# claims

text: Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/20/facebook-posts/yes-biden-has-said-150-million-americans-died-guns/


text: "Flint still doesn’t have clean water."
claimant: Michelle Wolf
claim_date: 2018-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Is Michelle Wolf right that Flint still doesn’t have clean water?
review_date: 2018-05-01T18:33:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/01/michelle-wolf/michelle-wolf-right-flint-still-doesnt-have-clean-/


text: "In America, radical speech is not a crime."
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2016-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio says after Orlando shooting that 'radical speech is not a crime'
review_date: 2016-06-20T01:25:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/15/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-after-orlando-shooting-radical-sp/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/mar/01/fact-checking-donald-trumps-address-congress/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's address to Congress
review_date: 2017-08-18T15:30:31Z
textual_rating: Largest is a stretch
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly claims historic defense increase
review_date: 2017-03-01T15:15:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/01/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-claims-historic-defense-increase/


text: "I've won awards on environmental protection."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's environmental awards: A closer look
review_date: 2017-04-06T18:14:17Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/06/donald-trump/trumps-environmental-awards-closer-look/


text: Says coronavirus is just “the damn flu”
claimant: David Clarke
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Former Sheriff David Clarke rants coronavirus is just “the damn flu” (it's not)
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/19/david-clarke-jr/former-sheriff-david-clarke-rants-coronavirus-just/


claimant: USPOLN
claim_date: 2017-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: Pat Robertson did NOT say gays should wear specially-colored clothes
review_date: 2017-05-31T17:44:52Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Pat Robertson said, "We must impose a rule on the gay population that would require them to wear specially-colored clothes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/31/uspoln/pat-robertson-gays-special-colored-clothes/


text: “Shands Hospital of Gainesville Florida has confirmed its first case of coronavirus.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, hasn’t confirmed a coronavirus case
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/03/viral-image/shands-hospital-gainesville-florida-hasnt-confirme/


text: Thousands of military ballots were found in the trash in Wisconsin.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, thousands of military ballots were not found in the trash in Wisconsin
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/facebook-posts/no-thousands-military-ballots-were-not-found-trash/


claimant: Ridesharing Works for Austin
claim_date: 2016-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Facts missing behind claim that fingerprint checks of Austin drivers will cost city millions
review_date: 2016-05-02T16:21:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If Austin voters reject Proposition 1, a "new City-run" criminal background check "process will cost millions" with taxpayers getting "the bill."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/30/ridesharing-works-austin/claim-about-millions-dollars-costs-bill-going-taxp/


text: "Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Earnings at the bottom rising faster than at the top? The mixed data behind Trump’s claim
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/03/donald-trump/earnings-bottom-rising-faster-top-mixed-data-behin/


text: "If we kept (the minimum wage) indexed to inflation, people would be making $20 an hour right now.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s town hall mistake about an inflation-indexed minimum wage
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/18/joe-biden/joe-bidens-town-hall-mistake-about-inflation-index/


claimant: Janet Bewley
claim_date: 2021-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Bewley wrong that Legislative maps could be drawn to provide a statehouse of half GOP, half Dems
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/23/janet-bewley/bewley-wrong-legislative-maps-could-be-drawn-provi/


text: “Corona is so bad, this guy died twice!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: These headlines don’t prove “fake news” about COVID-19 deaths
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/15/viral-image/these-headlines-dont-prove-fake-news-about-covid-1/


text: Nancy Pelosi diverted "$2.4 billion from Social Security to cover impeachment costs."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi didn’t divert Social Security money for the impeachment inquiry
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/viral-image/no-nancy-pelosi-didnt-divert-social-security-money/


text: "NFL lawyer, who claimed Super Bowl is ‘rigged’, found dead."
claimant: Eco News
claim_date: 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Story that NFL lawyer said Super Bowl rigged and was murdered is fake news
review_date: 2018-02-02T17:23:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/02/eco-news/story-nfl-lawyer-said-super-bowl-rigged-and-was-mu/


claimant: Students, Parents and Teachers supporting Marshall Tuck
claim_date: 2018-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: FALSE: Attack ad’s claim Tony Thurmond was ‘reprimanded’ by Obama
review_date: 2018-11-05T21:10:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tony Thurmond was "Reprimanded by the Obama Administration for failing to address widespread sexual harassment and assault in district schools."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/05/students-parents-and-teachers-supporting-marshall-/false-attack-ads-claim-tony-thurmond-was-reprimand/


claimant: Garland Tucker
claim_date: 2019-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Garland Tucker mostly wrong about Tillis supporting 'amnesty'
review_date: 2019-06-05T15:38:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Said Sen. Thom Tillis “co-sponsored a bill that not only provided amnesty, but provided a clear path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/05/garland-tucker/garland-tucker-mostly-wrong-about-tillis-supportin/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Hannity misleads about stand-down order, clothing change in Benghazi attack
review_date: 2016-06-30T21:35:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/30/sean-hannity/hannity-misleads-claim-about-benghazi-stand-down-o/


text: Photo shows “‘kids in cages’ taken in 2014 under the Obama admin.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: This photo of detained child migrants is from 2019, not 2014
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/09/viral-image/photo-detained-child-migrants-2019-not-2014/


text: A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Person hanging from helicopter in Afghanistan appears to be wearing a harness
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/tweets/viral-video-doesnt-show-taliban-hanging-body-helic/


claimant: Rick Baker
claim_date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Did the number of A schools increase under former mayor Rick Baker?
review_date: 2017-07-21T16:00:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We went from zero A elementary schools when I took office to 16 when I left, and our total A and B schools went up by 260 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/21/rick-baker/did-number-schools-increase-under-former-mayor-ric/


claimant: Glenna Hodge
claim_date: 2017-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly False: Austin children taught gender is fluid starting in pre-kindergarten
review_date: 2017-09-08T20:56:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Schools in Austin Independent School District are teaching children as young as 4 years old that their gender is fluid – that they’re not a boy or a girl and they can choose whichever gender they want."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/08/glenna-hodge/mostly-false-austin-children-taught-gender-fluid-s/


claimant: Dale Kooyenga
claim_date: 2019-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: State Sen. Kooyenga says doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials are against the law
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make "many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/18/dale-kooyenga/state-sen-kooyenga-says-doorbuster-deals-and-holid/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, border barrier did not drive down crime in El Paso, Texas
review_date: 2019-02-08T19:39:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime — one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. Now, immediately upon its building, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/08/donald-trump/no-border-barrier-did-not-drive-down-crime-el-paso/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump not close in claiming he has signed more bills in first six months than any president
review_date: 2017-07-20T15:45:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’ve signed more bills -- and I’m talking about through the legislature -- than any president ever."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-not-close-claiming-he-has-signed-more/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, President Trump, you haven’t signed more bills than any other president
review_date: 2017-07-17T22:54:13Z
textual_rating: Very Wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"We’ve signed more bills -- and I’m talking about through the legislature -- than any president ever."

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/07/17/no-president-trump-youve-havent-signed-more-bills-than-any-president/


text: "The vast majority of Wisconsin students cannot even read, write, or do math at grade level."
claimant: Jeremy Thiesfeldt
claim_date: 2019-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, the “vast majority” of Wisconsin students are not below grade level
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/23/jeremy-thiesfeldt/no-vast-majority-wisconsin-students-are-not-below-/


text: "The Koch brothers have given" Paul Ryan "$500,000 in campaign contributions."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2018-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders, stumping for Paul Ryan opponent Randy Bryce, says Koch brothers gave Ryan $500,000
review_date: 2018-03-09T16:37:21Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/09/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-stumping-paul-ryan-opponent-randy-b/


text: Says Beto O’Rourke irresponsibly "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz says Beto O'Rourke voted against tax relief for Hurricane Harvey victims
review_date: 2018-08-29T20:34:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/29/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-beto-orourke-voted-against-tax-relie/


claimant: Keith Ellison
claim_date: 2017-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Keith Ellison wrong that CBO can't analyze cost of Obamacare repeal
review_date: 2017-01-12T22:56:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/12/keith-ellison/keith-ellison-wrong-cbo-cant-analyze-cost-obamacar/


text: "Abolishing the Electoral College would make Los Angeles County stronger than 43 states."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claim on Electoral College, Los Angeles County and 43 states
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/08/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claim-electoral-college-los-angeles-/


text: "In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."
claimant: Gordon Gee
claim_date: 2019-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Is West Virginia short of 20,000 skilled workers its economy needs?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/06/e-gordon-gee/west-virginia-short-20000-skilled-workers-its-econ/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, former Starbucks CEO never said he prefers to hire 'illegal immigrants' over vets
review_date: 2019-02-19T22:04:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz once said that he would "hire an illegal immigrant" before he would hire a veteran.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/19/facebook-posts/no-former-starbucks-ceo-never-said-he-prefers-hire/


claimant: Chris Collins
claim_date: 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: New York state prohibits higher health insurance premiums for older residents
review_date: 2017-03-31T14:55:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In New York state, "you cannot charge an older person even one dollar more than a younger person" for health insurance.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/31/chris-collins/new-york-law-prohibits-higher-health-insurance-pre/


claimant: David Miliband
claim_date: 2016-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Refugee aid head: World's poorest increasingly found in fragile/conflict nations
review_date: 2016-05-25T15:10:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The geography of poverty has changed fundamentally in the last 15 years," with more of it concentrated in fragile and conflict states.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/23/david-miliband/refugee-aid-head-worlds-poorest-increasingly-found/


text: Google and Apple “put a covid tracker on every phone.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Why your phone has ‘COVID-19 exposure logging’
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/25/facebook-posts/why-your-phone-has-covid-19-exposure-logging/


text: “Wisconsin took a break, and when they returned, Biden coincidentally came back ahead by 100k.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Wisconsin did not take a break from counting election results
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/facebook-posts/no-wisconsin-did-not-take-break-counting-election-/


claimant: Letitia James
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: NY AG emphasizes key fact in citizenship question case
review_date: 2019-04-30T20:17:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/30/letitia-james/ny-ag-emphasizes-key-fact-citizenship-question-cas/


claimant: Marsha Blackburn
claim_date: 2022-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Marsha Blackburn misleads about Jackson’s record on releasing criminals during the pandemic
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/marsha-blackburn/marsha-blackburn-misleads-about-jacksons-record-re/


claimant: Tom DeLay
claim_date: 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Tom DeLay says most illegal immigrants draw 'welfare benefits,' send children to public schools
review_date: 2016-09-28T22:36:16Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/28/tom-delay/tom-delay-says-most-illegal-immigrants-draw-welfar/


text: Says Donald Trump "has not apologized" for comments caught on tape by "Access Hollywood."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2017-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders wrongly says Donald Trump never apologized for Access Hollywood tape
review_date: 2017-12-14T15:21:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/14/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-wrongly-says-donald-trump-never-apo/


text: "Bernie Sanders passed more roll call amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders was the roll call amendment king from 1995 to 2007
review_date: 2017-04-11T21:18:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/24/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-was-roll-call-amendment-king-1995-2/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: The facts behind Joe Biden’s blended story of battlefield heroism
textual_rating: Blends three heroic events
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/04/joe-biden/facts-behind-joe-bidens-blended-story-battlefield-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Clarifying what’s accurate, and not, in claims about quarantines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The CDC can detain anyone with a fever — indefinitely. … Vaccination (is) a way people could get out of detention.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/blog-posting/clarifying-whats-accurate-and-not-claims-about-qua/


text: The poverty rate in West Virginia "was 19.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country."
claimant: Mike Romano
claim_date: 2018-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Does West Virginia have the nation's fourth-worst poverty rate?
review_date: 2018-12-10T17:48:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/10/mike-romano/does-west-virginia-have-nations-fourth-worst-pover/


text: "In the last decade, 73% of new jobs (in Wisconsin) have come from Madison."
claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2016-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Pocan wrongly claims 'in the last decade, 73% of new jobs' in Wisconsin 'have come from Madison'
review_date: 2017-01-19T16:44:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/19/mark-pocan/pocan-wrongly-claims-last-decade-73-new-jobs-wisco/


claimant: Chris Cox
claim_date: 2017-10-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/10/fact-checking-nras-talking-points-after-las-vegas/
title: Fact-checking the NRA's response to proposed gun laws after Las Vegas
review_date: 2017-10-10T22:12:03Z
textual_rating: Ignores key facts
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Social Security Administration’s "definition of a mental disorder was someone who asked for help handling their finances. That is not a prohibitive category."


text: "Heitkamp High-Fives Schumer After Voting Against 20-Week Abortion Ban."
claimant: Say Anything Blog
claim_date: 2018-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Heidi Heitkamp didn't high-five Chuck Schumer following abortion vote
review_date: 2018-02-06T16:12:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/06/say-anything-blog/heitkamp-didnt-high-five-schumer-abortion/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, a leaked 911 call doesn’t contradict reports about Pelosi attack
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Leaked audio tape of the 911 call from the Paul Pelosi attack has surfaced. The call proves that the liberal media has lied about what really happened.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/03/viral-image/no-a-leaked-911-call-doesnt-contradict-reports-abo/


text: “On 60 Minutes, Joe said he never met with Hunter and the Burisma CEO. Well, here he is with both.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show Joe and Hunter Biden with Burisma CEO
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/30/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-joe-and-hunter-biden-burisma-/


claimant: Tulsi Gabbard
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/01/were-tulsi-gabbards-attacks-kamala-harris-record-c/
title: Were Tulsi Gabbard’s attacks on Kamala Harris’ record as a California prosecutor on target?
review_date: 2019-08-02T14:38:15Z
textual_rating: Record is mixed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris "fought to keep a bail system in place that impacts poor people in the worst kind of way."


text: “Trump and McConnell are blocking stimulus checks for Americans married to immigrants.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about stimulus check eligibility for Americans married to immigrants missing context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/29/facebook-posts/claim-about-stimulus-check-eligibility-americans-m/


text: Gas prices during the Obama-Biden administration were $5.49 a gallon.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows real gas prices during Obama-Biden administration, but that’s not the whole story
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/02/viral-image/photo-shows-real-gas-prices-during-obama-biden-adm/


text: “We created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s boast about job creation needs some asterisks
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/07/joe-biden/joe-bidens-boast-about-job-creation-needs-some-ast/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: False: Trump's claim about illegal immigration under past administrations
review_date: 2017-08-03T14:02:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down -- it went up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/03/donald-trump/false-trumps-claim-about-illegal-immigration-under/


claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-09-10T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-09-14T17:22:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Leah Vukmir was "just about the only legislator who stood with the insurance companies" and "voted against oral chemotherapy."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/14/tammy-baldwin/insurers-leah-vukmir-opposed-wisconsin-law-forcing/

title:
Like insurers, Leah Vukmir opposed Wisconsin law forcing insurers to make oral chemo more affordable


text: Elon Musk suspended Bill Gates from Twitter.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Gates wasn’t suspended from Twitter following Elon Musk deal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/27/tweets/no-bill-gates-wasnt-suspended-twitter-following-el/


text: Arizona House bill to “decertify” 2020 results “could effectively recall the Biden electors.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: GOP lawmaker’s proposal to decertify Arizona election won’t change anything about 2020
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/11/blog-posting/gop-lawmakers-proposal-decertify-arizona-election-/


text: "Refugees are subject to more rigorous screening than the average tourist in the U.S."
claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: At refugee summit, Obama claims refugees in U.S. are screened more than tourists
review_date: 2016-10-13T20:19:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/13/barack-obama/refugee-summit-obama-claims-refugees-us-are-screen/


text: Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators.
claimant: Jeff Denham
claim_date: 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Jeff Denham’s Half True claim top Democrats voted for border wall
review_date: 2017-09-06T23:30:53Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/06/jeff-denham/jeff-denhams-half-true-claim-top-democrats-support/


text: “The 9/11 Memorial in NYC was just defaced with graffiti.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, the 9/11 Memorial in New York City wasn’t defaced
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/08/facebook-posts/no-911-memorial-new-york-city-wasnt-defaced/


claimant: Mike Rawlings
claim_date: 2016-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Does Dallas have fewest police shootings in America? Impossible to tell
review_date: 2016-07-12T19:08:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/12/mike-rawlings/does-dallas-have-fewest-police-shootings-america-i/


text: "Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary."
claimant: Miguel Cardona
claim_date: 2022-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Teachers have not had much of a raise in 25 years, data shows
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/24/miguel-cardona/data-shows-minimal-gains-teacher-pay-over-25-years/


text: COVID-19 vaccines "provide zero benefit relative to risk for the young and healthy."
claimant: Robert Malone
claim_date: 2023-01-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/10/robert-malone/young-and-healthy-people-get-benefits-and-low-risk/

title:
Young and healthy people get benefits and low risk from COVID-19 vaccine, despite claims to contrary


text: "Breaking: Crew of Air Force One Refuses to Fly Obama 6000 miles ‘Just to Play Golf’ "
claimant: BuzzFeedUSA.com
claim_date: 2016-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Air Force One did not refuse to take Obama to Hawaii
review_date: 2016-12-30T20:39:17Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/30/buzzfeedusacom/no-air-force-one-did-not-refuse-take-obama-hawaii/


text: We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2018-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: After Parkland, Paul Ryan cites law on mentally ill and guns, but it has limited reach
review_date: 2018-02-26T15:23:16Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/26/paul-ryan/wake-parkland-paul-ryans-claim-about-laws-aimed-st/


text: Says Donald Trump "brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace Americans."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump attacked for bringing in hundreds of foreign workers on H-2B visas at Mar-A-Lago
review_date: 2016-05-11T14:53:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/06/ted-cruz/donald-trump-attacked-bringing-hundreds-foreign-wo/


text: Says Donald Trump is not at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, “he is on AF1.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: QAnon supporters push baseless theory that Trump isn’t in the hospital
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/04/facebook-posts/qanon-supporters-push-baseless-theory-trump-isnt-h/


text: "Barack Obama arrested in a Japanese drug bust."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracy theorists concoct fake report of Obama arrest for drug smuggling
review_date: 2017-05-17T15:34:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/17/blog-posting/conspiracy-theorists-concoct-fake-report-obama-arr/


claimant: Patrick Philbin
claim_date: 2020-01-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/28/fact-checking-trump-impeachment-defense/
title: Fact-checking the impeachment defense of Donald Trump
review_date: 2020-01-28T22:49:15Z
textual_rating: Not locked out
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
House Democrats designed "a mechanism here where the president was locked out and denied the ability to cross-examine witnesses."


claimant: Inforwars
claim_date: 2017-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Loretta Lynch did not call for 'violence and murder,' 'blood and death in streets'
review_date: 2017-09-30T13:47:03Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Loretta Lynch was part of "a stunning collection of calls to violence and murder from the intolerant, unhinged leftists in the Democrat party."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/16/infowars/infowars-ridiculous-claim-dems-called-violence/


claimant: Doug Collins
claim_date: 2019-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Doug Collins repeats a false claim about Pelosi’s letter on impeachment
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In November 2019, Speaker Pelosi said it would be ‘dangerous’ to leave it to voters to determine whether President Trump stays in office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/19/doug-collins/doug-collins-repeats-false-claim-about-pelosis-let/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Biden mostly on track that Ron Johnson wants annual approval of Social Security and Medicare
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ron Johnson "wants to put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block every single year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/26/joe-biden/biden-mostly-track-ron-johnson-wants-annual-approv/


text: "Youth unemployment is through the roof."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump exaggerates youth unemployment in Reddit AMA
review_date: 2016-08-04T18:21:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/04/donald-trump/ama-trump-exaggerates-youth-unemployment/


text: That J.D. Vance said, “People who voted for Trump voted for him for racist reasons.”
claimant: Club for Growth
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Attack ad twists JD Vance’s words on racism and Trump voters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/28/club-growth/attack-ad-twists-jd-vances-words-racism-and-trump-/


text: Facebook planted Frances Haugen as its own pretend whistleblower.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence whistleblower Frances Haugen was planted by Facebook
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/08/viral-image/no-evidence-whistleblower-frances-haugen-was-plant/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-06-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Clint Eastwood said Hollywood is "the place of traitors and pedophilians" and he’s decided to "leave" it to "fight against traitors with real American patriots with president Trump."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/21/facebook-posts/no-clint-eastwood-did-not-say-hes-leaving-hollywoo/

title:
No, Clint Eastwood did not say he’s leaving Hollywood to fight against ‘traitors’ with ‘real America


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Offer for free horses is from 2011, not tied to COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“FREE HORSES!!!! 52 thoroughbred horses need homes. Will go to Sugarcreek this Sat. for slaughter. Gentleman died due to COVID-19 and his son wants nothing to do with them.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/16/facebook-posts/offer-free-horses-2011-not-tied-covid-19/


text: “Military arrests Adam Schiff.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military didn’t arrest Adam Schiff
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/23/blog-posting/no-military-didnt-arrest-adam-schiff/


text: "New government-funded 'food pyramid' says Lucky Charms are healthier than steak."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Magically nutritious? Joe Rogan’s misleading post about guidelines for Lucky Charms and steak
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/instagram-posts/magically-nutritious-joe-rogans-misleading-post-ab/


text: Says the Trump administration transferred $10 million from FEMA to ICE.
claimant: Jeff Merkley
claim_date: 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, $10 million were transferred from FEMA to ICE
review_date: 2018-09-13T15:12:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/13/jeff-merkley/yes-10-million-were-transferred-fema-ice/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-05-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/may/11/what-kind-of-a-woman-fact-checking-donald-trumps-f/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s CNN town hall claims on Jan. 6, abortion, Mar-a-Lago documents
review_date: 2023-05-11T03:46:43Z
textual_rating: Major distortion
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking about Jan. 6, 2021, rioters who were convicted: "A couple of them probably they got out of control."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Trump’s mother called him ‘an idiot with zero common sense’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Trump’s mother said, "Yes, he’s an idiot with zero common sense, and no social skills, but he is my son. I just hope he never goes into politics. He’d be a disaster."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/18/facebook-posts/no-evidence-trumps-mother-called-him-idiot-zero-co/


text: "President Trump didn't say he'd go after a cultural site."
claimant: Mike Pompeo
claim_date: 2020-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Pompeo falsely claims Trump did not say he’d go after Iranian cultural sites
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/06/mike-pompeo/pompeo-falsely-claims-trump-did-not-say-hed-go-aft/


text: “The filibuster was never an idea of the founding fathers.”
claimant: Chuck Todd
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: The founders didn’t put a Senate filibuster into the Constitution
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/08/chuck-todd/founders-didnt-put-senate-filibuster-constitution/


text: "920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about 920 miscarriages caused by COVID-19 vaccination lacks evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/08/instagram-posts/claim-about-920-miscarriages-caused-covid-19-vacci/


text: “Alec Baldwin arrested for first-degree murder and possession of child pornography.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Alec Baldwin wasn’t arrested for murder, child pornography
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/29/viral-image/no-alec-baldwin-wasnt-arrested-murder-child-pornog/


claimant: Roger Stone
claim_date: 2018-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: An old Roger Stone video about Cory Booker has gone viral on Twitter. It’s false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
As mayor of Newark, N.J., Cory Booker "stole $600,000 from a city water authority and laundered it through his law firm."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/14/roger-stone/old-roger-stone-video-about-cory-booker-has-gone-v/


text: Joe Biden had an iPad at his podium during the debate.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Presidential candidates had notepads at podiums, not iPads
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/25/facebook-posts/presidential-candidates-had-notepads-podiums-not-i/


text: The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created."
claimant: Ron Klain
claim_date: 2022-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Ron Klain exaggerates turnaround in jobs on Joe Biden’s watch
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/04/ron-klain/ron-klain-exaggerates-turnaround-jobs-joe-bidens-w/


text: "Bill Gates and AOC say that a cow emits more pollution than a car."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Gates and AOC never said cows emitted more pollution than cars
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/15/facebook-posts/bill-gates-and-aoc-never-said-cows-emitted-more-po/


text: Says Bernie Sanders “voted against the Brady Bill five times for background checks on people.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Did Bernie Sanders vote against the Brady Bill five times?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/joe-biden/did-bernie-sanders-vote-against-brady-bill-five-ti/


text: Says "(Barack) Obama’s mother-in-law charged with larceny and fraud."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Former ‘First Grandma’ Marian Robinson caught up in another fake news hoax
review_date: 2017-03-23T14:55:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/23/blog-posting/former-first-grandma-marian-robinson-caught-anothe/


text: “Hillary Clinton hanged at GITMO.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hillary Clinton wasn’t hanged at Guantanamo Bay
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/28/blog-posting/no-hillary-clinton-wasnt-hanged-guantanamo-bay/


claimant: "Hamilton"
claim_date: 2015-01-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/01/fact-checking-hamilton-musical/
title: Fact-checking ‘Hamilton’ the musical
review_date: 2020-07-01T21:47:26Z
textual_rating: Left years before election
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Thomas Jefferson resigned from President George Washington’s administration so that he could run for president.


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2018-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Is Mike Pence right that religion is gaining new life in US?
review_date: 2018-05-16T15:10:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Religion in America isn’t receding. It’s just the opposite. Faith is gaining new life across America every day."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/16/mike-pence/mike-pence-right-religion-gaining-new-life-us/


text: Astronaut Karen Nyberg filmed what “was supposedly a video from space” in front of a green screen.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a video of a NASA astronaut pretending to be in space
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/09/instagram-posts/no-isnt-video-nasa-astronaut-pretending-be-space/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Story that Obama supporter was behind wheel of car in Charlottesville is fake news
review_date: 2017-08-23T13:50:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"White supremacist who killed protester is a Democrat and visited (President Barack) Obama in Oval Office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/21/blog-posting/story-obama-supporter-was-behind-wheel-car-charlot/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Advance child tax credit payments won’t usually require repayment
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“You must give EVERY PENNY” of the advance child tax credit payments back when you file your 2021 taxes.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/21/tweets/advance-child-tax-credit-payments-wont-usually-req/


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Popular TikTok posts mislead on details of anti-transgender bills
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Schools are trying to make a law that teachers can see girls' private parts to make sure they're not trans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/17/tiktok-posts/popular-tiktok-posts-mislead-details-anti-transgen/


claimant: Eric Schneiderman
claim_date: 2017-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Since Obamacare, far fewer New Yorkers are uninsured
review_date: 2017-07-24T13:47:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have been able to cut New York’s uninsured rate in half since 2013 from 10 percent to 5 percent of our population."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/24/eric-schneiderman/how-has-obamacare-lowered-new-yorks-uninsured-rate/


claimant: Alex Jones
claim_date: 2017-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Infowars' Alex Jones wrong about Alabama Senate recount
review_date: 2017-12-14T21:32:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says there won't be a recount in Alabama because a Democratic judge said "we're going to erase all the computer files ... on Wednesday morning."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/14/alex-jones/infowars-jones-wrong-about-alabama-recount/


claimant: Kevin Nicholson
claim_date: 2022-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Evers didn’t refuse to remove vets board chair who was charged with possession of child porn
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Over the course of two months, Tony Evers refused to remove (Curtis Schmitt Jr.) from the (state’s veterans) Board despite having the authority to do (so).”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/08/kevin-nicholson/no-evers-didnt-refuse-remove-vets-board-chair-who-/


text: In New York, you need to show identification to buy whipped cream, but not to vote.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2022-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Show ID to buy whipped cream, but not to vote? In New York, that’s misleading
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/01/social-media/show-id-buy-whipped-cream-not-vote-new-york-s-misl/


text: Says Ron Johnson "is supporting the Republican plan that phases out Social Security and Medicare."
claimant: Alex Lasry
claim_date: 2022-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Ron Johnson has not endorsed plan to phase out of Social Security, Medicare
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/18/alex-lasry/ron-johnson-has-not-endorsed-plan-phase-out-social/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2022-09-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/05/marco-rubio/fact-checking-rubios-claim-demings-stance-transgen/

title:
Fact-checking Rubio’s claim on Demings’ stance on transgender athletes and ‘radical’ gender identity


claimant: Citizens for Michael McAuliffe and House Republican Organization
claim_date: 2016-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Attack on Marwig's property taxes misses the mark
review_date: 2016-10-14T16:38:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Mike Madigan made a fortune on tax appeals… Saving his friends millions... It’s an inside game played by people like Merry Marwig, Madigan’s hand-picked candidate. When Marwig thought her property taxes were too high she got them lowered at your expense. Saved so much she did it again. Marwig and Madigan: Profiting from the same corrupt system."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/citizens-michael-mcauliffe-and-house-republican-or/attack-marwigs-property-taxes-misses-mark/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jun/02/fact-checking-donald-trumps-case-against-world-hea/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s case against the World Health Organization, China
review_date: 2020-06-02T16:28:18Z
textual_rating: Gets facts wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The WHO ignored reports, including Lancet articles, of the virus spreading in Wuhan in early December 2019.


text: Delta Airlines is offering free airline tickets for people who take a short survey
claimant: Delta-flying.info
claim_date: 2018-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Delta targeted in online free airline ticket scam
review_date: 2018-03-15T13:31:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/14/delta-flyinginfo/delta-targeted-online-free-airline-ticket-scam/


text: Says Andrew Gillum has a "far left socialist platform."
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, Florida's Andrew Gillum does not have a far left socialist platform
review_date: 2018-09-06T15:50:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/06/ron-desantis/no-floridas-andrew-gillum-not-socialist/


claimant: Sheri Gallo
claim_date: 2016-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Sheri Gallo says Alison Alter 'exploited' loophole to land $64,000 for campaign
review_date: 2016-12-08T18:48:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Alison Alter "has exploited a campaign finance loophole to obtain over $64,000 in public dollars to fund her campaign."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/08/sheri-gallo/sheri-gallo-says-alison-alter-landed-64000-runoff-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/04/fact-checking-donald-trumps-axios-interview/
title: Fact-checking 22 claims from Donald Trump's Axios interview
review_date: 2020-08-04T21:16:55Z
textual_rating: Claim is accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., "didn't come to my inauguration. He didn't come to my State of the Union speeches."


claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2023-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Vos is mostly right on claim about multimillionaires and BadgerCare
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free healthcare."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/09/robin-vos/vos-mostly-right-claim-about-multimillionaires-bad/


text: Questions about whether she’s been vaccinated are “a violation of my HIPAA rights.”
claimant: Marjorie Taylor Greene
claim_date: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Marjorie Taylor Greene says HIPAA shields her from vaccination questions. It doesn’t.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/21/marjorie-taylor-greene/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-hipaa-shields-her-vacc/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, DePape didn’t strip to his underwear and jog to the Pelosis’ house
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
David DePape “stripped down to his underwear, grabbed a hammer, and jogged all the way to Nancy Pelosi’s house.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/02/viral-image/no-depape-didnt-strip-to-his-underwear-and-jog-to/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Face masks for wildfire smoke protection and COVID-19 play different roles
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“CDC announces that ordinary (non-N95) masks (which most people are wearing) will do nothing to protect you against wildfire smoke … Fun fact: smoke particles are far larger than SARS-CoV-2 particles.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/14/facebook-posts/face-masks-wildfire-smoke-protection-and-covid-19-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Security guards are armed at Israeli schools, not teachers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Israel started training teachers with guns, "there have only been two school shootings in 44 years and both shooters were killed by teachers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/02/viral-image/security-guards-are-armed-israeli-schools-not-teac/


text: “Clinton aide found dead, tied to tree in apparent murder.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Former Clinton White House aide wasn't murdered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/facebook-posts/former-clinton-white-house-aide-wasnt-murdered/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: In swipe at Fox News, Trump misleads about Los Angeles County election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/09/donald-trump/swipe-fox-news-trump-misleads-about-los-angeles-co/


claimant: Eric Toney
claim_date: 2021-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Wis. GOP Atty. Gen. candidate misses mark in repeating previously 'Mostly True' claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/16/eric-toney/wis-gop-atty-gen-candidate-misses-mark-repeating-p/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-05-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/may/10/fact-checking-kamala-harris-claim-stacey-abrams-an/
title: Kamala Harris says voter suppression kept Stacey Abrams, Andrew Gillum out of office. Really?
review_date: 2019-05-10T19:59:53Z
textual_rating: Not the full story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Let's say this loud and clear — without voter suppression, Stacey Abrams would be the governor of Georgia, Andrew Gillum is the governor of Florida,"


text: "Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux."
claimant: Mark Perry
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Illinois population loss is Wisconsin's gain
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/19/mark-perry/illinois-population-loss-wisconsins-gain/


claimant: Kimberly Klacik
claim_date: 2021-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative commentator uses outdated photo in botched attack on 'Build Back Better'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An image of empty grocery store shelves shows the effect of President Joe Biden's “Build Back Better” plan.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/13/kimberly-klacik/conservative-commentator-uses-outdated-photo-botch/


text: “I don’t care for mail-in voting. That’s why I go to the polls.”
claimant: Mark Finchem
claim_date: 2022-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona Republican said he doesn’t ‘care for’ mail voting. He used it 28 times
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/13/mark-finchem/republican-arizona-secretary-state-candidate-said-/


text: This video shows “Russian war in Ukraine.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Footage of Marines training in Arizona mischaracterized as showing Russians in Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/11/viral-image/footage-marines-training-arizona-mischaracterized-/


text: “The U.S. & Elon Musk reveal new hypersonic jet to help Ukraine.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Musk will supply hypersonic jet for Ukrainian war effort lacks substance
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/07/blog-posting/claim-musk-will-supply-hypersonic-jet-ukrainian-wa/


text: On taking major actions in a lame-duck session.
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: GOP governor asked predecessor to hold lame-duck action, now he's making major lame-duck moves
review_date: 2018-12-07T20:53:46Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/07/scott-walker/gop-governor-asked-predecessor-hold-lame-duck-acti/


text: “Queen Elizabeth tests positive for COVID-19.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: No reports Queen Elizabeth tested positive for COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/02/blog-posting/no-reports-queen-elizabeth-tested-positive-covid-1/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fake headline muddles real story of man cooked to death in tuna oven
review_date: 2017-06-26T18:10:20Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Massive Bumble Bee recall after 2 employees admit cooking a man and mixing him with a batch of tuna."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/26/blog-posting/fake-headline-muddles-real-story-man-cooked-death-/


claimant: ACLU of North Carolina
claim_date: 2016-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: ACLU: North Carolina police will have significant power to keep body cam, dash cam footage secret
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Proposed NC law for body camera footage gives police "broad authority to keep video footage secret – even from individuals who are filmed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/01/aclu-north-carolina/aclu-north-carolina-police-will-have-significant-p/


text: "We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country."
claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2019-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Bloomberg claims gains on carbon footprint as mayor
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/11/michael-bloomberg/bloomberg-claims-gains-carbon-footprint-mayor/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ukraine didn’t indict Burisma on Wednesday
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Ukrainian government just indicted the Burisma gas company & named Hunter Biden for accepting millions of dollars from a slush fund."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/22/viral-image/no-ukraine-didnt-indict-burisma-wednesday/


text: Says President Donald Trump “never downplayed the virus.”
claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: McEnany says Trump never downplayed the virus. He did, and Woodward’s tape explains why
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/09/kayleigh-mcenany/mcenany-says-trump-never-downplayed-virus-he-did-a/


text: "Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!
claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence to prove Medicaid expansion is fueling the opioid crisis
review_date: 2017-10-23T21:14:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/23/matt-gaetz/no-evidence-prove-medicaid-expansion-fueling-opioi/


claimant: Sherrod Brown
claim_date: 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Sherrod Brown misleads in lobbyist attack on Jim Renacci in Ohio Senate race
review_date: 2018-05-31T17:06:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress" and "voted to make it easier for lobbyists to hold key government positions and harder to investigate conflicts of interest."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/31/sherrod-brown/sherrod-brown-misleads-lobbyist-attack-jim-renacci/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s baseless claim about 2020 election fraud and suspending the Constitution
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The revelation of massive & widespread fraud & deception” in the 2020 election “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/06/donald-trump/trump-said-2020-fraud-calls-for-termination-of-rul/


claimant: Shelley Moore Capito
claim_date: 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Did opioid overdose deaths in West Virginia fall by 8.5%?
review_date: 2019-02-22T01:00:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Thanks to successful federal, state, and local efforts, preliminary statistics show opioid overdose deaths are down 8.5% in West Virginia."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/21/shelley-moore-capito/did-opioid-overdose-deaths-west-virginia-fall-85/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/18/fact-checking-donald-trumps-results-his-fake-news-/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's 'results' from his fake news awards
review_date: 2018-01-18T18:50:29Z
textual_rating: But little impact yet
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The president has unleashed an American energy boom by ending Obama-era regulations, approving the Keystone pipeline, auctioning off millions of new acres for energy exploration, and opening up (the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge)."


text: A CNN headline reads: “Members of Crip gang volunteer to fight wildfires after sky turns red.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Made-up CNN headline about Crips fighting wildfires is satire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/15/instagram-posts/made-cnn-headline-about-crips-fighting-wildfires-s/


text: “The Simpsons” predicted the coronavirus.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: D’oh, ‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict the coronavirus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/viral-image/doh-simpsons-didnt-predict-coronavirus/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2015-11-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/aug/15/donald-trumps-speech-about-fighting-radical-islami/
title: Donald Trump's speech about fighting 'radical Islamic terrorism,' fact-checked
review_date: 2016-06-13T15:55:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama "will not utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ and as matter of policy, nobody in the administration will say the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’"


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2015-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Cruz is right: Obama doesn't link Islam to terrorism
review_date: 2016-06-13T15:55:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama "will not utter the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ and as matter of policy, nobody in the administration will say the words ‘radical Islamic terrorism.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/nov/30/ted-cruz/cruz-right-obama-doesnt-link-islam-terrorismerrori/


text: Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."
claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2018-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Dan Patrick airs unsupported claim about 566,000 'crimes made' by 'criminal aliens' in recent years
review_date: 2018-01-25T16:22:08Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/25/dan-patrick/dan-patrick-airs-unsupported-claim-about-566000-cr/


text: Cellphones can be used to pop popcorn kernels.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Video of cellphones used to pop popcorn kernels is part of viral marketing campaign
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/19/facebook-posts/video-cellphones-used-pop-popcorn-kernels-part-vir/


text: Hillary Clinton was “EXECUTED December 31, 2018.”
claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2023-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Nope, Hillary Clinton was not executed in 2018
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/25/facebook-posts/nope-hillary-clinton-was-not-executed-in-2018/


text: “President Joe Biden admits to faking the election.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, President Joe Biden didn’t admit the 2020 presidential election was stolen
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/instagram-posts/no-president-joe-biden-didnt-admit-the-2020-presid/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrong that Clinton's refugee plan would cost more than rebuilding all inner cities
review_date: 2016-06-22T21:39:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"For the amount of money Hillary Clinton would like to spend on refugees, we could rebuild every inner city in America."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/22/donald-trump/trump-wrong-clintons-refugee-plan-would-cost-more-/


text: "US representatives promise implement of UN gun-control plans"
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative website wrong on effects, purpose of UN conference
review_date: 2018-07-11T20:35:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/10/blog-posting/conservative-website-wrong-purpose-effects-un-conf/


claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2018-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Did Patrick Morrisey join a lawsuit to allow insurers to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions?
review_date: 2018-06-26T19:45:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Pat Morrisey joined a federal lawsuit to allow insurance companies to deny coverage for people with pre-existing conditions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/26/joe-manchin/did-patrick-morrisey-join-lawsuit-allow-insurers-d/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump off in saying Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants to take U.S. jobs
review_date: 2016-08-18T20:08:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/18/donald-trump/hillary-clinton-want-millions-illegal-immigrants-t/


text: “This man who was kicked and stomped” was killed by an “antifa murderer.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence this man died at hands of an ‘antifa murderer’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/05/facebook-posts/no-evidence-man-died-hands-antifa-murderer/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie said New Jersey hasn’t sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 40 years
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:42:25Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/may/09/chris-christie/chris-christie-said-new-jersey-hasnt-sent-republic/


text: Gen. Mark Milley “never served in combat.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Gen. Mark Milley served multiple combat tours, despite claims otherwise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/gen-mark-milley-served-multiple-combat-tours-despi/


text: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."
claimant: Michelle Obama
claim_date: 2016-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Michelle Obama: Research shows educating girls can lift a nation's economy
review_date: 2016-04-29T16:18:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/29/michelle-obama/michelle-obama-research-shows-educating-girls-can-/


text: There has been "$5 trillion in debt added over the last four years."
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie says there has been “$5 trillion in debt added over the last four years”
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:38:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/aug/29/chris-christie/chris-christie-says-there-has-been-5-trillion-debt/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, there is no vaccine for the Wuhan coronavirus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a coronavirus patent expired just as there is a "sudden outbreak" and, despite "media fear-mongering," there is already a vaccine available.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/23/facebook-posts/there-outbreak-china-wuhan-coronavirus-there-not-v/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 vaccines aren’t causing AIDS
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Worldwide data has confirmed the vaccinated are developing COVID vaccine-induced Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/08/blog-posting/no-covid-19-vaccines-arent-causing-aids/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, science-led New Zealand currently has no locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/10/facebook-posts/yes-science-led-new-zealand-currently-has-no-local/


text: "DEMS WANT TO SHUT YOUR CHURCHES DOWN, PERMANENTLY. HOPE YOU SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely claims Democrats want to ‘shut your churches down’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/08/donald-trump/trump-falsely-claims-democrats-want-shut-your-chur/


text: Says "Nancy Pelosi came out in favor of MS-13."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's false claim that Nancy Pelosi 'came out in favor of MS-13'
review_date: 2018-05-24T16:44:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-nancy-pelosi-came-out-fa/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly says U.S. has made others rich while our wealth has 'dissipated'
review_date: 2017-01-20T22:11:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/20/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-says-us-has-made-others-rich-while-o/


text: "Liberals in County Hall want our community to be a sanctuary county"
claimant: New York Republican State Committee
claim_date: 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-11-06T15:30:14Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/03/new-york-republican-state-committee/republican-mailer-claims-democrats-are-trying-make/

title:
Republican mailer claims 'liberals in County Hall' are trying to make Erie County a sanctuary county


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/16/fact-checking-donald-trumps-criticism-world-health/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s criticism of the World Health Organization
review_date: 2020-04-16T21:33:19Z
textual_rating: No fight, just policy
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The (WHO) told us, when we put on our travel ban — a very strong travel ban — there was no need to do it. ‘Don’t do it.’ They actually fought us."


text: “Raising the debt limit is paying our old debts. It has nothing to do with new spending.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Is Joe Biden right that debt limit increase ‘has nothing to do with new spending’?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/13/joe-biden/joe-biden-right-debt-limit-increase-has-nothing-do/


text: "To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns."
claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2019-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke falsely claims he hasn't talked about confiscating guns
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/21/beto-orourke/despite-his-claim-presidential-candidate-beto-orou/


claimant: Lowell Holtz
claim_date: 2017-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: Candidate says Wisconsin deserved a D+ grade on preparing students for college
review_date: 2017-03-30T18:55:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
About a third of Wisconsin’s high schools "are missing the mark of graduating young adults who are college ready," a "pass rate of 66.6%."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/30/lowell-holtz/candidate-says-wisconsin-deserved-d-grade-preparin/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Postal Service workers cannot ‘do anything they want’ to mail-in ballots
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If you use the US Postal Service certified mail or registered mail, they can do anything they want with those ballots." They “can burn your mail and they won't get in any trouble.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/31/instagram-posts/no-postal-service-workers-cannot-do-anything-they/


text: “Dems Pass Bill to Vaccinate Children Without Parental Knowledge, Consent.”
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2021-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Posts about D.C. bill that allows children to be vaccinated without parental consent needs context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/06/viral-image/posts-about-dc-bill-allows-children-be-vaccinated-/


text: "Missouri has the worst roads in the Midwest and nearly the worst roads in the country."
claimant: Renee Hoagenson
claim_date: 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Hoagenson partially right on Missouri's poor road quality
review_date: 2018-10-05T14:26:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/05/renee-hoagenson/hoagenson-partially-right-missouris-poor-road-qual/


text: "Russian source behind fake Trump dossier killed in Russian plane crash, Rosatom CFO also dead"
claimant: Puppet String News
claim_date: 2018-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news claims two Russian officials dead in plane crash
review_date: 2018-02-14T17:14:50Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/14/puppetstringnewscom/fake-news-claims-two-russian-officials-dead-plane-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for conspiracy about Dr. Anthony Fauci, hydroxychloroquine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Dr. Anthony Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/06/blog-posting/dont-fall-conspiracy-about-dr-anthony-fauci-hydrox/


claimant: Joe Scarborough
claim_date: 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Will Trump, GOP create more debt in one year than in first 200 years of U.S.?
review_date: 2018-09-12T19:19:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Trump’s Republican Party will create more debt in one year than was generated in the first 200 years of America’s existence."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/12/joe-scarborough/will-trump-gop-create-more-debt-one-year-first-200/


text: “Democrats voted to send reopening money to schools that refuse to reopen.”
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2021-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Rubio takes Democratic school reopening vote out of context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/09/marco-rubio/rubio-takes-democratic-school-reopening-vote-out-c/


text: Says First Lady Melania Trump posted a photo of herself "yesterday" and Facebook took it down.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Facebook did not take down a close-up photo of Melania Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/06/viral-image/no-facebook-did-not-take-down-close-photo-melania-/


text: "Computer models show Irma destroying New York City on Sept. 10."
claimant: NewsPunch.com
claim_date: 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Irma isn't predicted to destroy New York City
review_date: 2017-09-07T17:11:16Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/07/blog-posting/no-irma-isnt-predicted-destroy-new-york-city/


text: Italy arrested a doctor “for intentionally killing over 3,000 coronavirus patients.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Italy didn’t arrest a doctor for murdering thousands of COVID-19 patients
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/02/blog-posting/no-italy-didnt-arrest-doctor-murdering-thousands-c/


text: "Last year, South Carolina spent $21,756 per prison inmate and $11,552 per student."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders is right that South Carolina spends more on prisons than schools
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-right-south-carolina-spends-more-pr/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Do studies show middle-class families would save $3,000 a year under Medicare for All? Not really
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/22/bernie-sanders/do-studies-show-middle-class-families-would-save-3/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Article misleads on dangers of omicron variant using UK virus and vaccination data
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Only the fully vaccinated should fear the new ‘worst ever’ Covid-19 variant; data shows they already account for 4 in every 5 Covid deaths”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/07/blog-posting/article-misleads-dangers-omicron-variant-using-uk-/


text: Says President Donald Trump’s "executive order leads to capture of ISIS leader, Rasheed Muhammad."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's executive order on immigration did not lead to ISIS leader's arrest in New York
review_date: 2017-02-07T22:06:50Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/07/blog-posting/trumps-executive-order-did-not-lead-isis-leaders-a/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders attacks Donald Trump over proposed cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, disability fund
review_date: 2019-03-06T20:06:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump "came forth with a budget — a trillion dollar cut in Medicaid, $500 billion to Medicare, and $72 billion for the Social Security Disability Fund."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/06/bernie-sanders/sanders-attacks-trump-cuts-medicaid-medicar/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/10/fact-checking-6-claims-in-joe-bidens-budget-speech/
title: Fact-checking 6 claims in Joe Biden’s budget speech on the economy, taxes and Medicare
review_date: 2023-03-10T21:25:06Z
textual_rating: Using theoretical taxes
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You know what the average tax (billionaires) pay, federal tax? Three percent. T-H-R-E-E. Three percent. No billionaire should be paying a lower tax than somebody working as a schoolteacher or a firefighter or any of you in this room."


claimant: Matt Caldwell
claim_date: 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Florida lawmaker repeats dodgy claim about crimes by cops vs. concealed permit holders
review_date: 2018-02-26T18:03:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A law enforcement officer is more likely to commit a crime than a CWP (concealed weapons permit) holder."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/23/matt-caldwell/florida-lawmaker-repeats-dodgy-claim-about-crimes-/


text: Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.
claimant: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
claim_date: 2023-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence atrazine in the water supply is causing more kids to identify as transgender
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/28/robert-f-kennedy-jr/no-evidence-atrazine-in-the-water-supply-is-causin/


text: Tim Tebow used to “kneel in prayer and the NFL complained.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, the NFL didn’t complain when Tim Tebow knelt in prayer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/21/viral-image/no-nfl-didnt-complain-when-tim-tebow-knelt-prayer/


text: Fox News chyron called University of North Carolina shooting suspect “mostly white Asian.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Image of Fox News chyron calling UNC shooting suspect a ‘mostly white Asian’ is fabricated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/30/instagram-posts/image-of-fox-news-chyron-calling-unc-shooting-susp/


claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2018-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Rauner says Texas is more union job friendly than Illinois
review_date: 2018-05-24T14:35:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There’s more union jobs growing in Texas, which is a right-to-work state, than in Illinois, and factory workers make more money in Texas than they do in Illinois."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/bruce-rauner/rauner-says-texas-more-union-job-friendly-illinois/


text: “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Constitution does not allow Mike Pence to reject electoral votes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/05/donald-trump/does-mike-pence-have-power-reject-electoral-colleg/


text: Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ "
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2018-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Tammy Baldwin's claim about Trump administration word ban a bit of a Scrabble
review_date: 2018-08-17T16:47:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/17/tammy-baldwin/sen-tammy-baldwins-claim-about-trump-administratio/


text: Says Hillary Clinton is proposing "destroying Medicare for seniors."
claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump Jr. wrong that Hillary Clinton is proposing to destroy Medicare
review_date: 2016-07-20T04:29:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/donald-trump-jr/donald-trump-jr-wrong-hillary-clinton-proposing-de/


text: "Obama’s lawyers officially admit birth certificate is fake."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Barack Obama’s lawyers didn’t admit his birth certificate is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/blog-posting/no-barack-obamas-lawyers-didnt-admit-his-birth-cer/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post misattributes debate remarks to Kamala Harris
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
During the debate, Kamala Harris said, “that’s a great segway to the next question,” suggesting she knew the next question.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/12/facebook-posts/facebook-post-misattributes-debate-remarks-kamala-/


text: “The KKK officially endorses Trump 2020.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Ku Klux Klan has not endorsed Trump for 2020
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/17/facebook-posts/image-shared-facebook-claims-ku-klux-klan-endorsed/


claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2017-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Gaetz misleads in claim about immigrants, crime
review_date: 2017-08-30T15:47:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/30/matt-gaetz/gaetz-misleads-claim-about-immigrants-crime/


text: Says an image shows a satellite view of fires in Australia.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Digital visualization of Australia fires misrepresented as satellite image
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/06/facebook-posts/digital-visualization-australia-fires-misrepresent/


text: “Colorado school forces students to wear hijabs.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Colorado school didn’t force students to wear Muslim veils
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/14/blog-posting/no-colorado-school-didnt-force-students-wear-musli/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2020-10-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/08/fact-checking-2020-vice-presidential-debate-kamala/
title: Fact-checking the 2020 vice presidential debate, Kamala Harris vs. Mike Pence
review_date: 2020-10-08T05:12:24Z
textual_rating: Accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Do you know that of the 50 people who President Trump appointed to the court of appeals for lifetime appointments, not one is Black?"


text: There was "serious voter fraud" in Virginia
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's Pants on Fire for claiming 'serious voter fraud' occurred in Virginia
review_date: 2016-11-29T20:01:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/29/donald-trump/trumps-pants-fire-serious-voter-fraud-claim-virgin/


text: “The global cost of corruption is as much as 5% of the world's GDP.”
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris said corruption costs as much as 5% of the world's GDP. That stat is questionable
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/07/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-said-corruption-costs-much-5-worlds-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, this image of Earth isn’t from an Elon Musk/NASA leak
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo from “data leak at Elon Musk AND NASA … are said to be from one of Elon Musk’s Space-X satellites.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/18/viral-image/no-image-earth-isnt-elon-musknasa-leak/


text: "Shocking Video Emerges of Obama Mocking God and the Bible."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Old Obama video misrepresents his views on Christianity
review_date: 2018-07-12T13:47:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/12/blog-posting/old-obama-video-misrepresents-his-views-christiani/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, White House didn’t create fake set just for Joe Biden’s booster shot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The White House “created a fake set for (President Joe) Biden to get his booster shot. The entire Biden presidency is one giant charade.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/30/facebook-posts/no-joe-biden-didnt-get-his-booster-shot-fake-white/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, French virologist Luc Montagnier didn’t say COVID-19 vaccine recipients were going to die soon
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Luc Montagnier said, “There is no hope and no possible treatment for those who have been vaccinated already. We must be prepared to incinerate the bodies.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/viral-image/no-french-virologist-luc-montagnier-didnt-say-covi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump’s claim on Bloomberg and the DNC debate rules change
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Cory Booker and all these people couldn't get any of the things that (Michael) Bloomberg's getting now" with respect to DNC debate rules.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/03/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-bloomberg-and-dnc-debat/


claimant: Elizabeth Foley
claim_date: 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Taking a closer look at the 'Steele dossier' and Carter Page's warrant
review_date: 2018-01-05T21:09:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says James Comey suggested and CNN reported that the basis of the wiretapping warrant for Trump adviser Carter Page was "all based on a dossier."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/05/elizabeth-foley/taking-closer-look-steele-dossier-and-carter-pages/


text: “79.4% of babies who die of ‘SIDS’ had a vaccine the same day.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Vaccines do not cause sudden infant death syndrome
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/28/viral-image/vaccines-do-not-cause-sudden-infant-death-syndrome/


claimant: Sensible Transportation Solutions for Austin PAC
claim_date: 2016-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: PAC: Austin plans to cut 27-plus car travel lanes to make way for buses, bikes
review_date: 2016-10-28T15:46:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s transportation plans linked to Proposition 1 on the ballot remove "27+ miles of traffic lanes around the city," replacing "them with lanes dedicated to usage by bicycles" and buses.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/28/sensible-transportation-solutions-austin-pac/pac-austin-plans-cut-27-plus-car-travel-lanes-make/


claimant: Catherine Cortez Masto
claim_date: 2016-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Nevada Senate candidate not 'ideological soul mate' of Donald Trump
review_date: 2016-07-28T20:50:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just on the issue of immigration alone, it is next to impossible to find a policy difference between (Donald) Trump and Congressman (Joe) Heck."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/28/catherine-cortez-masto/nevada-senate-candidate-not-ideological-soul-mate-/


text: A screenshot shows Tucker Carlson announcing he’ll “be starting at NewsMax next month.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Parler post about Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/16/facebook-posts/parler-post-about-tucker-carlson-leaving-fox-news-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said 52% of women voted for him in 2016. That’s misleading. It refers only to white women
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Well, I got 52% (of women voters). And I will tell you — in my opinion I might have won women. ... Hey, Hillary Clinton focused on women, and I did phenomenally well."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/20/donald-trump/trump-said-52-women-voted-him-2016-s-misleading-re/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Obama claims positive relationship between Trans-Pacific Partnership and human rights in Malaysia
review_date: 2016-08-05T20:27:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we’ve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/05/barack-obama/obama-claims-positive-relationship-between-trans-p/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Why comparing Trump's and Obama's immigration restrictions is flawed
review_date: 2017-04-11T15:35:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/30/donald-trump/why-comparing-trumps-and-obamas-immigration-restri/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s facile claim that his refugee policy is similar to Obama’s in 2011
review_date: 2017-01-29T23:25:16Z
textual_rating: Two Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/29/trumps-facile-claim-that-his-refugee-policy-is-similar-to-obama-in-2011/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Trump oversells crediting White House response for falling COVID-19 fatality statistic
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/09/donald-trump/Trump-oversells-crediting-White-House-response/


text: Say Bill Gates is linked to HPV vaccine related deaths in India.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Anti-vaccination blog revives debunked HPV story
review_date: 2016-12-20T21:01:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/20/blog-posting/anti-vaccination-blog-revives-debunked-hpv-story/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-12-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/dec/15/fact-checking-joe-bidens-speech-after-electoral-co/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote
review_date: 2020-12-15T23:06:48Z
textual_rating: Accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"His own cybersecurity chief overseeing this election said it was the most secure in American history."


text: "Cannibals arrested in Florida claim eating human flesh cures diabetes and depression"
claimant: TheMiamiGazette.com
claim_date: 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Report of cannibals arrested in Florida is fake news
review_date: 2017-06-20T19:25:24Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/20/miami-gazette/report-cannibals-arrested-florida-fake-news/


text: "While he was president, President Trump never encouraged Americans to get vaccinated."
claimant: Rachel Maddow
claim_date: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: What Trump said to encourage COVID-19 vaccine use
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/rachel-maddow/what-trump-said-encourage-covid-19-vaccine-use/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-02-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Chuck Schumer deleted a Feb. 5 tweet criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to ban some forms of travel to and from China.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/tweets/chuck-schumer-didnt-delete-tweet-criticizing-trump/

title:
Chuck Schumer didn't delete tweet criticizing Trump's China travel ban ... because he never wrote it


claimant: Gil Cisneros
claim_date: 2018-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Spoof website goes too far when calling California candidate Young Kim a tax cheat
review_date: 2018-11-02T14:39:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says California Republican Young Kim is "a tax cheat" who "illegally claimed a $7,000 annual homestead exemption on a house she wasn’t living in," had "multiple tax liens placed on her" as a result and "owes over $10,000 in unpaid federal income taxes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/02/gil-cisneros/spoof-website-goes-too-far-when-calling-california/


claimant: Kathy Manning
claim_date: 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Kathy Manning’s ad on Ted Budd and pre-existing conditions
review_date: 2018-10-22T21:14:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ted Budd "voted to gut protections for pre-existing conditions … letting insurance companies deny coverage for (necessary) treatment."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/22/kathy-manning/fact-checking-kathy-mannings-ad-ted-budd-and-pre-e/


text: “Rivers in Oklahoma are full of catfish carrying the virus.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for this fake news report about coronavirus-infected catfish in Oklahoma
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/06/viral-image/dont-fall-fake-news-report-about-coronavirus-infec/


text: Says a recent opioid bill that reached his desk had "very little Democrat support."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that opioid bill didn't get much Democratic backing
review_date: 2018-10-24T15:22:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-opioid-bill-didnt-get-much-demo/


text: "No court has held (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) unconstitutional."
claimant: Eric Schneiderman
claim_date: 2017-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: What have courts said about the constitutionality of DACA?
review_date: 2017-09-11T15:03:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/11/eric-schneiderman/has-daca-been-ruled-unconstitutional/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, NASCAR hasn’t postponed an upcoming race in Delaware
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Due to the Colonial Pipeline issue causing a fuel shortage on the east coast, NASCAR has decided to postpone this weekend’s Dover race.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/12/viral-image/no-nascar-hasnt-postponed-upcoming-race-delaware/


claimant: John Cox
claim_date: 2018-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Gavin Newsom’s record ‘solving’ homelessness in San Francisco
review_date: 2018-10-09T01:36:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gavin Newsom "didn’t solve the homeless problem at all" as mayor of San Francisco, "and it’s gotten worse."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/08/john-cox/fact-checking-gavin-newsoms-record-solving-homeles/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Trump mangles facts on Clinton and Haiti jobs project
review_date: 2016-10-11T14:11:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Hillary Clinton set aside environmental and labor rules to help a South Korean company with a record of violating workers’ rights set up what amounts to a sweatshop in Haiti."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/11/donald-trump/trump-mangles-facts-clinton-and-haiti-jobs-project/


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2018-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: GOP Wisconsin House member on Sharpton visits to Obama White House
review_date: 2018-02-09T19:09:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The past president (Barack Obama) brought Al Sharpton into the White House something like 80 times."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/09/glenn-grothman/gop-wisconsin-house-member-sharpton-visits-obama-w/


claimant: A viral image on the Internet
claim_date: 2016-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Meme resurrects bogus claim from 2014 about Loretta Lynch helping Bill Clinton in Whitewater probe
review_date: 2016-07-08T15:37:35Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/08/viral-image/meme-resurrects-bogus-claim-2014-about-loretta-lyn/


claimant: Tim Carpenter
claim_date: 2020-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin one of few states that ban absentee ballot processing before Election Day
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wisconsin is one of the few states that doesn’t allow absentee ballots to be processed before Election Day.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/15/tim-carpenter/wisconsin-one-few-states-ban-absentee-ballot-proce/


text: Says Republican leaders “are working hard to cover up election corruption in Wisconsin.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Trump misses mark on claim that Wisconsin Republicans refuse to investigate 2020 election
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/05/donald-trump/trump-misses-mark-claim-wisconsin-republicans-refu/


claimant: Tennessee Republican Party
claim_date: 2018-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Tennessee GOP's slam on Democrat Phil Bredesen's jobs record overlooks Great Recession
review_date: 2018-05-29T13:50:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"While Phil Bredesen was in the governor’s office, the number of Tennesseans on unemployment nearly doubled."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/29/tennessee-republican-party/tennessee-gop-slams-democrat-senate-race-jobs-over/


text: Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Despite what Donald Trump keeps saying, his father was born in New York, not Germany
review_date: 2019-04-04T20:59:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/04/donald-trump/despite-what-donald-trump-keeps-saying-his-father-/


claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2018-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Is West Virginia's Summersville Lake the clearest in the East?
review_date: 2018-09-13T17:10:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"According to SCUBA divers, Summersville Lake is the clearest freshwater lake east of the Mississippi River."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/13/jim-justice/west-virginias-summerville-lake-clearest-east/


text: Doctors inflate the number of COVID deaths because they get paid more for COVID patients.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s false claim that doctors inflate COVID-19 deaths to make more money
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/01/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-doctors-inflate-covid-19/


text: "Your family" will pay $2,500 "after Kara Eastman eliminates your tax cut."
claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Congressional Leadership Fund distorts Kara Eastman’s statements on taxes
review_date: 2018-09-07T15:55:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/07/congressional-leadership-fund/congressional-leadership-fund-distorts-kara-eastma/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: LA County sheriff’s deputies arrested a paddle boarder for violating the state’s stay-at-home order
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A California surfer was “alone, in the ocean,” when he was arrested for violating the state’s stay-at-home order.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/viral-image/la-county-sheriffs-deputies-arrested-paddle-boarde/


text: Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
claimant: Paul Krugman
claim_date: 2017-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Krugman wrongly tweets about cholera in Puerto Rico
review_date: 2017-10-02T21:00:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/02/paul-krugman/paul-krugmans-wrongly-tweets-about-cholera-puerto-/


claimant: Gary Johnson
claim_date: 2016-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Gary Johnson questions pollsters as he tries to join Clinton, Trump on debate stage
review_date: 2016-08-29T16:20:18Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he’d register 20% support if pollsters listed him with Clinton and Trump in earlier poll questions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/29/gary-johnson/johnson-questions-pollsters-he-tries-join-clinton-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Holy Guacamole: Would America really ‘run out of avocados’ if Trump closes the border?
review_date: 2019-04-04T18:54:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/blog-posting/holy-guacamole-would-america-really-run-out-avocad/


text: Position on Trump’s national emergency declaration for border wall funding
claimant: Thom Tillis
claim_date: 2019-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: By supporting Trump, Tillis completely reverses course
review_date: 2019-03-20T17:46:34Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/20/thom-tillis/supporting-trump-tillis-completely-reverses-course/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-11-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-claim-about-typical-dad-paying-more-/

title:
Kamala Harris' claim about typical dad paying higher taxes than 400 richest families is Mostly False


claimant: Adam Laxalt
claim_date: 2022-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: GOP claim on tax hikes in Democratic bill doesn’t factor in subsidies, savings
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Democratic bill negotiated between Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would "increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/03/adam-laxalt/gop-claim-tax-hikes-democratic-bill-doesnt-factor-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, George Soros never said he made it his life’s mission to ‘destroy the United States’
review_date: 2019-04-26T14:58:51Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes George Soros as saying "I’ve made my life’s mission to destroy the United States. I hate this country and I hate all of the people in it!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/26/facebook-posts/no-george-soros-never-said-he-made-it-his-lifes-mi/


text: Says Joe Biden “disrespects servicemen” in telling them to “clap for that you stupid bastards.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2020-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims that Biden called troops ‘stupid bastards’ in resurfaced video
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/28/instagram-posts/fact-checking-claims-biden-called-troops-stupid-ba/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: China air quality projections used to promote coronavirus cremation hoax
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
High levels of sulfur dioxide in Wuhan “may be a sign of mass cremations of victims of the coronavirus."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/26/facebook-posts/china-air-quality-projections-used-promote-coronav/


text: The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Accounting error on military support does not mean US sent Ukraine $6.2 billion by mistake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/22/facebook-posts/accounting-error-on-military-support-does-not-mean/


text: "Ilhan Omar just hosted a flag burning party."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ilhan Omar didn’t host a flag-burning party
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/10/facebook-posts/no-ilhan-omar-didnt-host-flag-burning-party/


text: "The right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Numbers back up Gingrich job growth claim
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:38:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/jun/21/newt-gingrich/numbers-back-gingrich-job-growth-claim/


text: "The FBI has become America's secret police … like the old KGB."
claimant: Gregg Jarrett
claim_date: 2017-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Has the FBI 'become America's secret police,' like the KGB?
review_date: 2017-12-08T21:40:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/08/gregg-jarrett/has-fbi-become-americas-secret-police/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: No sources support John Wayne quote about the American flag
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/18/viral-image/no-sources-support-john-wayne-quote-about-american/


claimant: Greta Van Susteren
claim_date: 2017-04-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/05/greta-van-susteren/fact-checking-trump/
title: Fact-checking Trump's changing opinion on Syria and the 'red line'
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump "had a different opinion" in 2013 than he does now about whether (Barack) Obama should have intervened in Syria after Obama's red line was crossed.


text: Mike Pence “said he won’t debate Kamala Harris.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mike Pence hasn’t refused to debate Kamala Harris
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/19/facebook-posts/no-mike-pence-hasnt-refused-debate-kamala-harris/


claimant: Pearson Sharp
claim_date: 2022-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: One America News runs conspiratorial segment claiming strike on Mariupol hospital was US false flag
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, had “the makings of yet another false flag operation” led by the U.S.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/pearson-sharp/one-america-news-runs-conspiratorial-segment-claim/


text: "Denzel Washington: With Trump we avoided war with Russia and Orwellian Police State"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Denzel Washington didn't praise Trump for averting war with Russia
review_date: 2018-04-24T19:40:48Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/24/blog-posting/no-denzel-washington-didnt-praise-trump-averting-w/


text: Says Ron Johnson voted to turn Medicare "into a voucher program."
claimant: Democratic Party of Wisconsin
claim_date: 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/10/state-democratic-party-wisconsin/sen-ron-johnson-voted-paul-ryan-plans-make-medicar/

title:
Sen. Ron Johnson voted for Paul Ryan plans to make Medicare a voucher program, Democratic Party says


text: Says Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby doesn’t exist.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Royal baby conspiracy theory is unfounded
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/07/facebook-posts/royal-baby-conspiracy-theory-unfounded/


claimant: Ben Cardin
claim_date: 2017-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did Senate Republicans filibuster Obama court nominees more than all others combined?
review_date: 2017-04-09T22:42:21Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’ve seen more filibusters on judicial nominees by the Republicans under President Obama than we saw in the whole history of the United States Senate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/09/ben-cardin/did-senate-republicans-filibuster-obama-court-nomi/


text: “Holiday heart syndrome” is a cover for deaths caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Holiday heart syndrome’ isn’t new, and it’s not a cover for COVID-19 vaccine side effects
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/09/viral-image/holiday-heart-syndrome-isnt-new-and-its-not-a-cove/


text: Says North Carolina banned and criminalized "Islamic Sharia Law"
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, North Carolina did not ban Sharia law or make practicing it a criminal offense
review_date: 2019-05-23T20:26:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/facebook-posts/no-north-carolina-did-not-ban-sharia-law-or-make-p/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/01/fact-checking-donald-trumps-statement-withdrawing-/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement
review_date: 2017-06-01T22:55:10Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a two-tenths of one degree -- think of that; this much -- Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100. Tiny, tiny amount."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Analysis | Fact-checking President Trump’s claims on the Paris climate change deal
review_date: 2017-06-02T12:11:59Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a two-tenths of one degree -- think of that; this much -- Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100. Tiny, tiny amount."

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/06/01/fact-checking-president-trumps-claims-on-the-paris-climate-change-deal/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-08-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/aug/09/trump-says-watergate-burglary-and-search-mar-/
title: Trump says Watergate burglary and search of Mar-a-Lago were similar. They’re not
textual_rating: One was legal, one wasn't
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat(ic) National Committee? Here, in reverse, Democrats broke into the home of the 45th President of the United States."


text: “There are people trying to make legal age of consent 4 years old.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence people are trying to lower the age of consent to 4
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/31/facebook-posts/no-evidence-people-are-trying-lower-age-consent-4/


text: Says Kamala Harris wants to eliminate beef.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kamala Harris didn’t say she wants to eliminate beef
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/facebook-posts/no-kamala-harris-didnt-say-she-wants-eliminate-bee/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, AOC didn’t tweet about electric cars and hurricanes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/viral-image/no-aoc-didnt-tweet-about-electric-cars-and-hurrica/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Sen. Kamala Harris hasn’t been convicted of a felony
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Kamala Harris is not able to be VP. Because she's a felon. She lied on her application to buy a gun here in CA.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/08/facebook-posts/no-sen-kamala-harris-hasnt-been-convicted-felony/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/24/fact-checking-donald-trumps-monday-speech-2020-rnc/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's Monday speech at the 2020 RNC
review_date: 2020-08-25T04:56:58Z
textual_rating: Hasn't happened yet
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We appointed 300 new judges. By the end of the first term, we will have appointed 300. It's an unheard of number."


claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2020-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Rudy Giuliani wrong about US policy, grant amount to Wuhan virus lab
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Why did the US (NIH) in 2017 give $3.7m to the Wuhan Lab in China? Such grants were prohibited in 2014. Did Pres. Obama grant an exception?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/01/rudy-giuliani/rudy-giuliani-wrong-about-us-policy-grant-amount-w/


text: It’s not currently “legal for a New York state student to have a glass of fresh whole milk.”
claimant: Lorraine Lewandrowski
claim_date: 2021-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Is whole milk prohibited from being offered in New York schools? Yes
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/07/lorraine-lewandrowski/whole-milk-prohibited-being-offered-new-york-schoo/


claimant: Dan Stock
claim_date: 2021-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that COVID-19 vaccines causing the summer surge in COVID-19 cases
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the surge in COVID-19 cases is caused by “antibody mediated viral enhancement” from the COVID-19 vaccines.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/11/dan-stock/no-evidence-covid-19-vaccines-causing-summer-surge/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump miscasts the money and the terms in the Iran nuclear deal
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-miscasts-money-and-terms-iran-nuclear/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: FDA didn’t say Pfizer misled them about vaccine safety. The statement came from a public commenter
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the FDA said that Pfizer “falsely misled” the agency about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines and that the shots are killing more people than they save.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/17/instagram-posts/fda-didnt-say-pfizer-misled-them-about-vaccine-saf/


claimant: Diamond and Silk
claim_date: 2021-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Medical Hypotheses journal article lacks evidence that masks cause ill effects
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says science shows the physiological effects of wearing masks include hypoxemia, hypercapnia, shortness of breath, toxicity and increased muscle tension.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/16/diamond-and-silk/medical-hypotheses-journal-article-lacks-evidence-/


text: "Man pardoned by Obama three months ago arrested for murder."
claimant: UndergroundNewsReport.com
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Report of man pardoned by Obama being arrested for murder is fake
review_date: 2017-03-06T23:13:23Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/06/undergroundnewsreportcom/report-man-pardoned-obama-being-arrested-murder-fa/


text: “In every other major industrial country in the world … inflation is higher.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on inflation rates among US’ economic peers
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/22/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-inflation-rates-among-uss-/


text: Says Socrates said, "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the losers."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Socrates didn’t call slander the 'tool of the losers'
review_date: 2018-10-08T20:11:42Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/08/viral-image/no-socrates-didnt-call-slander-tool-losers/


text: "About a third of Texas has seen a 20-25% population loss in the last 5 years."
claimant: Gene Wu
claim_date: 2020-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Has one-third of Texas seen a 25% population loss?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/10/gene-wu/has-one-third-texas-seen-25-population-loss/


text: "There isn't a system" for reuniting families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.
claimant: Rachel Maddow
claim_date: 2018-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Rachel Maddow is right. There was no plan for reuniting families split at border
review_date: 2018-06-29T16:02:13Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/29/rachel-maddow/rachel-maddow-right-there-was-no-plan-reuniting-fa/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/06/fact-checking-falsehoods-trumps-nov-5-election-rem/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks
review_date: 2020-11-06T04:02:08Z
textual_rating: Inaccurate retelling
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Georgia, a pipe burst in a far-away location, totally unrelated to the location of what was happening, and they stopped counting for four hours, and a lot of things happened."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/16/fact-checking-head-head-town-halls-joe-biden-donal/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump, Joe Biden in head-to-head town halls
review_date: 2020-10-16T04:26:51Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I know nothing about QAnon. … I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard. But I know nothing about it."


text: “Joe Biden uses the ATF to illegally track your gun transactions.”
claimant: JD Vance
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: JD Vance wrongly says ATF is illegally tracking gun sales
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/10/jd-vance/jd-vance-wrongly-says-atf-illegally-tracking-gun-s/


text: The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Green New Deal doesn't aim to end air travel, as Florida Sen. Rick Scott says
review_date: 2019-02-28T15:20:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/28/rick-scott/no-green-new-deal-doesnt-ban-air-travel-florida-se/


text: Says Rep. Martha McSally "is a #FlipFlopBorderHawk."
claimant: Kelli Ward
claim_date: 2018-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Is GOP congresswoman McSally a border hawk flip-flopper, as Kelli Ward claimed?
review_date: 2018-04-03T14:45:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/03/kelli-ward/Is-GOP-congresswoman-McSally-a-border-hawk-flip-fl/


text: "I have always been there with" Donald Trump.
claimant: Leah Vukmir
claim_date: 2018-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: 'Always'? No. Leah Vukmir didn't back Donald Trump until after he won the presidential nomination
review_date: 2018-08-08T17:47:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/08/leah-vukmir/leah-vukmir-supported-donald-trump-after-he-won-pr/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Posts correct about Trump administration’s role in releasing key Taliban leader
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/18/instagram-posts/posts-correct-about-trump-administrations-role-rel/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: White House tweets misleading criticism of CBO analysis
review_date: 2017-06-27T22:19:50Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When Obamacare was signed into law, CBO estimated that 23 million people would be covered in Obamacare’s exchanges in 2017. They were off by more than 100 percent. Only 10.3 million people are covered by Obamacare."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/27/donald-trump/white-house-criticism-cbo-analysis-misleading/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Do Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton agree on Planned Parenthood funding?
review_date: 2016-05-20T11:26:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say Planned Parenthood is "terrific and that it should keep taxpayer funding."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/01/ted-cruz/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood/


text: Under Rahm Emanuel, Chicago's "got tree trimmers making six figures."
claimant: Ja'Mal Green
claim_date: 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Does Chicago pay tree trimmers top dollar?
review_date: 2018-05-01T21:01:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/01/jamal-green/does-chicago-pay-tree-trimmers-top-dollar/


text: "CORONAVIRUS: Reports of 10,000 DEAD in Wuhan, China."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that 10,000 have died from Wuhan coronavirus is Pants on Fire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/facebook-posts/claim-reports-10000-dead-wuhan-coronavirus-pants-f/


text: Says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing."
claimant: Philip Levine
claim_date: 2017-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Does Airbnb decrease housing values, as Miami Beach mayor says?
review_date: 2017-03-20T21:35:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/20/philip-levine/does-airbnb-decrease-housing-values-and-increase-w/


text: "Just in the Austin MSA alone, 150 people move here every day."
claimant: Jose Carrillo
claim_date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Austin region gains hundreds of residents daily, but loses residents too
review_date: 2018-04-03T21:47:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/03/jose-carrillo/Austin-150-people-day-growth-hundreds-people-leave/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, you can’t get free baby formula from your state by calling these numbers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Your state will send you free infant formula if you call Enfamil and Similac customer service numbers.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/facebook-posts/no-you-cant-get-free-baby-formula-your-state-calli/


text: "The studies have shown us that [drug testing for welfare recipients] will be saving us money."
claimant: Doreen Costa
claim_date: 2011-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Rep. Costa says drug testing for welfare recipients will save money for Rhode Island
review_date: 2016-06-04T18:44:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/aug/26/doreen-costa/rep-costa-says-drug-testing-welfare-recipients-wil/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-15T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2019-04-17T19:26:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump wrote in his book, "Being an atheist gives me an edge in every deal. Christians are too moral for business."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/17/facebook-posts/no-donald-trump-did-not-say-art-deal-being-atheist/

title:
No, Donald Trump did not say in ‘The Art of the Deal’ that ‘being an atheist’ helped him in business


text: A PETA activist was taped to a tree after protesting a biker rally.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, a PETA activist wasn’t taped to a tree after protesting a biker rally
review_date: 2019-04-23T14:00:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/22/viral-image/no-peta-activist-wasnt-taped-tree-after-protesting/


text: “Americans received the biggest tax cut in history last year.”
claimant: Patrick McHenry
claim_date: 2018-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: NC Republican repeats false tax claim
review_date: 2018-06-04T14:51:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/04/patrick-mchenry/nc-republican-repeats-false-tax-claim/


text: The price of gas is “down from over $5 when I took office.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-10-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/joe-biden/gas-prices-hit-5-gallon-more-year-after-joe-biden/

title:
Gas prices hit $5 a gallon more than a year after Joe Biden took office, not when he was inaugurated


text: Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz says Beto O'Rourke is 'open to abolishing ICE'
review_date: 2018-08-07T16:32:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/06/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-beto-orourke-open-abolishing-ice/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/22/fact-checking-trumps-falsehoods-fox-and-friends-ab/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s falsehoods on Fox & Friends about Ukraine, impeachment and Mueller report
review_date: 2019-11-22T18:57:52Z
textual_rating: Ignores key findings
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation: "They went through 2.5 years. They found nothing."


claimant: Andrew Gillum
claim_date: 2018-09-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/15/andrew-gillum/andrew-gillum-unemployment-claim/
title: Andrew Gillum's Pants on Fire claim on Florida's low unemployment rate
review_date: 2018-10-15T14:03:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Of course you've got a low unemployment rate when people've got to work two and three jobs just to make ends meet."


text: “FEMA camps are open for the upcoming arrests for crimes against humanity.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence to support claims of FEMA camps for crimes against humanity arrestees
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/12/facebook-posts/no-evidence-support-claims-fema-camps-crimes-again/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2017-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Comparing administrative costs for private insurance and Medicare
review_date: 2017-09-20T20:21:48Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/20/bernie-sanders/comparing-administrative-costs-private-insurance-a/


text: "75 percent of the town boards in Wisconsin have no women on them at all."
claimant: Erin Forrest
claim_date: 2017-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: (Mostly) men-only: Three-quarters of town boards in Wisconsin have no women members
review_date: 2017-04-07T15:54:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/07/erin-forrest/mostly-men-only-three-quarters-town-boards-wiscons/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2019-08-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/04/does-marijuana-lead-violence-experts-say-theres-no/
title: Does marijuana lead to violence? Experts say there’s no clear link
textual_rating: Heavily disputed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I don't think it's going way out on a limb to draw the connection then between cannabis use, particularly I assume chronic use, and acts of violence."


claimant: Sara Meaney
claim_date: 2020-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Wisconsin has seen a drop of more than a billion in tourism dollars
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Since the week ending March 14, Wisconsin actually saw a drop in tourism spending compared to last year of $1.7 billion.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/sara-meaney/yes-state-has-seen-drop-more-billion-tourism-dolla/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2015-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Viral, flawed post compares Honduras, Switzerland on gun laws and homicide rates
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:56:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/sep/30/viral-image/viral-flawed-post-compares-honduras-switzerland-gu/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/26/free-all-fact-checking-south-carolina-democratic-p/
title: Free-for-all: Fact-checking the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
review_date: 2020-02-26T04:47:49Z
textual_rating: He gave to GOPers
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mike Bloomberg in 2016 "dumped $12 million in the Pennsylvania Senate race to help re-elect an anti-choice right-wing Republican senator."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: On average, Donald Trump comparison of health care, housing doesn't match data
review_date: 2016-11-02T22:45:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In many instances, (people's) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/02/donald-trump/average-donald-trump-comparison-health-care-housin/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t prove Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh were actors wearing masks
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh were actors wearing masks during Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/12/viral-image/no-video-doesnt-prove-blasey-ford-kavanaugh-were-a/


claimant: Rick Perry
claim_date: 2017-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Perry says France wouldn't buy Texas beef and relies greatly on nuclear power
review_date: 2017-06-30T21:47:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/30/rick-perry/rick-perry-says-france-wouldnt-import-texas-beef-a/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says number of illegal immigrant families crossing border this year exceeds 2015 total
review_date: 2016-07-22T02:42:56Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/donald-trump/trump-says-number-illegal-immigrant-families-cross/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2020-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Polling high before the nomination season doesn’t mean a clear path to the White House
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
National polls have “never predicted who will be president from our party. Carter was in the single digits a few months before caucuses. Bill Clinton was. Obama — 20 points behind in the national polls roughly.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/06/cory-booker/polling-high-nomination-season-doesnt-mean-clear-p/


text: “21% of people are having serious adverse events from (the Moderna) vaccine.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Video shared on Facebook inflates risk of Moderna vaccine 40-fold
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/18/blog-posting/video-shared-facebook-inflates-risk-moderna-vaccin/


text: Says as Assembly Speaker he is a "constitutional officer" of Wisconsin.
claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos sparks legal conundrum with claim to ‘constitutional’ status
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/28/robin-vos/wisconsin-assembly-speaker-vos-sparks-legal-conund/


text: On requiring young people to perform national service.
claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke flip-flops on requiring young to perform public service
review_date: 2018-01-10T21:37:41Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/10/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-flip-flops-requiring-public-service-y/


claimant: Ann Wagner
claim_date: 2018-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Walmart raised wages, gave bonuses as Ann Wagner claimed
review_date: 2018-10-08T16:07:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Since passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Walmart 'increased their starting wage to $11/hr & has given about $400 million in bonuses.'

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/05/ann-wagner/walmart-raised-wages-gave-bonuses-ann-wagner-claim/


text: "Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
claimant: Jim Webb
claim_date: 2015-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: 15 of 20 most polluted cities in world are in India, China, says Jim Webb
review_date: 2016-04-18T18:10:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/oct/15/jim-webb/15-20-most-polluted-cities-world-are-india-china-s/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2018-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook meme falsely attributes quote about race, slaves and Islam to Ilhan Omar
review_date: 2018-11-15T21:34:52Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar as saying, "I think all white men should be put in chains as slaves because they will never submit to Islam."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/15/viral-image/facebook-meme-falsely-attributes-quote-ilhan-omar/


claimant: New Leadership PAC
claim_date: 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-11-01T15:22:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says county parties representing more than half the state’s Republican voters approved resolutions "demanding changes" in Texas House leadership.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/01/new-leadership-pac/did-gop-activists-representing-majority-gop-voters/

title:
Did activists representing majority of Republican voters call for changes in Texas House leadership?


text: Photo shows President Joe Biden’s “body double” signing documents with his left hand.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Altered image fuels unfounded claims that President Joe Biden has a ‘body double’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/viral-image/altered-image-fuels-unfounded-claims-that-presiden/


text: “Ticketmaster is planning mandatory COVID vaccine identification for concert attendance.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Ticketmaster isn’t forcing you to get a COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/13/instagram-posts/ticketmaster-isnt-forcing-you-get-covid-19-vaccine/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, gun silencers wouldn't have worsened the Las Vegas shooting
review_date: 2017-10-04T15:39:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/04/hillary-clinton/no-gun-silencers-wouldnt-have-worsened-las-vegas-s/


text: “Minnesota was stolen from Scott Jensen.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Jensen conceded the Minnesota gubernatorial race. It wasn't 'stolen'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/09/instagram-posts/scott-jensen-conceded-minnesota-gubernatorial-race/


text: "Russian mansions Obama seized were meant to be illegal gifts to Sasha and Malia"
claimant: Newsfeedhunter.com
claim_date: 2017-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: It's fake news that Obama seized Russian mansions as gifts for Sasha and Malia
review_date: 2017-07-26T19:43:28Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/26/blog-posting/its-fake-news-obama-seized-russian-mansions-gifts-/


claimant: US Political News
claim_date: 2018-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fake story ties dead Haitian official to Clinton Foundation allegations
review_date: 2018-01-26T21:04:26Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Haiti official getting ready to testify against Clinton Foundation corruption next week found dead with gunshot to the head.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/26/us-political-news/fake-story-ties-dead-haitian-official-clinton-foun/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, this document doesn’t show classified Ukrainian military orders to attack the Donbas region
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Classified documents from Ukraine “confirm without a shadow of a doubt” that the Ukraine government was “covertly preparing an offensive operation against Donbas, scheduled for March 2022.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/14/tweets/no-document-doesnt-show-secret-ukrainian-military-/


text: "Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."
claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2018-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Are U.S., Philippines the only two countries with money bail?
review_date: 2018-10-09T21:14:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/09/gavin-newsom/are-us-philippines-only-two-countries-money-bail/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/24/did-ohio-train-derailment-cause-cdc-update-its-vin/
title: Did Ohio train derailment cause CDC to update its vinyl chloride toxicology info? No
textual_rating: Missing context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just weeks before the massive vinyl chloride leak and burn-off that is currently poisoning East Palestine, Ohio, the CDC changed its toxicology report on vinyl chloride on its F.A.Q page for the first time in 17 years."


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2022-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Despite ‘Made in America’ goals, U.S. tax dollars would go overseas to high carbon emitters
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/11/glenn-grothman/despite-made-america-goals-us-tax-dollars-would-go/


text: "Fifty-four percent of Wisconsinites live in a child care desert."
claimant: Sarah Godlewski
claim_date: 2022-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate says 54% of people in Wisconsin lack accessible child care
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/20/sarah-godlewski/democratic-us-senate-candidate-says-54-people-wisc/


claimant: Jay Chaudhuri
claim_date: 2020-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: NC absentee ballots require 2 witnesses. Is that unique?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
North Carolina is "in the small minority of states that requires an absentee ballot to be signed by two witnesses or a notary public."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/jay-chaudhuri/nc-absentee-ballots-require-2-witnesses-unique/


text: “A higher percentage of American workers are working today than ever before.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on the murky topic of employment statistics
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/21/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-on-the-murky-topic-of-empl/


text: Ethnic Russians face “genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime.”
claimant: Vladimir Putin
claim_date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Vladimir Putin repeats false claim of genocide in Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/25/vladimir-putin/putin-repeats-long-running-claim-genocide-ukraine/


text: Photo shows former President Donald Trump detained by police.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: These are not real photos of a Donald Trump arrest
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/20/tweets/these-are-not-real-photos-donald-trump-arrest/


text: Recent research suggests that 15% of abortions are the result of coercion.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Scant evidence that 15% of abortions are the result of coercion
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/24/tweets/scant-evidence-15-abortions-are-result-coercion/


text: “Biden lead disappears in NV, AZ, GA, PA.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden’s leads haven’t disappeared in key battlegrounds
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/11/facebook-posts/no-joe-bidens-leads-havent-disappeared-key-battleg/


text: Jeff Foxworthy wrote a ‘fence test’ for Republicans and Democrats.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Jeff Foxworthy didn’t write this ‘Fence Test’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/30/facebook-posts/no-jeff-foxworthy-didnt-write-fence-test/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2023-08-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/mike-pence/pences-misleading-claim-that-biden-sent-us-officia/

title:
Pence’s misleading claim that Biden sent US official to China after surveillance balloon was spotted


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that Joe Biden abandoned Scranton
review_date: 2019-05-21T21:05:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/21/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-joe-biden-abandoned-scranton/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Under Donald Trump, key CDC US staff in China fell to 0
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/21/joe-biden/under-donald-trump-key-cdc-us-staff-china-fell-0/


text: Photo shows “Russian soldiers with a Ukrainian girl, celebrating their human trophy.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: This isn’t a photo of Russian soldiers with a bound Ukrainian girl
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/27/viral-image/this-isnt-a-photo-of-russian-soldiers-with-a-bound/


claimant: Duane Hall
claim_date: 2016-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Raise The Age: Could juvenile justice reform save North Carolina millions?
review_date: 2017-01-27T23:13:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says North Carolina could save "literally tens of millions of dollars" if it stopped prosecuting 16-year-olds as adults.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/27/duane-hall/raise-age-could-juvenile-justice-reform-save-north/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no free solar: Program promising free panels is a scam
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the “2023 Solar Incentive Program,” U.S. homeowners can “now qualify to get a full, state-of-the-art solar system at absolutely no cost from the government.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/21/facebook-posts/theres-no-free-solar-program-promising-free-panels/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-11-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/nov/13/trump-rick-scott-allege-fraud-broward-no-evidence/
title: Donald Trump and Rick Scott allege fraud in Broward, Palm Beach vote counting without any evidence
review_date: 2018-11-13T19:12:15Z
textual_rating: No proof of fraud
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Florida Election should be called in favor of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis in that large numbers of new ballots showed up out of nowhere, and many ballots are missing or forged. An honest vote count is no longer possible-ballots massively infected. Must go with Election Night!"


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: In Milwaukee op-ed, Donald Trump overstates economic impact of Ronald Reagan corporate tax rate cut
review_date: 2017-09-06T17:27:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 1986, President Ronald Reagan" cut the business tax rate to 34 percent and "it worked -- our economy boomed, the middle class thrived and median family income increased."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/06/donald-trump/milwaukee-op-ed-donald-trump-overstates-economic-i/


text: "Go back to 2005 until now, we have quadrupled the number of Border Patrol agents."
claimant: Adam Smith
claim_date: 2019-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Has the number of Border Patrol agents quadrupled since 2005?
review_date: 2019-02-01T19:35:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/01/adam-smith/has-number-border-patrol-agents-quadrupled-2005/


text: Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Thalidomide, morning-sickness drug that caused disabilities, wasn’t FDA-approved for pregnant women
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/30/facebook-posts/thalidomide-morning-sickness-drug-caused-disabilit/


text: A photo shows Barack Obama in front of “cages” built during his administration to hold migrants.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image of migrant ‘cages’ is from 2019, not Obama years
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/26/viral-image/viral-image-migrant-cages-2019-not-obama-years/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: States do use masks to contain COVID-19 in prisons
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/19/facebook-posts/states-do-use-masks-contain-covid-19-prisons/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Did Trump oversee historic funding increase for child care?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“I have also overseen historic funding increases for high-quality child care, enabling 17 states to help more children, many of which have reduced or eliminated their waitlists altogether.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/05/donald-trump/did-trump-oversee-historic-funding-increase-child-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump says 109 people were affected by travel ban. It's at least 60,000
review_date: 2017-02-06T22:47:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/06/donald-trump/president-trump-says-109-people-were-affected-trav/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: A 2010 Rockefeller Foundation report does not show that the COVID-19 was planned
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a 2010 Rockefeller Foundation report shows the COVID-19 pandemic and the international response were “meticulously planned at least 10 years ago.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/15/facebook-posts/2010-rockefeller-foundation-report-does-not-show-c/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2022-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Can Wisconsin claim country's top cranberry crop crown?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer – in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/02/tony-evers/yes-wisconsin-does-produce-60-of-the-countrys-supp/


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/mar/05/three-hour-delay-pentagon-national-guard-timeline-/
title: Three-hour delay: A Pentagon-National Guard timeline for Jan. 6
textual_rating: Basically correct
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"For three hours, the head of the D.C. National Guard had to wait to get the authority while we were all watching on TV these insurrectionists breach the police line, break the glass. The Defense Department didn't give authority."


text: “If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about $15 minimum wage and poverty
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/10/joe-biden/fact-checking-bidens-claim-about-15-minimum-wage-a/


text: "We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
claimant: Janet Yellen
claim_date: 2022-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: The White House’s big deficit cut, and why it merits an asterisk
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/28/janet-yellen/white-houses-big-deficit-cut-and-why-it-merits-ast/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, JFK didn’t say he would expose a slavery plot
review_date: 2019-04-03T16:05:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Seven days before John F. Kennedy was assassinated he said, "There’s a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/viral-image/no-jfk-didnt-say-he-would-expose-slavery-plot/


text: Photos show U.S. senators sleeping in the chamber.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Photos show UK Lords-a-sleeping, not US senators
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/05/viral-image/photos-show-uk-lords-sleeping-not-us-senators/


text: “The NAACP has endorsed me every time I've run.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: NAACP gave Joe Biden some high marks but never endorsed him
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/joe-biden/naacp-gave-joe-biden-some-high-marks-never-endorse/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, schools didn’t stop teaching cursive writing to keep kids from reading the Constitution
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Schools stopped teaching children cursive so they wouldn’t be able to read the U.S. Constitution and other historical documents.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/no-schools-didnt-stop-teaching-cursive-writing-kee/


claimant: Gary Palmer
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Do low natural gas prices save 11,000 lives a year?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“As a result of the massive decline in natural gas prices, we’re saving 11,000 lives per year in the U.S.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/23/gary-palmer/do-low-natural-gas-prices-save-11000-lives-year/


claimant: Justin Nelson
claim_date: 2018-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Justin Nelson tags Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, as nation's sole indicted statewide official
review_date: 2018-06-07T17:56:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/07/justin-nelson/justin-nelson-ken-paxton-only-indicted-statewide-o/


text: Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2018-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Gov. Rick Scott attack mischaracterizes vote Sen. Bill Nelson took in 2015
review_date: 2018-05-04T14:07:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/04/rick-scott/gov-rick-scott-attack-mischaracterizes-vote-sen-bi/


text: "I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely claims he 'never once asked' for Megyn Kelly's removal from debate
review_date: 2016-05-20T20:28:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jan/29/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-claims-he-never-once-asked-me/


text: In-N-Out cups say “Let’s go Brandon.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, In-N-Out cups don’t say ‘Let’s go Brandon’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/viral-image/no-n-out-cups-dont-say-lets-go-brandon/


text: Judge Curiel "is a member of a club or society, very strongly pro-Mexican."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly casts California lawyers group as strongly pro-Mexican
review_date: 2016-06-07T19:17:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/07/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-casts-california-lawyers-group-stron/


text: "Facebook removes, censors Declaration of Independence as ‘hate speech’"
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Did Facebook remove, censor the Declaration of Independence?
review_date: 2018-07-11T20:30:44Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/10/blog-posting/did-facebook-remove-post-quoting-declaration-indep/


text: "Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive."
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2022-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, beer prices are up. No, that’s not only because of Democrats.
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/18/ron-johnson/yes-beer-prices-are-no-s-not-only-because-democrat/


text: On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' "
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump overstates his early opposition to the Iraq War
review_date: 2016-07-20T22:06:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-overstates-his-early-opposition-iraq-/


text: On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' "
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump was not 'loud and clear' in Iraq War opposition
review_date: 2016-07-20T23:15:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-his-early-opposition-iraq-war-wa/


text: "You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Congress put roadblocks in front of efforts to close Gitmo, as Biden said.
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/20/joe-biden/congress-put-roadblocks-front-efforts-close-gitmo-/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2023-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Is Kevin McCarthy right that GOP didn’t raise discretionary spending? It hinges on the metric used
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/18/kevin-mccarthy/did-gop-hold-discretionary-spending-constant-2011/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/23/stump-speech-analyzer-elizabeth-warren/
title: The Stump Speech Analyzer: Elizabeth Warren
review_date: 2020-01-23T22:46:42Z
textual_rating: Correct
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the 2000s, mortgages had become so complex, "they had a one in five chance of costing a family their home."


text: "Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas."
claimant: Jorge Ramos
claim_date: 2015-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Ramos: 40% of undocumented immigrants come by air
review_date: 2017-04-12T18:32:52Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/sep/08/jorge-ramos/ramos-40-undocumented-immigrants-come-air/


claimant: James Tedisco
claim_date: 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: How bad have New York state’s recent population losses been?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/26/james-tedisco/how-bad-have-new-york-states-recent-population-los/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says Wall Street tax would pay for his free tuition plan
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:22:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says his free public university tuition program "is paid for … by a tax on Wall Street's speculation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/04/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-says-wall-street-tax-would-pay-his-/


claimant: Mitch McConnell
claim_date: 2018-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: How strong have job gains been since the tax bill passed?
review_date: 2018-06-05T16:01:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/05/mitch-mcconnell/how-strong-have-job-gains-been-tax-bill-passed/


text: “Over the past 5 years, natural gas costs have gone up over 200%” in the United States.
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2022-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Have natural gas costs gone up over 200% over the past 5 years?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/18/joe-manchin/have-natural-gas-costs-gone-over-200-over-past-5-y/


text: "Don Bolduc wants to cut trillions from Medicare and end Social Security."
claimant: Maggie Hassan
claim_date: 2022-10-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/01/maggie-hassan/nh-gop-us-senate-candidate-don-bolduc-has-advocate/

title:
New Hampshire GOP Senate candidate Don Bolduc has advocated privatizing Medicare and Social Security


text: Says Andrew Gillum is running "from the FBI."
claimant: Republican Party of Florida
claim_date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Andrew Gillum is running from FBI
review_date: 2018-10-12T19:43:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/12/republican-party-florida/no-evidence-andrew-gillum-running-fbi/


claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Rand Paul gets numbers right in speech on federal debt
review_date: 2018-02-09T18:32:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/09/rand-paul/rand-paul-gets-numbers-right-speech-federal-debt/


claimant: Jay Sekulow
claim_date: 2020-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Trump lawyer Sekulow says Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid is like Obama with Egypt in 2013. He’s wrong.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/jay-sekulow/trump-lawyer-sekulow-says-trumps-hold-ukraine-aid-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: No Planned Parenthood clinics have closed since the abortion ruling
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Planned Parenthood clinics are “closing down all over the country” because Roe v. Wade was overturned.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/05/facebook-posts/no-planned-parenthood-clinics-have-closed-abortion/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-12-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/dec/15/fact-checking-joe-bidens-speech-after-electoral-co/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote
review_date: 2020-12-15T23:06:48Z
textual_rating: Largely correct
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"306 electoral votes is the same number of electoral votes that Donald Trump and Vice President (Mike) Pence received when they won in 2016. At the time, President Trump called his Electoral College tally a landslide."


text: "The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2015-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Mexican government 'forces many bad people into our country'
review_date: 2016-06-15T19:37:19Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/jul/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-mexican-government-forces-many-b/


text: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Matt Gaetz was the only no vote on 2017 human trafficking bill
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/31/facebook-posts/yes-matt-gaetz-was-lone-no-vote-human-trafficking-/


text: Says as Indiana governor, he has made "record investments in education."
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence stretches claim of record education spending in Indiana at Republican convention
review_date: 2016-07-21T05:41:34Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/mike-pence/mike-pence-stretches-claim-record-education-spendi/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2010-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich claims Obama's order will let Interpol investigate American officials
review_date: 2016-07-15T17:00:45Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A recent Obama executive order could "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/jan/13/newt-gingrich/gingrich-claims-interpol-will-investigate-american/


claimant: Steven Mnuchin
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/15/trump-inflates-google-coronavirus-website-mnuchin-/
title: Trump inflates Google coronavirus website, Mnuchin recasts what Trump said on European cargo
review_date: 2020-03-15T22:35:02Z
textual_rating: Trump was wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says in a March 11 Oval Office address, Trump didn’t get "things wrong at all... people misinterpreted the comments on cargo."


text: Photos reveal Greta Thunberg is a trained actress who comes from a long line of actors.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-12-21T00:00:00Z
title: Photos reveal Greta Thunberg is a trained actress who comes from a long line of actors.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/22/viral-image/photos-reveal-greta-thunberg-trained-actress-who-c/


text: "I never lobbied under any circumstance" for Freddie Mac.
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich said he never lobbied for Freddie Mac 'under any circumstance'
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:24:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/dec/16/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-said-he-never-lobbied-freddie-mac-un/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2017-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Have wages failed to go up on Donald Trump's watch?
review_date: 2017-12-12T18:47:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working families."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/12/nancy-pelosi/have-wages-failed-go-donald-trumps-watch/


text: “They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.”
claimant: Jerome Adams
claim_date: 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Hospitals refute surgeon general’s claim about nursing furloughs
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/02/jerome-adams/hospitals-refute-surgeon-generals-claim-about-nurs/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Michigan Gov. Whitmer did not spend May 20 at her vacation home
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/27/facebook-posts/michigan-gov-whitmer-did-not-spend-may-20-her-vaca/


text: Sherman-Williams is "making lead paint and poisoning people around the world."
claimant: Occupational Knowledge International
claim_date: 2016-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Online petition urges Sherwin-Williams to stop making lead paint
review_date: 2016-04-26T14:49:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/26/occupational-knowledge-international/online-petition-urges-sherwin-williams-stop-making/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t tweet this about the Confederate flag
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump tweeted that the Confederate flag is “a symbol of LOVE!! Plantations kept black people employed and gave them free food and housing!!! Black unemployment was VERY low back then like now with ME as your President!!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/20/viral-image/no-trump-didnt-tweet-about-confederate-flag/


text: “Tennessee just banned Plan B and made it a crime punishable by a $50,000 fine to order it.”
claimant: Pam Keith
claim_date: 2022-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Tennessee passed a ban on mailing abortion pills, not emergency contraceptives like Plan B
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/09/pam-keith/tennessee-passed-ban-mailing-abortion-pills-not-em/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Warren: U.S. rubber-stamped deal; Bayer-Monsanto now controls 25% market share
review_date: 2019-02-14T15:17:17Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"By rubber-stamping the Bayer-Monsanto merger, the Justice Department is handing control over one quarter of the world's seeds and pesticides market to one ginormous agribusiness."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/14/elizabeth-warren/warren-bayer-monsanto-controls-25-seed-pesticide-m/


text: Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father isn’t with the Kenosha sheriff’s department
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/viral-image/no-alleged-kenosha-shooters-father-isnt-kenosha-sh/


claimant: The Patriot Journal
claim_date: 2018-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Did Beto O'Rourke really use campaign funds to help the migrant caravan?
review_date: 2018-11-07T15:06:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Money raised to help (Beto) O’Rourke get elected is being used to fund migrants. This is clearly breaking campaign finance laws."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/06/blog-posting/did-beto-orourke-really-use-campaign-funds-help-mi/


claimant: Jerome Buting
claim_date: 2016-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: 'Making A Murderer' lawyer: Wisconsin pays lowest rate to lawyers who defend poor in criminal cases
review_date: 2016-04-20T20:19:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/20/jerome-buting/making-murderer-lawyer-wisconsin-pays-lowest-rate-/


text: "Pelosi sinks to new low, tells Dems: if you have to lie to voters to win, do it."
claimant: teaparty.org
claim_date: 2018-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi didn't tell Democratic candidates to lie
review_date: 2018-08-17T20:27:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/17/teapartyorg/no-nancy-pelosi-didnt-tell-democratic-candidates-l/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: FAA: Medical guidelines changed on advice from cardiologists, not because of the COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Federal Aviation Administration widened its electrocardiogram parameters for pilots because “a substantial number of airline pilots have had serious heart damage” from COVID-19 vaccines.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/20/instagram-posts/faa-medical-guidelines-changed-advice-cardiologist/


text: On filibusters for U.S. Supreme Court nominees.
claimant: Bill Nelson
claim_date: 2017-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did Sen. Bill Nelson flip-flop on use of filibuster for a Supreme Court nominee?
review_date: 2017-03-09T19:56:36Z
textual_rating: No Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/09/bill-nelson/did-sen-bill-nelson-flip-flop-use-filibuster-supre/


claimant: Seth Moulton
claim_date: 2017-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: No proof ISIS leaders using Donald Trump's travel ban for recruitment
review_date: 2017-02-07T19:13:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more terrorists to their side."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/07/seth-moulton/mostly-false-claim-isis-already-using-trumps-execu/


text: “Bad math (is) driving Wisconsin’s exploding positive test rate.”
claimant: MacIver Institute
claim_date: 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Analysis bashing DHS COVID-19 calculations is built on errors, omissions
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/29/maciver-institute/analysis-bashing-dhs-covid-19-calculations-built-e/


text: Says Jacky Rosen "voted against stopping criminals from re-entering the United States."
claimant: Senate Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: GOP super PAC ad skips over Jacky Rosen's yes vote on criminal immigrant bill
review_date: 2018-10-02T19:25:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/02/senate-leadership-fund/gop-super-pac-ad-skips-over-jacky-rosens-yes-vote-/


claimant: Citizens Against Government Waste
claim_date: 2022-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: How much of the Inflation Reduction Act goes toward trees, clean garbage trucks and cow farts?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/25/citizens-against-government-waste/how-much-inflation-reduction-act-goes-toward-trees/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Pants on Fire: Claim that University of Texas student with gun helped stop knife attacks
review_date: 2017-05-10T21:51:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/10/blog-posting/pants-fire-claim-university-texas-student-gun-help/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s figure on unvaccinated COVID-19 deaths
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Ten thousand people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn’t been vaccinated."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/22/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-figure-unvaccinated-covid/


text: Video shows someone wearing an Anthony Fauci mask.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a video of someone wearing a Fauci mask
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/05/viral-image/no-isnt-video-someone-wearing-fauci-mask/


claimant: Shelley Moore Capito
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Capito correct that school funding in Biden’s relief bill extends through 2028
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Joe Biden’s American Relief Plan “has a lot of money in it for schools, but if you really look at it … it says that the school money is going to go out until the year 2028.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/15/shelley-moore-capito/capito-correct-school-funding-bidens-relief-bill-e/


claimant: Rush Limbaugh
claim_date: 2016-10-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/05/10-fact-checks-rush-limbaugh-medal-freedom-winner/
title: 10 fact-checks of Rush Limbaugh, Medal of Freedom winner
review_date: 2020-02-05T16:35:26Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump mischaracterizes FBI director comment about Hillary Clinton's email practices
review_date: 2016-07-17T20:01:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just look at what the FBI director said about her (Hillary Clinton) — her misconduct is a disgrace and embarrassment to our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/15/donald-trump/donald-trump-mischaract-fbi-director-comment-about/


text: Video shows the “Grim Reaper” appearing at King Charles III’s coronation.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fear the Reaper; Death personified doesn’t darken King Charles’ door at coronation
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/08/facebook-posts/dont-fear-the-reaper-death-personified-doesnt-dark/


claimant: Gary Kelly
claim_date: 2020-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Southwest CEO’s boast about airplanes’ low COVID risk overlooks key concerns
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Regarding the risks of coronavirus transmission on an airplane, “It’s as safe as an environment as you’re going to find.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/11/gary-kelly/southwest-ceos-boast-about-airplanes-low-covid-ris/


text: Chicago is "the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly repeats that Chicago has strongest gun laws
review_date: 2017-11-07T22:03:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/07/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-repeats-chicago-has-strongest-gun-la/


text: “Right to Work states have: faster private sector employment growth”
claimant: Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
claim_date: 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Lobbying group says Right to Work laws lead to faster employment growth, but evidence is mixed
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/09/wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce/lobbying-group-says-right-work-laws-lead-faster-em/


text: Photos show “an IRS agent training class.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, these photos don’t show an IRS training class
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/19/facebook-posts/no-these-photos-dont-show-irs-training-class/


text: "Hillary in hiding as police discover dead body hidden in Huma Abedin’s dumpster"
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading headline connects Clinton, Abedin to New York woman's death
review_date: 2018-07-19T21:26:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/19/blog-posting/misleading-headline-exaggerates-connection-between/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Viral video of Ohio’s new plan for death row prisoners was ripped from The Onion
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Ohio replaced lethal injection “with a system that quickly and humanely rips off the heads of death-row inmates using powerful robotic arms.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/17/instagram-posts/viral-video-of-ohios-new-plan-for-death-row-prison/


claimant: John Ratcliffe
claim_date: 2019-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: A look at whether Robert Mueller broke the rules for special counsels
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Robert Mueller "didn’t follow the special counsel regulations. It clearly says write a confidential report about decisions reached. Nowhere in here does it say write a report about decisions that were not reached."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/24/john-ratcliffe/look-whether-robert-mueller-broke-rules-special-co/


claimant: Sara Meaney
claim_date: 2019-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Who has more lakes: Minnesota or Wisconsin?
review_date: 2019-05-23T16:26:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Wisconsin, many people may not be aware, actually has 15,000 freshwater lakes. … More than Minnesota."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/


claimant: Richard Corcoran
claim_date: 2017-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Do most mass shootings happen in gun-free zones?
review_date: 2017-02-21T20:21:31Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Most of these mass shootings take place in (areas) where you're not allowed to have a concealed weapons permit."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/21/richard-corcoran/do-most-mass-shootings-happen-gun-free-zones/


claimant: Kyrsten Sinema
claim_date: 2018-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Kyrsten Sinema's claim about Medicare, Social Security
review_date: 2018-08-14T19:57:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says she is "the only candidate for Senate who refuses to cut Medicare and Social Security or raise the retirement age."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/14/kyrsten-sinema/fact-checking-kyrsten-sinemas-claim-about-medicare/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says Russians were unable to hack the Republican National Committee
review_date: 2017-01-12T16:20:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Russians "tried to hack the Republican National Committee, and they were unable to break through."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/11/donald-trump/trump-says-russians-were-unable-hack-republican-na/


text: Disneyland is enforcing a “no scream” policy on roller coasters.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Disneyland isn’t enforcing a ‘no scream’ policy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/22/viral-image/no-disneyland-isnt-enforcing-no-scream-policy/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image wrongly links coronavirus to 'Resident Evil' video game
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In ‘Resident Evil’ the Umbrella Corporation releases a virus that infects the people of Raccoon City. A biological research lab with the exact same logo as the Umbrella Corporation can be found in the city where the coronavirus outbreak originated.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/03/facebook-posts/viral-image-draws-misleading-parallel-between-coro/


text: Says actor Kurt Russell said this about the police.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Kurt Russell wrote social media post supporting police
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/facebook-posts/no-evidence-kurt-russell-wrote-social-media-post-s/


text: For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."
claimant: Jill Underly
claim_date: 2021-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin schools leader on the mark with claim that masks are factor in mitigating COVID spread
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/23/jill-underly/wisconsin-schools-leader-mark-claim-masks-are-fact/


text: “Babysitter on crystal meth eats 3-month-old toddler.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t tell mom the babysitter’s a cannibal (because it’s not true)
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/04/facebook-posts/dont-tell-mom-the-babysitters-a-cannibal-because-i/


text: Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win."
claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2018-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Gavin Newsom’s False claim he was ‘first to take on the NRA and win’
review_date: 2018-04-27T21:38:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/27/gavin-newsom/gavin-newsoms-false-claim-he-was-first-take-nra-an/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Did these Medal of Freedom recipients fly on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane? Not according to flight logs
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Every single one” of former President Barack Obama’s Medal of Freedom recipients in this video “was on Epstein’s flight logs.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/viral-image/did-these-medal-of-freedom-recipients-fly-on-jeffr/


text: A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn't show Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy
review_date: 2019-03-14T17:20:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/14/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-joe-biden-engaging-disturbing/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the Donald Trump, Kanye bromance
review_date: 2018-04-26T18:33:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/26/donald-trump/donald-trump-target-remarks-unemployment-kanye/


text: Donald Trump "once called pregnant employees -- and I quote -- 'an inconvenience.'"
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton: Trump called pregnant employees 'an inconvenience'
review_date: 2016-06-24T17:07:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/24/hillary-clinton/clinton-trump-called-pregnant-employees-inconvenie/


text: “Joe Biden called Black youth super predators.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden did not call Black youth ‘super predators’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/01/donald-trump/no-biden-did-not-call-black-youth-super-predators/


text: California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people."
claimant: Dianne Feinstein
claim_date: 2016-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Does California ‘have the same water infrastructure’ as it did in the 1960s?
review_date: 2016-05-31T17:47:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/31/dianne-feinstein/does-california-have-same-water-infrastructure-it-/


text: The logo of a porn website appeared during a CNN broadcast.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, a porn site logo didn’t appear on CNN broadcast
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/instagram-posts/no-porn-site-logo-didnt-appear-cnn-broadcast/


text: Photo shows “Wayfair president of operations Bill Hutcherson with Ghislaine Maxwell.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show Ghislaine Maxwell with a Wayfair executive
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/14/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-ghislaine-maxwell-wayfair-exe/


text: Says Nancy Pelosi’s "4th husband" filed for divorce.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Nancy Pelosi divorce story is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/20/facebook-posts/nancy-pelosi-married-same-man-1963/


claimant: Senate Majority PAC
claim_date: 2020-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking an attack on Sen. Susan Collins over opioids, campaign donations
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/senate-majority-pac/fact-checking-attack-sen-susan-collins-over-opioid/


text: The FedNow program “is going to replace your paper currency.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, the FedNow Service is not replacing cash. It’s an instant payment system.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/04/facebook-posts/no-the-fednow-service-is-not-replacing-cash-its-an/


text: “Ted Cruz leaks new document obtained from Hunter’s laptop implicating Nancy Pelosi.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ted Cruz didn’t leak a document implicating Hunter Biden, Nancy Pelosi
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/09/facebook-posts/no-ted-cruz-didnt-leak-document-implicating-hunter/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: King Charles III didn't declare Trump winner of the 2020 election
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
King Charles III signed “a proclamation stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and is the rightful president by law.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/12/facebook-posts/king-charles-iii-didnt-declare-trump-winner-2020-e/


text: Video shows there weren’t Marines present during a recent speech by Joe Biden.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t prove there weren’t Marines at Biden’s speech in Philadelphia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/08/viral-image/no-video-doesnt-prove-there-werent-marines-bidens-/


text: Capitol Police officers “helped” QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley and “acted as his tour guides.”
claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2023-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Evidence rebuts Tucker Carlson’s claim about Capitol Police acting as tour guides to ‘QAnon Shaman’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/tucker-carlson/evidence-rebuts-tucker-carlsons-claim-about-capito/


text: Photo shows the freedom convoy in Canberra, Australia, with over 1.5 million cars.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2022-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, this image doesn’t show pandemic protesters in Australia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/15/viral-image/no-image-doesnt-show-pandemic-protesters-australia/


text: "I voted to fund President Trump’s wall."
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2018-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Did Joe Manchin vote to fund the border wall?
review_date: 2018-10-05T16:30:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/05/joe-manchin/did-joe-manchin-vote-fund-border-wall/


claimant: Dale Kooyenga
claim_date: 2018-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: State Rep. Dale Kooyenga close on ranking but falters on 'everyone' has health care claim
review_date: 2018-11-30T16:55:57Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin has "the number one health care system in the country. Everyone in poverty now has health care"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/30/dale-kooyenga/state-rep-dale-kooyenga-close-ranking-falters-ever/


text: U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib was photographed in front of a picture of Osama bin Laden and an ISIS flag.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, US Rep. Rashida Tlaib wasn't photographed in front of Osama bin Laden portrait
review_date: 2019-01-29T18:39:15Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/29/viral-image/no-us-rep-rashida-tlaib-wasnt-photographed-front-p/


text: Graph shows Gretchen Whitmer stole the Michigan gubernatorial election.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, this graph doesn’t prove Gretchen Whitmer stole her election
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/10/instagram-posts/no-this-graph-doesnt-prove-gretchen-whitmer-stole/


text: “Russia has never attacked anyone throughout its history.”
claimant: Dmitry Peskov
claim_date: 2022-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Russian spokesman’s statement ignores centuries of Russian attacks
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/21/dmitry-peskov/russian-spokesmans-statement-ignores-centuries-rus/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Trump administration hasn’t fulfilled every state request for coronavirus supplies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Trump administration has had “zero unfulfilled equipment and supply requests from state governors.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/27/sean-hannity/no-trump-administration-hasnt-fulfilled-every-stat/


text: Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump right that Hillary Clinton once “wanted a wall” on the Mexican border?
review_date: 2016-08-15T16:35:44Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/15/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-hillary-clinton-once-wanted-wal/


claimant: Michael Burgess
claim_date: 2019-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Are immigrant children free to leave shelters ‘at anytime’? Half True
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Of shelters for immigrant children: "You know what? There's not a lock on the door. Any child is free to leave at anytime, but they don't. You know why? Because they are well taken care of."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/10/michael-burgess/are-immigrant-children-free-leave-shelters-anytime/


text: The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Does the Ninth Circuit have an overturn record 'close to 80%'?
review_date: 2017-04-26T15:39:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/26/donald-trump/does-ninth-circuit-have-overturn-record-close-80/


text: Video shows police removing disabled protesters from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Protest footage from 2017 confuses some social media users
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/07/viral-image/protest-footage-2017-confuses-some-social-media-us/


text: "Dead people always vote Democrat."
claimant: Kevin Rinke
claim_date: 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Debunking the zombie claim that ‘dead people always vote Democrat’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/02/kevin-rinke/debunking-zombie-claim-dead-people-always-vote-dem/


claimant: J.D. Vance
claim_date: 2017-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance says most of venture capital money goes to three states
review_date: 2018-02-20T15:42:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "50 percent of venture capital goes to California. Most of the rest of it goes to New York and Massachusetts."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/20/jd-vance/hillbilly-elegy-author-jd-vance-says-most-venture-/


text: Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.”
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Trump did not sign any major immigration laws, but he did issue orders that changed policy
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/12/chris-christie/trump-did-not-sign-any-major-immigration-laws-but/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: The US still exists. Biden didn’t sign away the country’s sovereignty with North American agreement
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United States of America “no longer exists” because President Joe Biden “signed away our sovereignty as a nation.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/30/facebook-posts/the-us-still-exists-biden-didnt-sign-away-the-coun/


text: “There are precious few religions that actually say you cannot” get vaccinated.
claimant: Anthony Fauci
claim_date: 2021-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Few religions ban vaccination, but that counts little for religious exemptions
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/06/anthony-fauci/few-religions-ban-vaccination-counts-little-religi/


claimant: Dennis Baxley
claim_date: 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Did Florida's stand your ground law reduce violent crime?
review_date: 2017-03-16T16:24:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/16/dennis-baxley/did-floridas-stand-your-ground-law-reduce-violent-/


text: "The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."
claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2017-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Obama: No premium hike for 'vast majority' covered on government exchanges
review_date: 2017-03-23T21:17:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/23/barack-obama/obama-no-premium-hike-vast-majority-covered-govern/


text: The White House doctored a photo of a Donald Trump event “to make the crowd look bigger.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, White House didn’t release a doctored image of Trump’s airport crowd
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/03/facebook-posts/no-white-house-didnt-release-doctored-image-trumps/


text: Will Smith slapped Chris Rock “to take attention away from Ukraine.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-03-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/29/tweets/no-evidence-support-claim-will-smith-chris-rock-co/

title:
No evidence to support claim that Will Smith, Chris Rock conflict was staged to detract from Ukraine


claimant: Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
claim_date: 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Tens of millions in tax money directed to a Milwaukee streetcar at the expense of police, schools?
review_date: 2017-07-14T16:43:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tom Barrett "has directed that tens of millions of City of Milwaukee tax dollars be used for the construction of a downtown trolley at the expense of: health and public safety; repair and replacement of public infrastructure; public education; and, job creation and economic development."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/14/save-our-city-milwaukeeans-cant-wait/tens-millions-tax-money-directed-milwaukee-streetc/


text: No one “with a concealed carry permit ever committed a mass shooting."
claimant: Greg Gutfeld
claim_date: 2022-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld falsely claims concealed carry permit holders never committed mass shooting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/28/greg-gutfeld/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-falsely-claims-concealed-car/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-04-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/28/all-227-hillary-clinton-fact-checks/
title: All 227 Hillary Clinton fact-checks
review_date: 2016-04-15T02:42:05Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have tougher standards holding toy gun manufacturers and sellers to account than we do for real guns."


text: "California sends 440,000 ballots to ineligible voters.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that California sent 440,000 Nov. 3 ballots to ineligible voters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/22/instagram-posts/no-evidence-california-sent-440000-nov-3-ballots-i/


text: NASA has discovered a new planet covered with marijuana
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, NASA has not discovered a new planet covered in marijuana
review_date: 2019-02-08T18:09:48Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/08/blog-posting/no-nasa-has-not-discovered-new-planet-covered-mari/


text: Audio captures former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama debating Michelle Obama’s gender.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: You didn’t hear that accurately: Audio of discussion of Michelle Obama’s gender is fabricated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/14/viral-image/you-didnt-hear-that-accurately-audio-of-discussion/


text: Says Hillary Clinton “wants to go to a single-payer plan” for health care
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly says Hillary Clinton 'wants to go to a single-payer plan' for health care
review_date: 2016-10-10T03:22:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-says-hillary-clinton-wants-go/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi didn’t vow to impeach Trump again
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Nancy Pelosi said, “If the Senate conducts a sham trial, our caucus will just impeach the president again. We have no shortage of impeachment offenses. This president is a criminal.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/07/viral-image/no-nancy-pelosi-didnt-vow-impeach-trump-again/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2017-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson wrongly says United States 'ended slavery around the world'
review_date: 2017-08-17T20:23:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The United States ended slavery around the world, and maybe we should get some credit for that, too."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/17/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-wrongly-says-united-states-ended-sl/


text: The CDC staged “the ‘escaping monkeys’ as a cover story for releasing the next bioweapon.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence to support claim that CDC staged monkey crash
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/31/blog-posting/no-evidence-support-claim-cdc-staged-monkey-crash/


claimant: Dave McCormick
claim_date: 2022-04-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mehmet Oz "called for a New Zealand-style gun ban" and said "Americans should have less access to guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/15/dave-mccormick/n-pa-senate-run-dr-oz-casts-self-pro-second-amendm/

title:
In Pa. Senate run, Dr. Oz casts self as pro-Second Amendment, but he has backed gun-control measures


text: "Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2017-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Tweets mislead saying Wisconsin's Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in his home state
review_date: 2017-09-11T21:06:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/11/tweets/tweets-mislead-saying-wisconsins-paul-ryan-doesnt-/


claimant: John Podesta
claim_date: 2016-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: It's True: WikiLeaks dumped Podesta emails hour after Trump video surfaced
review_date: 2016-12-18T18:43:53Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"On Oct. 7, the Access Hollywood tape comes out. One hour later, WikiLeaks starts dropping my emails."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/18/john-podesta/its-true-wikileaks-dumped-podesta-emails-hour-afte/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/12/fact-checking-donald-trumps-mistakes-about-europea/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s mistakes about European travel due to coronavirus
review_date: 2020-03-12T17:35:55Z
textual_rating: Wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"These prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo, but various other things as we get approval. Anything coming from Europe to the United States is what we are discussing."


text: “Donald Trump called up Putin today and made a new deal that will save America.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Old video, same claim. Video doesn't show Donald Trump 'made a new deal' with Vladimir Putin
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/27/facebook-posts/old-video-same-claim-video-doesnt-show-donald-trum/


text: The number of illegal immigrants in the United States is "30 million, it could be 34 million."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2015-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly says the number of illegal immigrants is 30 million or higher
review_date: 2016-05-11T17:31:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/jul/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-number-illegal-immigrants-30-mil/


text: "We won. We won in a landslide. This was a landslide.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Here’s how we know Trump’s repeated claim of a landslide victory is wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/07/donald-trump/trump-clings-fantasy-landslide-victory-egging-supp/


text: "President Trump’s wall costs less than the ObamaCare website."
claimant: User
claim_date: 2019-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Will Trump's border wall cost less than Obamacare website?
review_date: 2019-04-01T13:18:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/29/facebook-posts/will-trumps-border-wall-cost-less-obamacare-websit/


claimant: Crystal Peoples-Stokes
claim_date: 2019-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Peoples-Stokes' assurances on medical marijuana vaping are too broad
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If folks are vaping a legal medical cannabis product that comes from any of the New York state operators, they will not have to worry about the negative impacts on their lungs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/02/crystal-peoples-stokes/peoples-stokes-assurances-medical-marijuana-vaping/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill O’Reilly didn’t claim that COVID-19 is a bioweapon created by China
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Bill O'Reilly wrote a post claiming that the coronavirus was created as a bioweapon by the Chinese government.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/facebook-posts/no-bill-oreilly-didnt-claim-covid-19-bioweapon-cre/


claimant: Chuck Schumer
claim_date: 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Schumer: Trump and his HHS pick Tom Price at odds on Medicare
review_date: 2017-01-10T19:11:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/10/charles-schumer/schumer-trump-and-his-hhs-pick-tom-price-odds-medi/


claimant: L. Lin Wood
claim_date: 2021-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Trump lawyer falsely claims Biden is an ‘illegal president’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“I believe, without having definitive proof, that the military is in charge of our country ... because Joe Biden is an illegal president.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/26/l-lin-wood/pro-trump-lawyer-falsely-claims-biden-illegal-pres/


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/04/sanders-ineffective-lawmaker-it-depends-year/
title: Is Bernie Sanders an ineffective lawmaker? It depends on the year
textual_rating: Depends on the year
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Last Congress, I was the most effective Democrat in the U.S. Senate ... Bernie and Elizabeth were in the bottom half."


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Walker's claim that Tony Evers said taxes should pay for abortions as they do tonsillectomies
review_date: 2018-09-26T14:02:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Tony Evers says that tax dollars should pay for the abortions just like they pay for tonsillectomies."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/26/scott-walker/scott-walkers-claim-tony-evers-said-taxes-should-p/


text: A photo shows Barack Obama smiling and shaking hands with Hassan Rouhani.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: This photo of Barack Obama shaking hands with Hassan Rouhani is doctored
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/07/paul-gosar/photo-barack-obama-shaking-hands-hassan-rouhani-do/


text: “The NFL agreed to give the domestic terror group, BLM, 250 million dollars.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: The NFL didn’t agree to donate $250M to Black Lives Matter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/30/facebook-posts/nfl-didnt-agree-donate-250m-black-lives-matter/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Margaret Sanger never said 'Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds ...'
review_date: 2019-01-25T18:39:04Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/25/viral-image/no-margaret-sanger-never-said-slav-latin-and-hebre/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kentucky teachers won’t be conducting student bedroom inspections
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Governor Andy Beshear has authorized Kentucky teachers to make in-home visits. With parental approval, teachers will inspect the bedroom of each student currently enrolled in K-8.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/06/viral-image/no-kentucky-teachers-wont-be-conducting-student-be/


text: New York has "among the highest tax burdens of any state in the nation"
claimant: Marc Molinaro
claim_date: 2018-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Is New York's tax burden 'among the highest' in the nation?
review_date: 2018-04-12T21:09:52Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/12/marcus-molinaro/do-ny-residents-have-among-highest-tax-burdens-mol/


text: Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII
claimant: Derrick Van Orden
claim_date: 2021-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, American Rescue Plan does not cost more than World War II
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/04/derrick-van-orden/no-american-rescue-plan-does-not-cost-more-world-w/


text: "We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
claimant: Jay Inslee
claim_date: 2019-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Did Washington state build $6 billion in wind farms over a dozen years?
review_date: 2019-03-13T20:20:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/13/jay-inslee/did-washington-state-build-6-billion-wind-farms-ov/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: No connection between Gates-funded modified ticks, meat allergy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bill Gates-funded research into genetically engineered cattle ticks is responsible for red-meat allergies from alpha-gal syndrome in the U.S.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/01/instagram-posts/no-connection-between-gates-funded-modified-ticks/


text: "Law passed: All child support in the United States will end by beginning of 2018."
claimant: tmzbreaking
claim_date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump and Congress didn't pass bill ending child support
review_date: 2017-12-19T15:10:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/19/tmzbreaking/no-trump-and-congress-didnt-pass-bill-ending-child/


text: “The vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year.”
claimant: National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
claim_date: 2016-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: NFIB says 'vast majority' of minimum wage workers get raise in a year
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/02/nfederation-o-independent-business-virginia/nfib-says-vast-majority-minimum-wage-workers-get-r/


text: CNN accidentally aired 30 minutes of pornography in Boston on Thanksgiving night.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Reports that CNN showed pornography instead of Anthony Bourdain were based on single Twitter user
review_date: 2016-11-29T22:19:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/29/blog-posting/reports-cnn-showed-pornography-instead-anthony-bou/


text: “Biden ‘child porn’ shock” headline was “front page news in Australia.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, this Hunter Biden story wasn’t ‘front page news in Australia’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/17/viral-image/no-this-wasnt-front-page-news-in-australia/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/08/5-ways-warrens-medicare-all-math-could-fall-short/
title: 5 ways Warren’s Medicare for All math could fall short
textual_rating: More like true estimates
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We are the only Democratic primary campaign that has laid out the true, full costs of any health care plan, Medicare for All or otherwise."


text: Photo shows parents who changed their baby’s gender identity.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Story about parents changing baby’s gender fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/19/viral-image/story-about-parents-changing-babys-gender-fake/


claimant: Tom Barrett
claim_date: 2019-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Barrett overshoots on claim about Milwaukee tax rates
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Milwaukee has less taxing power than most similar cities and is the only U.S. city of 400,000 or more "that does not have a sales tax or local income tax."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/18/tom-barrett/barrett-overshoots-claim-about-milwaukee-tax-rates/


claimant: Madeleine Albright
claim_date: 2018-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Madeleine Albright compares Mussolini, Trump on use of 'drain the swamp'
review_date: 2018-05-09T14:02:14Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Benito Mussolini "initiated a campaign to 'drenare la palude' ('drain the swamp') by firing more than 35,000 civil servants."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/09/madeleine-albright/madeleine-albright-right-about-mussolini-and-drain/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden correct that Trump administration delayed, scaled back CDC reopening guidelines
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/06/joe-biden/joe-biden-correct-trump-administration-delayed-sca/


text: New York has passed "the best paid family leave" program in the United States of America.
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2018-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: Cuomo: New York's paid family leave is best
review_date: 2019-01-07T14:52:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/07/andrew-cuomo/cuomo-new-yorks-paid-family-leave-best/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson misrepresents Harris’ comments on women accusing Biden of inappropriate touching
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Kamala Harris "said she believed that Joe Biden committed sexual assault against various women.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/13/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-misrepresents-harris-comments-women/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Recirculated 2020 video was a simulation and does not depict fraudulent creation of real ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows a whistleblower creating fraudulent military ballots during the 2020 presidential election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/10/instagram-posts/recirculated-2020-video-was-simulation-and-does-no/


claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2017-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Cook County soda tax should make a dent in consumption
review_date: 2017-10-02T19:27:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/02/michael-bloomberg/cook-county-soda-tax-should-make-dent-consumption/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says he consistently beats Donald Trump by bigger margins than Hillary Clinton does
review_date: 2017-04-12T18:27:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Almost every poll has shown that Sanders vs. Trump does a lot better than Clinton vs. Trump … and, that’s true nationally."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/08/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-he-consistently-beats-donald-t/


text: Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump ad says illegal immigrants would be collecting Social Security under Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-08-24T22:05:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-ad-says-illegal-immigrants-would-be-c/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jun/16/10-biggest-falsehoods-year-trump/
title: The 10 biggest falsehoods from the year of Trump
review_date: 2016-05-03T22:03:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.


text: The pens Nancy Pelosi used to sign the articles of impeachment cost "$2,025 per pen."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment pens didn’t cost $2,025 each
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/17/facebook-posts/no-nancy-pelosis-impeachment-pens-didnt-cost-2025-/


text: “Any votes counted after midnight” on Election Day in Michigan “are fraud.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Michigan ballots counted after Election Day aren’t fraudulent
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/viral-image/no-michigan-ballots-counted-after-election-day-are/


text: On privatizing Social Security.
claimant: Blake Masters
claim_date: 2022-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Blake Masters’ stance on privatizing Social Security shifted after primary
textual_rating: Half Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/25/blake-masters/blake-masters-stance-privatizing-social-security-s/


claimant: The Florida Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Did Adam Putnam adopt Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ position on term limits?
review_date: 2018-06-08T19:34:35Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Flip Flop! After opposing term limits for decades, Adam Putnam adopts Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ position."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/08/florida-democratic-party/did-adam-putnam-adopt-donald-trump-and-ron-desanti/


text: John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers."
claimant: Mehmet Oz
claim_date: 2022-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Oz distorts Fetterman’s position of ending mandatory life sentences for certain murders
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/03/mehmet-oz/oz-distorts-fettermans-position-ending-mandatory-l/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2015-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image claims Clintons stole $200k in furniture, china and artwork from White House
review_date: 2017-04-11T15:00:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton "was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House china, furniture and artwork that she had stolen."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/oct/01/viral-image/viral-image-wrongly-accuses-clinton-stealing/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/05/fact-checking-2020-state-union-address/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address
review_date: 2020-02-05T06:44:04Z
textual_rating: Fencing but not a wall
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have now completed over 100 miles and have over 500 miles fully completed in a very short period of time. Early next year, we will have substantially more than 500 miles completed."


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: No proof for another pro-Trump claim of thousands of illegal votes in Georgia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Group “identifies 12,547 illegal votes” in Georgia's 2020 election results, “exceeds margin of victory in the state.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/28/blog-posting/no-proof-another-pro-trump-claim-thousands-illegal/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, HIPAA doesn’t prohibit businesses from asking about your vaccination status
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Businesses aren't allowed to ask customers if they’ve been vaccinated because “there are HIPPA laws.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/21/viral-image/no-hipaa-doesnt-prohibit-businesses-asking-about-y/


text: “Finnish Court rules sex with children is permitted.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Viral claim distorts Finnish law on child sex abuse
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/26/instagram-posts/viral-claim-distorts-finnish-law-child-sex-abuse/


text: “We haven’t seen a single American megachurch offer anything to help Ukrainians.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: American megachurches are offering support to Ukraine, despite claims on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/16/tweets/american-megachurches-are-offering-support-ukraine/


text: “It’s not the coronavirus that’s killing people. It is the economy.”
claimant: Steven Baker
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: The false TikTok claim that high unemployment is killing more people than the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/14/blog-posting/false-tiktok-claim-high-unemployment-killing-more-/


text: “QAnon violence! There is none.”
claimant: Greg Gutfeld
claim_date: 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: QAnon hoax has been linked to violence. Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld falsely claimed it hasn’t
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/24/greg-gutfeld/qanon-hoax-has-been-linked-violence-fox-news-greg-/


text: U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis "voted in favor of food stamps for illegal immigrants."
claimant: Uncle Sam's Misguided Children
claim_date: 2018-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: A ridiculous attack on Ron DeSantis about food stamps and immigrants
review_date: 2018-03-29T21:32:37Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/29/uncle-sams-misguided-children/misleading-attack-ron-desantis-about-farm-bill-foo/


claimant: Rahm Emanuel
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/25/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-scores-well-cps-test/
title: Emanuel scores well on CPS test
review_date: 2016-10-14T17:27:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains."


claimant: Duncan Hunter
claim_date: 2018-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood back a Democratic candidate?
review_date: 2018-11-01T16:22:52Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress" and "is being supported by CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/01/duncan-hunter-2/did-cair-muslim-brotherhood-back-democratic-candid/


text: Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people."
claimant: Tom Perez
claim_date: 2017-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly False: New DNC chair Tom Perez says Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay
review_date: 2017-02-26T22:31:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/26/thomas-perez/new-dnc-chair-tom-perez-says-donald-trump-wants-cu/


claimant: Paul Workman
claim_date: 2017-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Workman says apartment development fees in Austin nearly 10 times fees in Dallas
review_date: 2017-07-13T17:44:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says it’s documented that City of Austin fees for building an apartment complex are nearly 10 times what Dallas levies.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/13/paul-workman/paul-workman-mostly-right-apartment-development-fe/


text: Says Sean Penn’s trip to Ukraine in November is evidence the war is staged.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Sean Penn’s Ukraine trip isn’t proof the Russian invasion was staged
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/04/facebook-posts/no-sean-penns-ukraine-trip-isnt-proof-russian-inva/


claimant: Alan Dershowitz
claim_date: 2017-12-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/dec/05/closer-look-alan-dershowitzs-comments-trump-and-pr/
title: Do Jefferson, Lincoln prove Donald Trump can tell Justice Department what to do?
review_date: 2017-12-05T17:26:38Z
textual_rating: Not the same thing
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The president has a "constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That's what Thomas Jefferson did, that's what Lincoln did, that's what Roosevelt did. We have precedents that clearly establish that."


claimant: National Association for Gun Rights
claim_date: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Rubio’s ‘red-flag’ bill would not allow gun confiscation without due process
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/04/national-association-gun-rights/no-rubios-red-flag-bill-would-not-allow-gun-confis/


text: Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, his prospective opponent, has received $1.2 million from the gun lobby.
claimant: Mandela Barnes
claim_date: 2022-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Barnes partially right on claim that Johnson has received $1.2 million from gun lobby
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/28/mandela-barnes/barnes-partially-right-claim-johnson-has-received-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, it’s not safer to skip the COVID-19 vaccine to avoid permanent side effects
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If I don’t take the vaccine, I’m at risk for covid. If I do take the vaccine, I’m still at risk for covid PLUS I’m at risk for permanent vaccine side effects. Therefore I’m reducing my risk by not taking the vaccine. That’s the real science.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/31/facebook-posts/no-its-not-safer-skip-covid-19-vaccine-avoid-perma/


claimant: Phil Bredesen
claim_date: 2018-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Phil Bredesen says Marsha Blackburn weakened DEA opioid enforcement
review_date: 2018-09-18T20:14:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/18/phil-bredesen/bredesen-blackburn-weakened-dea-opioid-enforcement/


claimant: Tom McClintock
claim_date: 2017-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: America’s refugee vetting robust, not ‘haphazard’ as Calif. congressman claims
review_date: 2017-02-03T23:11:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Refugee "vetting was very haphazard," under the Obama Administration. "In many cases, we simply accepted the word of applicants."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/03/tom-mcclintock/americas-refugee-vetting-already-robust-not-haphaz/


text: "Rauner made you pay for abortions in all nine months of pregnancy."
claimant: Jeanne Ives
claim_date: 2018-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Campaign ad falsely claims Rauner made taxpayers fund late abortions
review_date: 2018-02-13T15:29:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/12/jeanne-ives/campaign-ad-falsely-claims-rauner-made-taxpayers-f/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, that Olympics hot mic video isn’t real — it’s a joke
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says an NBC producer at the Olympics was caught on a hot mic saying “60% of people in this stadium will be dead within 10 days.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/27/viral-image/no-olympics-hot-mic-video-isnt-real-its-joke/


text: Says the CDC now says that the coronavirus can survive on surfaces for up to 17 days.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence COVID-19 can survive on surfaces up to 17 days
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/26/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-covid-19-can-survive-surfaces-1/


claimant: Toni Preckwinkle
claim_date: 2019-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Preckwinkle misrepresents Mendoza’s death penalty stand
review_date: 2019-02-11T20:49:09Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Susana Mendoza is a supporter of the death penalty who could administer it herself and "‘...sleep like a baby at night…’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/10/toni-preckwinkle/preckwinkle-misrepresents-mendozas-death-penalty-s/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: No proof of thousands of double-counted ballots in 2020 presidential race in Ga.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the 2020 presidential election, “4,255 ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, were scanned multiple times” and “3,390 went to Biden.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/19/facebook-posts/no-proof-thousands-double-counted-ballots-2020-pre/


text: Photo shows the U.S. Pentagon “is under attack.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fake photo used in claim that the Pentagon was attacked. Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/25/facebook-posts/fake-photo-used-in-claim-that-the-pentagon-was-att/


claimant: Tiffany Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/26/fact-checking-second-night-2020-rnc/
title: Fact-checking the second night of the 2020 RNC
review_date: 2020-08-26T05:24:10Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And if you believe in expanding quality and affordable healthcare, only President Trump, my father, signed Right to Try into law, the favored nations clause, and other actions to lower drug prices and keep Americans from getting ripped off."


claimant: Lesley Cohen
claim_date: 2016-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Nevada Assemblyman accused of appearing in fetish film, stalking, but context needed
review_date: 2016-10-06T22:02:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It’s bad enough that (Stephen) Silberkraus appeared in a sexual fetish film where women were kidnapped from their homes and forced to live naked in kennels and trained to be pets. But when Silberkraus isn’t acting in films that degrade women, he’s stalking them in his personal time."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/06/lesley-cohen/nevada-assemblyman-accused-appearing-fetish-film-s/


claimant: Shelley Grogan
claim_date: 2021-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Attack ad overreaches in state appeals court race
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/30/shelley-grogan/attack-ad-overreaches-state-appeals-court-race/


claimant: Judy Chu
claim_date: 2017-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Calif. Democrat repeats misleading claim rape a pre-existing condition under GOP bill
review_date: 2017-05-09T23:05:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/09/judy-chu/rape-pre-existing-condition-under-gop-bill-calif-c/


text: “DUI arrests dropped significantly in Tampa once Uber began operating here.”
claimant: Dana Young
claim_date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Did DUI arrests in Tampa plummet when Uber came to town?
review_date: 2016-06-29T21:54:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/29/dana-young/do-dui-arrests-plummet-when-uber-comes-town/


text: "There's been no conclusive or specific report to say" Russia was trying to muddy the election.
claimant: Reince Priebus
claim_date: 2016-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Reince Priebus falsely claims no conclusive report whether Russia tried to influence election
review_date: 2016-12-12T02:39:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/11/reince-priebus/priebus-falsely-claims-no-conclusive-report-whethe/


claimant: Leslie Geissler Munger
claim_date: 2016-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Munger claims Mendoza double-dipped on public pensions, salaries
review_date: 2016-10-14T17:00:11Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"My opponent… was on both the city of Chicago payroll and the state of Illinois payroll simultaneously, taking full salary, funding her full pension benefits both as a city worker and as a state worker for 10 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/22/leslie-geissler-munger/munger-says-mendoza-double-dipped-pension-salary/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong about Puerto Rico death toll from Hurricane Maria
review_date: 2018-09-18T15:04:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says 3,000 people "did not die" in two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. That death toll estimate was "done by Democrats."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/18/donald-trump/trump-lacks-proof-puerto-rico-hurricane-death-toll/


text: "Background checks have been unequivocally shown to reduce gun violence."
claimant: Seth Moulton
claim_date: 2017-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Have background checks been ‘unequivocally’ shown to reduce gun violence?
review_date: 2017-10-11T20:33:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/11/seth-moulton/have-background-checks-been-unequivocally-shown-re/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Looking at claims that Google and Apple maps are blocking protesters from D.C.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Google and Apple maps won’t give directions to Washington, D.C. because “they don’t want you going to a certain big rally.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/06/facebook-posts/looking-claims-google-and-apple-maps-are-blocking-/


claimant: Marsha Blackburn
claim_date: 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Tenn. Sen. Marsha Blackburn wrong about Ketanji Brown Jackson and critical race theory
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Ketanji Brown Jackson "gave a lecture talking about critical race theory as one of the components to consider when you are making decisions on the bench."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/marsha-blackburn/tenn-sen-marsha-blackburn-wrong-about-ketanji-brow/


text: “One of the first nurses to receive the vaccine in AL is now dead.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: An Alabama nurse did not die after taking the coronavirus vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/17/facebook-posts/alabama-nurse-did-not-die-after-taking-coronavirus/


claimant: Dennis Kucinich
claim_date: 2018-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Richard Cordray told Ohio board to give permit to pro-gun group for rally, Kucinich says
review_date: 2018-03-13T21:11:04Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/13/dennis-kucinich/richard-cordray-helped-pro-gun-group-get-go-ahead-/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Tweets distort Biden’s comments on tanks, Ukraine and World War III
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Joe Biden said, “The idea that we’re going to send in tanks to Ukraine, that’s called World War III.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/02/tweets/tweets-distort-bidens-comments-on-tanks-ukraine-an/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's stat on homicide increase in major cities is solid
review_date: 2017-01-25T03:35:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2015, homicides increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/24/donald-trump/donald-trumps-numbers-homicide-increase-are-solid/


claimant: Nancy Mace
claim_date: 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: SC Rep. Cunningham did not vote for $5M in tax funds to go to campaign coffers
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Cunningham voted for $5 million in taxpayer funds to go into his and other politicians’ campaigns to pay for personal expenses and TV ads.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/12/nancy-mace/sc-rep-cunningham-did-not-vote-5m-tax-funds-go-cam/


text: "104 House Democrats voted for impeachment before the Ukraine call took place."
claimant: Jim Sensenbrenner
claim_date: 2019-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Did 104 Democrats vote for impeachment before the Ukraine letter? No. Sensenbrenner off the mark.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/20/jim-sensenbrenner/wisconsin-us-rep-jim-sensenbrenner-misfires-claim-/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is connected to the monkeypox outbreak
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“‘Monkeypox’ is only circulating in countries where the Pfizer vaccine has been distributed and is being used to advance a Technocratic Great Reset."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/29/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-connect/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post's attack on Hillary Clinton over Benghazi and praise for Trump on Iraq mostly misses
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hillary ignored multiple requests for security, didn’t respond for 13 hours, & let 4 Americans die in Benghazi. Trump rushed in reinforcements, threatened to destroy Iran, & made sure no lives were lost in Baghdad."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/06/facebook-posts/facebook-posts-attack-hillary-clinton-over-benghaz/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren did not say women should be raped by Muslims to 'prove our tolerance'
review_date: 2018-12-19T16:31:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Sen. Elizabeth Warren as saying "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank goodness for Planned Parenthood."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/19/blog-posting/elizabeth-warren-did-not-say-women-should-be-raped/


text: "Mueller will be forced to resign over Pelosi affair."
claimant: The Patriot Report
claim_date: 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Headline says Mueller-Pelosi affair is 'steamy,' but it's fake news
review_date: 2018-01-24T22:10:35Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/24/patriot-report/headline-says-mueller-pelosi-affair-steamy-its-fak/


text: In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”
claimant: Mandela Barnes
claim_date: 2021-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, over $100 billion was spent on military contracts in Afghanistan
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/31/mandela-barnes/yes-over-100-billion-was-spent-military-contracts-/


text: "I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress."
claimant: Jon Ossoff
claim_date: 2017-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: How extensive was Jon Ossoff's national security background in Congress?
review_date: 2017-04-03T14:50:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/03/jon-ossoff/jon-ossoff-national-security-background/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2018-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post repeats unsubstantiated claims on Red Cross CEO pay, donations
review_date: 2019-02-08T17:31:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans makes "$651,957 plus expenses" a year and "only 9 cents of every dollar" donated to the organization goes to helping people in need

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/08/facebook-posts/refurbished-meme-unsubstantiated-red-cross-ceo-pay/


text: "Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the country."
claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2017-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Glenn Grothman says Planned Parenthood is leading abortion provider
review_date: 2017-05-15T16:02:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/15/glenn-grothman/glenn-grothman-says-planned-parenthood-leading-abo/


claimant: Liz Cheney
claim_date: 2022-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: In Arizona, GOP candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem won’t commit to accepting election results
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/01/liz-cheney/in-arizona-gop-candidates-kari-lake-and-mark-finch/


text: You can get a free $100 Lowe’s coupon by answering a few questions.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: No such thing as a free Lowe’s coupon for answering some questions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/23/blog-posting/no-such-thing-free-lowes-coupon-answering-some-que/


text: Photo shows Klansmen and a burning cross at “the Democratic National Convention of 1924.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show Klansmen at the Democratic National Convention
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/24/viral-image/photo-doesnt-show-klansmen-democratic-national-con/


text: Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump draws false distinction between absentee, mail-in voting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-draws-false-distinction-between-absen/


claimant: Chris King
claim_date: 2017-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Do Hispanic entrepreneurs often start three times as many businesses as white males?
review_date: 2017-11-14T14:33:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hispanic entrepreneurs, those who have immigrated from Spanish-speaking countries, often start three times as many businesses as white males."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/14/chris-king/do-hispanic-entrepreneurs-often-start-three-times-/


text: "Corporations have NEVER made as much money as they are making now."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Have corporations 'never made as much money' as now, as Donald Trump tweeted?
review_date: 2017-08-01T21:44:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/01/donald-trump/have-corporations-never-made-much-money-now-donald/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2018-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders' claim that Brett Kavanaugh defies Supreme Court precedent a stretch
review_date: 2018-07-16T14:47:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion that a president "may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional" is "contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/16/bernie-sanders/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-president-power/


claimant: AFSCME People
claim_date: 2016-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Unions attack Marco Rubio's education record
review_date: 2016-09-27T20:21:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Marco Rubio "voted to slash school funding by billions of dollars and would eliminate the Department of Education."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/afscme-people/unions-attack-marco-rubios-education-record/


claimant: Ari Fleischer
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/14/what-william-taylor-george-kent-said-when-asked-if/
title: What William Taylor, George Kent said when asked if Donald Trump’s phone call was impeachable
textual_rating: Also didn't say no
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Rep. Ratcliffe just asked the most important question of the day: Was there anything in President Trump's July 25th phone call that was impeachable. Neither witness said yes."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Kurt Russell didn't suggest Democrats are 'enemies of the state'
review_date: 2019-01-25T19:24:21Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kurt Russell said "if the Dems regain power, they have promised to abolish the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th & 6th amendments. Also the Senate, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, borders, ICE, and more. When do we get to declare them enemies of the state?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/25/viral-image/kurt-russell-didnt-suggest-democrats-are-enemies-s/


text: Says a deer became "riddled with tumors from eating plants sprayed with Monsanto’s Roundup."
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Tumors on deer in viral photo were not caused by Monsanto’s Roundup
review_date: 2019-05-20T14:52:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/17/viral-image/no-deer-covered-tumors-viral-photo-was-not-caused-/


text: Ayn Rand said, "The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: This popular quote is often attributed to Ayn Rand — but she didn’t say it
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/19/viral-image/popular-quote-often-attributed-ayn-rand-she-didnt-/


text: "I never called John (McCain) a loser."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Donald Trump did call John McCain a ‘loser’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/04/donald-trump/yes-donald-trump-did-call-john-mccain-loser/


text: "I’m beating (Kelly Ayotte) in the polls by a lot."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim about doing better than Kelly Ayotte in N.H. polls
review_date: 2016-08-05T15:36:10Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/05/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-about-doing-better-/


text: “Fifty percent of the Ottawa police force have all turned in their resignation.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, half of Ottawa’s police force didn’t quit in connection with the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/08/facebook-posts/no-half-ottawas-police-force-didnt-quit-connection/


text: A 9-0 Supreme Court ruling is very rare.
claimant: Trey Wingo
claim_date: 2021-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Despite popular misconception, Supreme Court 9-0 rulings aren’t that rare
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/23/trey-wingo/despite-popular-misconception-supreme-court-9-0-ru/


claimant: Tulsi Gabbard
claim_date: 2019-10-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/16/fact-checking-cnn-nyt-democratic-debate-ohio/
title: Fact-checking the Ohio Democratic presidential debate
review_date: 2019-10-16T03:17:43Z
textual_rating: The accuracy is mixed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just two days ago The New York Times put out an article saying I’m a Russian asset and an Assad apologist and all these different smears. This morning a CNN commentator said on national television that I am an asset of Russia. Completely despicable."


text: “Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on 82% of all Americans.”
claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump Jr. misrepresents Joe Biden’s tax plan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/04/donald-trump-jr/donald-trump-jr-misrepresents-joe-bidens-tax-plan/


text: Opening the schools “is a local determination, but it’s not a state determination.”
claimant: Rep. Tom Reed
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: State holds power over school re-openings
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/18/tom-reed/state-holds-power-over-school-re-openings/


claimant: Jay Inslee
claim_date: 2019-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking presidential candidate Jay Inslee on climate change and 'the worst air in the world'
review_date: 2019-03-08T20:50:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/08/jay-inslee/fact-checking-presidential-candidate-jay-inslee-cl/


text: "Martin Luther King said our lives begin to end the day we become silent on things that matter."
claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2017-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Half True: Dan Patrick on Martin Luther King saying lives start to 'end the day we become silent'
review_date: 2017-01-06T23:13:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/06/dan-patrick/half-true-dan-patrick-martin-luther-king-saying-li/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/25/fact-checking-donald-trumps-naval-academy-commence/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's Naval Academy commencement address
review_date: 2018-05-25T17:26:22Z
textual_rating: Still Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking to graduating Naval Academy seniors, says "we just got you a big pay raise, first time in 10 years."


claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Has Austin removed legal consequences for where ‘homeless lie, sleep...defecate?’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/24/greg-abbott/has-austin-removed-legal-consequences-where-homele/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden is not getting help during the debate through medical device
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden has a medical device implanted in his skull so he can hear someone give him answers to questions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/30/facebook-posts/no-biden-not-getting-help-during-debate-through-me/


text: A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."
claimant: Rob Hutton
claim_date: 2019-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin State Rep. Hutton delivers with claim about level of porch piracy
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/13/rob-hutton/wisconsin-state-rep-hutton-delivers-claim-about-le/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2017-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: The baseless claim that slain DNC staffer Seth Rich gave emails to WikiLeaks
review_date: 2017-05-23T18:08:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
DNC staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/23/newt-gingrich/claim-slain-dnc-staffer-seth-rich-gave-emails-wiki/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/23/stump-speech-analyzer-elizabeth-warren/
title: The Stump Speech Analyzer: Elizabeth Warren
review_date: 2020-01-23T22:46:42Z
textual_rating: Revenues might fall short
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wealth tax will cover "Universal child care ... Universal pre-K ... $800 billion in our public K-12 schools ... Universal tuition-free technical school, 2-year college, 4-year college."


text: Says Denzel Washington said, “I support police over BLM, don’t put them down!”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Denzel Washington praised police, but he didn’t say this
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/04/blog-posting/denzel-washington-praised-police-he-didnt-say/


text: Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2018-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Robert E. Lee was not ‘against slavery’ as Facebook post claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-robert-e-lee-was-not-against-slavery-facebook-p/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-01-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/jan/31/comparison-in-social-media-post-distorts-past-pres/
title: Comparison of presidents’ classified records handling distorts cooperation with authorities
review_date: 2023-01-31T18:56:28Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump "kept his documents in his private home under Secret Service supervision," yet was "raided" anyway.


claimant: West Virginia Republican Party
claim_date: 2019-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Does West Virginia rank in the top quarter of states for education spending?
review_date: 2019-05-11T03:47:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"West Virginia spends more tax dollars on public education than all but 13 other states and the District of Columbia."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/10/west-virginia-republican-party/does-west-virginia-rank-top-quarter-states-educati/


claimant: Lindsey Graham
claim_date: 2019-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Graham wrong that House impeachment inquiry denies Trump ‘due process’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry are "denying President Trump basic fairness and due process accorded every American."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/28/lindsey-graham/graham-wrong-house-impeachment-inquiry-denies-trum/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: This video doesn’t prove Joe Biden had an inappropriate relationship with a minor. It’s edited.
review_date: 2023-05-19T16:07:48Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An Instagram video shows a man confronting President Joe Biden about an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/18/instagram-posts/this-video-doesnt-prove-joe-biden-had-an-inappropr/


text: Position on the need for independent investigations of police shootings
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Did Kamala Harris flip-flop on independent probes of police shootings?
review_date: 2019-05-23T21:39:50Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/kamala-harris/did-kamala-harris-flip-flop-independent-probes-pol/


text: Document shows that Hunter Biden paid Joe Biden $50,000 a month in rent.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/19/facebook-posts/hunter-biden-paid-50000-rent-office-space-dc-not-h/

title:
Hunter Biden paid $50,000 in rent for office space in DC, not to his father to live at Delaware home


text: Sen. Marsha Blackburn made a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Sen. Marsha Blackburn didn’t make a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/13/tweets/no-sen-marsha-blackburn-didnt-make-white-power-sym/


text: "21% of 140,000 ballots were found to be in error in GA.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Claim of ballots in “error” in Fulton County, Ga., is based on unproven allegation
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/facebook-posts/claim-ballots-error-fulton-county-ga-unproven/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/03/donald-trump-tax-returns-factsheet/
title: Factsheet: Donald Trump’s tax returns
review_date: 2016-09-27T18:38:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You will learn more about Donald Trump by going down to the Federal Election Commission" to see the financial disclosure form than by looking at tax returns.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that 'you will learn more' from financial disclosure form than from tax returns
review_date: 2016-09-27T18:38:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You will learn more about Donald Trump by going down to the Federal Election Commission" to see the financial disclosure form than by looking at tax returns.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/26/donald-trump/donald-trump-talks-about-his-finances-first-presid/


text: "Indiana has purged no less than 20,000 voters in violation of a federal court order."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did Indiana purge 20,000 voters in violation of a federal court order?
review_date: 2018-10-17T19:50:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/17/blog-posting/indiana-purge-20000-voters-federal-court-order/


text: "We (Trump University) have an ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about Trump University
review_date: 2017-04-11T18:46:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/28/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claims-about-trump-uni/


claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2018-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Ocasio-Cortez: In New York City, there are 3 vacant apartments for each homeless person
review_date: 2018-07-25T18:28:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In New York City, "for every one person experiencing homelessness here, there are about three vacant apartments."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/25/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ocasio-cortez-new-york-city-there-are-3-vacant-apa/


text: “Kyle Rittenhouse files a $60 million lawsuit against Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kyle Rittenhouse didn’t sue Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/29/viral-image/no-kyle-rittenhouse-didnt-sue-joy-behar-whoopi-gol/


claimant: Left Action
claim_date: 2020-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims about charities linked to Hunter Biden and the Trump children
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Hunter Biden was chairman of the World Food Program, which just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Eric Trump, Donald J Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump are banned from ever operating a charity again because they stole donations to children with cancer."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/21/left-action/fact-checking-claims-about-charities-linked-hunter/


claimant: Sebastian Gorka
claim_date: 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jul/12/five-questions-about-opposition-research-russia/
title: 5 questions about opposition research and Russia
review_date: 2017-07-12T20:19:03Z
textual_rating: Foreign ties are unusual
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer "was a standard one -- collecting negative information on your political opponent."


text: Says COVID-19 vaccinations are “a violation of the Nuremberg code."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccination does not violate the Nuremberg Code
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/20/facebook-posts/covid-19-vaccination-does-not-violate-nuremberg-co/


text: "It's President Biden who is proposing to cut Medicare Advantage."
claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2023-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Proposed Medicare Advantage changes cannot accurately be called ‘cuts,’ experts said
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/15/tom-cotton/proposed-medicare-advantage-changes-cannot-accurat/


claimant: Raphael Warnock
claim_date: 2022-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Herschel Walker backs efforts that further his goal of banning abortion
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/22/raphael-warnock/does-herschel-walker-support-national-ban-abortion/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative site falsely links Hillary Clinton, George Soros to Trump accusers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the New York Times reported that Hillary Clinton and George Soros "paid (a) woman to accuse Trump of sexual attack."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/20/blog-posting/conservative-site-falsely-links-hillary-clinton-ge/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Attorney General Merrick Garland ‘cries like kid’? Not in this video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows that Attorney General Merrick Garland “cries like kid after Taylor Greene calls out stupid ‘Trump’s Arraignment.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/03/facebook-posts/attorney-general-merrick-garland-cries-like-kid-no/


text: Bluegill fish "are responsible for over 500 deaths in the United States every summer."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bluegill fish aren’t responsible for hundreds of human deaths every year
review_date: 2019-04-02T15:10:17Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/01/viral-image/no-bluegill-fish-arent-responsible-hundreds-human-/


claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2017-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Republicans mislead in ad linking Bill Nelson to Elizabeth Warren on single payer
review_date: 2017-07-19T18:26:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/19/national-republican-senatorial-committee/republicans-mislead-ad-linking-bill-nelson-elizabe/


claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Bloomberg’s edited video of the Las Vegas Democratic debate, in context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Democratic presidential candidates speechless for 20 seconds when discussing whether any of them started a business.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/michael-bloomberg/bloombergs-edited-video-las-vegas-democratic-debat/


text: “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2023-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Is Kirsten Gillibrand right that “many law enforcement agencies” did not submit hate crime data?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/25/kirsten-gillibrand/is-kristen-gillibrand-right-that-many-law-enforcem/


text: In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned."
claimant: Michael Moore
claim_date: 2016-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Flint water still has problems, but Michael Moore minimizes progress made
review_date: 2016-11-21T17:46:49Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/21/michael-moore/flint-water-still-problems-michael-moore/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Canadian police badge numbers appeared on helmets in Ottawa — they weren’t removed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows that Sûreté du Québec officers “removed their identifying names and badge numbers from their uniforms in Ottawa.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/21/viral-image/canadian-police-badge-numbers-appeared-helmets-ott/


claimant: Brian Kilmeade
claim_date: 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Wrong: Fox News anchor says networks covered Khizr Khan but skipped Patricia Smith
review_date: 2016-08-01T22:07:36Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nobody covered" the remarks of Patricia Smith, the mother of a Benghazi victim, "live, but almost everybody covered Khizir Khan's, Mr. Khan's remarks live."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/01/brian-kilmeade/brian-kilmeade-says-news-networks-were-biased-agai/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence says Democrats want all of Bush tax cuts to expire
review_date: 2016-07-15T13:55:30Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Should Democrats get their way, every income tax bracket will increase on Jan. 1, 2011. Every single one."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/jul/22/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-democrats-want-all-bush-tax-cuts-e/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Devils Tower is a rock formation, despite wrong, recycled claims on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Wyoming State Parks Department said it “discovered what looks like a giant root system stemming from the base of the Devils Tower.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/08/facebook-posts/devils-tower-rock-formation-despite-wrong-recycled/


claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/25/fact-checking-night-1-2020-rnc/
title: Fact-checking night 1 of the 2020 RNC
review_date: 2020-08-25T04:59:42Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We actually saw revenues to the Treasury increase after we lowered taxes in 2017. Rest assured the Democrats do not want you to know that."


claimant: Arnold Schwarzenegger
claim_date: 2017-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Nothing inflated in Arnold Schwarzenegger's claim on gerrymandering
review_date: 2017-03-17T16:30:05Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The average margin of victory in the House of Representatives was 37%" for Democrats and Republicans in the 2016 election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/17/arnold-schwarzenegger/true-nothing-inflated-schwarzneggers-claim-average/


text: “The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about Bidens’ ownership in Chinese firm with soaring stock price is False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/10/viral-image/claim-about-bidens-ownership-chinese-firm-soaring-/


claimant: Warren Davidson
claim_date: 2021-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Liz Cheney amendment didn't block Afghanistan troop drawdown
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/24/warren-davidson/did-liz-cheney-amendment-block-afghanistan-troop-d/


text: Says Donald Trump once suggested that he “would try to negotiate down the national debt.”
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump has said he would negotiate down the national debt
review_date: 2016-09-27T03:55:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-donald-trump-has-said-he-woul/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hillary Clinton in 2013 did not say Donald Trump was honest, should run for office
review_date: 2019-01-03T00:14:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton in 2013 said: "I would like to see people like Donald Trump run for office; They’re honest and can’t be bought."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/02/blog-posting/no-hillary-clinton-2013-did-not-say-donald-trump-s/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump indictment involves more than 300 classified documents, not ‘a couple dozen’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“They are trying to throw Trump in jail for the rest of his life for having a couple dozen documents that he had authority to declassify.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/13/instagram-posts/trump-indictment-social-media-posts-misconstrue-fa/


claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2018-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong on several counts about unemployment
review_date: 2018-07-18T19:41:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/18/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wrong-several-counts-abou/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/30/opioid-epidemic-united-states-and-trump-administra/
title: Donald Trump declares public health emergency over opioid crisis. Here’s what that means
review_date: 2017-10-30T15:08:13Z
textual_rating: In effect since 1965
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As part of this emergency response, we will announce a new policy to overcome a restrictive 1970s-era rule that prevents states from providing care at certain treatment facilities with more than 16 beds for those suffering from drug addiction."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that ballots found in California county signal Democratic scheme
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Ballots recovered from a Santa Clara County, California, ravine are evidence of “how the left cheats to win.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/18/viral-image/no-evidence-ballots-found-california-county-signal/


text: Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."
claimant: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer
claim_date: 2018-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's Supreme Court pick said presidents shouldn't be investigated, Schumer said
review_date: 2018-07-10T21:46:46Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/10/charles-schumer/trumps-supreme-court-pick-said-presidents-shouldnt/


text: No, the Pennsylvania Senate race wasn’t ‘rigged’
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Pennsylvania Senate race wasn’t ‘rigged’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/15/viral-image/pennsylvania-senate-race-wasnt-rigged/


claimant: Bill Hightower
claim_date: 2018-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Do 1,700 families generate 80 percent of crime in Mobile, Alabama?
review_date: 2018-04-23T15:58:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80 percent of the crime. We know who those families are.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/23/bill-hightower/1700-families-generate-80-percent-crime-mobile-ala/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Bloomberg opposed a minimum wage increase in 2015. He supports one now
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mike Bloomberg is “a candidate who in 2015 stated, and I quote: ‘I, for example, am not in favor, have never been in favor of raising the minimum wage.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/18/bernie-sanders/mike-bloomberg-now-supports-15-minimum-wage-he-did/


text: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
claimant: Carol Miller
claim_date: 2020-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: Have overdoses in W.Va. increased 50% during the pandemic?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/19/carol-miller/have-overdoses-wva-increased-50-during-pandemic/


claimant: Ivanka Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Ivanka Trump on target with figures on women in STEM fields
review_date: 2017-06-12T20:36:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"While (women) represent 47 percent of the overall work force, we only make up 23 percent of STEM-related occupations."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/12/ivanka-trump/ivanka-trump-target-figures-women-stem-fields/


claimant: Dennis Prager
claim_date: 2021-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Dennis Prager’s Pants on Fire claim that it was ‘inconceivable’ that gay men were seen as ‘pariahs’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/11/dennis-prager/dennis-pragers-pants-fire-claim-it-was-inconcievab/


text: “Democrats have accomplished a lot in just 2 months ... 1 Million energy jobs destroyed.”
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2021-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: GOP’s McCarthy wrongly accuses Democrats of destroying 1 million energy jobs
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/17/kevin-mccarthy/gops-mccarthy-wrongly-accuses-democrats-destroying/


text: "They didn't allow" Simone Biles "to take her ADHD medication."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Olympics barred gymnast Simone Biles from using a medication
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/02/facebook-posts/no-evidence-olympics-barred-gymnast-simone-biles-u/


text: "Democrats oppose any effort to secure our border."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely claims Democrats 'oppose any effort to secure our border'
review_date: 2018-10-30T21:34:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-claims-democrats-oppose-any-e/


text: In one year, the United Nations "did 24 resolutions and 20 of them were against Israel."
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: DeSantis wrong about UN resolutions against Israel
review_date: 2018-01-25T14:08:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/25/ron-desantis/fact-checking-rep-ron-desantis-claim-about-uns-tre/


text: In Liberia, "a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read."
claimant: Tina Rosenberg
claim_date: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Are Liberian girls more likely to be married than literate by the age of 18?
review_date: 2016-08-01T21:15:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/01/tina-rosenberg/are-liberian-girls-more-likely-be-married-literate/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says job market is getting non-workers working. Is it?
review_date: 2017-12-07T22:57:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-job-market-getting-non-workers-w/


claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Bloomberg highlights his efforts to connect New Yorkers to health insurance
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Mayor Bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 percent, covering 700,000 more New Yorkers"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/michael-bloomberg/bloomberg-highlights-his-efforts-connect-new-yorke/


text: An Ohio doctor died from a COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, an Ohio doctor didn’t die from the COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/24/facebook-posts/no-ohio-doctor-didnt-die-covid-19-vaccine/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Courts have affirmed Biden’s victory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Not one court has looked at the evidence and said that Biden legally won” the presidential election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/10/facebook-posts/courts-have-affirmed-bidens-victory/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Janice Rogers Brown wasn’t the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Republicans “nominated the 1st Black woman to the SCOTUS & she was BLOCKED & filibustered by… Joe Biden.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/28/viral-image/no-janice-rogers-brown-wasnt-first-black-woman-nom/


text: Photos show children wearing satanic clothing and participating in a satanic club.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Hell of a school day: Photos don’t show kids in a satanic club. They were made with AI
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/21/facebook-posts/hell-of-a-school-day-photos-dont-show-kids-in-a-sa/


claimant: Peter Roskam
claim_date: 2017-03-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/16/peter-roskam/rep-roskam-gdp-growth-obama/
title: Roskam says Obama admin the first to never top 3% in annual GDP growth
review_date: 2017-03-16T19:08:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The past (Obama) administration was the first administration that never had a whole year of 3 percent growth."


text: "8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."
claimant: Greg Abbot
claim_date: 2015-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Greg Abbott claims Syrians 'caught' at Mexico border, a reminder of needed vigilance
review_date: 2017-10-02T20:51:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/nov/20/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-claims-syrians-caught-mexico-border-re/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2020-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Florida governor falsely claims novel coronavirus hasn’t killed anyone under 25 in the US
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This particular pandemic is one where I don’t think nationwide, there’s been a single fatality under 25."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/10/ron-desantis/florida-governor-falsely-claims-novel-coronavirus-/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that acid rain fell over Ohio farmlands lacks evidence, experts say
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/03/facebook-posts/claim-acid-rain-fell-over-ohio-farmlands-lacks-evi/


text: Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump twists Ilhan Omar’s comments about al-Qaida
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/16/donald-trump/donald-trump-twists-ilhan-omar-comments/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said lots of things."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/11/facebook-posts/ocasio-cortez-didnt-say-she-speaks-herself-because/

title:
Ocasio-Cortez didn’t say she speaks with herself because she has 'a very good brain.' That was Trump


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/nov/06/donald-trump-and-fish-food-dump-how-early-reports-/
title: Donald Trump and the fish food dump: How early reports got it wrong
review_date: 2017-11-06T19:43:42Z
textual_rating: Japan's leader acted first
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say President Donald Trump got impatient and broke decorum by emptying his box of fish food all at once.


claimant: James Quintero
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: James Quintero says salmonella and other illnesses spiked after San Francisco banned plastic bags
review_date: 2016-11-28T18:06:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, "you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses" spike.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/23/james-quintero/james-quintero-says-salmonella-and-other-illnesses/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump botches Japanese bowling ball on the car hood test
review_date: 2018-03-15T21:57:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Japan, "they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and they drop it on the hood of the car. And if the hood dents, then the car doesn't qualify...It's horrible, the way we're treated."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/15/donald-trump/trump-botches-japanese-bowling-ball-test/


text: In the infrastructure bill that just passed the House, “only 10% is actual infrastructure.”
claimant: Lisa McClain
claim_date: 2021-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: GOP Rep. Lisa McClain’s Pants on Fire claim that infrastructure bill is only 10% infrastructure
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/08/lisa-mcclain/gop-lawmakers-pants-fire-claim-infrastructure-bill/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post makes inaccurate comparison between antigens in vaccines, food allergies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A baby’s immune system can’t handle antigens from vaccines, because new food must be introduced slowly to identify allergic reactions.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/01/facebook-posts/social-media-post-makes-inaccurate-comparison-betw/


claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/26/fact-checking-bill-clinton-second-night-democratic/
title: Fact-checking Bill Clinton on the second night of the Democratic convention
review_date: 2016-07-27T05:01:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."


claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Clinton praises Hillary's 'half-court shot' on Iran sanctions as secretary of state
review_date: 2016-07-27T05:01:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-praises-hillarys-half-court-shot-iran/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said Biden wants to mandate net-zero emission buildings and get rid of windows. He’s wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/17/donald-trump/trump-said-biden-wants-mandate-net-zero-emission-b/


text: A “face mask exempt card” allows you to cite the ADA and not wear a mask.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: A ‘face mask exempt card’ doesn’t exempt you from wearing a mask in public
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/26/instagram-posts/face-mask-exempt-card-doesnt-exempt-you-wearing-ma/


text: "Georgia mosque keeps Hurricane Harvey donations, will send to Syrian refugees instead"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: A Georgia mosque did NOT divert Harvey donations to Syrian refugees
review_date: 2017-09-11T19:26:59Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/11/blog-posting/fake-news-no-georgia-mosque-diverted-harvey-donati/


text: “Nancy Pelosi being ‘escorted’ out of a restaurant, drunk again!”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi was not escorted out of a restaurant drunk
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/facebook-posts/no-nancy-pelosi-was-not-escorted-out-restaurant-dr/


text: The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”
claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2022-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, every vote wasn’t previously counted on election night
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/04/instagram-posts/no-every-vote-wasnt-previously-counted-on-election/


text: Says Scott Walker "has taken money away from internet expansion in our state."
claimant: Andy Gronik
claim_date: 2017-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Testing Democratic challenger claim on Scott Walker taking money from internet expansion
review_date: 2017-08-10T18:31:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/10/andy-gronik/testing-democratic-challenger-claim-scott-walker-t/


claimant: Paul Gigot
claim_date: 2019-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: Would Donald Trump be the first president impeached without a cited crime?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/12/paul-gigot/donald-trump-would-be-first-us-president-impeached/


text: "Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays and lesbians from adopting."
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Did Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban same-sex couples from adopting?
review_date: 2018-07-24T14:08:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/24/blog-posting/did-republicans-vote-make-it-legal-nationwide-ban-/


text: Rod Rosenstein and John Podesta are the sons of Nazi leaders.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, Rod Rosenstein and John Podesta are not the sons of high-profile Nazis
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/02/instagram-posts/no-rod-rosenstein-and-john-podesta-are-not-sons-hi/


text: Kamala Harris said, “The American people aren’t equipped to make these decisions for themselves.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Harris didn’t say Americans aren’t equipped to make decisions about the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/12/viral-image/no-harris-didnt-say-americans-arent-equipped-make-/


text: "People with pre-existing mental health conditions have access to firearms and not health care."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post mischaracterizes mental health coverage and gun access
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/07/facebook-posts/Facebook-post-mischaracterizes-mental-health-guns/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/09/fact-checking-donald-trumps-speech-nashville/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s economic speech in Nashville
review_date: 2018-01-09T22:44:02Z
textual_rating: Easily beats the market
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Based on the (rise in) stocks, 39 (percent returns) is not that good. You’re not really doing that well" if you’re only getting 39 percent.


claimant: Pam Bondi
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/20/fact-checking-gordon-sondland-impeachment-hearing-/
title: Fact-checking the Gordon Sondland impeachment hearing about Trump, Ukraine
review_date: 2019-11-20T22:23:25Z
textual_rating: GOP never kicked out
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You know, this all started in a bunker with Adam Schiff and Democrats. Republicans weren't allowed in the door. in fact, they were kicked out of the hearings."


claimant: Senate Democrats
claim_date: 2018-05-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/23/senate-democrats/have-gas-prices-soared-25-year/
title: Senate Democrats flub stat on increase of gas prices this year
review_date: 2018-05-23T21:28:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"El precio de combustible ha aumentado un 25% este año" / "The price of gas has increased 25% this year."


text: A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin - the cop who killed George Floyd.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Police say the officer on stage with Trump isn’t Derek Chauvin
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/27/viral-image/police-say-officer-stage-trump-isnt-derek-chauvin/


text: Invest $550 billion in infrastructure and create an infrastructure fund.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Trump-O-Meter
textual_rating: Promise Broken
language_code: en
publisher_name: Trump-O-Meter: | PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1348/invest-550-billion-infrastructure-and-create-infra/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jun/02/fact-checking-donald-trumps-case-against-world-hea/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s case against the World Health Organization, China
review_date: 2020-06-02T16:28:18Z
textual_rating: True. Trump said same.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
At the end of January, WHO praised China for transparency and taken quick action to contain the virus.


text: "Twitter caught leaking Donald Trump’s private messages in undercover sting."
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Website falsely claimed Twitter caught leaking private Trump messages to the Justice Department
review_date: 2018-06-28T17:08:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/28/blog-posting/website-falsely-claimed-twitter-caught-leaking-pri/


text: The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.
claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2017-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: The Inland Empire: Second only to San Francisco in California job growth?
review_date: 2017-07-28T00:00:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/27/gavin-newsom/inland-empire-second-only-san-francisco-california/


claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2018-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Are people of color arrested more often for marijuana in New York?
review_date: 2018-04-25T17:33:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/25/kirsten-gillibrand/are-people-color-arrested-more-often-marijuana-new/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/14/donald-trumps-white-house-coronavirus-briefing-vid/
title: Donald Trump’s White House coronavirus briefing video: Long on praise, short on facts
textual_rating: Cherry picked half truths
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Media minimized the risk, Trump took decisive action, bipartisan governors recognize the president’s support"


claimant: Dinesh D'Souza
claim_date: 2022-01-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Recently released Jan. 6 footage shows "these cops using massive amounts of force against unarmed Trump supporters, including women."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/10/dinesh-dsouza/dsouza-falsely-claims-jan-6-video-shows-police-usi/

title:
D’Souza falsely claims Jan. 6 video shows police using ‘massive’ force on ‘unarmed Trump supporters’


text: "National Guard storms Mexico border, makes game-changing impact in just 30 days"
claimant: Viral WDC
claim_date: 2018-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claim about National Guard, border apprehensions
review_date: 2018-06-07T16:14:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/07/blog-posting/fact-checking-claim-about-national-guard-border-ap/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, a list of sex cases on Facebook is not from unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell records
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Scores of politicians and others are on a “list” of sex cases from newly unsealed Ghislaine Maxwell court documents.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/06/facebook-posts/no-list-sex-cases-facebook-not-unsealed-ghislaine-/


text: "We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: In manufacturing-heavy Wisconsin, Donald Trump links China to 70,000 lost U.S. factories
review_date: 2017-04-19T17:01:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/19/donald-trump/manufacturing-heavy-wisconsin-donald-trump-links-c/


claimant: Michael Madigan
claim_date: 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Madigan targets Rauner's support for Trump campaign
review_date: 2016-10-14T18:12:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Bruce Rauner is of record that he will fully support the Trump candidacy. It's documented. It’s available."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/10/michael-madigan/Madigan-highlights-Rauners-support-Trump-camp/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: No sign spike proteins from COVID-19 vaccines, including Novavax, are dangerous
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine “dumps millions” of dangerous “spike proteins right into your body.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/17/facebook-posts/no-sign-spike-proteins-covid-19-vaccines-including/


text: “The mayor of Livermore California explains Trump’s popularity and success.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, a California mayor did not write a column that ‘explains Trump’s popularity and success’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/facebook-posts/no-california-mayor-did-not-write-column-explains-/


claimant: Jim Steineke
claim_date: 2021-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Evers cannot unilaterally OK a new unemployment system
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gov. Tony Evers “has the authority and revenue necessary” to upgrade the state unemployment system without the Legislature.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/03/jim-steineke/no-evers-cannot-unilaterally-ok-new-unemployment-s/


text: Says Bill Gates will provide "money-500K, car, phone, visa" or other gifts if you email him.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Gates won't give you money just for asking
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/20/facebook-posts/no-bill-gates-wont-give-you-money-just-asking/


text: “For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans, don’t hold a single statewide office.”
claimant: Ed Gillespie
claim_date: 2016-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Ed Gillespie says GOP shut out from Va. statewide offices for first time in 40-plus years
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/12/ed-gillespie/ed-gillespie-says-gop-shut-out-va-statewide-office/


text: “Europe COMPLETELY BANS the Moderna vaccine for young people.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Europe hasn’t completely banned Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine among young people
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/13/blog-posting/no-europe-hasnt-completely-banned-modernas-covid-1/


text: Says Texas has "had over 600,000 crimes committed by illegals since 2011. Over 1,200 homicides."
claimant: Ken Paxton
claim_date: 2018-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Ken Paxton draws on debunked figures, says 'illegals' committed 600,000 crimes in Texas since 2011
review_date: 2018-09-07T19:29:47Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/07/ken-paxton/ken-paxton-draws-debunked-figures-says-illegals-co/


text: "X marks the spot at every HCA location where (Gov. Rick Scott) probably defrauded taxpayers."
claimant: Florida Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Democrats slam Gov. Rick Scott for defrauding US taxpayers
review_date: 2018-04-20T15:47:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/19/florida-democratic-party/florida-democrats-slam-rick-scott-defrauding-peopl/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Post wrongly says thousands of ballots sent to dead people, pets in Virginia and Nevada
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
More than 500,000 mail in ballots in Virginia and 200,000 in Nevada were sent to dead people or pets

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/09/facebook-posts/post-wrongly-says-thousands-ballots-sent-dead-peop/


text: "How many federal rulings have NOW found intentional discrimination by #Txlege since 2011? 6."
claimant: Rafael Anchia
claim_date: 2017-04-20T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-06-14T17:30:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/14/rafael-anchia/rafael-anchia-six-times-2011-federal-rulings-found/

title:
Rafael Anchia: Six times since 2011, federal rulings found intentional discrimination by Legislature


text: "The Brady Campaign has given me a 100 percent, not 99, 100 percent rating."
claimant: Loretta Sanchez
claim_date: 2016-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Loretta Sanchez dodges question about gun liability vote, cites Brady campaign support
review_date: 2016-05-11T05:25:10Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/11/loretta-sanchez/loretta-sanchez-dodges-question-about-gun-liabilit/


text: Video proves Greta Thunberg is a crisis actor.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Greta Thunberg is often in the spotlight but not because she’s a ‘crisis actor’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/23/instagram-posts/greta-thunberg-is-often-in-the-spotlight-but-not-b/


text: Says rival Jill Karofsky wants 'to disarm law abiding citizens.'
claimant: Daniel Kelly
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin justice Kelly overreaches with claim that challenger Karofsky wants to disarm citizens
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/daniel-kelly/wisconsin-justice-kelly-overreaches-claim-challeng/


claimant: MRCTV
claim_date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative website says Obama program for Central American minors mostly helps adults
review_date: 2016-12-07T22:49:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/07/blog-posting/claim-central-american-minors-program-mostly-benef/


claimant: Tim Ryan
claim_date: 2022-10-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/oct/18/fact-checking-jd-vance-and-tim-ryan-ohio-senate-de/
title: Fact-checking J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate debate
review_date: 2022-10-18T02:37:47Z
textual_rating: Later said he was trolling
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Alex Jones, a right-wing talk radio show host said that the murders of those young, precious babies in Connecticut, he said it was a hoax. … Our guy J.D. said this is one of the most credible news sources in the whole country."


claimant: Dave Brat
claim_date: 2016-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Dave Brat: U.S labor participation rate is lowest since `70s
review_date: 2016-06-13T19:45:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the lowest level since the 1970s.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/13/dave-brat/dave-brat-us-labor-participation-rate-lowest-70s/


text: “Nurse passes out on live TV after taking vaccine.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Anti-vaccine video of fainting nurse lacks context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/21/facebook-posts/anti-vaccine-video-fainting-nurse-lacks-context/


text: “Interior deportations under Obama were down 40 percent and at a nine-year low.”
claimant: National Border Patrol Council
claim_date: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Interior deportations down, at a 9-year low, border group says
review_date: 2016-08-05T19:14:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/05/national-border-patrol-council/interior-deportations-down-9-year-low/


text: Ukraine was responsible for the Kramatorsk train station bombing.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Ukraine attacked a train station in one of its cities
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/18/facebook-posts/no-evidence-ukraine-attacked-train-station-one-its/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/17/fact-checking-joe-biden-coronavirus-vaccine/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden on a coronavirus vaccine
review_date: 2020-09-17T17:52:30Z
textual_rating: A fair summary
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The University of Washington model — which the White House has previously touted — projects that cases and deaths are going to spike this November — and an additional 215,000 Americans, they say, are going to … die by the first of the year. ... The University of Washington model shows that if there is universal masking, these deaths could be cut in half. We could save, between now and the end of the year, 100,000 lives."


text: Says all North Carolina teachers do not currently get a "duty free lunch break."
claimant: John Torbett
claim_date: 2019-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Do all North Carolina teachers get a work-free lunch break?
review_date: 2019-04-16T19:17:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/16/john-torbett/do-north-carolinas-teachers-get-work-free-lunch-br/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/20/trump-said-he-doesnt-know-sondland-very-well-heres/
title: Fact-check: Donald Trump's claim he doesn’t know Gordon Sondland very well
textual_rating: They're not strangers
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I don’t know (Gordon Sondland) very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well. He seems like a nice guy though. But I don't know him well."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Werner Herzog didn’t say this about America and Germany
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Werner Herzog said, "Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/26/viral-image/no-werner-herzog-didnt-say-about-america-and-germa/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, President Reagan destroyed about half of Iran's Navy after a US ship was damaged
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 1988, in response to Iran’s attack on the U.S.S. Samuel Roberts, President Ronald Reagan "destroyed half of Iran’s Navy."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/15/facebook-posts/yes-president-reagan-destroyed-about-half-irans-na/


text: It’s impossible for colloidal silver to turn you blue.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Health officials say taking colloidal silver can turn your skin blue
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/21/viral-image/health-officials-say-taking-colloidal-silver-can-t/


claimant: Mark Kelly
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Mark Kelly on Martha McSally’s stance on Medicare
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/14/mark-kelly/fact-checking-mark-kelly-martha-mcsallys-stance-me/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Experts say climate change can make hurricanes more intense, not cause them
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850,” yet experts are saying “the last one was due to climate change."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/13/viral-image/experts-say-climate-change-can-make-hurricanes-mor/


claimant: Marc Molinaro
claim_date: 2018-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Molinaro makes claims about Cuomo's MTA record
review_date: 2018-09-21T22:10:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is “stealing money from the MTA and sending it upstate for projects that have nothing to do with transit.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/21/marcus-molinaro/molinaro-makes-claims-about-cuomos-mta-record/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: A post linking Astroworld tragedy to COVID-19 vaccines and graphene oxide is false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Astroworld concert was a “test run on the vaxxed” because people who are injected with graphene oxide can be controlled through magnetic frequencies, including music.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/08/facebook-posts/post-linking-astroworld-tragedy-covid-19-vaccines-/


text: “Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
claimant: Jonathan Martin
claim_date: 2023-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Was Biden older on his first day as president than Reagan was on his last day? Yes
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/01/jonathan-martin/was-biden-older-on-his-first-day-as-president-than/


text: "I have 2 and a half million more votes than he (Sanders) does."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Does Clinton really have 2.5 million more votes than Sanders?
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:32:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/05/hillary-clinton/does-clinton-really-have-25-million-more-votes-san/


text: "Joe Biden says he supports sex changes for kids."
claimant: American Principles Project
claim_date: 2020-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative group’s claim that Joe Biden backs sex changes for kids is False
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/american-principles-project/conservative-groups-claim-joe-biden-backs-sex-chan/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2022-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson’s claim on IRS audits of mostly low wage earners is in the ballpark
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/25/ron-johnson/johnsons-claim-irs-audits-mostly-low-wage-earners-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Social media claims about Louie Anderson’s in-flight sickness after a COVID-19 booster aren’t true
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Louie Anderson was flying to appear on Conan O’Brien’s show when he became ill a few weeks after receiving his third vaccine dose.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/25/viral-image/social-media-claims-about-louie-andersons-flight-s/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: NASA’s mission to study space weather isn’t a distraction to allow ‘the Great Reset’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
NASA warns of “internet apocalypse,” which “means they can execute the Great Reset in silence without anyone knowing it.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/29/facebook-posts/nasas-mission-to-study-space-weather-isnt-a-distra/


claimant: Eric Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Eric Trump’s false claim that the Trump family ‘got out of all international business’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/18/eric-trump/eric-trumps-false-claim-trump-family-got-out-all-i/


claimant: Eric Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: The Trump brothers’ claims that they no longer profit from foreign deals
review_date: 2019-11-01T15:22:52Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business.”

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/01/trump-brothers-claims-that-they-no-longer-profit-foreign-deals/


text: A video shows lawmakers in compromising positions with children.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, these images don’t show politicians acting inappropriately with children
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/16/viral-image/no-these-images-dont-show-politicians-acting-inapp/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-03-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/26/fact-checking-trumps-false-and-misleading-statemen/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s false and misleading claims in Waco, Texas, rally
review_date: 2023-03-26T19:25:33Z
textual_rating: This is misleading.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking of DeSantis, Trump said, "it’s never good to try and destroy Social Security, it's never good to raise the minimum age to a very high level."


text: Wearing masks is “COVID theater” and “not doing anything.”
claimant: Ron
claim_date: 2022-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis mischaracterizes the efficacy of face masks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/04/ron-desantis/florida-gov-ron-desantis-mischaracterizes-efficacy/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Trump cited 'serious economic conditions' in reducing federal worker pay raises
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Trump just cut the scheduled federal pay raise, stating that he can’t do it now because of ‘serious economic conditions’ in America.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/17/facebook-posts/trump-cited-serious-economic-conditions-reducing-f/


claimant: Mikki Willis
claim_date: 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/18/fact-checking-plandemic-2-video-recycles-inaccurat/
title: Fact-checking ‘Plandemic 2’: Another video full of conspiracy theories about COVID-19
review_date: 2020-08-19T00:07:54Z
textual_rating: Inaccurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A 2018 scientific study released in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health concluded that over 490,000 children in India developed paralysis as a result of the Gates-supported oral polio vaccine that was administered between the years of 2000 and 2017."


text: "Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's False claim veterans treated worse than illegal immigrants
review_date: 2016-09-09T15:10:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/09/donald-trump/trump-says-veterans-treated-worse-illegal-immigran/


text: Says Gary Peters "supports ‘Medicare for All,’ siding with radical liberals."
claimant: Better Future Michigan
claim_date: 2019-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: An attack ad that claims Michigan Sen. Gary Peters supports ‘Medicare for All’ doesn’t hold up
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/27/better-future-michigan/attack-ad-claims-michigan-sen-gary-peters-supports/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Biden’s comments on COVID-19 small business closures
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
There’s already 10,000 businesses that are not likely to open again, and a significant number of small businesses and minority businesses.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/24/joe-biden/fact-checking-bidens-comments-covid-19-small-busin/


text: “I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”
claimant: Xavier Becerra
claim_date: 2021-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Did HHS nominee Xavier Becerra sue nuns?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/26/xavier-becerra/did-hhs-nominee-xavier-becerra-sue-nuns/


claimant: Sarah Godlewski
claim_date: 2022-02-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Here in Wisconsin, prescription drug costs grew at a pace of nearly twice as much as the average Wisconsinite's income from 2015-2019."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/08/sarah-godlewski/claim-prescription-drug-costs-have-grown-nearly-tw/

title:
Claim that prescription drug costs have grown nearly twice as much as incomes is mostly on the money


text: Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate.
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio didn't say he hated the US Senate, but was definitely no fan
review_date: 2016-06-03T19:02:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/03/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-didnt-say-he-hated-us-senate-was-defin/


claimant: Mahlon Mitchell
claim_date: 2018-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Mahlon Mitchell has a point, but mostly misses in his attack on Scott Walker over school funding
review_date: 2018-08-01T11:41:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Scott Walker "has cut more from public education than he's put back in, obviously. He took $1.6 billion and some change away and then puts back $630 million and he's calling that progress."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/01/mahlon-mitchell/mahlon-mitchell-has-point-mostly-misses-his-attack/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/feb/20/what-statistics-say-about-immigration-and-sweden/
title: What the statistics say about Sweden, immigration and crime
review_date: 2017-08-18T14:13:28Z
textual_rating: Crime has gone down
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Sweden. They took in large numbers (of immigrants). They’re having problems like they never thought possible."


text: Mehmet Oz “wants to make abortion a crime in Pennsylvania.”
claimant: Planned Parenthood Votes
claim_date: 2022-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Mehmet Oz has said he supports more restrictions on abortion but hasn’t spelled out penalties
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/18/planned-parenthood-votes/mehmet-oz-has-said-he-supports-more-restrictions-a/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/24/fact-checking-donald-trumps-monday-speech-2020-rnc/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's Monday speech at the 2020 RNC
review_date: 2020-08-25T04:56:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I took over a country whose military was depleted and whose cupboard on this front (COVID-19) were bare. The cupboards were bare. We didn’t have anything. We didn’t have a thing."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Again, Trump boasted that he called to take out Osama bin Laden in 2000. He didn’t
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/28/donald-trump/again-trump-boasted-he-called-take-out-osama-bin-l/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Latino poverty has grown under Obama, ignores important stat
review_date: 2016-07-22T02:52:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/22/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-latino-poverty-has-grown-under-o/


text: “Kroger Corporate says employees can not wear flag masks but they can wear BLM masks!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Kroger employees can’t wear BLM or American flag masks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/14/facebook-posts/kroger-employees-cant-wear-blm-or-american-flag-ma/


text: A photograph shows Joe Biden with a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Robert Byrd wasn’t a Grand Wizard of the KKK but he once led a local chapter
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/15/viral-image/robert-byrd-wasnt-grand-wizard-kkk-he-once-led-loc/


text: “The United Nations replaces all 193 country flags with LGBT flags.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: It’s Pride Month, but the United Nations didn’t replace its country flags with LGBTQ+ flags
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/16/instagram-posts/its-pride-month-but-the-united-nations-didnt-repla/


text: Photos prove former Vice President Mike Pence and King Charles III have clones.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Baseless clone claims replicate on social media
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/12/viral-image/baseless-clone-claims-replicate-on-social-media/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: California wildfires made worse by hot, dry conditions, not water policy, as Trump tweeted
review_date: 2018-08-07T22:36:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/06/donald-trump/california-wildfires-made-worse-hot-dry-conditions/


claimant: Donald Trump
title: Will the GOP tax bill cost Donald Trump 'a fortune'? No
review_date: 2017-11-30T23:15:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/30/donald-trump/will-gop-tax-bill-cost-donald-trump-fortune-no/


claimant: NaturalNews.com
claim_date: 2016-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image perpetuates misconception that vaccines cause autism
review_date: 2016-08-29T20:53:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that as the number of vaccines administered to children has increased in the United States, so has the autism rate.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/29/viral-image/viral-image-perpetuates-misconception-vaccines-cau/


text: “When asked about court-packing, Biden's staff immediately escorts the camera out.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Trump campaign uses cherry-picked video to attack Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/29/donald-trump/trump-campaign-uses-cherry-picked-video-attack-bid/


text: In Australia, "All joggers must wear a helmet.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Sign about Australia law requiring a helmet to jog is part of a running joke
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/16/facebook-posts/sign-about-australia-law-requiring-helmet-jog-part/


text: "The Taliban went after and murdered" people identified in the Chelsea Manning leaks.
claimant: John McCain
claim_date: 2017-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: McCain says Taliban 'murdered' people because of Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks
review_date: 2017-02-02T20:37:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/01/john-mccain/mccain-says-taliban-murdered-people-because-chelse/


text: Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Microsoft and Bill Gates didn’t develop a video game called Omikron in 1999
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/17/facebook-posts/no-microsoft-and-bill-gates-didnt-develop-video-ga/


text: Says HB2 "hasn’t moved the needle one iota" on North Carolina’s economy.
claimant: John Skvarla
claim_date: 2016-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Top North Carolina economic official says HB2 has not harmed the state economy
review_date: 2016-10-28T17:48:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/28/john-skvarla/top-north-carolina-economic-official-says-hb2-has-/


claimant: Dave Hansen
claim_date: 2017-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Attacking Republicans, Democratic state senator says Wisconsin among most gerrymandered states
review_date: 2018-06-18T15:19:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/17/dave-hansen/attacking-republicans-democratic-state-senator-say/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/25/facebook-post-laments-bidens-first-actions-false-c/
title: Facebook post laments Biden’s first actions with false claims
review_date: 2021-01-25T23:48:27Z
textual_rating: Inaccurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden "created a new federal property mask mandate, which he broke countless times already."


text: "Elaine Chao BUSTED Sending $97 Million Contract To Help Mitch McConnell Win Reelection."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/09/facebook-posts/did-trump-dot-secretary-elaine-chao-use-grant-help/

title:
Did Trump DOT secretary Elaine Chao use grant to help her husband Mitch McConnell's re-election bid?


text: Says diversity visa immigrants are not vetted.
claimant: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
claim_date: 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Diversity visa applicants are vetted, despite contrary claim from White House press secretary
review_date: 2017-11-02T21:53:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/02/sarah-huckabee-sanders/white-house-press-secretary-claims-diversity-visa-/


text: "I remember landing under sniper fire."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2008-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows tarmac welcome, no snipers
review_date: 2016-06-02T15:32:19Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2008/mar/25/hillary-clinton/video-shows-tarmac-welcome-no-snipers/


text: Video shows President Joe Biden talking about what “stable Jesus” said about airports.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: Biden’s 2020 remarks mischaracterized in video excerpt with wrong subtitles
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/30/instagram-posts/bidens-2020-remarks-mischaracterized-in-video-exce/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/23/viral-image/911-pepperoni-pizza-tip-myth/
title: This 911-pepperoni-pizza tip is a myth
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you need to call 911 but are scared to because of someone in the room dial and ask for a pepperoni pizza."


text: "I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says he's 'one of the poorer members of the United States Senate'
review_date: 2016-04-15T02:40:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/15/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-hes-one-poorer-members-united-/


text: "Per capita, more Floridians move to California than Californians moving to Florida."
claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2023-06-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/19/gavin-newsom/gov-gavin-newsoms-claimed-more-floridians-moved-to/

title:
Gov. Newsom said more Floridians move to California. He’s technically right, but it’s close to equal


text: "People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles."
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2016-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Is there a Second Amendment right to semiautomatic rifles?
review_date: 2016-06-24T16:26:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/24/paul-ryan/second-amendment-right-semiautomatic-rifles/


claimant: Mike Purpura
claim_date: 2020-01-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/28/fact-checking-trump-impeachment-defense/
title: Fact-checking the impeachment defense of Donald Trump
review_date: 2020-01-28T22:49:15Z
textual_rating: Disputed in House hearings
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Zelensky and high-ranking Ukrainian officials did not even know the security assistance was paused until the end of August."


text: “Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.”
claimant: Jon Erpenbach
claim_date: 2021-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin ranks near-last in federal money received for public health, but higher in state spending
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/jon-erpenbach/wisconsin-ranks-near-last-federal-money-received-p/


text: "Business spirit is the highest it's ever been, according to polls."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says 'business spirit' is highest it's ever been, but proof is lacking
review_date: 2017-07-31T21:55:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-business-spirit-highest-its-ever/


text: A photo shows Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2017-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: This photo of Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump has been altered
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/21/viral-image/photo-donald-trump-jr-and-eric-trump-has-been-alte/


claimant: Kip Kendrick
claim_date: 2017-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Kendrick mostly right about reduced corporate tax collection
review_date: 2017-03-13T16:25:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Corporate entities are paying a lot less taxes this year then they have in the past. Part of that is from a loophole in a bill that was passed in 2015."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/02/kip-kendrick/kendrick-mostly-right-about-reduced-corporate-tax-/


text: On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong on FBI limits in Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings
review_date: 2018-09-20T18:22:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-fbi-limits-kavanaugh-supreme-co/


text: The media "never show crowds."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says the media doesn't show his crowds at rallies. He's wrong
review_date: 2016-11-03T21:27:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/03/donald-trump/trump-says-media-doesnt-show-his-crowds-rallies-he/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Image of anti-Biden restaurant sign about gas prices was digitally altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Big Boy restaurant sign said Donald Trump "was right" when he "predicted if Biden was elected, you'd see $5, $6 and $7 gas."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/16/viral-image/image-anti-biden-billboard-about-gas-prices-was-di/


claimant: Kelly Loeffler
claim_date: 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence of armed patrols at Georgia voting sites
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On the day of the Dec. 6 runoff, “armed groups of Black Panthers” were “reportedly patrolling certain voting locations” in Georgia.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/08/kelly-loeffler/no-evidence-armed-patrols-georgia-voting-sites/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Do outsized voter rolls signify fraud? No, experts say
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
It’s a sign of fraud that “in 244 counties across the United States, there are more registered voters than there are people legally eligible to vote.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/09/instagram-posts/do-outsized-voter-rolls-signify-fraud-no-experts-s/


claimant: Conservative-Daily
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn't show Joe Biden promising to 'take away Americans’ guns'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a video of Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke at a Texas Whataburger shows Biden “looking directly into the camera and promising to take away Americans’ guns if elected.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/13/conservative-daily/joe-biden-not-adopting-beto-orourkes-mandatory-buy/


text: Says “Biden took down Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Biden wasn’t involved in Dr. Seuss or Mr. Potato Head changes. They reflect company decisions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/05/facebook-posts/biden-wasnt-involved-dr-seuss-or-mr-potato-head-ch/


text: Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."
claimant: Dave Aronberg
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: How Florida’s red flag gun law works
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/03/dave-aronberg/explaining-how-floridas-red-flag-gun-law-works/


text: President Joe Biden changed suits during his visit to the Vatican.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, these photos don’t prove Biden changed his suit during his Vatican meeting
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/03/viral-image/no-these-photos-dont-prove-biden-changed-his-suit-/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2022-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Pence falsely blames Biden’s nixing of Keystone pipeline for US reliance on Russian oil
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline "dramatically increased Americans' dependence on Russian oil."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/11/mike-pence/mike-pences-group-falsely-blames-bidens-nixing-key/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Zero response’ for Maui, Hawaii claim is false; government aid came hours after wildfire started
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There has been zero response from local, regional or federal officials” to aid people affected by the Maui, Hawaii, wildfires.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/24/facebook-posts/zero-response-for-maui-hawaii-claim-is-false-gover/


text: Haitian singer Mikaben died because of the COVID-19 vaccine
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Mikaben died because of COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/20/instagram-posts/no-evidence-mikaben-died-because-covid-19-vaccine/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/sep/15/5-big-falsehoods-2016-election/
title: 5 big falsehoods of the 2016 election
review_date: 2016-07-06T21:23:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says she "never received nor sent any material that was marked classified" on her private email server while secretary of state.


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: FBI findings tear holes in Hillary Clinton's email defense
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:19:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says she "never received nor sent any material that was marked classified" on her private email server while secretary of state.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/06/hillary-clinton/fbi-findings-tear-holes-hillary-clintons-email-def/


text: "A Lansing protester just announced his virus test results were positive."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/23/no-evidence-protester-said-he-has-covid-19/
title: No evidence that a Lansing, Mich., protester said he has COVID-19
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
textual_rating:
No public evidence to suggest that a protester in Lansing protested against coronavirus stay-at-home orders and then came down with COVID-19.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claims new U.N. sanctions cost North Korea over $1 billion
review_date: 2017-08-06T21:29:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"United Nations Resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever on North Korea. Over one billion dollars in cost to N.K."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/06/donald-trump/trump-claims-un-sanctions-cost-north-korea-over-1-/


text: “The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2020-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Is Florida doing better on COVID-19 than 'locked down' states?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/02/ron-desantis/florida-doing-better-covid-19-locked-down-states/


claimant: William Barr
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 rules second only to slavery on civil liberties intrusions? Barr gets it wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/22/william-barr/covid-19-rules-second-only-slavery-civil-liberties/


text: "If you look worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents have not substantially increased."
claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Obama says terrorism worldwide has not increased substantially since he took office
review_date: 2016-10-14T11:41:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/13/barack-obama/obama-says-terrorism-worldwide-has-not-increased-s/


text: "Wisconsin lost over 600 farms last year & our farmers can't afford the #TrumpShutdown."
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2019-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Tammy Baldwin makes hay with farm loss claim
review_date: 2019-01-09T19:54:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/tammy-baldwin/sen-tammy-baldwin-makes-hay-farm-claim/


text: "83% of Trump tax breaks go to the wealthiest 1%."
claimant: Tax March
claim_date: 2018-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Nevada TV ad cherry-picks tax cut benefits to top 1%
review_date: 2018-07-10T13:45:59Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/10/tax-march/nevada-tv-ad-cherry-picks-tax-cut-benefits-top-1/


text: “Parents who challenge school curriculums are domestic terrorist(s)."
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, parents who question school curriculums haven’t been labeled domestic terrorists
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/18/instagram-posts/no-parents-who-question-school-curriculums-havent-/


text: Footage shows Canada’s wildfires were “planned.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Video of planned ignitions in Canada isn’t evidence the wildfires there were planned
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/08/instagram-posts/video-of-planned-ignitions-in-canada-isnt-evidence/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, the DOJ didn’t name a prosecutor to investigate federal fraud related to the pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden’s announcement that the Justice Department will name a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud means “the government is going to investigate itself.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/23/viral-image/no-doj-didnt-name-prosecutor-investigate-federal-f/


text: A Donald Trump supporter held a sign at his rally "mocking a dead migrant child."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Trump supporter wasn’t mocking a dead migrant child
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/25/facebook-posts/no-trump-supporter-wasnt-mocking-dead-migrant-chil/


text: A “13 or 15 year old boy escapes Buckingham Palace” in video.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show a child escaping Buckingham Palace. It’s an old TV promo
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/09/viral-image/video-doesnt-show-child-escaping-buckingham-palace/


text: Andrew Tate was released from prison and “proven not guilty.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts say online influencer Andrew Tate is out of Romanian custody. He’s not.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/instagram-posts/social-media-posts-say-online-influencer-andrew-ta/


text: Celebrities are “painting their Maui properties the same weird shade of blue.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: True blue? No. Story about celebs’ paint preferences is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/25/viral-image/true-blue-no-story-about-celebs-paint-preferences/


text: "Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election.
claimant: Ben Wikler
claim_date: 2020-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Democrats jump the gun with claim that absentee ballot rejections are down
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/13/ben-wikler/democrats-jump-gun-claim-absentee-ballot-rejection/


text: “MRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, mRNA vaccines aren’t widely used in livestock and can't get into the food supply
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/23/facebook-posts/no-mrna-vaccines-arent-widely-used-in-livestock-an/


claimant: Richard Cordray
claim_date: 2018-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Richard Cordray casts some blame on Mike DeWine for opioid overdoses in Ohio
review_date: 2018-06-12T15:16:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On Mike DeWine's record as attorney general: "Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/12/richard-cordray/richard-cordray-casts-some-blame-mike-dewine-opioi/


