copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2016-01-05): As Ronald Reagan once said, if mandatory background checks could save more lives, "it would be well worth making it the law of the land." The bill before Congress three years ago met that test. Unfortunately, too many senators failed theirs. (Applause.) In fact, we know that background checks make a difference. After Connecticut passed a law requiring background checks and gun safety courses, gun deaths decreased by 40 percent -- 40 percent. (Applause.) Meanwhile, since Missouri repealed a law requiring comprehensive background checks and purchase permits, gun deaths have increased to almost 50 percent higher than the national average. One study found, unsurprisingly, that criminals in Missouri now have easier access to guns. [...] It’s also why we’re going to ensure that federal mental health records are submitted to the background check system, and remove barriers that prevent states from reporting relevant information. If we can continue to de-stigmatize mental health issues, get folks proper care, and fill gaps in the background check system, then we can spare more families the pain of losing a loved one to suicide.
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Deliberate Act – No Regard for Human Life
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2021-12-06): Perhaps anyone interested in purchasing a firearm should follow the same steps required of a woman who needs to access an abortion or birth control. In several states, this includes: a mandatory waiting period, mandatory counseling, a physician’s approval, written information detailing the risks involved, and follow-up appointments. [...] I am for sensible gun control measures similar to the 1994 assault weapons ban. Civilians should have guns for self-defense and hunting only, two things in which an assault weapon like the AR-15 is unnecessary. There would be a government buy-back for those who already own assault weapon-style guns and a waiting period for those who wish to purchase a gun. Also, the age to buy a gun needs to be raised from 18 to at least 21. I find it ridiculous that it’s considered unsafe for 18-year-olds to drink alcoholic beverages, but it’s okay for them to purchase a powerful weapon. [...] Whenever a mad man goes off the rails and starts shooting people at random the topic of gun control always makes the headlines. Current gun regulations are sufficient and can lengthen the gun buying process when necessary. Making it harder for law-abiding citizens to obtain firearms is not the solution. Criminals will always have guns. Mad men will always kill people. Guns and regulations are not the issue. On April 9, 2014, Alex Hribal stabbed 22 people in his high school. If someone wants to hurt people, they will find a way.
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2023-01-01): You may watch the speech on our YouTube channel. Transcript of "A Time for Choosing," delivered on national television on October 27, 1964 [...] We'll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we'll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2019-01-01): —Dr. John Nicoletti, police psychologist [...] To increase your available time: [...] ICAT was developed with input from hundreds of police professionals across the United States, and has been implemented by more than 65 departments in 27 states.9
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (1996-01-01): Quotations from Chairman Powell [...] Powell's advice is don't take action if you have only enough information to give you less than a 40 percent chance of being right, but don't wait until you have enough facts to be 100 percent sure, because by then it is almost always too late. His instinct is right: Today, excessive delays in the name of information-gathering needs analysis paralysis. Procrastination in the name of reducing risk actually increases risk. [...] ©1996 Oren Harari. Reproduced by GovLeaders.org with the author's consent.
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2019-02-21): I’m also getting involved with an organization that works on new state criminal-justice reform bills, including one that would remove life-without-parole as a possible sentence for someone who has not directly committed a murder. Where has our humanity gone? Why do we care so little about people being sent to prison for their entire human lives, and what happens to them?
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2017-12-14): And they know how clean guns, guns with no murders on them, end up on the street. [...] It depends on what kind of gun it is. [...] Linda Lutton. Coming up, you may remember that teenager who shot his own brother that we talked about in last week's program. We get back to him and what happened to him as the school year progressed. In a minute, from Chicago Public Radio and Public Radio International when our program continues.
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2024-08-09): Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.—Isaiah 40:31 (NASB)
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2022-09-23): Ha ha, not funny [...] Wrong. Wrong on all counts. [...] In Canada, where eleven people kill themselves daily, you’re almost ten times more likely to kill yourself than you are to be killed by someone else. About 120 Americans kill themselves every day: Americans are more than twice as likely to die by their own hands as someone else’s. Victims of America’s gun epidemic are almost twice as likely to have shot themselves to death than have been shot to death by someone else. If you die young, suicide’s much more likely to be the cause: in 2016 it was the second-leading cause of death for Americans between ten and thirty-four years old. Many, many more people try to kill themselves than actually do it—about half a million Americans are brought to emergency rooms every year after having tried to end their lives.
Claim: Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life." (Van Wanggaard, 2022-06-05)
Evidence (2023-07-28): Let’s then contrast that with a piece of legislation that has been passed — it is stayed right now — but would put a six-week ban on that, which is basically a ban — because, I think, as I travel the country, it becomes clear to me that so many people in these state legislatures don’t even know how women’s bodies work. (Laughs.) (Applause.) [...] Doing work that is about ensuring that all states are following the law, which — around the requirement to give emergency care to anyone who needs it. [...] MS. PALMIERI: I do wonder — I mean, some of these stories that I’ve heard about — particularly from South Carolina state legislature when they were passing — passing, I think it — I don’t remember if it was a 6-week ban or 12 or 10 or something.
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2021-02-23): Wisconsin’s outdated unemployment insurance system has remained largely unchanged despite an array of warning signs across the last three gubernatorial administrations. Hintz was condemning Republicans for not acting in 2020 as tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents saw checks delayed — often by months — due to the overwhelmed system. But Hintz moved beyond blame in claiming that Republicans are now pushing a "fake" crisis, which is flat wrong.
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2021-06-01): Republicans say the $300 a week supplement to unemployment insurance, which for many Americans amounts to a pay raise, is so generous that it is acting as a disincentive for people to return to work. [...] To date, at least 23 mostly Republican-led states have decided to prematurely cut off the extra UI payments this summer, most in June, three months before they are set to expire.
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2021-05-22): That’s prompted a push by Republican governors – 22 so far – to reject the $300-per-week unemployment benefits that were included in the Democrats’ Covid relief bill this past March. [...] WHAT MATTERS: Republican governors are rejecting expanded federal unemployment benefits for their citizens because they say there is a labor shortage; restaurants can’t open, goes the storyline, because workers would rather collect unemployment and not work. What’s really happening?
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2021-05-09): Even as Congress raced to rescue the nation from the coronavirus pandemic last spring, Republican lawmakers were raising red flags about expanding unemployment benefits – particularly providing the jobless with a weekly federal supplement worth hundreds of dollars.
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2021-05-13): Many Republican-controlled states are freaking out about the working class. Business owners, particularly of restaurants, are complaining they can't find anyone to fill job openings, and conservative legislatures are leaping into action. At time of writing, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Utah have announced they will begin refusing the federal $300 supplement to unemployment benefits in the next few weeks, and more may follow. Utah has to "roll those back, to get more people into the workforce to get those jobs, to get back to employment," said Governor Spencer Cox. It is amusing to consider this development in light of the ongoing conservative panic attack over President Biden's supposed "American Marxism" agenda, in the words of prominent right-wing radio host Mark Levin. Ironically, what Republicans are doing to the unemployed actually is explained by classic Marxism. [...] But instead of calling for better wages, or setting up child care systems, or anything else, Republicans are trying to fix the problem by starving out people on unemployment — taking their money so they will have no choice but to immediately look for work, and capitalists will once again have the industrial reserve army at their beck and call. It's like conservatives have been reading Marx not to learn why they should overthrow the bourgeoisie, but as a sort of manual for how best to exploit the working class.
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2021-02-23): "You need to be honest with yourselves about what the obstacles to UI have been and quit trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis because of your guilt over all the things that you did over eight years." [...] Is it reasonable to claim Republicans are "trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis"? [...] Criticizing Republican inaction in the face of a staggering Wisconsin unemployment system, Hintz said they are "trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis."
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2004-02-01): We propose to put Americans back to work again by restoring real growth without inflation to the United States economy. Republican programs and initiatives detailed in this platform will create millions of additional new jobs in the American workplace. As a result of Mr. Carter's recession, more than eight million Americans are now out of work.
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2023-04-26): "I sought this job with a clear purpose: to build a path to opportunity, prosperity, and security for every New Jersey family. The manufactured crisis that the House GOP has created with the debt ceiling violates that purpose. House GOP leaders are threatening our economy. The GOP’s demands would halt our recent recovery and set families and our national economy back. And if they don’t get their extreme agenda, they are willing to push our country into default.
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2022-09-01): Republicans Call for Hearing on Massive Pandemic-Related Unemployment Fraud: Last week, top Republicans called on Democrats to hold a hearing on hundreds of billions of stolen pandemic unemployment benefits. Republicans Call for Hearing on Massive Pandemic-Related Unemployment Fraud: Last week, House Committee on Oversight and Reform James Comer (R-Ky.), along with Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Gary Palmer (R-Ala.), called on Democrats to hold a hearing on hundreds of billions of stolen pandemic unemployment benefits. Press reported unemployment fraud could reach more than $400 billion, with as much as half of the funds going to international criminal organizations. The lawmakers previously called for an investigation into unemployment fraud in California after it was unearthed that the California Employment Development Department sent fraudulent unemployment benefits to murderers, people on death row, deceased individuals, and organized crime members in China and Russia. However, Democrats have refused to act and examine this gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars.
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2024-06-26): "There’s no unemployment crisis in Michigan for this bill to address. Our rate is currently below the national average," said BeGole of Antrim Township. "This plan will create problems for tens of thousands of local job providers who have to pay into this system and have already been put through the wringer by burdensome regulation and inflation. I don’t see the need for a bill that is going to create more problems that it will solve."
Claim: Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment crisis.” (Gordon Hintz, 2021-02-23)
Evidence (2016-07-18): The federal fiscal burden threatens the security, liberty, and independence of our nation. The current Administration's refusal to work with Republicans took our national debt from $10 trillion to nearly $19 trillion today. Left unchecked, it will hit $30 trillion by 2026. At the same time, the Administration's policies systematically crippled economic growth and job creation, driving up government costs and driving down revenues. When Congressional Republicans tried to reverse course, the Administration manufactured fiscal crises — phony government shutdowns — to demand excessive spending. The Administration's demands have focused on significantly expanding government spending and benefits for its preferred groups, paid for through loans that our children and grandchildren will have to pay. This is the path to bankrupting the next generation.
Claim: Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.” (António Guterres, 2024-03-18)
Evidence (2024-03-18): A March report compiled by organizations that evaluate global food emergencies said 677,000 people in Gaza face "catastrophic" food insecurity, based on the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system. We found no instances in which more people have been classified as experiencing "catastrophic" hunger or famine conditions in any one location since the 2004 creation of the tracking system. The classification system is not used in all countries and sometimes the data used to track food insecurity is unavailable or incomplete. Learn more about PolitiFact’s fact-checking process and rating system.
Claim: Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.” (António Guterres, 2024-03-18)
Evidence (2024-01-16): The WFP warned in early December that the "catastrophic hunger crisis" in Gaza which "already threatens to overwhelm the civilian population" will only intensify. [...] The Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Phase Classification (IPC) has confirmed that the entire population of Gaza – about 2.2 million people – is facing high levels of acute food insecurity or worse, with one in four households facing catastrophic conditions. The IPC said it is the highest share of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity the initiative has ever classified for any given area or country.
Claim: Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.” (António Guterres, 2024-03-18)
Evidence (2024-03-18): More than half of Gaza's population is experiencing catastrophic food insecurity, according to a new report. Despite international pressure on Israel to allow more aid in, it hasn't been enough. More than half of Gaza's population is experiencing catastrophic food insecurity. That's according to a report out today. Famine is expected to start anytime. And despite growing international pressure on Israel to allow more assistance in, aid groups say it has not been nearly enough. NPR's Fatma Tanis reports from Jerusalem. [...] Today, a report by experts who monitor food security, known as the IPC, said at least 1.1 million people in Gaza are facing the worst possible level of starvation. That's the highest number ever recorded in the world. De Waal says what's happening in Gaza is shocking.
Claim: Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.” (António Guterres, 2024-03-18)
Evidence (2024-03-18): These are the images behind the horrific hunger numbers published today, showing 300,000 people in Gaza's northern governorates face famine in the coming weeks—snapshots of desperation Matthew Hollingworth, World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director ad interim for Palestine, has seen daily during his visit of the conflict-torn strip. "Famine is a reality," says Hollingworth, of the expert analysis known as Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) for acute food insecurity. It finds 1.1 million Gazans are now experiencing catastrophic hunger—the highest level of food insecurity—a number that has doubled in just three months. [...] Almost three-quarters of people experiencing catastrophic hunger are in northern Gaza Strip, where humanitarian access has been severely restricted. The IPC findings project famine will arrive there between now and May.
Claim: Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.” (António Guterres, 2024-03-18)
Evidence (2024-03-01): According to the most likely scenario, both North Gaza and Gaza Governorates are classified in IPC Phase 5 (Famine) with reasonable evidence, with 70% (around 210,000 people) of the population in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe). Continued conflict and the near-complete lack of access to the northern governorates for humanitarian organizations and commercial trucks will likely compound heightened vulnerabilities and extremely limited food availability, access and utilization, as well as access to healthcare, water, and sanitation. The famine threshold for household acute food insecurity has already been far exceeded and, given the latest data showing a steeply increasing trend in cases of acute malnutrition, it is highly likely that the famine threshold for acute malnutrition has also been exceeded. The upward trend in non-trauma mortality is also expected to accelerate, resulting in all famine thresholds likely to be passed imminently. [...] The entire population in the Gaza Strip (2.23 million) is facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Between mid-March and mid-July, in the most likely scenario and under the assumption of an escalation of the conflict including a ground offensive in Rafah, half of the population of the Gaza Strip (1.11 million people) is expected to face catastrophic conditions (IPC Phase 5), the most severe level in the IPC Acute Food Insecurity scale. This is an increase of 530,000 people (92 percent) compared to the previous analysis. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC) was activated on 1 March 2024 by the IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) considering the extreme severity of the evidence provided.
Claim: Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.” (António Guterres, 2024-03-18)
Evidence (2024-03-25): "This new report shows that the catastrophic levels of hunger and starvation in Gaza are the highest ever recorded on the IPC scale, both in terms of number of people and percentage of the population. Never before have we seen such rapid deterioration into widespread starvation. [...] In the IPC’s five-tier classification of food crises, Gaza now has the largest percentage of a population to receive its most severe rating (IPC phase 5 - catastrophe) since the body began reporting in 2004. It has also never been recorded that an entire population (or 100%) be in IPC Phase 3 or worse. [...] According to the IPC classification, the entire population of Gaza is curently facing high levels of acute food insecurity – or IPC 3 (Crisis) and above. This includes half of the population (about 1.11 million) experiencing catastrophic food insecurity (IPC Phase 5, Catastrophe). This is the highest ever recorded number of people in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe), both in terms of percent of the population and total number of people.
Claim: Gaza has “the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the Integrated Food Security Classification system — anywhere, anytime.” (António Guterres, 2024-03-18)
Evidence (2024-03-18): Rome (AFP) – Half of Gazans are experiencing "catastrophic" hunger, with famine projected to hit the north of the territory by May unless there is urgent intervention, a United Nations-backed food security assessment warned Monday. [...] The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) partnership on Monday estimated that 1.1 million people -- half the population, according to UN data -- were facing catastrophic conditions. [...] The WFP said this was the "highest number of people ever recorded as facing catastrophic hunger" under the IPC system, originally developed in 2004.