claim: BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].” (Social media posts, 2024-07-11)
Evidence (2023-08-11): - President Joe Biden - Secretary of State Antony Blinken - National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin - Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen - CIA Director Bill Burns - Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley - Gen. Mark Milley (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) [...] "We continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to verifiably, effectively, and sustainably prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. In parallel, economic pressure and deterrence reinforce our diplomacy. If Iran rejects the path of diplomacy, then – as President Biden has repeatedly made clear – all options are on the table to ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. [...] "But what I will simply say is that on the deterrence side, working with our partners—including working very closely with Israel, including through that military exercise that I described before, but also through intensive sessions that I have personally participated in with everyone from the prime minister to the national security advisor to the minister of defense—we will continue to send a clear message about the costs and consequences of going too far, while at the same time continuing to seek the possibility of a diplomatically brokered outcome that puts Iran’s nuclear program back in the box.
Claim: BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].” (Social media posts, 2024-07-11)
Evidence (2024-09-04): Remarks by President Biden on the United States’ Response to Hamas’s Terrorist Attacks Against Israel and Russia’s Ongoing Brutal War Against Ukraine [...] Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference [...] The United States is committed to a world in which human rights are protected, their defenders are celebrated, and those who commit human rights abuses are held accountable. Promoting respect for human rights is not something we can do alone, but is best accomplished working with our allies and partners across the globe. President Biden …
Claim: BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].” (Social media posts, 2024-07-11)
Evidence (2021-01-30): --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \52\ ADL, ``QAnon,'' ADL Blog. (https://www.adl.org/qanon). [...] The Biden administration has unfortunately begun implementing dangerous policies that threaten our homeland. The administration's proposal of amnesty for 11 million illegal immigrants will allow individuals who have knowingly committed the crime to receive the benefits and privileges that normally come with United States citizenship. This could be at the expense of hardworking Americans who are struggling due to the [...] After 9/11, rightly so, we focused almost exclusively on foreign terrorism. My question is, to all of you, are we now focused the way we should be on domestic terrorism?
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2021-03-07): As of 2018, the last year when lawmakers filled out financial disclosures, 61 were worth $1 million Many of the newly-elected members of the Senate are also millionaires
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2024-07-05): Composition of the U.S. Senate by political party affiliation from 1983 to 2023 [...] US Senate, Composition of the U.S. Senate by political party affiliation from 1983 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198596/composition-of-the-us-senate-by-political-party-affiliation/ (last visited October 06, 2024) Composition of the U.S. Senate by political party affiliation from 1983 to 2023 [Graph], US Senate, January 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/198596/composition-of-the-us-senate-by-political-party-affiliation/
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2024-09-11): Money determines how widely each side can spread its message and introduce voters to their preferred candidates – and can be particularly helpful in lesser-known House and Senate races. [...] "The stakes of the election couldn’t be higher," Sarah Guggenheimer, spokesperson for the Democratic super PAC Senate Majority PAC, said in a statement. "Come November, voters will choose between Republican Senate candidates who only care about lining their own pockets or Democrats who will continue their work to lower costs, enshrine abortion protections, and invest in hardworking families."
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2021-10-12): Therefore, if there were 102 senators, and all of them cast a vote, the narrowest possible vote for a two thirds majority would be 68/34, which is exactly equal to two thirds in favor and one third opposed.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2022-01-17): The requirement to invoke cloture was originally two-thirds of the Senate. That was established when the Senate's tradition of unlimited debate (dating back to the first decade of the 1800s) was reformed in 1917. The rules were changed because a handful of anti-war senators were objecting to the arming of merchant ships against German submarines.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2023-12-08): The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State. [U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 3, clause 1] [...] Every two years, one-third of the Senate’s members are elected (or reelected). The Constitution’s framers based this three-class system on precedents established by state governments. Delaware’s senate and Pennsylvania’s unicameral council were divided into three classes on a one-year election rotation, while upper houses in Virginia and New York had four classes and yearly elections. [...] On June 26, 1787, Charles Pinckney of South Carolina proposed that senators should serve without compensation so as to ensure that only wealthy individuals would serve. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania also argued against paying senators, warning that the public might suspect the delegates of having "carved out places" for themselves since they were likely candidates to become senators. When put to a vote, Pinckney’s proposal nearly passed, with five states in favor and six opposed. The delegates then decided by a vote of 10 to 1 to compensate members of Congress.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2024-09-12): Senators were originally chosen by state legislatures, but that process began to break down in the 1850s. "Intimidation and bribery marked some of the states’ selection of senators," with forty-five deadlocks in twenty states between 1891 and 1905. In 1899, in fact, "problems in electing a senator in Delaware were so acute that the state legislature did not send a senator to Washington for four years." In order to "remove control of government from the influence of special interests and corrupt state legislators," reform came with the 17th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913, which provided for the direct popular election of Senators.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2021-03-07): Democrat Tom Nelson right on claim that two thirds of U.S. senators are millionaires [...] For this fact-check, we are focusing on the part of Nelson’s claim that two-thirds those in the Senate are millionaires. [...] Nelson, a Democrat running for US. Senate, said that two-thirds of those in the Senate were millionaires.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2022-02-08): The Constitution, as it was adopted in 1788, made the Senate an assembly where the states would have equal representation. Each state legislature would elect two senators to six-year terms. Late in the 19th century, some state legislatures deadlocked over the election of a senator when different parties controlled different houses — Senate vacancies could last months or years. In other cases, special interests or political machines gained control over the state legislature. Progressive reformers dismissed individuals elected by such legislatures as puppets and the Senate as a "millionaires' club" serving powerful private interests.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2018-02-23): Another unusual proposed amendment came in 1933 when Representative Wesley Lloyd of Washington state wanted Congress to outlaw millionaires using a constitutional amendment. Lloyd wanted income in excess of $1 million applied to the national debt.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2023-04-22): It turns out that shielding the Senate from politics was a taller order than the Founding Fathers anticipated. The electoral relationship between state legislatures and the Senate lasted just over a century, but by the early 1900s, it was starting to come into question. The Gilded Age was rife with political corruption, and positions in both civil service and elected office became no more than bartering chips among the wealthy and entrenched politicians. Growing political tension was taking its toll on state legislatures—Senate vacancies sat empty for months, even years, while state legislatures were deadlocked in selecting a candidate. Re-enter our friend Williams Jennings Bryan, whom we met in last week’s Scopes Monkey Trial newsletter. As a former presidential candidate and leader of the burgeoning Progressive Party, Bryan had kept the popular election of Senators on his wish list for decades. He and fellow Progressives deemed the Senate a "millionaires’ club" that served only private interests. Early attempts at reform adopted the "Oregon System." Candidates for state legislature endorsed U.S. Senate candidates in their parties’ primaries and were bound to those candidates if elected. This allowed primary voters a chance to have somewhat of a say in who their U.S. Senators would be. [...] "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2024-09-17): America’s billionaire bonanza demonstrates the flaws in our current economic and tax systems President Biden and Democrats in Congress are trying to remedy by advancing a $3.5 trillion budget package, which has already passed the U.S. Senate and is being considered in the U.S. House today. If it becomes law through the budget reconciliation process this fall, it will aid communities and working families by making healthcare, eldercare, childcare, housing and education more affordable, investing in clean energy, expanding the Child Tax Credit and providing 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. It will be paid for by making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share of taxes, and it will not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year. [...] With only two weeks until a national election, the unseemly juxtaposition between the fortunes of U.S. billionaires and the dire conditions of millions of working families could not be more striking. Meanwhile Trump and Senate inaction are worsening this divide. [...] For more billionaire data, see www.billionairesus.org, a new web portal created by the Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2023-09-28): One year, 530,000 deaths, 29 million cases, and 78 million lost jobs into the COVID-19 crisis, America’s billionaires have made so much money they could fund two-thirds of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) just with their pandemic profits. As the President plans to address the nation tonight on the first anniversary of the pandemic, many suffering Americans would be shocked to learn what a different year it’s been for the richest of the rich. [...] This billionaire wealth growth represents two-thirds of the $1.9 trillion cost of Biden’s pandemic rescue plan, which has been attacked by the GOP as too expensive. No Republican voted for the measure as it made its way through Congress.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2021-06-08): Compared with the overall population, Congress is made up of a disproportionate share of millionaires. But determining the number of wealthy people in Congress is more complicated. [...] The claim that only 4% of Americans are millionaires compared with 51% of the members of Congress is PARTLY FALSE, based on our research. The Facebook post comes very close to being correct about the share of millionaires in Congress, but it underestimates the statistic for the general population. Recent estimates suggest the share of the U.S. population made up of millionaires could be double what the post claims. - Center for Responsive Politics, April 23, 2020, Majority of lawmakers in 116th Congress are millionaires - Credit Suisse, October 2018, Global Wealth Report 2018 - Credit Suisse, accessed June 7, The Global Wealth Report - Credit Suisse, October 2018, Global Wealth Databook 2018 - U.S. Census Bureau, August 2020, The Wealth of Households: 2017 - Kiplinger, May 28, Millionaires in America 2020: All 50 States Ranked - The New York Times archive, accessed June 7, The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of American's Wealthy - USA TODAY, Oct. 10, 2020, Fact check: Claim misstates average US wages, number of congressional millionaires - PolitiFact, March 25, 2021, Democrat Tom Nelson right on claim that two thirds of U.S. senators are millionaires - Center for Responsive Politics, accessed June 7, About the Personal Finances Data & OpenSecrets' Methodology - Center for Responsive Politics, accessed June 7, Net Worth - 2018
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2018-10-22): I have been researching this issue for the past 10 years, and the results, published in my new book, The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office – and What We Can Do About It, are clear. Contrary to the cherished ideal of a government of and by the people, Americans are almost always governed by the very privileged. The president is the billionaire head of a global business empire. His cabinet is mostly millionaires. Most members of Congress are millionaires. Most supreme court justices are millionaires. Millionaires make up less than 3% of the general public, but have unified majority control of all three branches of the federal government. Working-class Americans, on the other hand, make up about half of the country. But they have never held more than 2% of the seats in any Congress since the nation was founded. [...] So why are so few workers running? In a democracy like ours where almost any citizen can stand for elected office, why are the vast majority of candidates drawn from the ranks of white-collar professionals, and usually affluent or wealthy ones at that?
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2019-11-12): Years prior, the court dealt another blow to the law meant to limit the power of wealthy individuals. In 2008's Davis v. FEC, the court struck down the Millionaire's Amendment, which allowed opponents of wealthy self-funding congressional candidates to bypass contribution limits. In recent cycles, self-funding candidates such as Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) have found success. [...] Eight of the top 10 most expensive Senate races ever occurred after Citizens United with inflation factored in. With $213 million spent — including $97 million in outside spending — the hotly contested 2018 Florida Senate race is the most expensive ever. The 2016 Senate battle between Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Democrat Katie McGinty was blanketed by $127 million in outside spending. The candidates spent $53 million. [...] That's in contrast to the record numbers of Americans giving money to political candidates in the most recent presidential and midterm election cycles. High-profile candidates for Congress and the presidency rely on armies of small donors to fund their campaigns. But one check from a wealthy donor, such as 2020 Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg's record $20 million gift to the liberal Senate Majority PAC, could effectively neutralize the efforts of thousands, even millions, of small donors.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2024-10-05): The annual salary of each senator, since 2009, is $174,000;[40] the president pro tempore and party leaders receive $193,400.[40][41] In 2003, at least 40 senators were millionaires;[42] by 2018, over 50 senators were millionaires (partly due to inflation).[43] [...] - ^ Sean Loughlin and Robert Yoon (June 13, 2003). "Millionaires populate U.S. Senate". CNN. Archived from the original on December 23, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2006. - ^ "Wealth of Congress". Roll Call. Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
Claim: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.” (Tom Nelson, 2021-03-07)
Evidence (2024-07-17): America’s billionaire bonanza demonstrates the flaws in our current economic and tax systems President Biden and Democrats in Congress are trying to remedy by advancing a $3.5 trillion budget package, which has already passed the U.S. Senate and is being considered in the U.S. House today. If it becomes law through the budget reconciliation process this fall, it will aid communities and working families by making healthcare, eldercare, childcare, housing and education more affordable, investing in clean energy, expanding the Child Tax Credit and providing 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave. It will be paid for by making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share of taxes, and it will not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year.
Claim: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. (Threads post, 2024-07-08)
Evidence (2024-07-08): We found no evidence of these cases or settlements.
Claim: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. (Threads post, 2024-07-08)
Evidence (2024-09-19): In 2016 a woman who went by the pseudonyms Katie Johnson and Jane Doe in legal filings accused Trump of raping her in 1994, when she was 13, during an orgy held at Epstein’s home in Manhattan. She accused Epstein of raping her as well. [...] Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 other women over the years; those women were not underage, and their allegations did not involve Epstein. In May 2023, a federal jury found Trump civilly liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and for defaming her when he denied her rape allegation in 2022. He was ordered to pay Carroll $5 million in damages and is currently appealing the verdict. [...] The newly unsealed documents are from Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s settled 2015 defamation lawsuit against Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislane Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison term for trafficking women and girls for Epstein to sexually abuse. Giuffre is one of dozens of women, some as young as 14, whom Epstein allegedly abused.
Claim: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. (Threads post, 2024-07-08)
Evidence (2024-05-21): He was indicted in relation to payments made to Ms Daniels. He is also under investigation in relation to pay-offs to a former Playboy model to keep quiet about her alleged sexual encounters with him.
Claim: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. (Threads post, 2024-07-08)
Evidence (2023-05-03): Doe v. Trump may refer to several civil law cases involving Donald Trump: - Doe v. Trump (2016) (case 1:16-cv-07673-RA, United States District Court Southern District of New York, filed October 3, 2016), the child molestation charge tied to Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan residence - Jane Doe, John Doe, et.al. v. Trump (case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, filed February 7, 2017), a challenge to the ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries - Doe v. Trump (2017) (case 1:17-cv-01597-CKK, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, filed August 28, 2017), a challenge to the ban on transgender military personnel
Claim: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. (Threads post, 2024-07-08)
Evidence (2024-10-03): A payment made to the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election. [...] Trump was hit with 13 criminal counts, subsequently reduced to eight. They include one alleged violation of Georgia's Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (Rico). [...] Trump and his lawyers have long tried to put the case off until after the November presidential election.
Claim: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. (Threads post, 2024-07-08)
Evidence (2023-07-07): The lawsuit originally asked to prohibit Donald Trump from serving as "an officer, director or trustee" of any charitable organization for 10 years and his children for one year. However, a final settlement between both parties said that if Donald Trump decided to serve as an officer or director of a pre-existing charitable organization, he must − among other things − have independent board members, provide annual reports to the attorney general for five years and engage the services of an accounting firm to monitor expenses. [...] New York State Attorney General, Dec. 10, 2019, Donald J. Trump Pays Court-Ordered $2 Million For Illegally Using Trump Foundation Funds
Claim: List shows settlements Donald Trump made to 10- to 13-year-old victims of child sex crimes. (Threads post, 2024-07-08)
Evidence (2024-01-10): Two relate to his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and another to false accounting over hush money.