# claims

claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says he's the only modern president to fill SCOTUS seat in 100 days
review_date: 2017-04-28T22:49:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"For the first time in the modern political era, we have confirmed a new justice in the first 100 days."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hes-only-modern-president-fill-s/


text: A collection of photos shows animals caught in the Australia wildfires.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Several photos of animals in viral post not from Australia fires, or this year
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/07/facebook-posts/several-photos-animals-viral-post-not-australia-fi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-03-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/mar/04/fact-checking-donald-trump-two-hour-speech/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's two-hour speech at CPAC
review_date: 2019-03-04T21:20:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Said Virginia’s Democratic governor said he would allow parents, "if they didn’t want the child, who is now outside of the womb — long outside of the womb — they will execute the baby after birth."


text: Says Tom Nelson "backed higher taxes on Social Security, costing Wisconsin seniors $95 million."
claimant: Mike Gallagher
claim_date: 2016-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: In House race, Mike Gallagher's false claim about Tom Nelson and taxing Social Security benefits
review_date: 2016-10-03T15:36:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/30/mike-gallagher/house-race-mike-gallaghers-false-claim-about-tom-n/


text: The WHO coronavirus test “was a bad test.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely says WHO coronavirus test 'was a bad test'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-says-who-coronavirus-test-was/


text: "Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers."
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: Illinois law expanding police eligibility to some immigrants is narrower than critics say
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/11/ron-desantis/illinois-law-expanding-police-eligibility-to-some/


text: Biden gave Americans “the cheapest gas prices on Earth.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t give Americans the ‘cheapest’ gas prices on Earth.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/06/tweets/no-biden-didnt-give-americans-cheapest-gas-prices-/


text: "Floyd Mayweather Jr. donates a whopping sum of money to Houston after hurricane."
claimant: HoustonChronicle-tv.com
claim_date: 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-08-30T20:47:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/30/houstonchronicle-tvcom/its-fake-news-floyd-mayweather-jr-donated-200-mill/

title:
It's fake news that Floyd Mayweather Jr. donated $200 million to Houston for Hurricane Harvey relief


text: A video shows Disney is opening pediatric transgender clinics.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Disney is not opening pediatric transgender clinics. That claim was satirical
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/10/facebook-posts/disney-is-not-opening-pediatric-transgender-clinic/


text: The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because of the reliance on China for key materials.
claimant: Cathy McMorris Rodgers
claim_date: 2021-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Clean energy depends on Chinese materials. Is expanding it pro-China?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/29/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers/clean-energy-depends-chinese-materials-expanding-i/


text: “NOT A JOKE: Ilhan Omar Tells Residents ‘You Don’t Have to be Registered to Vote’ in Minnesota.”
claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Sean Hannity falsely suggests Ilhan Omar encouraged voter fraud. She didn’t
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-falsely-suggests-ilhan-omar-encourage/


text: The United States is "#1 in oil consumption" in the world.
claimant: Richard Ojeda
claim_date: 2019-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Does the United States rank first in the world in oil consumption?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/01/richard-ojeda/does-united-states-rank-first-world-oil-consumptio/


text: “Elon Musk just fired the entire Twitter board of directors.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Elon Musk didn’t just fire the Twitter board
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/29/facebook-posts/no-elon-musk-didnt-just-fire-twitter-board/


claimant: Breitbart
claim_date: 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Breitbart’s False and inflammatory claim about deadly Wine Country fires
review_date: 2017-10-23T14:14:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/20/breitbart/breitbarts-false-and-inflammatory-claim-about-dead/


text: There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.
claimant: Dianne Feinstein
claim_date: 2019-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are there ‘more gun deaths by far' in America than any other country?
review_date: 2019-08-07T00:57:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/06/dianne-feinstein/fact-check-are-there-more-gun-deaths-far-america-a/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, President Trump, ‘ballot dumps’ in key states were not a magical surprise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key States, in almost all instances Democrat run & controlled. Then, one by one, they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/donald-trump/no-president-trump-ballot-dumps-key-states-were-no/


claimant: Onward Ohio
claim_date: 2018-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio TV ad misleads in attack on Mike DeWine about immigration
review_date: 2018-03-23T16:30:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the Senate, (Mike) DeWine voted with Hillary Clinton to let illegal immigrants receive Social Security. And in Ohio, DeWine allowed illegal immigrants to receive driver's licenses."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/23/onward-ohio/ohio-tv-ad-misleads-attack-mike-dewine-about-immig/


claimant: Corey Stewart
claim_date: 2018-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Corey Stewart falsely claims Sen. Tim Kaine wants to do away with ICE, border patrol
review_date: 2018-07-03T15:36:05Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Tim Kaine doesn’t want a border at all. He wants to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and basically the border patrol as well."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/03/corey-stewart/corey-stewart-falsely-claims-sen-tim-kaine-wants-d/


text: Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
claimant: John Cox
claim_date: 2017-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Do Californians pay the ‘highest electricity bills’ in the nation?
review_date: 2017-11-16T22:38:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/16/john-cox/does-california-have-highest-electricity-bills-nat/


claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2022-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, third-grade reading scores are not being used to plan for how much space is needed in prisons
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Third grade reading scores in the USA help correctional institutions predict how many beds they'll need in the future."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/20/instagram-posts/no-third-grade-reading-scores-are-not-being-used-p/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence's inaccurate claim about Clinton's Benghazi role and response
review_date: 2016-07-21T04:36:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, 'What difference at this point does it make?' "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/mike-pence/mike-pences-false-claim-about-clintons-role-and-re/


claimant: Mick Mulvaney
claim_date: 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: WH budget chief wrongly claims afterschool programs don't work
review_date: 2017-03-21T15:28:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/21/mick-mulvaney/wh-budget-chief-wrongly-claims-afterschool-program/


text: BREAKING: Trump Just Ended Welfare For One HUGE Group For 5 Years!
claimant: americatb.com
claim_date: 2018-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump 'just ended welfare' for immigrants? That's False
review_date: 2018-03-30T17:00:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/30/blog-posting/donald-trump-just-ended-welfare-immigrants-s-false/


claimant: Doug Burgum
claim_date: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/24/fact-checks-first-republican-presidential-debate/
title: Fact-check: What Republican candidates got right, wrong in first debate on Fox News
review_date: 2023-08-24T09:43:08Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Biden administration wanted to put 87,000 people in the IRS as opposed to giving the money in the support we need to our own border patrol."


text: A Time magazine cover calls Donald Trump the “Worst. President. Ever.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: A fake Donald Trump Time cover spreads on social media
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/21/viral-image/fake-donald-trump-time-cover-spreads-social-media/


claimant: Chuck Schumer
claim_date: 2023-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Chuck Schumer on Tommy Tuberville’s military promotion blocking
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/04/charles-schumer/fact-checking-chuck-schumer-on-tommy-tubervilles-b/


text: Drinking “water a lot and gargling with warm water & salt or vinegar eliminates” the coronavirus.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Gargling with salt water can ease a sore throat, but it won’t kill the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/viral-image/gargling-salt-water-can-ease-sore-throat-it-wont-k/


text: "Donald Trump’s been completely consistent" about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Pence wrongly says Trump has been consistent in immigration views
review_date: 2016-09-04T22:38:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/04/mike-pence/pence-says-trump-has-been-consistent-immigration-v/


claimant: DeAnna Lorraine
claim_date: 2020-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Tweet amplified by Trump misleads on Fauci’s late-February advice
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says of COVID-19 that Dr. Anthony Fauci "was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/deanna-lorraine/tweet-amplified-trump-misleads-faucis-late-februar/


claimant: Adam Schiff
claim_date: 2017-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: When can the 25th Amendment be used against a president?
review_date: 2017-08-29T17:21:18Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a breakdown, an inability to function in office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/29/adam-schiff/when-can-25th-amendment-be-used-against-president/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/24/can-anyone-who-needs-ventilator-get-one-so-far-it-/
title: Can anyone who needs a ventilator get one? So far, it looks like it
textual_rating: So far, it looks like it
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I said from the beginning that no American who needs a ventilator would be denied a ventilator and we have kept that promise all over the United States."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump campaign claim on Biden’s 2009 swine flu comments
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts. The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/13/donald-trump/fact-checking-trump-campaign-claim-bidens-2009-swi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Workers aren’t being paid up to $26,000 because of a COVID-19-related tax credit, as claim suggests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Americans who worked through the pandemic are being paid up to $26,000 by qualifying for the Employee Retention Credit.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/17/facebook-posts/workers-arent-being-paid-up-to-26000-because-of-a/


text: "Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low."
claimant: Dan Blue
claim_date: 2018-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: NC Democrat: trust in US elections at an 'all-time low'
review_date: 2018-12-18T18:47:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/18/dan-blue/nc-democrat-trust-us-elections-all-time-low/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/nov/05/tucker-carlsons-patriot-purge-film-jan-6-full-fals/
title: Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories
review_date: 2021-11-05T21:10:55Z
textual_rating: Ignores extremist groups, violence
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The crowd at the Capitol was just "mom and dad who were mad about what they saw to be an election that they thought was unfair, rigged, fortified, stolen."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump tweet on 50% approval cherry-picks polling data
review_date: 2017-06-19T20:04:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The new Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in the 2016 Election, just out with a Trump 50% Approval Rating. That's higher than O's #'s!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-tweet-50-approval-cherry-picks-pollin/


claimant: Susana Mendoza
claim_date: 2017-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Mendoza correct about state spending on vehicles, but incorrect on Rauner's role
review_date: 2017-03-03T17:30:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The various offices of state government have purchased more than $11 million in vehicles, not counting leases, for use from the Governor on down during the last two years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/02/susana-mendoza/mendoza-correct-about-state-spending-vehicles-inco/


claimant: Eric Swalwell
claim_date: 2018-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: How many troops has Donald Trump sent to the U.S. border so far?
review_date: 2018-11-15T16:07:19Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"15,000 troops will not see their families for #Thanksgiving because of @realDonaldTrump’s Scaravan Stunt. Oh yeah, it’s also costing you 200 million dollars."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/15/eric-swalwell/how-many-troops-has-donald-trump-sent-us-border/


text: Speedway is offering $500 fuel cards for $1.95 to help customers with rising fuel costs.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, Speedway isn’t offering customers $500 ‘fuel cards’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/02/facebook-posts/no-speedway-isnt-offering-customers-500-fuel-cards/


text: "Almost every day another 9/11 survivor or responder dies from a 9/11-related cancer."
claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Gillibrand highlights 9/11 cancer deaths
review_date: 2019-03-11T14:31:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/09/kirsten-gillibrand/gillibrand-highlights-911-cancer-deaths/


text: “World’s most popular candy to be removed from shelves by December 2017.”
claimant: Musclecarusa.info
claim_date: 2017-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups were not removed from shelves
review_date: 2018-01-02T22:35:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/02/musclecarusainfo/no-reeses-peanut-butter-cups-were-not-removed-shel/


text: Report proves that COVID-19 vaccines caused 300,000 excess deaths in 2022.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Report doesn’t prove COVID-19 vaccines caused excess deaths
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/06/instagram-posts/report-doesnt-prove-covid-19-vaccines-caused-exces/


text: Say Bernie Sanders “collaborated with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, Nicaragua and Cuba.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bernie Sanders did not collaborate with Marxist regimes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/blog-posting/no-bernie-sanders-did-not-collaborate-marxist-regi/


claimant: Leah Vukmir
claim_date: 2018-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Challenger for Wisconsin U.S. Senate seat Vukmir misfires on trade barb against incumbent Baldwin
review_date: 2018-03-12T20:37:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/12/leah-vukmir/Vukmir-misfires-on-Baldwin-trade-barb/


text: "Tammy Baldwin voted for $5 trillion in higher taxes."
claimant: Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce
claim_date: 2017-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Koch-backed group is Half True in claiming Tammy Baldwin voted for $5 trillion in higher taxes
review_date: 2017-11-01T18:31:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/01/freedom-partners/koch-backed-group-half-true-claiming-tammy-baldwin/


claimant: Jared Kushner
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/03/fact-checking-jared-kushners-comments-national-sto/
title: Fact-checking Jared Kushner’s comments on the national stockpile
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The notion of the federal stockpile was, it’s supposed to be our stockpile. It’s not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use."


text: "If out-of-state drivers paid gas tax, they would contribute $73 million to fix our roads"
claimant: Jon Erpenbach
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Would out-of-state drivers really pay $73 million under Evers' gas tax plan?
review_date: 2019-07-01T18:36:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/28/jon-erpenbach/state-lawmakers-gas-tax-claim-gets-green-light/


text: Videos show former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussing a glass dome over Earth.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: In past speeches, Hillary Clinton talked of figurative glass ceiling, not literal glass dome
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/04/instagram-posts/past-speeches-hillary-clinton-talked-figurative-gl/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2016-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Federal government doesn't give information on Syrian refugees who come to Wisconsin?
review_date: 2017-01-06T16:55:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We don't get any of that information" from the federal government on who refugees are, where they come from and how long they are likely to stay.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/06/scott-walker/federal-government-doesnt-give-information-syrian-/


text: “Donald Trump and Joe Biden both died years ago.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden aren’t dead, contrary to social media claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/14/instagram-posts/former-president-donald-trump-and-president-joe-bi/


text: Says James Madison “signed the Declaration of Independence.”
claimant: Madison Cawthorn
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, James Madison didn't sign the Declaration of Independence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/27/madison-cawthorn/no-james-madison-didnt-sign-declaration-independen/


text: "There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos."
claimant: Colin Jost
claim_date: 2017-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Colin Jost, on Weekend Update, says a Texas law bars ownership of more than 6 dildos
review_date: 2017-10-16T16:57:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/13/colin-jost/colin-jost-weekend-update-texas-dildos-law-6-own-m/


text: “24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Biden’s claim about number of students who speak Spanish
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/23/joe-biden/fact-checking-bidens-claim-about-number-students-w/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence planes sprayed people protesting the Dakota Access pipeline with poison
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/12/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-planes-sprayed-people-protestin/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's flawed stat on threats to religious freedom
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
80% of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely outlawed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/25/donald-trump/donald-trumps-flawed-stat-threats-religious-freedo/


text: “CNN is now saying that Trump will win!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, CNN isn’t saying Trump will win the presidential election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/30/facebook-posts/no-cnn-isnt-saying-trump-will-win-presidential-ele/


claimant: Alberta Darling
claim_date: 2021-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Republicans curbed Evers’ plan to raise taxes by $1 billion and inserted the tax-cut provision
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/24/alberta-darling/yes-republicans-curbed-evers-plan-raise-taxes-1-bi/


text: "Trained police hit their targets less than 30 percent of the time."
claimant: Shannon Watts
claim_date: 2018-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Do more than 7 in 10 police bullets miss their mark, as this gun control advocate said?
review_date: 2018-05-25T16:07:32Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/25/shannon-watts/do-more-7-10-police-bullets-miss-their-mark-gun-co/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-07T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/19/viral-image/no-factcheckorg-didnt-bust-snopescom/
title: No, FactCheck.org didn’t “bust” Snopes.com
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"FactCheck.org exposed Snopes.com as an extremely liberal propaganda site with an agenda to discredit anything that appears to be conservative."


claimant: Kyrsten Sinema
claim_date: 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Kyrsten Sinema says she stopped a health care age tax. Really?
review_date: 2018-09-19T19:37:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says she voted to stop a new "age tax" under which "Arizonans age 50 & over could be charged 5 times more for their health care."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/19/kyrsten-sinema/fact-checking-kyrsten-sinemas-claim-about-age-tax-/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
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: Largely accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
I served, when I first got to the Senate, on the committee that’s responsible for the environment. Did you know, this administration took the word ‘science’ off the website? And then took the phrase ‘climate change’ off the website?"


claimant: Verified Politics
claim_date: 2017-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that Rubio's religious tweet was related to Trump rally
review_date: 2017-12-18T19:33:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Marco Rubio tweeted a verse from the New Testament to shame "his own constituents for flocking to Trump rally."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/18/verified-politics/no-proof-rubios-religious-tweet-was-related-trump-/


text: "What I have put forward does not add a penny to the debt."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: What Hillary Clinton's plans mean for the U.S. debt
review_date: 2016-10-20T18:08:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/hillary-clinton/what-hillary-clintons-plans-mean-us-debt/


text: The "establishment media ignored" President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July event.
claimant: Breitbart
claim_date: 2019-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, the 'establishment media' didn't ignore President Trump's Fourth of July celebration
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/11/breitbart/no-establishment-media-didnt-ignore-president-trum/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Mask box label is legitimate, but people are misinterpreting it
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a warning label on a box of disposable masks shows that they are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/21/facebook-posts/disposable-homemade-masks-are-effective-stopping-a/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of faith leaders praying over golden Trump statue is digitally altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photo at CPAC shows evangelical leaders praying over a golden statue of former President Donald Trump.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/02/viral-image/photo-faith-leaders-praying-over-golden-trump-stat/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's tweet that Collins, Hunter indictments stem from Obama era
review_date: 2018-09-04T21:56:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/04/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-tweet-collins-hunter-i/


text: "We have record bankruptcies in farming country."
claimant: Heidi Heitkamp
claim_date: 2019-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Does the U.S. have record bankruptcies in farm country?
review_date: 2019-02-26T17:10:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/26/heidi-heitkamp/does-us-have-record-bankruptcies-farm-country/


text: Says Amy McGrath "wants to fund more welfare for people who can work, but don’t."
claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: New attack ad twists McGrath stance on welfare work requirements
review_date: 2018-09-07T15:53:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/07/congressional-leadership-fund/new-attack-ad-twists-mcgrath-stance-welfare-work-r/


claimant: Louie Gohmert
claim_date: 2016-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Louie Gohmert singles out 514 federal inmates, mostly noncitizens, convicted of possessing drugs
review_date: 2016-06-17T19:15:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/17/louie-gohmert/louie-gohmert-singles-out-large-share-federal-inma/


text: The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings were not ‘false flag’ operations
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/05/facebook-posts/no-el-paso-and-dayton-mass-shootings-were-not-fals/


text: “NASA admits that man-made climate change is a hoax!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, NASA didn’t say human-caused climate change is a hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/16/viral-image/no-nasa-didnt-say-human-caused-climate-change-hoax/


claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: State Department under Hillary Clinton refused security requests for Benghazi, Paul Ryan says
review_date: 2016-10-07T15:32:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi were routinely denied" by Hillary "Clinton’s State Department."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/07/paul-ryan/state-department-under-hillary-clinton-refused-sec/


text: The financial regulatory bill [Dodd-Frank] "will kill jobs."
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence says Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill "will kill jobs"
review_date: 2016-07-15T13:49:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/jan/21/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-dodd-frank-financial-regulation-bi/


text: "At (Mike Braun’s) company, the deductible on his health care is $10,000."
claimant: Joe Donnelly
claim_date: 2018-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Are Mike Braun's employees on the hook for first $10,000 of health care?
review_date: 2018-10-11T14:39:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/11/joe-donnelly/mike-braun-health-care-10000-deductibles/


claimant: Patrick Gallivan
claim_date: 2017-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: How New York state treats 16- and 17-year-olds in the criminal justice system
review_date: 2017-04-03T11:45:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Of "30,000 individuals arrested a year for crimes that are 16 or 17, over 95 percent of them do not result in a criminal conviction. Only 1.5 percent of them ultimately go to state prison."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/03/patrick-gallivan/how-does-new-york-treat-16-and-17-year-olds-crimin/


text: Says Joe Biden owns a private island next to Jeffrey Epstein’s.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden doesn’t own a private island near Jeffrey Epstein’s
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/11/facebook-posts/no-joe-biden-doesnt-own-private-island-near-jeffre/


text: Says one year ago, "no cities in the South had guaranteed paid sick days."
claimant: Greg Casar
claim_date: 2019-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Paid sick leave policies came to Maryland, D.C. before Austin
review_date: 2019-05-03T15:50:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/03/greg-casar/paid-sick-leave-policies-came-maryland-dc-austin/


claimant: Lori Lightfoot
claim_date: 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Are Chicago residents among the nation's most taxed?
review_date: 2018-12-03T14:57:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Chicagoans "live in one of the most taxed cities and the most taxed county, unfortunately, in the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/02/lori-lightfoot/are-chicago-residents-among-nations-most-taxed/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-10-18T17:21:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Scott Walker supports "a health care plan that would gut protections for pre-existing conditions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/18/tony-evers/scott-walker-says-he-would-cover-pre-existing-cond/

title:
Scott Walker says he would cover pre-existing conditions, but backs plans that would end protections


claimant: Maria Cantwell
claim_date: 2019-01-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jan/15/fact-checking-claims-about-impact-federal-governme/
title: Fact-checking Democrats on the shutdown's effects on food safety, hurricane prep
review_date: 2019-01-15T15:55:13Z
textual_rating: Affects a small group
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The shutdown is "causing confusion and creating hardships for taxpayers going into the tax filing season."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: An epidemiologist projects 40%-70% of adults could catch coronavirus in the coming year
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Harvard scientists say the coronavirus is “spreading so fast that it will infect 70% of humanity this year.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/viral-image/epidemiologist-projects-40-70-adults-could-catch-c/


text: In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
claimant: Mitch McConnell
claim_date: 2021-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: How much goes to COVID-19 vaccines in the stimulus bill?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/26/mitch-mcconnell/how-much-goes-covid-19-vaccines-stimulus-bill/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-09-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/10/democrats-target-republicans-donald-trump-military/
title: Democrats target Republicans, Donald Trump on military money used for wall: A rundown of projects
review_date: 2019-09-10T20:01:19Z
textual_rating: Yes, nine schools cut
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Trump's willing to build his vanity project of a border wall with money budgeted for a school for military children."


text: The Beirut explosion was linked to “human trafficking by HRC."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Pizzagate conspiracy theorists spread false claims about Beirut explosion, human trafficking
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/07/facebook-posts/pizzagate-conspiracy-theorists-spread-false-claims/


text: "Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. It's never happened before."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump, winning 66 of 67 Florida counties is not 'unprecedented'
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:43:56Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/24/donald-trump/no-donald-trump-winning-66-67-florida-counties-not/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Ron DeSantis overplays link between the opioid crisis and southern border
review_date: 2018-06-07T13:37:10Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/07/ron-desantis/ron-desantis-overplays-link-between-opioid-crisis-/


claimant: No on 56
claim_date: 2016-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Tobacco industry misleads in Prop 56 'doctor advertisement'
review_date: 2016-10-25T17:05:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
California’s proposed tobacco tax "diverts 82 percent of the new taxes to line the pockets of wealthy special interests like insurance companies who don't have to help even one more patient."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/25/no-56-campaign/tobacco-industry-misleads-prop-56-doctor-advertise/


text: Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2013-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Martin O'Malley, Newt Gingrich face off over population statistics on "Crossfire"
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:24:11Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/sep/20/newt-gingrich/martin-omalley-newt-gingrich-face-off/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-08-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/21/fact-checking-donald-trump-on-his-economy-and-joe/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on his economy and Joe Biden’s
review_date: 2023-08-21T15:29:57Z
textual_rating: Wrong on both ends
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under Biden, real incomes have gone down by $7,400 per family. Under President Trump, yearly income went up by more than $6,000."


text: Says former President Barack Obama "will be on new $1 dollar bill."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Old Internet claim that Obama will be on new $1 bill is still wrong
review_date: 2017-02-03T20:25:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/03/blog-posting/old-internet-claim-obama-will-be-new-1-bill-still-/


text: Disney+ has had over 350,000 cancellations in the last five days.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence Disney+ lost over 350,000 subscribers in ‘five days’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/12/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-disney-lost-over-350000-subscri/


text: Says "15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago."
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, 15 homeless people did not freeze to death on the streets of Chicago
review_date: 2019-02-01T16:30:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/01/viral-image/no-15-homeless-people-did-not-freeze-death-streets/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence didn’t pretend to carry empty boxes of PPE. The clip is cut off
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mike Pence was caught on a hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE to a nursing home and pretended they were heavy.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/blog-posting/mike-pence-didnt-pretend-carry-empty-boxes-ppe-cli/


claimant: Wisconsin Republican Party
claim_date: 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-08-07T21:02:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tony Evers "didn't revoke the license of a teacher caught spreading pornography and commenting on the bodies of middle-school girls."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/06/republican-party-wisconsin/yes-explaining-gops-attack-governor-candidate-tony/

title:
Yes, but: Explaining GOP's attack on governor candidate Tony Evers on not revoking teacher's license


text: Says drinking a bleach solution will prevent you from getting the coronavirus.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, drinking bleach will not ward off coronavirus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/30/tweets/no-drinking-bleach-will-not-ward-coronavirus/


text: “Tens and tens of thousands of bridges are in disrepair, some on the verge of collapse.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: US bridges need fixing, but Joe Biden overstates the immediate threat
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/17/joe-biden/us-bridges-need-fixing-joe-biden-overstates-immedi/


claimant: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
claim_date: 2020-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Fla. Rep. Mucarsel-Powell’s attack on Gimenez over bridge collapse
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/04/debbie-mucarsel-powell/fact-checking-fla-rep-mucarsel-powells-attack-gime/


claimant: West Virginia Republican Party
claim_date: 2018-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: What did Joe Manchin say about beating up Patrick Morrisey?
review_date: 2018-11-05T17:00:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"What did Joe Manchin say about civility? Today, he said he wanted to ‘beat the living crap out of’ his Republican opponent during their debate."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/05/west-virginia-republican-party/what-did-joe-manchin-say-about-beating-patrick-mor/


text: “Hillary Clinton is in jail at Gitmo at the moment.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hillary Clinton isn’t in Guantanamo Bay
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/29/facebook-posts/no-hillary-clinton-isnt-guantanamo-bay/


text: The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Build Back Better bill wouldn’t parole criminal immigrants
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/23/viral-image/build-back-better-bill-wouldnt-parole-criminal-imm/


claimant: John Rich
claim_date: 2023-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, cellphone data used to arrest suspected Idaho killer doesn’t give ‘2,000 Mules’ credibility
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Cellphone data used to arrest the Idaho quadruple-murder suspect proves that criticism of the “2000 Mules” movie’s use of cell data is unfounded.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/12/john-rich/no-cellphone-data-used-to-arrest-suspected-idaho-k/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump is not the first president with low approval amid a good economy
review_date: 2019-04-23T20:14:16Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/23/donald-trump/no-donald-trump-not-first-president-low-approval-a/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: A nurse didn’t pretend to vaccinate Anthony Hopkins. Video shows excess liquid after dose was given
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows a nurse pretending to vaccinate actor Anthony Hopkins before squirting fluid in the syringe on the floor.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/10/instagram-posts/nurse-didnt-pretend-vaccinate-anthony-hopkins-vide/


claimant: Rick Santorum
claim_date: 2017-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Santorum garbles climate change comments by Obama's EPA chief
review_date: 2017-04-06T18:45:11Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/06/rick-santorum/rick-santorum-garbles-climate-change-comments-obam/


text: “More contraception availability increases abortion demand."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: More access to contraception increases abortion demand? No, that’s not right
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/18/instagram-posts/more-access-to-contraception-increases-abortion-de/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show the Homeland Security secretary crying, despite social media claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas crying after a question from an aide to former President Donald Trump.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/05/facebook-posts/video-doesnt-show-the-homeland-security-secretary/


claimant: Richard Cordray
claim_date: 2018-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Richard Cordray says Ohio payday lending law is worst in nation
review_date: 2018-06-08T13:58:42Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ohio's (payday lending) laws are now the worst in the nation. Things have gotten so bad that it is legal to charge 594 percent interest on loans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/08/richard-cordray/richard-cordray-says-ohio-payday-lending-law-worst/


claimant: Harry Reid
claim_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Reid right on claiming Kochs produce more pollution than oil giants
review_date: 2016-07-19T22:28:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/harry-reid/reid-right-claiming-kochs-produce-more-pollution-o/


claimant: Claire McCaskill
claim_date: 2017-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Claire McCaskill says she never met with Russian ambassador, past tweets say otherwise
review_date: 2017-03-02T22:36:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’ve been on the Armed Services (Committee) for 10 years. No call or meeting w/ Russian ambassador. Ever."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/02/claire-mccaskill/claire-mccaskill-says-she-never-met-russian-ambass/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2016-01-28T00:00:00Z
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: 2016-07-15T13:56:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2016-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Christie says neighbors of San Bernardino shooters knew more than they did
review_date: 2016-07-15T13:56:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jan/29/chris-christie/christie-says-neighbors-san-bernardino-shooters-kn/


text: A chyron on Sean Hannity’s show said, “Dr Oz admits he’s a medical quack.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real ‘Hannity’ chyron about Oz
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/24/viral-image/no-this-isnt-a-real-hannity-chyron-about-oz/


text: The stories from women saying he groped or forced himself on them "largely have been debunked."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says reports of sexual assault by him have been disproven
review_date: 2016-10-20T05:51:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-reports-sexual-assault-him-have-/


claimant: Travis Allen
claim_date: 2017-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Lawmaker misleads in claims about Oroville dam crisis
review_date: 2017-02-16T19:02:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/16/travis-allen/examining-claim-about-oroville-dam-spillway/


text: “Pennsylvania is under a court order to count their ballots on election day and not after!!”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post wrongly says court ordered Pennsylvania to finish ballot counting on Election Day
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/03/facebook-posts/facebook-post-wrongly-says-court-ordered-pennsylva/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post exaggerates isolated voting hiccup in Arkansas
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/viral-image/facebook-post-exaggerates-isolated-voting-hiccup-a/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence North Carolina students seeking litter boxes in bathrooms
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Students in Wilkes County, North Carolina, “identify themselves as cats or ‘furries’” and “have asked for litter boxes to be placed in school restrooms for them to use.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/facebook-posts/no-evidence-north-carolina-students-seeking-litter/


text: “In 2020 we won (Wisconsin).”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Déjà vu all over again as former President Trump wrongly claims Wisconsin victory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/06/donald-trump/deja-vu-all-over-again-former-president-trump-wron/


text: Goat’s milk is a good substitute for baby formula.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Medical experts discourage parents substituting goat’s milk for formula
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/facebook-posts/medical-experts-discourage-parents-substituting-go/


text: Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Ron Howard didn’t write this viral post about being a liberal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/26/facebook-posts/ron-howard-didnt-write-viral-post-about-being-libe/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim about illegal votes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-about-illegal-votes/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s White House statement: Falsehood upon falsehood
review_date: 2020-11-06T20:25:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
“If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/05/trumps-white-house-statement-falsehood-upon-falsehood/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Roman statesman did not warn about Trump thousands of years ago
review_date: 2019-05-03T18:09:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a Roman statesman in 42 B.C. had a "warning about Trump" when he said 2,000 years ago that a nation "cannot survive treason from within."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/03/facebook-posts/no-roman-statesman-did-not-give-warning-about-trum/


text: A White House photographer took a picture of Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 24.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a recent photo of Donald Trump at the White House
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/27/facebook-posts/no-isnt-recent-photo-donald-trump-white-house/


text: "Biden admin negotiates deal to give WHO authority over US pandemic policies.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: WHO pandemic accord doesn’t replace U.S. sovereignty
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/21/instagram-posts/who-pandemic-accord-doesnt-replace-us-sovereignty/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/28/fact-checking-2nd-night-democratic-debate-miami/
title: Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami
review_date: 2019-06-28T16:49:26Z
textual_rating: Misses the full story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"President Trump, you're not standing up for working families when you try to throw 32 million people off the health care that they have."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/29/top-10-fact-checks-rnc-dnc/
title: The top 10 fact-checks at the RNC, DNC
review_date: 2016-07-22T02:46:49Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Antifa.com redirects to Biden’s campaign website, but anyone can buy, redirect a domain
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If you go to Antifa.com, it takes you directly to Joe Biden’s webpage...what’s that tell ya…try it yourself.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/01/facebook-posts/antifacom-redirects-bidens-campaign-website-anyone/


text: "Barack Obama: I'm 'the First Sitting American President to Come From Kenya.'"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Blog twists Obama statement about being first president from Kenya
review_date: 2018-07-25T17:49:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/25/supremeinsidercom/did-obama-admit-being-born-kenya/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Unusual cancers” are “exploding right into stage 4" and those cancer cells have “the spike protein."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/08/facebook-posts/oft-repeated-claim-again-debunked-experts-say-stil/

title:
Oft-repeated claim again debunked: Experts say still no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer


text: "Delta Force raids Obama stronghold in Thailand."
claimant: Someonesbones
claim_date: 2017-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: military raided Obama's compound in Thailand with Trump's permission
review_date: 2018-01-09T21:54:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/08/someonesbones/fake-news-military-raided-obamas-compound-thailand/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: NASA’s footage of DART spacecraft crashing itself into asteroid is real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Footage NASA shared from the DART spacecraft just before it crashed itself into an asteroid isn’t real.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/29/instagram-posts/nasas-footage-dart-spacecraft-crashing-itself-aste/


text: "42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders said a huge percentage of Walmart workers are black. He was off by a lot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/12/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-said-huge-percentage-walmart-worker/


text: Nurses submitting coronavirus tests say they all are coming back positive.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims about nurses getting nothing but false-positive COVID-19 tests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/02/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claims-about-nurses-getting-nothing-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/19/fact-checking-donald-trump-joe-biden-biden-sanders/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform
review_date: 2020-07-19T16:28:06Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders unity platform would "end cash bail, releasing dangerous criminals onto our streets."


text: Says "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon."
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2016-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: How much would Barack Obama $10-per-barrel tax on oil raise gas prices? 24 cents, Paul Ryan says
review_date: 2016-09-08T15:37:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/26/paul-ryan/how-much-would-barack-obama-10-barrel-tax-oil-rais/


text: “When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: White House errs on vaccine availability, then corrects it
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/16/joe-biden/white-house-errs-vaccine-availability-then-correct/


claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2019-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Matt Gaetz misleads about Obama's record on Ukraine military aid
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/matt-gaetz/matt-gaetz-says-obama-permanently-stopped-military/


text: Kari Lake’s lawsuit “exposes Arizona used no signature verification.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Kari Lake’s lawsuit does not show Arizona failed to verify signatures on mail ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/15/facebook-posts/kari-lakes-lawsuit-does-not-show-arizona-failed-to/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2018-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Kaine correct that Stewart skipped board meeting to campaign for Roy Moore
review_date: 2018-07-24T19:33:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In December of 2017, the Prince William board of supervisors had a meeting ... (Corey Stewart) skipped that meeting to go campaign in Alabama for Roy Moore to be a U.S. senator … You haven't disavowed Roy Moore's name yet."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/24/tim-kaine/kaine-correct-stewart-skipped-board-meeting-campai/


text: Alabama is "the most generous state in the union in terms of what we give to charities."
claimant: Luther Strange
claim_date: 2017-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Alabama ranks high in charitable giving, but not No. 1, as Luther Strange said
review_date: 2017-09-22T21:47:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/22/luther-strange/alabama-ranks-high-charitable-giving-not-no-1-luth/


claimant: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
claim_date: 2016-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Debbie Wasserman Schultz incorrectly says only 4 or 5 states have seen Obamacare insurers quit
review_date: 2016-10-26T15:44:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It's four or five states where the number of insurance options have narrowed" under the Affordable Care Act.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/26/debbie-wasserman-schultz/debbie-wasserman-schultz-incorrectly-says-only-4-o/


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2022-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Election officials, lawmakers in Congress have faced increase in threats
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/01/amy-klobuchar/election-officials-lawmakers-congress-have-faced-i/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2018-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook meme misleads about refugee benefits, Social Security checks
review_date: 2018-11-21T15:42:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Illegal refugees get $3,874/mo. Under the Federal Assistance Program. Our SS checks are approximately $1,200/mo."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/21/viral-image/meme-makes-false-claim-about-refugees-social-secur/


claimant: Scott Fitzgerald
claim_date: 2020-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Recounts have swung elections in Wisconsin, but nowhere near the 2020 margin
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The 2020 election is in “recount territory” and “I’ve seen elections change as a result of” recounts.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/18/scott-fitzgerald/recounts-have-swung-elections-wisconsin-nowhere-ne/


text: A photo showing Ellen DeGeneres with a girl is evidence of a child sex-trafficking conspiracy.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Ellen DeGeneres and her niece on vacation doesn't support sex trafficking theory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/07/viral-image/photo-shows-ellen-degeneres-and-her-niece-vacation/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fake rumor spreads about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's credit score, bank accounts
review_date: 2019-01-23T16:55:42Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/23/facebook-posts/fake-rumor-spreads-about-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Chuck Norris clip urged Americans to vote against Obama — it’s not about the Biden administration
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Chuck Norris recorded a video in response to the Biden administration saying, “Our great country and freedom are under attack.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/24/viral-image/chuck-norris-clip-urged-americans-vote-against-oba/


claimant: Chip Roy
claim_date: 2019-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: In 2019, the United States will rack up about $100 million in debt every hour
review_date: 2019-03-05T17:20:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We amass about $100 million in debt per hour, which means we've blown through 300, 400, 450 million dollars during this charade."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/28/chip-roy/2019-united-states-will-rack-about-100-million-deb/


text: “Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kamala Harris wasn’t the prosecutor in the ‘Fruitvale Station’ case
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/14/viral-image/no-kamala-harris-wasnt-prosecutor-fruitvale-statio/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Cruz attack ad on Trump distorts transgender bathroom access issue
review_date: 2016-04-25T21:53:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump thinks "a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the women's restroom."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/25/ted-cruz/cruz-attack-ad-trump-distorts-transgender-bathroom/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Ronald Reagan said this about gun control
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Ronald Reagan said, "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempts to disarm the people must be stopped, by force if necessary."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/10/viral-image/no-evidence-ronald-reagan-said-about-gun-control/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/13/trumps-falsehoods-about-mail-voting-nevada-fact-ch/
title: Trump’s falsehoods about mail voting in Nevada, fact-checked
review_date: 2020-09-13T20:21:53Z
textual_rating: This is wrong.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They don’t even have to have an authorized signature in Nevada. Do you know that? They don’t have to have …You don’t have to have an authorized signature on a ballot? No. They’re trying to rig an election, and we can’t let that happen."


claimant: Barry Loudermilk
claim_date: 2019-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: The False claim comparing Jesus before Pontius Pilate and Trump's impeachment
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than the Democrats have afforded this president in this process."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/19/barry-loudermilk/false-claim-comparing-jesus-pontius-pilate-and-tru/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fake quote about flag-burning attributed to James Mattis
review_date: 2021-06-08T19:25:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says James Mattis said, “If you burn the American flag you’ll spend two years in the military. I promise you, you’ll be cured of the desire to burn a flag ever again.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/04/viral-image/fake-quote-about-flag-burning-attributed-james-mat/


text: "Jacky Rosen has refused to tell us whether she supports Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton."
claimant: National Republican Congressional Committee
claim_date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/20/national-republican-congressional-committee/nrcc-wrongly-says-jacky-rosen-refused-say-if-she-s/

title:
NRCC wrongly says Jacky Rosen 'refused' to say if she supports Sanders or Clinton. She's pro-Clinton


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s claim about receiving the most votes ever in Republican primaries is False … for now
review_date: 2016-05-03T15:05:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the history of Republican primaries, I’ve gotten the most votes in the history of the Republican party."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/02/donald-trump/donald-trumps-claim-about-receiving-most-votes-eve/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, there was nothing shady about the “lost” Milwaukee elections flash drive
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Milwaukee Elections Chief Lost Elections Flash Drive in Morning Hours of November 4th When Democrats Miraculously Found 120,000 Votes for Joe Biden.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/17/facebook-posts/no-there-was-nothing-shady-about-lost-milwaukee-el/


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2022-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Grothman mostly right on who would benefit from student loan debt forgiveness
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/10/glenn-grothman/grothman-mostly-right-who-would-benefit-student-lo/


text: Speaker at World Economic Forum conference proposed adding COVID-19 vaccines to water supply.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows professor talking about water equity, not adding COVID-19 vaccines to water supply
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/30/facebook-posts/video-shows-professor-talking-about-water-equity-n/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, this Trump statement about returning to Twitter isn’t real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former President Donald Trump issued an Oct. 27 statement saying he was told his Twitter account “will be back up and running on Monday.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/viral-image/no-this-trump-statement-about-returning-to-twitter/


text: Ivanka Trump’s shoe line is made in China but is exempt from tariffs.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Ivanka Trump’s fashion line being ‘tariff exempt’ was manipulated
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/19/viral-image/photo-ivanka-trumps-fashion-line-being-tariff-exem/


claimant: Michael Lee
claim_date: 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: NC senator claims teacher pay increased under Republican leadership
review_date: 2018-09-07T17:59:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Teacher pay has increased under Republican leadership every year for the past 5 years. In fact, even according to the national teacher's unions own rankings, NC ranked number 2 in the U.S. for fastest rising teacher pay 2016-2017.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/07/michael-lee/nc-senator-claims-teacher-pay-increased-under-repu/


claimant: Good Jobs First
claim_date: 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Are Oklahoma teachers the lowest paid? Nearly
review_date: 2018-03-07T18:56:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/07/good-jobs-first/are-oklahoma-teachers-lowest-paid-nearly/


text: Says extras are needed to portray aliens in a Star Wars movie being shot near Rosenberg, Texas.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: Next Star Wars movie seeking alien extras near Houston
review_date: 2017-04-02T12:21:10Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/fake-news-next-star-wars-movie-isnt-seeking-extras/


text: Says marijuana is "legal in most states in this country."
claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke says marijuana is legal in most states
review_date: 2018-10-05T17:59:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/05/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-says-marijuana-legal-most-states/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on there being 'no reason' for shooting Ashli Babbitt
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The person that shot Ashli Babbitt — boom — right through the head — just boom — there was no reason for that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/08/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trump-there-being-no-reason-s/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post conflates Epstein’s suicide and recent deaths
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Epstein dies while in custody, his private banker is found dead, a judge had a trial regarding Epstein and the Deutsche Bank. Her son has been killed now and her husband has been shot. The shooter who shot the son and shot the judge’s husband has now also been found dead.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/18/viral-image/facebook-post-conflates-epsteins-suicide-and-recen/


claimant: J.B. Pritzker
claim_date: 2018-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Pritzker’s flimsy claim that Rauner delayed school funding
review_date: 2018-10-01T16:54:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Because of Bruce Rauner, Illinois went 736 days without a budget, delaying funding for schools while local governments were forced to raise property taxes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/30/jb-pritzker/pritzkers-flimsy-claim-rauner-delayed-school-fundi/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, states haven't legislated marijuana users lose their guns
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nearly every state that has legalized (marijuana) has also legislated that you lose your right to own a gun if you are prescribed, or buy it recreationally."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/09/viral-image/states-havent-legislated-marijuana-users-lose-guns/


claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Attack ad exaggerates Christy Smith votes to lay off teachers, raise her own pay
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When California faced a budget crisis," Christy Smith "voted to lay off teachers and then voted to increase her pay."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/24/congressional-leadership-fund/attack-ad-exaggerates-christy-smith-votes-lay-teac/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jan/08/live-fact-checking-president-donald-trumps-immigra/
title: Live fact-checking President Donald Trump's immigration address
review_date: 2019-01-09T20:29:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Charles Schumer "repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected president."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Did Democrats reverse border wall position after Donald Trump was elected?
review_date: 2019-01-09T20:29:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Charles Schumer "repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected president."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/donald-trump/trump-democrats-reverse-border-wall-position/


claimant: Charlie Kirk
claim_date: 2019-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Charlie Kirk’s misleading tweet about Democrats, Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/03/charlie-kirk/fact-checking-charlie-kirks-misleading-tweet-about/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-11-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/25/buttigieg-said-black-voters-supported-him-more-sec/
title: Buttigieg said black voters supported him more second time he ran for mayor. That isn’t conclusive
textual_rating: Not conclusive
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The black voters who know me best returned me to office and supported me more the second time around than the first."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a viral post about impeachment and Trump’s post-presidency benefits
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A second impeachment means Donald Trump loses his lifetime pension, travel allowance, Secret Service detail, and his ability to run for public office.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/facebook-posts/fact-checking-viral-post-about-impeachment-and-tru/


text: "Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2021-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: How unusual would it be to create a filibuster carve-out for voting rights?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/09/amy-klobuchar/how-unusual-would-it-be-create-filibuster-carve-ou/


text: Kevin McCarthy “announces impeachment proceeding for Biden regime.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy only threatened impeachment proceedings
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/29/facebook-posts/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-only-threatened-impea/


claimant: Stand Up To China
claim_date: 2022-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that the Build Back Better bill would be financial boon to Chinese companies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Build Back Better “would be a huge payday for Chinese manufacturing” and “would fill our streets with cars made with Chinese parts.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/28/stand-china/no-evidence-build-back-better-bill-would-be-financ/


claimant: John Delaney
claim_date: 2019-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Is Trump’s trade war to blame for the Amazon wildfires? That’s a reach
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/john-delaney/trumps-trade-war-blame-amazon-wildfires-s-reach/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: WHO vaccine research aimed for contraception, not sterilization
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The World Health Organization has been working since 1974 on vaccines to create permanent sterility.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/27/instagram-posts/who-researched-vaccines-contraception-not-steriliz/


text: NBC just fired Megyn Kelly before her new show begins
claimant: USPostman.com
claim_date: 2017-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Report that Megyn Kelly has been fired from NBC is fake news
review_date: 2017-04-02T13:29:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/report-megyn-kelly-has-been-fired-nbc-fake-news/


text: “We are currently using only around 20% of our testing capacity.”
claimant: Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald
claim_date: 2020-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin is weeks from using anywhere near the listed coronavirus testing capacity
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/24/wisconsin-republican-legislative-leaders/wisconsin-weeks-using-anywhere-near-listed-coronav/


text: "Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born."
claimant: Antonio Villaraigosa
claim_date: 2017-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: MOSTLY TRUE: Undocumented immigrants less likely to commit crimes than U.S. citizens
review_date: 2017-08-03T23:21:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/03/antonio-villaraigosa/mostly-true-undocumented-immigrants-less-likely-co/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Bernie Sanders Facebook post cherrypicks Joe Biden’s record on segregation
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Bernie Sanders in 1963 — arrested protesting segregation. Joe Biden in 1975 — passionate speech defending segregation.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/04/facebook-posts/pro-bernie-sanders-facebook-post-cherrypicks-joe-b/


claimant: Sidney Powell
claim_date: 2020-11-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/20/giuliani-trump-legal-team-push-conspiracy-theories/
title: Rudy Giuliani, Trump legal team push conspiracy theories, baseless claims about 2020 election
review_date: 2020-11-20T23:25:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Now the software itself was created with so many variables and so many back doors that can be hooked up to the internet or a thumb drive stuck in it or whatever, but one of its most characteristic features is its ability to flip votes."


claimant: Scott Wagner
claim_date: 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: PA GOPer’s climate change theory debunked: Nope, not getting closer to the sun
review_date: 2017-04-03T19:39:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/31/scott-wagner/pa-gopers-climate-change-theory-debunked-nope-not-/


text: Say Oscar Pistorius "commits suicide in prison."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Reports that Oscar Pistorius committed suicide in prison are fake
review_date: 2017-07-24T19:29:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/24/blog-posting/fake-newsoscar-pistorius-did-not-commit-suicide/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-11-23T00:00:00Z
title: Christmas controversy: The Obamas never removed the White House nativity scene
review_date: 2018-12-04T22:09:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the White House nativity scene was removed by the Obamas and "is back in the White House thanks to First Lady Melania Trump."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/04/blog-posting/christmas-controversy-obamas-never-removed-white-h/


claimant: American Action Network
claim_date: 2017-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: How would the GOP tax bills affect families strapped from battling cancer?
review_date: 2017-11-13T22:12:48Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Republican tax plan "helps families" like one in which a woman lost her job and then lost her life savings fighting her husband’s cancer.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/13/american-action-network/how-would-gop-tax-bills-affect-families-strapped-b/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2019-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson falsely claims immigrants are dirtying the Potomac River
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Potomac River "has gotten dirtier and dirtier and dirtier and dirtier. I go down there and that litter is left almost exclusively by immigrants."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/18/tucker-carlson/carlson-falsely-claims-immigrants-are-dirtying-pot/


text: Says "nearly half" of House Republicans have supported a nonpartisan redistricting bill.
claimant: Chuck McGrady
claim_date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: NC Republican half-right about GOP support for redistricting reform
review_date: 2019-02-16T02:07:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/15/chuck-mcgrady/nc-republican-half-right-about-gop-support-redistr/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s dubious math on the federal income tax burden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The “average federal income tax” paid by the richest Americans is “8%. … If you’re a cop, a teacher, a firefighter, union worker, you probably pay two to three times that.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/13/joe-biden/joe-bidens-dubious-math-federal-income-tax-burden/


text: Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest.
claimant: Senate Majority PAC
claim_date: 2022-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Senate candidate Blake Masters backs 15-week Arizona abortion law with no rape, incest exceptions
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/16/senate-majority-pac/senate-candidate-blake-masters-backs-15-week-arizo/


text: Photo shows former first lady Michelle Obama as a man.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Another altered photo of Michelle Obama shared as part of unfounded conspiracy theory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/08/viral-image/another-altered-photo-of-michelle-obama-shared-as/


text: A photo shows Australian TV host David Koch being detained by police.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Doctored photo appears to show Australian TV host David Koch under arrest
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/15/viral-image/doctored-photo-appears-to-show-australian-tv-host/


claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2018-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: FBI was not actively investigating Clinton emails during Page-Strzok text exchange
review_date: 2018-02-12T21:53:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The "FBI was actively investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server" on Sept. 2, 2016.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/12/matt-gaetz/fbi-not-actively-investigating-clinton-emails/


text: “The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”
claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Amy Klobuchar says majority of Trump voters, hunters want universal background checks. She’s right
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/amy-klobuchar/amy-klobuchar-says-majority-trump-voters-hunters-w/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fake theory that Barack Obama hid millions of taxpayer dollars offshore started on parody site
review_date: 2017-04-17T14:22:23Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama "tax audit exposes MILLIONS in offshore accounts stolen from taxpayers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/14/blog-posting/fake-theory-barack-obama-hid-millions-taxpayer-dol/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-04-27T00:00:00Z
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: 2016-04-28T02:14:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2021-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: How Joe Biden’s first executive orders compare with past presidents
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden “has issued more executive fiats than anyone in such a short period of time, ever, more than Obama, more than Trump, more than anyone.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/marco-rubio/how-joe-bidens-first-executive-orders-compare-past/


text: “WHO Director-General: The vaccines are being used to kill children.”
claimant: Twitter
claim_date: 2021-12-22T00:00:00Z
title: Twitter post misconstrues what WHO Director-General said about COVID-19 vaccines and children
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/23/tweets/twitter-post-misconstrues-what-who-director-genera/


text: "In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Chicago has experienced thousands of shootings this year
review_date: 2016-09-27T05:30:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-chicago-has-experienced-thousand/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Rashida Tlaib did not tweet about 'raping and pillaging' America
review_date: 2019-01-09T18:55:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
New U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/blog-posting/no-rashida-tlaib-did-not-tweet-about-raping-and-pi/


claimant: Stephanie Murphy
claim_date: 2018-03-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/mar/27/spending-bills-gun-research-line-does-it-matter/
title: Spending bill's gun research line: Does it nullify Dickey amendment?
review_date: 2018-03-27T19:01:42Z
textual_rating: Effect not clear
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says she worked "to secure unprecedented language that effectively repeals the two-decade-old Dickey Amendment."


claimant: Twitter
claim_date: 2023-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Rumor about NFL investigating Patrick Mahomes for drug use during Super Bowl started as satire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win has been “put on hold as NFL plans to launch an investigation on possible (performance-enhancing drug) use by Patrick Mahomes during halftime.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/tweets/rumor-about-nfl-investigating-patrick-mahomes-drug/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, parents didn’t oust a school board in Vail, Arizona
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Parents in Vail, Arizona just took over the school board — all according to the rules. Voted in a whole new board, and immediately removed the mask mandate.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/04/viral-image/no-parents-didnt-oust-school-board-vail-arizona/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Most electric vehicles aren't charged by diesel-powered generators, as posts claim
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/facebook-posts/gas-powered-generators-not-common-way-recharge-ele/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: TRUE: 'Nearly 2,600 children' remained separated from parents as of mid-July
review_date: 2018-07-20T01:46:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are still nearly 2,600 children who are separated from their parents" due to the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/19/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-claim-nearly-2600-children-remained-/


claimant: Trent Franks
claim_date: 2016-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona congressman claims almost half of all African-American babies are killed by abortion
review_date: 2016-04-27T03:30:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Today in America, between 40 and 50 percent of all African-American babies, virtually 1-in-2, are killed before they are born."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/26/trent-franks/arizona-congressman-claims-almost-half-all-african/


text: “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2021-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, about 324,000 Americans per year experience domestic violence during pregnancy
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/13/gwen-moore/yes-about-324000-americans-year-experience-domesti/


text: If Joe Biden steps down, Nancy Pelosi will become vice president.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Pelosi wouldn’t automatically become vice president if Biden stepped down
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/16/facebook-posts/pelosi-wouldnt-automatically-become-vice-president/


claimant: Brian Kolb
claim_date: 2018-03-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/09/brian-kolb/did-year-state-budget-start-up-ny/
title: Does New York's budget direct 'millions in taxpayer dollars' for Start-Up NY advertising?
review_date: 2018-04-11T14:50:21Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
This year’s state budget "continues to direct millions in taxpayer dollars in advertising to the failing Start-Up NY program"


claimant: James Woods
claim_date: 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Actor James Woods peddles bogus quote from Hillary Clinton's 'It Takes a Village'
review_date: 2016-08-01T18:09:09Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/01/james-woods/actor-james-woods-uses-fabricated-hillary-clinton-/


text: “Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.”
claimant: Chris Taylor
claim_date: 2019-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Lawmaker correct that gun access is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote in America
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/22/chris-taylor/lawmaker-makes-point-buying-gun-easier-adopting-do/


text: Says Chris Christie was the "first governor in America to endorse" Mitt Romney.
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie claims he was the first governor to endorse Mitt Romney
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:34:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/sep/03/chris-christie/chris-christie-claims-he-was-first-governor-endors/


text: Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."
claimant: Edward J. Markey
claim_date: 2017-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: No data to support claim that HIV/AIDS has spiked due to fentanyl and heroin use
review_date: 2017-10-31T21:40:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/31/edward-markey/sen-ed-markey-says-hivaids-have-spiked-due-fentany/


text: Says he requested “10,000 National Guardsmen” for his Jan. 6 rally, but Nancy Pelosi “rejected it.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: No proof Trump requested 10,000 Guard troops for Jan. 6 or that Pelosi denied it
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/02/donald-trump/no-proof-trump-requested-10000-guard-troops-jan-6-/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/18/fact-checking-night-one-2020-dnc/
title: Fact-checking night one of the 2020 DNC
review_date: 2020-08-18T05:26:20Z
textual_rating: Trump has raised idea
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump "threatened to delay the election and suggested that he will not leave office if he loses."


text: A World Health Organization report shows "that more people are dying of TB."
claimant: Doctors Without Borders
claim_date: 2016-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: World TB deaths shoot up -- on paper
review_date: 2016-10-25T21:10:21Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/24/doctors-without-borders/world-tb-deaths-shoot-paper/


text: Ukrainian “attack destroys skyscraper in Moscow.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Ukrainian attack didn’t destroy a Moscow skyscraper
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/07/viral-image/no-ukrainian-attack-didnt-destroy-moscow-skyscrape/


text: Video shows “breaking news” because “President Trump just dropped a bombshell!!!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Old video of former President Donald Trump miscaptioned as ‘breaking news’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/13/facebook-posts/old-video-of-former-president-donald-trump-miscapt/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2016-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio's ad says Patrick Murphy embellished University of Miami college degree
review_date: 2016-09-15T16:19:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Patrick "Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/15/marco-rubio/marco-rubios-ad-says-patrick-murphy-embellished-un/


text: "Joe Biden calls for gun ban."
claimant: National Rifle Association
claim_date: 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden says he will champion a ban on assault weapons, not all guns
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/09/national-rifle-association/joe-biden-says-he-will-champion-ban-assault-weapon/


text: Video proves John F. Kennedy Jr. is alive.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: JFK Jr., who died more than two decades ago, isn’t in this video with then-President Donald Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/14/viral-image/jfk-jr-who-died-more-than-two-decades-ago-isnt-in/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s misleading attack on Biden’s health care plan
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ government-run health care plan… could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/01/donald-trump/trumps-misleading-attack-bidens-health-care-plan/


text: China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly claims China is having its ‘worst year in 57 years’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/10/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-claims-china-having-its-worst-year-5/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Still no Notebook 2 despite fake news rumors, but we'll keep waiting
review_date: 2017-04-02T12:08:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Notebook is finally getting a sequel. Producers of the upcoming film confirmed .... that filming will begin in Jacksonville, North Carolina this summer."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/still-no-notebook-2-despite-fake-news-rumors-well-/


text: Says he "won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that millions of illegal votes cost him popular vote victory
review_date: 2016-11-28T20:08:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/28/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-millions-illegal-vo/


claimant: Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh,
claim_date: 2018-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: State Rep. Hintz hits the target with claim against Republicans seeking to add an election
review_date: 2018-11-29T03:43:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/28/gordon-hintz/state-rep-hintz-hits-target-claim-against-republic/


text: Photo shows a highway in Houston.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: That’s a lot of traffic, but it’s on a freeway in Beijing, not Houston
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/19/instagram-posts/thats-a-lot-of-traffic-but-its-on-a-freeway-in-bei/


text: Says Nancy Pelosi said "Americans are the stupidest people on earth."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fake Pelosi quote about 'stupid' Americans came from satire site
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/blog-posting/fake-pelosi-quote-about-stupid-americans-came-sati/


claimant: Maxine Waters
claim_date: 2018-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Maxine Waters did not say she would impeach Donald Trump if she were president
review_date: 2018-05-17T22:12:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say Maxine Waters told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that her first act as president would be to "impeach Donald Trump."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/17/blog-posting/no-maxine-waters-comment-anderson-cooper-meme-made/


claimant: Keith Edwards
claim_date: 2019-08-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/05/viral-tweet-about-mass-shootings-country-it-needs-/
title: That viral tweet about mass shootings by country? It needs additional context
textual_rating: Lots of context needed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 2019, the United States had 249 mass shootings, while Mexico had three, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Brazil and Canada had one, and many other countries had none.


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: False: Ted Cruz claim that Hillary Clinton backs 'unlimited abortion' to moment of birth
review_date: 2016-10-10T21:36:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Hillary Clinton "supports unlimited abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, including partial-birth abortion, with taxpayer funding."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/09/ted-cruz/false-ted-cruz-claim-hillary-clinton-backs-unlimit/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Gates did not compare Donald Trump to Ronald Reagan on Twitter
review_date: 2017-02-15T19:41:47Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Bill Gates tweeted, "I think Donald Trump will go down to history as one of the greatest presidents, just like Reagan."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/15/blog-posting/bill-gates-did-not-compare-donald-trump-ronald-rea/


claimant: Patrick Murphy
claim_date: 2016-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Patrick Murphy attacks Marco Rubio for voting against gun ban for people on no-fly list
review_date: 2016-09-22T16:15:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Marco Rubio voted "against every bill that would have helped keep our families safe. He even voted against a bipartisan measure, introduced by a Republican, to prevent people on the no-fly list from purchasing guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/22/patrick-murphy/patrick-murphy-attacks-marco-rubio-votting-against/


text: "Michigan has requested a full forensic audit."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Michigan hasn’t requested a full forensic audit of election results
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/11/facebook-posts/no-michigan-hasnt-requested-full-forensic-audit-el/


text: On whether he’s had a relationship with Vladimir Putin.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump gets a Full Flop for whether he's had a relationship to Vladimir Putin
review_date: 2016-08-01T22:42:09Z
textual_rating: Full flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/01/donald-trump/donald-trump-gets-full-flop-whether-hes-had-relati/


claimant: Rick Kriseman
claim_date: 2017-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Have the number of complaints against police dropped under Mayor Kriseman's police chief?
review_date: 2017-08-02T21:00:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The number of complaints against police officers has decreased from an average when Mr. (Rick) Baker was mayor from 78 to 14."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/02/rick-kriseman/have-number-complaints-against-police-dropped-unde/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Pelosi wasn’t arrested by US Marshals in 2021
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A fake Nancy Pelosi said she won’t seek the speaker position again because the real Pelosi was arrested in 2021.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/18/instagram-posts/pelosi-wasnt-arrested-by-us-marshals-in-2021/


claimant: Ronald Brownstein
claim_date: 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Did Senate pass immigration bills in 2006, 2013 and House failed to vote on them?
review_date: 2018-01-26T19:14:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They found 60 votes in the Senate in 2006 and 2013" for immigration legislation, and "each time the House Republican majority refused to take it up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/26/ronald-brownstein/did-senators-pass-immigration-reform-bills-2006-20/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Trump didn’t say viral quote about bone spurs and avoiding the draft
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Trump as saying "would you really want a president who was dumb enough to let himself get drafted?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/facebook-posts/trump-didnt-say-viral-quote-about-bone-spurs-and-a/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Facts dispute Donald Trump's claim that donation to FBI spouse linked to Clinton email decision
review_date: 2017-07-25T13:56:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/26/donald-trump/facts-dispute-donald-trumps-claim-donation-fbi-spo/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Gates Foundation isn’t pushing microchips with all medical procedures
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Due to the large number of people who will refuse the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine because it will include tracking microchips, the Gates Foundation is now spending billions to ensure that all medical and dental injections and procedures include the chips.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/20/facebook-posts/no-gates-foundation-isnt-pushing-microchips-all-me/


text: Real wages "went up last year 1.1%."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says real wages rose 1.1%. He’s right
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/20/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-real-wages-rose-11-hes-right/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/sep/25/fact-checking-donald-trumps-united-nations-speech/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s United Nations speech
review_date: 2018-09-25T18:15:43Z
textual_rating: China among the culprits
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The United States lost over 3 million manufacturing jobs ... and 60,000 factories after China joined the WTO."


text: Says LeBron James said, “We’re at the point where a girl can’t even stab her friends anymore.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: LeBron James didn’t lament that ‘a girl can’t stab her friends anymore’ after Ma'Khia Bryant death
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/22/facebook-posts/lebron-james-didnt-lament-girl-cant-stab-her-frien/


text: Says there’s an 800 number you can call to track the status of your stimulus check.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, these 800 numbers won’t help you track your stimulus check
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/14/facebook-posts/no-there-isnt-phone-number-call-track-your-stimulu/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Ukrainian boxing star auctioned Olympic gold medal in 2012, long before Russia’s war in Ukraine
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wladimir Klitschko has auctioned off his 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games gold medal to raise money for the children of Ukraine.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/16/facebook-posts/ukrainian-boxing-star-auctioned-olympic-gold-medal/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/aug/01/donald-trump-said-hes-done-more-african-americans-/
title: Donald Trump said he's done more for African Americans than any president. Historians disagree
textual_rating: Scholars strongly disagree
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"What I've done for African Americans in two and a half years, no president has been able to do anything like it."


text: The New York Times “published Tucker Carlson’s home address and location.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: New York Times hasn’t published Tucker Carlson’s address
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/22/facebook-posts/new-york-times-hasnt-published-tucker-carlsons-add/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/21/fact-checking-fifth-democratic-presidential-debate/
title: Fact-checking the fifth Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta
review_date: 2019-11-21T06:01:41Z
textual_rating: Accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The wealth tax: I’m sorry, it’s cumbersome. It’s been tried by other nations. It’s hard to evaluate."


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Democrats are not eliminating the right of Americans to call parents mom and dad
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/25/glenn-grothman/no-democrats-are-not-eliminating-right-americans-c/


text: "Over 40 percent of the American people don't have $400 in the bank."
claimant: Howard Schultz
claim_date: 2019-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Checking Howard Schultz's claim that 40 percent of Americans don't have $400 in the bank
review_date: 2019-01-29T22:14:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/29/howard-schultz/checking-howard-schultzs-claim-40-percent-american/


text: “We inherited a broken test” for COVID-19.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/31/donald-trump/trump-blames-past-administrations-flawed-covid-19-/

title:
Trump blames past administrations for a flawed COVID-19 test. The test couldn’t have existed earlier


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Djokovic isn’t the first athlete to be banned from sporting events for being unvaccinated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Novak Djokovic is the first professional athlete to be banned from a major sporting event for “not taking drugs.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/20/tweets/no-djokovic-isnt-first-athlete-be-banned-sporting-/


text: Photo shows a “Palestinian boy cleaning his own family’s blood.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show a Palestinian boy cleaning up his family’s blood
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/20/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-palestinian-boy-cleaning-his-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bergen County didn’t find more votes for Phil Murphy after all the ballots were counted
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bergen County in New Jersey gave more votes to the Democratic gubernatorial candidate after all the ballots were counted.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/05/viral-image/no-bergen-county-didnt-find-more-votes-phil-murphy/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Blog falsely claims Pope Francis tested positive in a second coronavirus test
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Vatican reports that Pope Francis tested negative for the coronavirus before a second test came back positive.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/05/blog-posting/blog-falsely-claims-pope-francis-tested-positive-s/


text: Says Donald Trump is "canceling funding for Obama’s free house and library."
claimant: The Patriot Report
claim_date: 2018-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump didn't cancel funding for Barack Obama presidential library
review_date: 2018-02-12T16:07:28Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/12/patriot-report/no-trump-didnt-cancel-funding-obama-presidential-l/


claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/feb/02/how-did-west-virginia-inject-1081-its-vaccine-dose/
title: How did West Virginia inject 108.1% of its vaccine doses?
textual_rating: Thanks to "extra" doses in vial
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We're now at 108.1% of the vaccines received that we've put in arms, meaning that we've got more vaccines out of the vials and absolutely not throwing a single one away.”


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, 'Minions' weren’t inspired by Jewish children who endured the Holocaust
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The minions from ‘Despicable Me’ are based off of these Jewish children tortured by Nazis during the Holocaust.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/20/viral-image/no-minions-werent-inspired-jewish-children-who-end/


text: Says Governor Cooper has vetoed "every single teacher pay raise we've ever passed."
claimant: David R. Lewis
claim_date: 2019-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: NC Republican tells half the story about teacher pay vetoes
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/19/david-lewis/nc-republican-tells-half-story-about-teacher-pay-v/


claimant: Melissa Agard
claim_date: 2022-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, it’s true cannabis reform supported in Wisconsin, including by Republicans
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Cannabis reform "is supported by the majority of the residents of our state, including a majority of Republicans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/29/melissa-agard/yes-its-true-cannabis-reform-supported-wisconsin-i/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Rod Stewart’s son didn’t suffer a COVID-19 vaccine-induced heart attack
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Rod Stewart’s son “was rushed to the hospital … with a suspected heart attack” because of a COVID-19 vaccine.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/09/instagram-posts/no-rod-stewarts-son-didnt-suffer-a-covid-19-vaccin/


text: "5.7 million -- that’s how many illegal immigrants might have voted" in 2008.
claimant: Ainsley Earhardt
claim_date: 2017-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Following Trump voter fraud allegations, claim that 5.7 million noncitizens voted is wrong
review_date: 2017-06-22T19:37:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/22/ainsley-earhardt/following-trump-voter-fraud-allegations-claim-57-m/


text: "Kavanaugh accuser’s husband breaks his silence, exposes ‘sick issue’ his wife has."
claimant: Virginiapress31.site
claim_date: 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Christine Blasey Ford's husband did not expose a 'sick issue' about her
review_date: 2018-09-26T20:50:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/26/blog-posting/no-christine-blasey-fords-husband-did-not-expose-h/


text: Says Kamala Harris called Joe Biden “a racist” during a Democratic presidential debate.
claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Harris did not call Biden a racist during her busing attack
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/12/instagram-posts/harris-did-not-call-biden-racist-during-her-busing/


text: “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim about families at the border
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/25/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-about-families-bord/


text: “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking President Biden’s first news conference
review_date: 2021-03-25T23:21:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/25/fact-checking-president-bidens-first-news-conference/


claimant: Dawn Buckingham
claim_date: 2017-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Dawn Buckingham incorrectly says hundreds of illegal immigrants released by Travis County
review_date: 2017-02-10T21:21:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/10/dawn-buckingham/dawn-buckingham-incorrectly-says-hundreds-illegal-/


text: Says shredded ballots were found in Dell boxes in Georgia.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, there were no shredded ballots found during Georgia runoffs. Papers seen in photo are envelopes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/06/facebook-posts/no-there-were-no-shredded-ballots-found-during-geo/


text: "Greitens accuser admits photo session may have been a ‘dream.’ "
claimant: The Sentinel
claim_date: 2018-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Did accuser in Eric Greitens sex case say photo may have been a dream?
review_date: 2018-04-13T18:33:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/13/sentinel/headline-about-greitens-accuser-sex-case-doesn/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/24/what-government-study-suggests-about-sunlight-and-/
title: What a government study suggests about sunlight and COVID-19
textual_rating: Not part of study
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you’re going to test that too."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama is not trying to get Jussie Smollett's charges dropped
review_date: 2019-02-25T21:43:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama is urging Chicago’s mayor to pressure prosecutors into not charging Jussie Smollett.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/25/facebook-posts/no-obama-not-trying-get-jussie-smollets-charges-dr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: In an attack on Mitt Romney’s father, post exaggerates link to Saul Alinsky and Satan
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mitt Romney’s father “U.S. Senator George Romney, was a liberal Republican who had ties to Saul Alinsky, yes, the same dude who wrote the book, Rules For Radicals and dedicated to Satan.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/07/facebook-posts/attack-mitt-romneys-father-post-exaggerates-link-s/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2020-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Pelosi compares cost of state and local aid from coronavirus relief bill to 2017 tax cuts
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/nancy-pelosi/pelosi-compares-cost-state-and-local-aid-coronavir/


text: "In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights."
claimant: Jason Kander
claim_date: 2016-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Kander supported Second Amendment while in office
review_date: 2016-10-06T18:52:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/06/jason-kander/kander-supported-second-amendment-while-office/


text: A video shows a child yelling an expletive at President Joe Biden.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Say what? Contrary to altered video, child didn’t yell expletive at President Joe Biden
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/20/viral-image/say-what-contrary-to-altered-video-child-didnt-yel/


claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Ryan wrong that most of the 22 million uninsured would be uninsured by choice
review_date: 2017-06-28T15:30:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the CBO said "it's not that people are getting pushed off a plan; it's that people will choose not to buy something they don't like or want."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/28/paul-ryan/paul-ryan-wrong-most-22-million-uninsured-would-be/


text: Says George Floyd’s criminal history includes “23 arrests,” “3 car thefts” and many violent crimes.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: A post exaggerates George Floyd’s criminal history
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/28/facebook-posts/post-exaggerates-george-floyds-criminal-history/


text: "I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Trump overstates credit for $700 million in savings for F-35s
review_date: 2017-02-07T23:05:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/07/donald-trump/trump-overstates-credit-700-million-savings-f-35s/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mark Zuckerberg is not David Rockefeller’s grandson
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mark Zuckerberg's real name is Jacob Greenberg and he’s the grandson of billionaire David Rockefeller.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/28/facebook-posts/no-mark-zuckerberg-not-david-rockefellers-grandson/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Do U.S. families have more money in their pockets now, despite inflation?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/07/joe-biden/do-us-families-have-more-money-their-pockets-now-d/


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: The U.S. is No. 1, but it started under Obama
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Thanks to our bold regulatory reduction campaign, the United States has become the number one producer of oil and gas anywhere in the world, by far."


text: Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition."
claimant: Donna Howard
claim_date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Donna Howard says child care in some states costs more than average college tuition
review_date: 2016-09-02T19:53:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/02/donna-howard/donna-howard-says-child-care-some-states-costs-mor/


text: “Beachgoers trash Florida beaches with 13,000 pounds of litter after beaches reopen.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Reopened Florida beach leads to more trash
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/18/facebook-posts/reopened-florida-beach-leads-more-trash/


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: Not clear if it's the beginning of a trend
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"With unyielding commitment, we are curbing the opioid epidemic — drug overdose deaths declined for the first time in nearly 30 years."


claimant: Patrick Murphy
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/18/fact-checking-us-senate-debate-between-marco-rubio/
title: Fact-checking the U.S. Senate debate between Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy
review_date: 2016-10-18T15:42:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Marco Rubio made it clear: Not only does he think Donald Trump is a con man, he went on to say he doesn't trust Donald Trump with the nuclear codes."


claimant: Patrick Murphy
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Patrick Murphy right about Rubio not trusting Donald Trump with nuclear codes
review_date: 2016-10-18T15:42:28Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Marco Rubio made it clear: Not only does he think Donald Trump is a con man, he went on to say he doesn't trust Donald Trump with the nuclear codes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/18/patrick-murphy/patrick-murphy-right-about-marco-rubio-attacks-don/


claimant: Carlos Beruff
claim_date: 2016-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Carlos Beruff wrongly attacks Marco Rubio's record on border security and immigration bill
review_date: 2016-07-08T15:09:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Rather than work to secure the border, (Marco Rubio) supported Obama’s amnesty plan for illegal immigrants."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/08/carlos-beruff/carlos-beruff-wrongly-attacks-marco-rubios-record-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Social media claims distort CDC director’s comment about COVID-19 deaths and comorbidities
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The CDC director just said that 75% of ‘Covid deaths’ occurred in people with at least four comorbidities.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/12/facebook-posts/social-media-claims-distort-cdc-directors-comment-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly True: Trump tweet about GM Chevy Cruze manufacturing
review_date: 2017-01-06T21:36:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/04/donald-trump/mostly-true-trump-tweet-about-gm-chevy-cruze-manuf/


claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2018-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong on scale of Pentagon accounting errors
review_date: 2018-12-03T22:52:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/03/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wrong-scale-pentagon-acco/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton wrongly says it's 'legal' to fire employees for discussing pay 'in most places'
review_date: 2016-09-09T21:07:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"That's legal: If you find out about somebody else's salary even if you're doing exactly the same job, you can be retaliated against, including being fired, in most places."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/09/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-wrongly-says-its-legal-fire-employ/


text: Photo shows former President Donald Trump “in the hood.”
claimant: Tweet
claim_date: 2023-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Is that Donald Trump 'in the hood'? No. That’s an altered image.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/16/tweets/is-that-donald-trump-in-the-hood-no-thats-an-alter/


claimant: PatriotCrier.com
claim_date: 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracy theory that Comey hid Seth Rich’s ties to WikiLeaks based on retracted story
review_date: 2017-05-26T16:43:54Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"(James) Comey knew murdered DNC staffer, Seth Rich, was WikiLeaks source & covered it up for Hillary (Clinton)."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/26/patriotcriercom/conspiracy-theory-comey-hid-seth-richs-ties-wikile/


text: Says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told players: "Stand for the Anthem or you’re off team."
claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Greg Abbott celebrates unconfirmed claim about Jerry Jones and national anthem
review_date: 2017-08-02T21:54:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/02/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-celebrates-false-claim-jerry-jones-tol/


text: "In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime."
claimant: Kelda Helen Roys
claim_date: 2018-07-19T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-07-25T12:51:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/25/kelda-helen-roys/governor-hopeful-kelda-roys-claim-abortion-crime-w/

title:
Governor hopeful Kelda Roys' claim that abortion is a crime in Wisconsin has some truth but misleads


text: Says Maxine Waters said: “I say, we knock off Trump and then, go after Pence. We have the power.”
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2018-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Maxine Waters' remarks about Trump and Pence were about impeachment, not inciting violence
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/10/viral-image/maxine-waters-remarks-about-trump-and-pence-were-a/


claimant: Jim Patterson
claim_date: 2017-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Lawmaker misleads with claim Jerry Brown has axed funds for California’s dying trees
review_date: 2017-05-26T00:21:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget "cuts funds for local tree mortality efforts from $52.7 million to just $2 million."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/25/jim-patterson/did-jerry-brown-axe-funds-removing-californias-dea/


text: “Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence of foul play in Ohio train derailment, other incidents mentioned in a Facebook post
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/18/facebook-posts/no-evidence-foul-play-ohio-train-derailment-other/


text: "We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong again that recent tax bill is biggest ever
review_date: 2018-01-31T02:52:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-again-recent-tax-bill-biggest-e/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence lawmakers forced National Guard into parking garage
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Democrats forced our GREAT troops to sleep on the ground of a PARKING garage after dragging them to DC for photo ops!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/22/facebook-posts/no-evidence-lawmakers-forced-national-guard-parkin/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Samuel L. Jackson didn't say this about pay of teachers and rappers
review_date: 2019-04-02T15:28:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Samuel L. Jackson said, "Maybe if we underpaid these modern mumble rappers and overpaid teachers there would be smarter people in the future and less s----- music."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/viral-image/no-samuel-l-jackson-didnt-say-about-teachers-and-m/


text: Says Royce West stood with Wendy Davis "to support painful late-term abortions."
claimant: John Cornyn
claim_date: 2019-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking John Cornyn's ad on Royce West and abortion
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/08/john-cornyn/fact-checking-john-cornyns-ad-royce-west-and-abort/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/mar/01/what-donald-trump-left-out-about-successful-yemen-/
title: What Donald Trump left out about the Yemen raid that killed Navy SEAL Ryan Owens
review_date: 2017-08-17T21:55:33Z
textual_rating: Others called it failure
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A U.S. attack in Yemen was "a highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: In closing argument, Donald Trump wrongly says he outdraws Beyonce, Jay Z
review_date: 2016-11-07T22:42:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Beyonce and Jay-Z, I like them, I like them ... I get bigger crowds than they do. It's true. I get far bigger crowds."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/07/donald-trump/closing-argument-donald-trump-wrongly-says-he-outd/


text: “FEMA is paying for hotel rooms!!!” for Texas winter storm victims.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, FEMA is not paying for hotel rooms for winter storm victims in Texas
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/19/facebook-posts/no-fema-not-paying-hotel-rooms-winter-storm-victim/


text: The use and possession of marijuana on U.S. college campuses “remains prohibited under federal law”
claimant: Clarence McNeill
claim_date: 2021-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Federal law still prohibits marijuana use, including on college campuses
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/07/clarence-mcneill/federal-law-still-prohibits-marijuana-use-includin/


text: The government is “monitoring SMS texts for dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines.”
claimant: Joe Rogan
claim_date: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Spotify’s Joe Rogan repeats inaccurate claim that ‘they are monitoring SMS texts’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/26/joe-rogan/spotifys-joe-rogan-repeats-inaccurate-claim-they-a/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2021-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson spins web of misleading claims as he alleges ‘meaningful voter fraud’ in Georgia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“It now appears there actually was meaningful voter fraud in Fulton County, Georgia, last November. That is not a conspiracy theory. It's true.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/20/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-spins-web-misleading-claims-he-alle/


text: Iran has "violated the terms of the (nuclear) deal."
claimant: Karen Handel
claim_date: 2017-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Is Iran complying with the nuclear deal? For the most part, yes
review_date: 2017-06-14T19:31:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/14/karen-handel/iran-complying-nuclear-deal-yes-small-hiccups/


claimant: Corey Lewandowski
claim_date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Lewandowski wrongly says Trump in Florida day of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer
review_date: 2017-07-14T16:07:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Donald Trump was doing a rally in the state of Florida" the day Trump's son and others met with a Russian lawyer in New York.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/14/corey-lewandowski/lewandowski-wrongly-says-trump-florida-day-trump-t/


claimant: Laura Ingraham
claim_date: 2020-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Laura Ingraham wrong about 'no real scientific basis' for social distancing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Although intuitively I think it probably seemed like social distancing would be necessary, there was no real scientific basis for believing that, since it had never been studied."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/06/laura-ingraham/laura-ingraham-wrong-about-no-real-scientific-basi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Jeff Foxworthy is behind this viral Facebook post
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Jeff Foxworthy wrote a list of examples explaining how "you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/07/facebook-posts/no-evidence-jeff-foxworthy-behind-viral-facebook-p/


text: "President Trump just told Paul Ryan, ‘You’re fired.’"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump didn't use 'The Celebrity Apprentice' catchphrase 'You're fired' on Paul Ryan
review_date: 2017-03-29T15:29:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/donald-trump-didnt-use-celebrity-apprentice-catchp/


text: The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”
claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2022-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia’s David Perdue said elections were stolen from him and Trump. Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/29/david-perdue/georgias-david-perdue-said-elections-were-stolen-h/


text: "Nancy Pelosi vows Democrats will raise taxes if they take back the House."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Did Nancy Pelosi vow to raise taxes if Democrats take the U.S. House?
review_date: 2018-04-09T21:20:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/09/blog-posting/did-nancy-pelosi-vow-raise-taxes-if-democrats-take/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, the photo of Muslim women with ‘Down with the USA’ on their hands was not taken in Michigan
review_date: 2019-04-11T16:12:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo of Muslim women with the words "Down with the USA" written on their hands was taken in Michigan.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/11/viral-image/no-photo-muslim-women-down-usa-their-hands-was-not/


text: Sanctuary jurisdictions "violate the laws of our nation."
claimant: Steve Daines
claim_date: 2018-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Sanctuary jurisdictions 'violate the laws of our nation'? That's Mostly False
review_date: 2018-11-27T19:55:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/27/steve-daines/sanctuary-jurisdictions-violate-laws-our-nation-s-/


text: "Breaking: Santa Fe killer expresses his love for Obama."
claimant: The Daily World Update
claim_date: 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Santa Fe killer expressed love for Obama
review_date: 2018-05-21T21:25:24Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/21/daily-world-update/no-evidence-santa-fe-killer-expressed-love-obama/


claimant: Sheri Dillon
claim_date: 2017-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Trump lawyer: Foreign dignitaries staying in a Trump hotel doesn't violate Constitution
review_date: 2017-01-13T21:23:17Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present and it has nothing to do with an office. It's not an emolument."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/13/sheri-dillon/trump-lawyer-foreign-dignitaries-staying-trump-hot/


text: “We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.”
claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Grothman right on claim that 9.3 million jobs are open in U.S.
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/glenn-grothman/grothman-right-claim-93-million-jobs-are-open-us/


text: “Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.”
claimant: Martha McSally
claim_date: 2020-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Arizona Sen. McSally makes health care pledge that contradicts past votes, policy positions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/25/martha-mcsally/arizona-senate-candidate-makes-health-care-pledge-/


text: “Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.”
claimant: Martha McSally
claim_date: 2020-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: GOP senators in close races mislead on preexisting conditions
review_date: 2020-07-15T14:42:31Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/15/gop-senators-close-races-mislead-preexisting-conditions/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t say he nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court based on looks
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump said he nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court because she “is much, much better looking than the women we have had.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/13/viral-image/no-trump-didnt-say-he-nominated-amy-coney-barrett-/


text: For coronavirus cases “In the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.”
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2020-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Young people are being hospitalized for COVID-19, too. Let’s look at the numbers
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/20/marco-rubio/young-people-are-being-hospitalized-covid-19-too-l/


text: “NIH COVID Treatment Guidelines Approve Ivermectin”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, the National Institutes of Health hasn’t approved ivermectin to treat COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/instagram-posts/no-national-institutes-health-hasnt-approved-iverm/


text: “If you were forced to use a Sharpie” to fill out your ballot, “that is voter fraud.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Despite #sharpiegate, no evidence of plot to use the pens to cancel Trump votes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/facebook-posts/despite-sharpiegate-no-evidence-plot-use-pens-canc/


text: A photo shows David DePape filming the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows DePape filming a nude wedding, not the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/31/viral-image/photo-shows-depape-filming-nude-wedding-not-jan-6/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, fourth graders in Hillsboro, Ore., aren’t learning about ‘Justice Fighters’ like Antifa
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Hillsboro school district has already placed Antifa, BLM in their curriculum as Justice Fighters. Fourth grade.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/07/facebook-posts/no-fourth-graders-hillsboro-ore-arent-learning-abo/


claimant: J.D. Vance
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: Ignores ports of entry
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking of fentanyl coming into the United States, "you’ve got to close the border. You’ve got to finish the wall and you’ve got to make it so that these drug cartels are not able to use the U.S. southern border as a drug trafficking zone."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, the 'Momo challenge' isn't real
review_date: 2019-03-06T14:17:10Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a challenge called "Momo" is appearing online in apps and children’s programs and threatens kids in an attempt to force them into performing harmful acts.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/05/facebook-posts/no-momo-challenge-isnt-real-its-just-another-inter/


text: Says Israel profiles based on ethnicity and "does it very successfully."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump claim on Israeli profiling misses broader security context
review_date: 2016-09-23T16:30:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/23/donald-trump/donald-trump-claim-israel-profiling-very-successfu/


text: "Clint Eastwood Leaves His Estate To The Trump 2020 Campaign"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: It's not true that Clint Eastwood soon to leave millions to Trump 2020 campaign
review_date: 2018-07-19T20:08:26Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/18/blog-posting/fake-news-clint-eastwood-soon-leave-millions-trump/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Maine’s plan to help welfare recipients commute to work, fact-checked
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Maine Gov. Janet Mills is “using taxpayer money to buy cars for those on welfare, without a public hearing on the rules. If someone on welfare sells the car for cash without the state’s approval, the rules don’t allow the state to prosecute them for car theft.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/29/facebook-posts/maines-plan-help-welfare-recipients-commute-work-f/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Great Barrington herd immunity document widely disputed by scientists
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
World renowned experts” declare that we should “live normally, practice simple hygiene,” stay home when sick and use protective measures only with “the most vulnerable populations.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/facebook-posts/great-barrington-herd-immunity-document-widely-dis/


text: Actor Isaac Kappy was murdered for exposing Hollywood pedophiles.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Actor Isaac Kappy died years ago, but QAnon claims that he was murdered persist
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/facebook-posts/actor-isaac-kappy-died-years-ago-qanon-claims-he-w/


claimant: David Lewis
claim_date: 2017-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: NC Rep. Lewis says Gov. Cooper has filed 'nearly one lawsuit a month' to seize power
review_date: 2017-08-22T15:44:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Cooper has “filed nearly one lawsuit a month, with every single one of them an attempt to extend his own power.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/22/david-lewis/nc-rep-lewis-says-gov-cooper-has-filed-nearly-one-/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-01-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/09/could-bernie-sanders-legalize-marijuana-executive-/
title: Could Bernie Sanders legalize marijuana by executive order?
textual_rating: He can't, experts say
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"On my first day in office, through executive order, we will legalize marijuana in every state in this country."


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Would the RESTRICT Act criminalize the use of VPNs? Here’s what to know about the bill
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The RESTRICT Act would allow the U.S. government to “charge you with a felony and $1 million for having a VPN.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/19/instagram-posts/would-the-restrict-act-criminalize-the-use-of-vpns/


claimant: House Republican staff
claim_date: 2019-12-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/dec/03/fact-checking-house-republicans-impeachment-report/
title: Fact-checking House Republicans’ impeachment report defending Trump on Ukraine
review_date: 2019-12-03T22:21:51Z
textual_rating: This is misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In fact, witnesses called by the Democrats denied having any awareness of criminal activity or an impeachable offense.”


text: Picture shows the “Freedom Convoy” trucks in Canada.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows a truck convoy in Canada, but not the “Freedom Convoy”
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/02/viral-image/photo-shows-truck-convoy-canada-not-freedom-convoy/


claimant: Resistance Report
claim_date: 2017-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Article falsely claims that Ron Johnson threatens citizens with arrest over town hall meetings
review_date: 2017-03-08T16:22:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/07/resistance-report/article-falsely-claims-ron-johnson-threatens-citiz/


claimant: Raj Shah
claim_date: 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/03/timeline-donald-trumps-explanations-stormy-daniels/
title: The timeline of Donald Trump’s explanations for the Stormy Daniels payment
review_date: 2018-05-03T18:55:38Z
textual_rating: Trump role emerged later
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Said questions about hush money paid to keep adult actress Stormy Daniels quiet about alleged affair with Donald Trump were "asked and answered during the campaign."


text: “Everyone is only dying of coronavirus now.”
claimant: Candace Owens
claim_date: 2020-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 skeptics say there’s an overcount. Doctors in the field say the opposite
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/14/candace-owens/covid-19-skeptics-say-theres-overcount-doctors-fie/


text: “Roe was the end of women dying from abortions.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2021-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Deaths from abortions still happen, but they declined sharply after Roe v. Wade
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/13/viral-image/deaths-abortions-still-happen-they-declined-sharpl/


text: Former President Donald Trump tweeted, “The storm is upon us.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Former President Donald Trump didn’t tweet this QAnon phrase
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/20/viral-image/former-president-donald-trump-didnt-tweet-this-qan/


text: “It’s not illegal to go inside the Capitol” as the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 rioters did.
claimant: Jonathon Moseley
claim_date: 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Jan. 6 attorney defends Oath Keepers with dubious claim that ‘it’s not illegal’ to enter Capitol
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/04/jonathon-moseley/jan-6-attorney-defends-oath-keepers-dubious-claim-/


text: Says Joe Manchin "supported Obama and Clinton's campaigns to kill coal jobs."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Did Joe Manchin support Obama and Clinton efforts to kill coal jobs?
review_date: 2018-11-05T16:55:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/05/patrick-morrisey/did-joe-manchin-support-obama-and-clinton-efforts-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: A seaworthy myth about alcohol aboard the U.S.S. Constitution
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The crew of the U.S.S. Constitution consumed more than 252,000 gallons of alcohol and only 10,000 gallons of water on a seven-month trip.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/viral-image/seaworthy-myth-about-alcohol-aboard-uss-constituti/


text: “Gavin Newsom Gets Death Penalty.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Bogus claims about Gavin Newsom being executed, cloned get picked up at Trump rally
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/19/blog-posting/bogus-claims-about-gavin-newsom-being-executed-clo/


claimant: Alex Jones
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence ‘deep state’ behind explosive packages
review_date: 2018-10-25T15:56:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says explosive devices mailed to prominent Democrats and Trump critics confirm the "deep state (is) launching false flag against (mainstream media)/Dems to blame Trump & pro-America forces."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/25/alex-jones/no-evidence-deep-state-behind-explosive-packages/


text: "Just in: John Kerry facing prison."
claimant: Conservative Stories
claim_date: 2018-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, John Kerry is not headed to prison
review_date: 2018-05-24T14:41:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/conservative-stories/there-no-evidence-john-kerry-headed-prison/


text: Bill Gates tweeted that “vaccines in our food supply solves the problem of vaccine hesitancy.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Gates didn’t tweet about adding vaccines to food to solve vaccine hesitancy
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/20/instagram-posts/bill-gates-didnt-tweet-about-adding-vaccines-to-fo/


text: a photo shows Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: This image of Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein is doctored
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/10/viral-image/image-adam-schiff-and-jeffrey-epstein-doctored/


claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/18/fact-checking-night-one-2020-dnc/
title: Fact-checking night one of the 2020 DNC
review_date: 2020-08-18T05:26:20Z
textual_rating: Some evidence to support
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And our current federal government is dysfunctional and incompetent. It couldn't fight off the virus. In fact, it didn't even see it coming. The European virus infected the Northeast while the White House was still fixated on China."


text: Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
claimant: Russ Feingold
claim_date: 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Russ Feingold: Ron Johnson has done essentially nothing on heroin and opioids
review_date: 2016-10-26T16:22:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/26/russ-feingold/ron-johnson-has-done-essentially-nothing-heroin-an/


claimant: Tom Suozzi
claim_date: 2022-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Suozzi offers oversimplified critique of Manhattan DA’s prosecution policy
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Manhattan DA is actually proposing to downgrade armed robbery to a misdemeanor, and to stop prosecuting resisting arrest.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/16/tom-suozzi/tom-suozzi-offers-oversimplified-critique-manhatta/


text: Under the North American Free Trade Agreement, "we lost thousands of plants."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump has a point that NAFTA shuttered thousands of plants
review_date: 2018-09-24T14:44:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-has-point-NAFTA-shuttered/


text: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp “allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every registered voter.”
claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2022-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: In Georgia, Perdue falsely claims Kemp allowed 7.5 million ballots to be sent to every voter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/23/david-perdue/georgia-perdue-falsely-claims-kemp-allowed-75-mill/


text: Says "Dan McCready wants to repeal tax cuts that saves (sic) you $1,300" per year.
claimant: FreedomWorks
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking an ad on Dan McCready and tax cut savings
review_date: 2018-10-29T21:36:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/29/freedomworks/fact-checking-ad-dan-mccready-and-tax-cut-savings/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-03-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/mar/25/fact-checking-joe-bidens-first-press-conference/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s first White House press conference
review_date: 2021-03-25T22:29:42Z
textual_rating: This is accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Back in the ‘60s, we used to invest a little over 2% of our entire (gross domestic product) in pure research and investment in science. Today it’s 0.7%."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence a retired U.S. Army sergeant murdered two Syrian refugees who raped his daughter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A retired U.S. Army sergeant faces life in prison for killing two Syrian refugees after discovering they raped his teenage daughter.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/19/viral-image/no-evidence-retired-us-army-sergeant-murdered-two-/


text: $100B contact tracing bill “is about controlling/tracking population, not about coronavirus.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that federal contact tracing bill is not for COVID-19 is false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/15/facebook-posts/claim-federal-contact-tracing-bill-not-covid-19-fa/


text: Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2014-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio says surface temperatures on Earth 'have stabilized'
review_date: 2016-06-27T15:47:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/may/27/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-surface-temperatures-earth-have-st/


claimant: Fox News
claim_date: 2021-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden banning burgers? Fox News, GOP politicians fuel false narrative
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Biden's climate requirements" will "cut 90% of red meat from diet" to a "max 4 lbs per year" and "one burger per month."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/26/fox-news-channel/joe-biden-banning-burgers-fox-news-gop-politicians/


text: "Obama’s Private ‘security’ Company Sets Up Massive Camps Outside 3 Major Cities."
claimant: newsfeedusa.us
claim_date: 2018-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Barack Obama has security company with camps outside 3 major cities? That's a hoax
review_date: 2018-04-25T17:44:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/25/blog-posting/barack-obama-has-security-company-camps-outside-3-/


text: "We have the most educated … workforce in the entire nation."
claimant: JB Pritzker
claim_date: 2018-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Pritzker called Illinois’ workforce the nation’s most educated. He’s wrong.
review_date: 2018-08-16T15:01:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/05/jb-pritzker/pritzker-called-illinois-workforce-nations-most-ed/


text: "We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump correct that U.S. gives 100,000 green cards a year to migrants from Middle East
review_date: 2016-06-13T20:23:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-correct-us-gives-100000-green-cards-y/


text: “National Guard doctors find hospitals empty of COVID patients.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: This story about National Guard doctors finding hospitals with no COVID patients is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/27/viral-image/story-about-national-guard-doctors-finding-hospita/


text: Wisconsin is “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”
claimant: Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald
claim_date: 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Wisconsin is not “clearly seeing a decline in COVID infections”
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/21/wisconsin-republican-legislative-leaders/no-wisconsin-not-clearly-seeing-decline-covid-case/


text: Kamala Harris said, “We have to acknowledge gas is high which is the opposite of low.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kamala Harris didn’t say this about gas prices
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/18/viral-image/no-kamala-harris-didnt-say-this-about-gas-prices/


text: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “cut $211 million in mental health funding.”
claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2023-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Gavin Newsom misleads in claim that Texas “cut” mental health funds, omits that money was restocked
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/09/gavin-newsom/newsom-said-texas-cut-211-million-for-mental-healt/


text: “Jeffrey Epstein found living in New Mexico!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Jeffrey Epstein isn’t hiding out in New Mexico
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/13/facebook-posts/no-epstein-isnt-hiding-out-new-mexico/


claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2020-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Checking Bloomberg in Houston on infant mortality
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/michael-bloomberg/checking-bloomberg-houston-infant-mortality/


text: Ending the estate tax would "protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim about the estate tax, small businesses and farms
review_date: 2017-09-28T16:07:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/28/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-about-estate-tax-sm/


text: “Elon Musk to acquire Facebook soon.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Elon Musk isn’t poised to buy Facebook
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/09/blog-posting/no-elon-musk-isnt-poised-to-buy-facebook/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Exaggerated post connects Clintons, Russia, uranium deal
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "paid for a Russian dossier to win an election," her husband "made $500k for a Russian speech," "sold 20% of US Uranium to Russia" and her foundation "received $150M from Russia."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/28/facebook-posts/fact-checking-hillary-clintons-ties-russia/


text: Says he has "more executive experience than the vice president."
claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Is Pete Buttigieg's time as mayor more executive experience than Mike Pence's time as governor, VP?
review_date: 2019-04-24T21:41:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/24/pete-buttigieg/pete-buttigiegs-8-years-mayor-more-executive-exper/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-03-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Boulder’s AR-15 ban was unconstitutional. Today, there was a mass shooting in Boulder.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/23/viral-image/judge-blocked-boulders-ban-assault-style-weapons-i/

title:
A judge blocked Boulder’s ban on assault-style weapons but it hasn’t gone to the state Supreme Court


text: "The federal government has just declared a major food shortage emergency" in six states.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: US did not issue a ‘food shortage emergency’ declaration
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/16/facebook-posts/us-did-not-issue-a-food-shortage-emergency-declara/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Biden and Whitmer was taken before COVID-19 cases emerged in Michigan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden and Gretchen Whitmer were maskless at the Detroit Athletic Club “while OUR children are being mandated to wear a mask while playing outdoor sports.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/11/viral-image/photo-biden-and-whitmer-was-taken-covid-19-cases-e/


text: “High-ranking Ukrainian officials caught splurging on luxury real estate in Switzerland.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Land documents claiming Ukrainian officials bought fancy properties in Switzerland are forged
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/13/blog-posting/land-documents-claiming-ukrainian-officials-bought/


claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2019-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Kirsten Gillibrand wrong about Donald Trump and bump stocks
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Remember after the shooting in Las Vegas, (President Donald Trump) said, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re going to ban the bump stocks.’ Did he ban the bump stocks? No."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/06/kirsten-gillibrand/kirsten-gillibrand-wrong-about-donald-trump-and-bu/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Beto O'Rourke did not dismiss veterans and the elderly
review_date: 2019-02-14T19:00:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Beto O’Rourke said, "If I could throw two kinds of people in the garbage it would be the elderly and wounded veterans. When a tool breaks you don’t fix it, you throw it in the damn trash."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/14/viral-image/no-beto-orourke-didnt-dismiss-veterans-and-elderly/


text: “Video showed police thank (Kyle Rittenhouse) & give him water prior to the killings”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, police gave Kyle Rittenhouse water and thanked his armed group before Kenosha shooting
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/yes-police-gave-kyle-rittenhouse-water-and-thanked/


text: “Florida hospital reports a coronavirus ‘infestation’ with multiple confirmed patients.”
claimant: YourContent
claim_date: 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: False news site publishes unproven story about Florida coronavirus patients
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/yourcontent/false-news-site-publishes-unproven-story-about-flo/


text: In 2020 the ballots that were counted "were fake ballots."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Trump’s bogus claim on Fox News that ballots in 2020 were ‘fake’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/22/donald-trump/fact-check-trumps-bogus-claim-on-fox-news-that-bal/


text: "We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19."
claimant: Dan Forest
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, the flu hasn't killed more people than coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/06/dan-forest/no-flu-hasnt-killed-more-people-coronavirus/


text: Says Barack Obama announced Joe Biden’s death.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama didn’t announce Biden’s death
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/09/facebook-posts/no-obama-didnt-announce-bidens-death/


text: “There was a raid on the Biden residence yesterday by the military!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, the military didn’t raid the Biden residence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/24/facebook-posts/no-military-didnt-raid-biden-residence/


claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2019-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Green New Deal doesn't mention abortion, but Nikki Haley's attack on it does
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Candidates who are supporting the Green New Deal are "promoting abortion in third world countries to control the population!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/01/nikki-haley/nikki-haleys-claim-linking-green-new-deal-abortion/


claimant: Al Gore
claim_date: 2016-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Al Gore claims global warming will lead to faster spread of Zika virus
review_date: 2016-10-28T15:15:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/28/al-gore/al-gore-claims-global-warming-will-lead-faster-spr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: World Economic Forum called for euthanizing millions of pets for climate change? Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The World Economic Forum "wants to slaughter millions of pet cats and dogs to fight climate change."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/06/facebook-posts/world-economic-forum-called-for-euthanizing-millio/


text: "70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."
claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren blamed 3 industries for 70% of greenhouse gases. That muddles the picture
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/elizabeth-warren/elizabeth-warren-blamed-3-industries-70-greenhouse/


text: A video shows Joe Biden “looking at books about dementia.”
claimant: YouTube video
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Biden wasn’t looking at books about dementia in video. The clip was manipulated
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/23/youtube-videos/biden-wasnt-looking-books-about-dementia-video-cli/


text: “$258,000/month: Amount Blake Griffin will pay in child support to ex Brynn Cameron.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Blake Griffin and ex-fiancee say he doesn’t pay $258,000 a month in child support
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/03/viral-image/blake-griffin-and-ex-fiancee-say-he-doesnt-pay-258/


text: The inauguration of Donald Trump "will be the first one that I miss since I've been in Congress."
claimant: John Lewis
claim_date: 2017-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: John Lewis wrong on whether he skipped an inauguration before Donald Trump's
review_date: 2017-01-17T21:03:17Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/17/john-lewis/john-lewis-wrong-whether-he-skipped-inauguration-d/


text: “Guess who is the marketing CEO of Zoom? Pelosi’s daughter/Newsome’s cousin.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Zoom exec is not related to Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsom
review_date: 2020-09-25T19:12:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/23/viral-image/zoom-ceo-not-related-nancy-pelosi-gavin-newsom/


claimant: Jay Chaudhuri
claim_date: 2017-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Even in a state Trump won, NC lawmaker says, most people still want him to release his taxes
review_date: 2017-04-20T17:56:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the T.R.U.M.P. Act, which would force presidential candidates to release their tax returns to run in North Carolina, "has a lot of support – by a majority of North Carolinians and members of both parties."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/19/jay-chaudhuri/even-state-trump-won-nc-lawmaker-says-most-people-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image stretches the truth about college costs before the Vietnam War
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/10/viral-image/viral-image-stretches-truth-about-college-tuition/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Viral post is wrong about Australia’s gun laws, violent crime statistics
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/13/facebook-posts/no-viral-post-isnt-correct-australias-gun-laws-vio/


text: “The DC looting was staged” by antifa
claimant: Jonathan Wichmann
claim_date: 2021-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Capitol insurrection was not staged by antifa
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/jonathan-wichmann/no-capitol-insurrection-was-not-staged-antifa/


claimant: The Other 98
claim_date: 2017-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Viral post exaggerates GOP senators' bill on embassy move
review_date: 2017-01-12T22:50:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The same 3 senators who have spent the last 3 years s------- themselves over ‘Benghazi!’ just introduced a bill to reduce embassy security by 50 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/12/other-98/meme-exaggerates-gop-senators-bill-embassy-move/


claimant: Joy Behar
claim_date: 2020-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: ‘The View’ co-host Joy Behar wrongly says Trump shut down 37 global anti-pandemic programs
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“(Barack Obama) set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries as a way to protect against something like the coronavirus, exactly. Do you know that Trump closed 37 of them?”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/12/joy-behar/view-co-host-wrongly-says-trump-shut-down-37-globa/


claimant: Alexander Strenger
claim_date: 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Austin mayoral hopeful says 60 percent of Austin's waterways deemed unsafe to swim
review_date: 2018-10-16T21:19:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/16/alexander-strenger/austin-mayoral-hopeful-says-60-percent-austins-wat/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/23/fact-checking-donald-trump-joe-biden-final-preside/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump, Joe Biden in the final presidential debate
review_date: 2020-10-23T05:51:14Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Schools "need a lot of money to open" and Trump "refused to support that money, or at least up until now."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2019-03-06T19:31:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says author J.K. Rowling was the first billionaire to fall off Forbes billionaire list because of charitable giving.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/06/facebook-posts/yes-jk-rowling-was-knocked-forbes-billionaires-lis/

title:
J.K. Rowling fell off Forbes billionaires list due to charitable donations, but she wasn’t the first


text: Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, beverages can foil at-home COVID-19 tests. But that doesn't mean they're unreliable
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/10/facebook-posts/yes-beverages-can-foil-home-covid-19-tests-doesnt/


text: A man’s injuries from falling after police officers shoved him in Buffalo, N.Y. were staged.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Buffalo protester’s injuries were staged
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/09/viral-image/no-evidence-buffalo-protesters-injuries-were-stage/


text: "Under Trump’s new tax plan … 99.8% of Americans" get "not one nickel" in tax cuts.
claimant: Kelda Helen Roys
claim_date: 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that 99.8% of Americans wouldn't get a tax cut under the GOP tax plan fails
review_date: 2017-12-13T17:42:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/13/kelda-helen-roys/claim-998-americans-wouldnt-get-tax-cut-under-gop-/


text: A 2022 CNN report said, “Russia deploys two nuke bombers in US backyard, Venezuela.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/03/facebook-posts/cnn-clip-russias-military-moves-americas-backyard-/

title:
CNN clip on Russia’s ‘military moves in America’s backyard’ ran in 2018, not during Ukraine invasion


text: "ICE has not deported or detained one white illegal immigrant."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post makes inaccurate claim about deportation of white immigrants
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/24/facebook-posts/facebook-post-makes-inaccurate-claim-about-deporta/


text: Brendan Kelly "spent his career" supporting Nancy Pelosi.
claimant: Mike Bost
claim_date: 2018-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: In Illinois race for Congress, Mike Bost makes a head-scratching claim
review_date: 2018-10-05T18:22:23Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/05/mike-bost/illinois-race-congress-mike-bost-makes-head-scratc/


claimant: Veronica Escobar
claim_date: 2021-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Did the increase of children arriving at the border start under Trump or Biden?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/17/veronica-escobar/did-increase-children-arriving-border-start-under-/


text: "The Kurds are much safer right now."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: After attacks by Turkey, Trump falsely claims Kurds in Syria are much safer now
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/16/donald-trump/after-attacks-turkey-trump-falsely-claims-kurds-sy/


text: Says the coronavirus is “a MILITARY BIO-WEAPON Developed by China's Army.”
claimant: Hal Turner Radio Show
claim_date: 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Far-right radio host Hal Turner promotes unproven coronavirus bioweapon conspiracy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/11/hal-turner-radio-show/far-right-radio-host-hal-turner-promotes-unproven-/


text: Says "combined doses of vaccines" have never been tested.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, anti-vaccination meme is way off on vaccine testing
review_date: 2019-04-22T19:14:35Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/22/facebook-posts/no-anti-vaccination-meme-way-vaccine-testing/


text: Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."
claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's comments on Amazon, “starvation wages” and food stamps
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/21/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/fact-checking-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-amazon-star/


text: "In the state of Indiana, I’ve signed more than $3.5 billion in tax relief."
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence leaves out some details on his tax cut
review_date: 2016-10-05T05:02:52Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/mike-pence/mike-pence-leaves-out-some-details-his-tax-cut/


text: Says NASCAR “bans the confederate flag but FORCES all their drivers to do Muslim prayer.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows NASCAR drivers ‘kissing the bricks,’ not participating in a Muslim prayer
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/facebook-posts/photo-shows-nascar-drivers-kissing-bricks-not-part/


text: "The top 0.1 percent ... own about the same wealth as 90 percent of America."
claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Warren: Top 0.1% own about as much as the bottom 90%
review_date: 2019-01-31T20:12:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/31/elizabeth-warren/warren-top-01-own-about-much-bottom-90/


text: "160 million people like their private insurance."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Do 160 million Americans really like their health plans? Kind of
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/joe-biden/do-160-million-americans-like-their-health-insur/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, these three NC health systems aren’t providing gender transition treatments to toddlers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Duke Health, UNC Health and ECU Health “in North Carolina are diagnosing toddlers who play with stereotypically opposite gender toys as having gender dysphoria and are beginning to transition them!!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/10/instagram-posts/no-north-carolina-health-systems-arent-providing-g/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s flawed comparison of homicide rates in Baltimore, Central America
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The homicide rate in Baltimore is significantly higher than El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala. ... I believe it’s higher than Afghanistan."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/02/donald-trump/donald-trumps-flawed-comparison-homicide-rates-bal/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2019-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Walker misses mark on marginal tax rates
review_date: 2019-02-06T18:11:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, "revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/05/scott-walker/walker-misses-mark-marginal-tax-rates/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/oct/08/trump-stump-his-reasons-fear-democrats-fact-checke/
title: Donald Trump on the campaign trail: His three reasons to fear Democrats, fact-checked
review_date: 2018-10-08T15:50:27Z
textual_rating: Ignores actual Dem policies
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Democrats are the party of crime. How does that sound? They're the party of crime. Sounds a little tough, but it's true. Open borders."


text: Says former NBA player Rick Fox was also on board with Kobe Bryant
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, former NBA player Rick Fox was not on board with Kobe Bryant
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/27/facebook-posts/no-former-nba-player-rick-fox-was-not-board-kobe-b/


claimant: Mike Gibbons
claim_date: 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking whether Biden’s Russia sanctions over Ukraine didn’t start for 30 days, had loopholes
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden's sanctions on Russia “are riddled with loopholes and don't even start for 30 days. They have carve outs for the energy and financial sectors.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/04/mike-gibbons/fact-checking-whether-bidens-russia-sanctions-over/


text: Bernie Sanders “only had 3,444 votes” in Nevada.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders had 41,075 votes in Nevada, and 24 national pledged delegates
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/viral-image/sanders-had-41075-votes-nevada-and-24-national-ple/


claimant: Jon Ossoff
claim_date: 2020-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. David Perdue hasn’t held town halls, did offer access to campaign donors
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says David Perdue “hasn't held a single public town hall meeting in six years” and “sells four meetings a year and a retreat on a private island for a $7,500 corporate PAC check.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/11/jon-ossoff/sen-david-perdue-hasnt-held-town-halls-did-offer-a/


text: Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
claimant: Bryan Steil
claim_date: 2021-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Steil’s claim that Biden admin will pay out $450,000 to illegal immigrants is lacking information
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/12/bryan-steil/steils-claim-biden-admin-will-pay-out-450000-illeg/


claimant: Hugh Hewitt
claim_date: 2018-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Bruce Ohr, Peter Strzok and the Steele dossier, explained
review_date: 2018-07-24T17:48:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says FBI agent Peter Strzok’s hearing confirmed Republican Congressman Jim Jordan’s theory about how the Justice Department got the Steele dossier.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/24/hugh-hewitt/hugh-hewitt-floats-unproven-theory-about-steele-do/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, photo doesn’t show an intoxicated Kamala Harris
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows a “clearly intoxicated” Kamala Harris “throwing up in the bushes & staggering aimlessly at the Cleveland airport.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/31/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-intoxicated-kamala-harris/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump minimizes number of revoked gun permits in Florida
review_date: 2016-06-02T16:40:59Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida has "issued more than 3 million conceal carry permits in the past 30 years. Only 168 have been revoked."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-minimizes-number-revoked-gun-permits-/


text: Says a CNN headline said, “In And Out is the fast food of white supremacists.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real CNN headline about In-N-Out
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-isnt-real-cnn-headline-about-n-out/


text: “There are over 1 million phantom voters on the Florida voter rolls.”
claimant: Roger Stone
claim_date: 2021-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Why Roger Stone’s claim about 'phantom voters' in Florida is wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/03/roger-stone/why-roger-stones-claim-about-phantom-voters-florid/


claimant: J.D. Vance
claim_date: 2022-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking J.D. Vance on Tim Ryan’s record on fracking
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/11/jd-vance/fact-checking-jd-vance-tim-ryans-record-fracking/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: At GOP national convention, Ron Johnson attacks challenger Russ Feingold's support for the military
review_date: 2016-07-22T15:34:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that as a U.S. senator, Russ Feingold "voted against authorizing our military 11 separate times."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/22/ron-johnson/gop-national-convention-ron-johnson-attacks-challe/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2018-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Nancy Pelosi wrong on Medicaid's role for children, elderly
review_date: 2018-05-11T18:22:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Two-thirds of the people who use Medicaid are poor children, but two-thirds of the money is for long-term care for seniors, whether in a facility or at home."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/11/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-wrong-medicaids-role-children-elderly/


text: "Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican requested that President Biden not attend Benedict’s funeral."
claimant: Newsmax
claim_date: 2023-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Pope Benedict wanted a simple funeral. There’s no evidence he asked that Biden not attend
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/06/newsmax/pope-benedict-wanted-a-simple-funeral-theres-no-ev/


claimant: Van Wanggaard
claim_date: 2022-06-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/21/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-gop-state-sen-wanggaard-base-claim-about/

title:
Wisconsin GOP state Sen. Wanggaard off-base with claim about suicide prevention, gun waiting periods


text: Ex-AARP members wrote this letter criticizing the “Biden Regime.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Old Obama-era letter edited to take aim at Biden
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/21/facebook-posts/old-obama-era-letter-edited-take-aim-biden/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/08/fact-checking-donald-trumps-speech-after-iran-miss/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech after Iran missile strikes on US troops
review_date: 2020-01-08T20:44:54Z
textual_rating: Chant is routine
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Instead of saying, ‘Thank you,’ to the United States, they chanted, ‘Death to America.’ In fact, they chanted 'Death to America’ the day the agreement was signed.”


text: "@realDonaldTrump is coming to San Antonio, which is 60% Mexican-AMERICAN."
claimant: Joaquin Castro
claim_date: 2016-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Joaquin Castro to Trump: San Antonio is 60 percent Mexican-American - Mostly True
review_date: 2016-06-17T20:44:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/17/joaquin-castro/joaquin-castro-trump-san-antonio-60-percent-mexica/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Keanu Reeves did not give long speech attributed to him online, publicist says
review_date: 2017-06-13T18:13:38Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Keanu Reeves gave a speech that began, "I cannot be part of a world where men dress their wives as prostitutes by showing everything that should be cherished ..."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/13/blog-posting/keanu-reeves-did-not-give-long-speech-attributed-h/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Documents show Chick-fil-A did not backtrack on donation recipients
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Chick-fil-A “donates another $1.8 million to anti-LGBTQ groups,” backtracking on its promise not to.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/28/instagram-posts/documents-show-chick-fil-a-did-not-backtrack-on-do/


claimant: Anthony Tata
claim_date: 2017-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: How have U.S. sanctions impacted Russia's economy?
review_date: 2017-02-21T22:07:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50%. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50% down in Russia, as well."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/21/anthony-tata/how-have-sanctions-impacted-russias-economy/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/feb/18/fact-checking-president-donald-trumps-florida-rall/
title: Fact-checking President Donald Trump's Florida rally
review_date: 2017-08-18T15:58:14Z
textual_rating: Claim ignores negative polls
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Look at what’s happening to every poll when it comes to optimism in our country," Trump said. "It’s sweeping across the country."


text: “One legislative Republican’s district gets almost all the school supply funding.”
claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2018-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: On school supply funding, Cooper leaves out important context
review_date: 2018-06-07T18:44:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/07/roy-cooper/school-supply-funding-cooper-leaves-out-important-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: Tampa Bay Lightning fires black player for raising fist during anthem
review_date: 2017-10-23T17:56:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tampa Bay Lightning hockey player J.T. Brown was "fired after raising fist during national anthem."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/23/blog-posting/fake-news-tampa-bay-lightning-fires-black-player-f/


text: Says Donald Trump "said a woman should be punished for exercising her right to choose."
claimant: Barbara Boxer
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: At DNC, Barbara Boxer says Trump said women should be 'punished' for abortion
review_date: 2016-07-27T03:09:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/barbara-boxer/dnc-barbara-boxer-says-trump-said-women-should-be-/


text: Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
claimant: Florida Democratic Party
claim_date: 2014-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says
review_date: 2016-05-11T16:47:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/mar/03/florida-democratic-party/rick-scott-rick-scott-oversaw-largest-medicare-fra/


text: Spectrum will provide free internet to students during coronavirus school closures.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Internet providers offer free internet amid coronavirus shutdowns
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/viral-image/internet-provider-offer-free-internet-amid-coronav/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's talk of a historic Senate gain depends on races that remain undecided
review_date: 2018-11-08T16:45:32Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This election marks the largest Senate gains for a president's party in a first midterm election since at least President Kennedy's in 1962."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-history-behind-republicans-sena/


text: "In year No. 1, 14 million Americans lose coverage," according to the CBO.
claimant: Chris Murphy
claim_date: 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: House GOP health care bill would cause 14 million to lose insurance next year, says Chris Murphy
review_date: 2017-03-22T20:26:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/22/chris-murphy/house-gop-health-care-bill-would-cause-14-million-/


claimant: David DiPietro
claim_date: 2019-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: DiPietro’s claim about welfare benefits lacks evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/03/david-dipietro/dipietros-claim-about-welfare-benefits-lacks-evide/


claimant: Troy Nehls
claim_date: 2022-02-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Joe Biden’s America, your children are more likely to have access to a crack pipe than a mask-free education."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/10/troy-nehls/claim-kids-more-likely-have-access-crack-pipes-mas/

title:
Claim that kids more likely to have access to crack pipes than mask-free education is Pants on Fire!


text: Kobe Bryant’s "untimely death has been planned for a while."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Kobe Bryant’s death was planned
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/27/instagram-posts/no-evidence-kobe-bryants-death-was-planned/


text: "We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind.
claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did South Bend unemployment fall by half under Mayor Pete Buttigieg?
review_date: 2019-04-10T21:30:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/10/pete-buttigieg/did-south-bend-unemployment-fall-half-under-mayor-/


text: “I brought back Big Ten football.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Big Ten leaders say testing and medical advice brought back football season
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/06/donald-trump/big-ten-leaders-say-testing-and-medical-advice-bro/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Another Clinton body count hoax — this one starring JFK Jr. — is wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"JFK Jr was declared the frontrunner for the NY Senate seat in 1999. Days later his plane crashed, making Hillary Clinton the newly elected senator."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/08/viral-image/another-clinton-body-count-hoax-one-starring-jfk-j/


text: "Florida is ranked 50th in the nation for mental health care funding."
claimant: Carlos Guillermo Smith
claim_date: 2017-01-10T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-01-18T19:57:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/18/carlos-guillermo-smith/after-fort-lauderdale-airport-shooting-legislator-/

title:
After Fort Lauderdale airport shooting, legislator says Florida lags behind in mental health funding


text: Trump welcomes Jamaica as a U.S. territory
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Trump welcomes Jamaica as a U.S. territory is fake news
review_date: 2017-06-19T21:08:19Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/19/blog-posting/claim-jamaica-became-us-territory-fake-news/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: This Joe Biden coloring book isn’t marketing the former vice president as a sex symbol to children
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A coloring book that describes Joe Biden as “America’s Sexiest Moderate” is being marketed to children.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/19/viral-image/joe-biden-coloring-book-isnt-marketing-former-vice/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Biden’s campaign moved a flag for an event, but not to avoid pledging allegiance
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden’s campaign told an Iowa library where Jill Biden was holding an event “to remove the American flag as they did not want to say the pledge of allegiance.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/07/viral-image/bidens-campaign-moved-flag-event-not-because-they-/


text: Says congressional candidate Dino Rossi once suggested "the state build homes for unwed mothers."
claimant: Washington State Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did Washington state's Dino Rossi really want new homes for unwed mothers?
review_date: 2018-10-16T14:31:32Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/16/washington-state-democratic-party/did-washington-states-dino-rossi-really-want-new-h/


claimant: Danielle Pletka
claim_date: 2018-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Was Bernie Sanders fine with Russian annexation of Crimea? No
review_date: 2018-07-11T19:45:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Bernie Sanders was indifferent to Russia's annexation of Crimea because he felt "they have a lot of Russians anyway."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/11/danielle-pletka/was-bernie-sanders-fine-russian-annexation-crimea-/


text: “Corporate income has increased as a share of” gross domestic product.
claimant: Janet Yellen
claim_date: 2021-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Janet Yellen partly correct about corporate income, GDP
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/03/janet-yellen/janet-yellen-partly-correct-about-corporate-income/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrongly says CNN cut off Bernie Sanders for calling network 'fake news'
review_date: 2017-02-12T16:48:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/12/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-says-cnn-cut-bernie-sanders-c/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#6)
review_date: 2017-02-17T12:43:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!"

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/17/what-trump-got-wrong-on-twitter-this-week-6/


claimant: Allen West
claim_date: 2021-10-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/oct/12/what-allen-west-got-wrong-about-covid-19-and-treat/
title: What Allen West got wrong about COVID-19 and treatments
review_date: 2021-10-12T21:51:53Z
textual_rating: Vaccines safer route
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Instead of jabbing Americans ... with a dangerous shot which injects them with these spike proteins . . . guess what? I now have natural immunity and double the antibodies, and that's science."


text: Democrats “manufactured votes from low income voters to steal the battleground states.”
claimant: Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Gateway Pundit conflates voter outreach with voter fraud in bogus claim
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/19/gateway-pundit/gateway-pundit-conflates-voter-outreach-voter-frau/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t believe this flushing falsehood. People in Switzerland may flush toilets after 10 p.m.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 p.m. in apartments to avoid disturbing neighbors.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/12/facebook-posts/dont-believe-this-flushing-falsehood-people-in-swi/


text: Video shows U.S. Secret Service agents are demons.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Ditch those crucifixes; video doesn’t prove Secret Service agents are demons
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/14/viral-image/ditch-those-crucifixes-video-doesnt-prove-secret-s/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fake Ocasio-Cortez quote about professional truck drivers originated from satire website
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez as saying private truck drivers are "destroying America" and should be "government regulated and drivers should be on full-time camera until we can figure out how to automate our shipping and do away with them altogether."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/19/facebook-posts/fake-ocasio-cortez-quote-about-professional-truck-/


text: "Sunday was never used before as a voting day in Georgia.”
claimant: Edward Lawrence
claim_date: 2021-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fox Business reporter wrong about history of Sunday voting in Georgia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/07/edward-lawrence/fox-business-reporter-wrong-about-history-sunday-v/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post exaggerates economic statistics
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/26/facebook-posts/social-media-post-exaggerates-economic-statistics/


text: “Joe Biden and the Democrats want to remove any term that denotes gender.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking whether Biden, Democrats want to remove all terms that note gender
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/20/facebook-posts/fact-check-biden-democrats-gender-remove/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Warren says US broadband lags compared to other nations. She's close
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We lag behind many other developed nations in connectivity and speed, while also paying more for that service."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/29/elizabeth-warren/warren-says-us-broadband-lags-compared-other-natio/


claimant: Jeanne Ives
claim_date: 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: In Illinois energy debate, Ives' German anecdote is Mostly True
review_date: 2016-12-16T03:21:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Germany managed to increase its use of renewables and its output of carbon dioxide at the same time — because it resorted to cheap coal to keep the lights on at a price its people could afford.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/16/jeanne-ives/illinois-energy-debate-ives-german-anecdote-mostly/


text: “Covid-19 means ‘certificate of identification of vaccination with artificial intelligence.’”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 still stands for coronavirus disease 2019
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/02/viral-image/covid-19-still-stands-coronavirus-disease-2019/


text: "Couple Arrested For Selling Golden Tickets To Heaven."
claimant: City World News
claim_date: 2018-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Florida couple didn't get arrested for selling golden tickets to heaven
review_date: 2018-09-17T16:58:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/17/blog-posting/florida-couple-not-arrested-selling-golden-tickets/


text: Says Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood.
claimant: Michael Williams
claim_date: 2018-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia senator's False claim about Delta discount for Planned Parenthood
review_date: 2018-03-02T20:36:06Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/02/michael-williams-georgia/georgia-senators-false-claim-about-delta-discount-/


text: The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative influencers wrongly claim Capitol bomb threat was ‘false flag’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/24/tweets/conservative-influencers-wrongly-claim-capitol-bom/


text: Says Donald Trump "bans disabled veterans from his high rise."
claimant: Conservative Solutions
claim_date: 2016-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: A pro-Marco Rubio PAC says Donald Trump bans disabled veterans from Trump Tower
review_date: 2016-06-01T17:22:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/08/conservative-solutions-pac/pro-marco-rubio-pac-says-donald-trump-bans-disable/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2022-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: Evers links more per pupil aid with state’s improved ranking in national report
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/07/tony-evers/evers-links-more-per-pupil-aid-with-states-improve/


text: "Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt."
claimant: Sean Duffy
claim_date: 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: GOP Rep. Sean Duffy exaggerates role of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton on federal debt
review_date: 2016-07-19T18:57:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/sean-duffy/gop-rep-sean-duffy-exaggerates-role-barack-obama-h/


text: Says “30,000 veterans in North Carolina have no health insurance.”
claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Studies mostly support NC governor's claim about uninsured veterans
review_date: 2019-02-14T18:38:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/14/roy-cooper/studies-mostly-support-nc-governors-claim-about-un/


text: Says Bob Saget predicted his death.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bob Saget didn’t predict his death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/10/facebook-posts/no-bob-saget-didnt-predict-his-death/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence antifa members vandalizing Seattle homes that don’t supply food
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Antifa now banging on residents’ doors in Seattle, demanding food & supplies. If they don’t get it, the house gets vandalized.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/facebook-posts/no-evidence-antifa-members-vandalizing-seattle-hom/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Meme way off in claim that the Rothschild family holds '80 percent of the world's wealth'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "the Rothschild family holds about 80 percent of the world’s total wealth" and has the ability to "literally feed, clothe and settle every man, woman and child on the planet if they wanted to."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/viral-image/meme-way-rothschild-family-wealth-they-do-not-cont/


claimant: Charlie Kirk
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Charlie Kirk wrongly suggests Pelosi broke law by ripping Trump State of the Union speech
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nancy Pelosi may have just committed a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2071, Section 2071 (a) when she ripped up President Trump’s State of the Union address. This violation is punishable by up to three years in prison.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/05/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-wrongly-suggests-pelosi-broke-law-rip/


text: "One third of all federal prisoners today are illegal immigrants."
claimant: Lamar Smith
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly False: Lamar Smith claim that one third of federal inmates are 'illegal' immigrants
review_date: 2016-08-25T15:47:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/25/lamar-smith/mostly-false-lamar-smith-claim-one-third-federal-i/


text: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has been arrested.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Online users are misinformed; Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wasn’t arrested
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/14/facebook-posts/online-users-are-misinformed-manhattan-da-alvin-br/


claimant: Pat McCrory
claim_date: 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Pat McCrory says Springsteen canceled North Carolina show after poor ticket sales
review_date: 2016-05-04T22:49:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bruce Springsteen "only had 8,000 tickets sold" for a Greensboro show and canceled after "they didn’t get the ticket sales they wanted."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/04/pat-mccrory/pat-mccrory-says-springsteen-canceled-north-caroli/


claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2019-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Bloomberg correct that NRA’s Wayne LaPierre once supported background checks
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying in front of Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/13/michael-bloomberg/bloomberg-correct-nras-wayne-lapierre-once-support/


text: “It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.”
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Republicans passed one COVID bill before long period of inaction
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/02/tony-evers/republicans-passed-one-covid-bill-long-period-inac/


text: Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state capitol floor.”
claimant: Laura Ingraham
claim_date: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Protesters against gun violence didn’t make their way onto the Tennessee House floor
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/04/laura-ingraham/protesters-against-gun-violence-didnt-make-their-w/


claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no basis to claim thousands have died from COVID-19 vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Deaths from vaccines have totaled 1,621 from Johnson & Johnson, 4,799 from Moderna, 13,039 from Pfizer and 73 from unknown vaccines. And this is an undercount because “only 1% of deaths are reported.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/instagram-posts/theres-no-basis-claim-thousands-have-died-covid-19/


text: Former President Donald Trump is the “current sitting” commander in chief.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump is a former U.S. president, not the current commander in chief
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/21/facebook-posts/donald-trump-former-us-president-not-current-comma/


text: There are no photos of “Biden in the Oval Office” from after early 2021.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Plenty of photos of Biden in the Oval Office since early 2021, despite social media claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/24/viral-image/plenty-photos-biden-oval-office-early-2021-despite/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Group of Southern Democrats, not all Democrats, held up 1964 Civil Rights Act
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/30/facebook-posts/group-southern-democrats-not-all-democrats-held-19/


text: “King Charles exposed at Buckingham Palace as ancient reptilian shapeshifter.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: His Royal Reptile? Video makes unfounded claims about King Charles III
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/09/facebook-posts/his-royal-reptile-video-makes-unfounded-claims-abo/


text: Photos are evidence of “satanism in public schools.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Do these photos show kids practicing satanism in public schools? No, they’re AI-generated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/01/facebook-posts/do-these-photos-show-kids-practicing-satanism-in-p/


text: “Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Do immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in New York City?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/kirsten-gillibrand/do-immigrants-make-majority-essential-workers-new-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Trump ad on Democrats, health care for immigrants illegally in the country
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/01/donald-trump/fact-checking-trump-ad-democrats-health-care-immig/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Obama administration did not provide $3.8 million to Wuhan virology lab
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“President Trump just announced that the ‘biological’ lab in Wuhan where the COVID-19 virus was created was ‘funded’ by President Barak (sp) Hussein Obama in 2015 to the tune of $3,800,000 American dollars!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/30/blog-posting/obama-administration-did-not-provide-38-million-wu/


claimant: FreedomCrossroads.us
claim_date: 2017-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Saga of bodies found in barrels on Clinton property is fake news
review_date: 2017-06-26T18:08:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says investigators have found remains of missing women in steel barrels buried on Bill and Hillary Clinton’s property.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/26/freedomcrossroadsus/saga-bodies-found-barrels-clinton-property-fake-ne/


text: The COVID-19 vaccine caused Katy Perry’s eye to close during a recent show.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence COVID-19 vaccine behind Katy Perry’s eye closing in concert
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/27/instagram-posts/no-evidence-covid-19-vaccine-behind-katy-perrys-ey/


claimant: Evan McMullin
claim_date: 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Evan McMullin ad portraying GOP Utah Sen. Mike Lee as pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine is Mostly False
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“As the world rallies around Ukraine, Mike Lee was one of only two senators to oppose sanctions on Putin. Then he flew to the Kremlin and discussed dropping sanctions. Lee even opposed arming Ukrainians fighting for their lives.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/07/evan-mcmullin/evan-mcmullin-ad-portraying-gop-utah-sen-mike-lee-/


text: "Report: Vaccine related deaths may rival recorded COVID-19 deaths."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: No proof for speculation that COVID-19 vaccine deaths will rival COVID-19 deaths
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/11/instagram-posts/no-proof-speculation-covid-19-vaccine-deaths-will-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-09-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/sep/26/fact-checking-internet-rumors-about-brett-kavanaug/
title: Fact-checking internet rumors about Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford
review_date: 2018-09-20T19:19:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Brett Kavanaugh’s mother presided over foreclosure case against Christine Blasey Ford’s parents, which fueled motivation for sexual assault accusation.


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking False link between foreclosure case, Brett Kavanaugh sexual assault allegations
review_date: 2018-09-20T19:19:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Brett Kavanaugh’s mother presided over foreclosure case against Christine Blasey Ford’s parents, which fueled motivation for sexual assault accusation.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/20/blog-posting/kavanaughs-mother-dismissed-foreclosure-case/


text: Says Joe Biden didn’t act in response to the emergency in Texas.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden wasn’t silent or inactive on Texas crisis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/19/facebook-posts/no-joe-biden-wasnt-silent-or-inactive-texas-freeze/


text: In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Does the United States tax exports but not imports?
review_date: 2017-02-09T17:20:49Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/09/paul-ryan/does-united-states-tax-exports-not-imports/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Pete Buttigieg on the success of Democratic presidential nominees in last 50 years
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When it comes to electability, every single time my party has won the presidency in the last 50 years, it’s been with a candidate who was new on the national scene, hadn’t spent a lot of time in Washington, and represented a new generation of leadership."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/05/pete-buttigieg/fact-checking-pete-buttigieg-success-democratic-pr/


text: Nigerians are “burning Chinese stores.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows a popular market in Nigeria that caught fire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/22/viral-image/video-shows-popular-market-nigeria-caught-fire/


text: Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “The age of consent for sexual acts must be lowered to age 12 years old.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg didn’t say she wanted to lower the age of consent
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/11/viral-image/no-ruth-bader-ginsburg-didnt-say-she-wanted-lower-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Joe Biden can only win by a 'rigged election.' That's wrong in several ways
review_date: 2020-08-24T18:12:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“So this is just a way they’re trying to steal the election, and everybody knows that. Because the only way they’re going to win is by a rigged election.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-joe-biden-can-only-win-rigged-el/


text: As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Evidence scant that Joe Biden was arrested protesting for civil rights
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/13/joe-biden/evidence-scant-joe-biden-was-arrested-protesting-c/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, an MSNBC reporter was not fired over a viral, live air flub
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An MSNBC reporter was fired for using a racial slur while covering the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/29/blog-posting/no-msnbc-reporter-was-not-fired-over-viral-live-ai/


text: Photo shows someone in a swastika shirt giving a Nazi salute at a recent Donald Trump rally.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Old image altered to look like it was taken at a Trump rally
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/08/viral-image/old-image-altered-look-it-was-taken-trump-rally/


text: “An organ recovery medical team pays tribute to a young female organ donor” in this photo.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Miscaptioned photo about an organ donor gets the details wrong
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/viral-image/miscaptioned-photo-about-organ-donor-gets-details-/


text: Georgia becomes first state to ban Muslim culture in historic move to restore Western values.
claimant: USANewsPost.us
claim_date: 2017-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia didn’t ban Muslim culture, as Macedonian websites claimed
review_date: 2017-04-02T13:45:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/georgia-didnt-ban-muslim-culture-macedonian-websit/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Yosemite Sam was not banned from television for being 'too violent'
review_date: 2019-03-21T18:18:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/21/facebook-posts/no-yosemite-sam-was-not-banned-television-being-to/


claimant: Americans for Prosperity: Florida
claim_date: 2016-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy's policies will raise utility bills by $500 a year, Koch-backed group says
review_date: 2016-09-20T20:09:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Patrick Murphy’s ‘Pay More’ energy agenda means you could pay another $500 a year for your utility bills!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/20/americans-prosperity-florida/us-rep-patrick-murphys-policies-will-raise-utility/


text: The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2021-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: Why the GOP talking point about ‘government takeover’ of child care is wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/03/kevin-mccarthy/why-GOP-talking-point-government-takeover/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/21/fact-checking-trump-phony-emoluments-adam-schiff-a/
title: Fact-checking Trump on ‘phony’ emoluments, Adam Schiff and Miami airport
review_date: 2019-10-21T22:03:49Z
textual_rating: No evidence it happened
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Trump said he asked North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, "'Did you ever call Obama?’ No. Actually, he tried. Eleven times. But the man on the other side, the gentleman on the other side, did not take his call. Okay? Lack of respect. But he takes my call."


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: 2018-01-09T22:54:57Z
textual_rating: No such plan
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If the Democrats ever had the chance, the first thing they would do is get rid of it and raise up your taxes, sometimes by 40, 50, 60 percent higher than you’re paying right now."


text: When Bill Nye said “the Earth is a closed system,” he suggested space exploration is impossible.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Nye did not imply that humans can’t go to space. This quote is out of context.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/26/instagram-posts/bill-nye-did-not-imply-that-humans-cant-go-to-spac/


text: Photos of the alleged Buffalo shooting gunman show two different people.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Claims photos of Buffalo shooting suspect show crisis actors are unfounded
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/16/facebook-posts/claims-photos-buffalo-shooting-suspect-show-crisis/


text: H.R. 1 “would allow the Boston bomber to have a right to vote.”
claimant: Charlie Kirk
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, HR 1 would not allow the Boston Marathon bomber to vote from prison
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/05/charlie-kirk/no-hr-1-would-not-allow-boston-marathon-bomber-vot/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2017-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he's cut taxes 75 times, creating 1.3 million jobs. Did he?
review_date: 2017-11-21T20:16:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’ve cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we’ve added over 1.3 million jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/21/rick-scott/rick-scott-says-he-cut-taxes-75-times-created-13-m/


text: Says Mike DeWine "flip-flopped on the gun issue and has earned an F from the NRA."
claimant: Mary Taylor
claim_date: 2018-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: In GOP Ohio primary for governor, Mary Taylor said Mike DeWine flip-flopped on guns
review_date: 2018-03-06T15:19:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/06/mary-taylor/gop-ohio-primary-governor-mary-taylor-said-mike-de/


claimant: Claire McCaskill
claim_date: 2018-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: McCaskill said she decided her Kavanaugh vote before allegations surfaced. She didn’t
review_date: 2018-11-01T14:23:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I made my decision on Kavanaugh before the allegations surfaced, and it was all about Kavanaugh's alliance and allegiance to dark money and unlimited political contributions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/01/claire-mccaskill/mccaskill-said-she-decided-her-kavanaugh-vote-alle/


text: “We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: DeSantis says he removed critical race theory from K-12 schools, but districts say it wasn’t taught
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/14/ron-desantis/desantis-says-he-removed-critical-race-theory-from/


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2022-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Viral TikTok shares doctored photo of Marjorie Taylor Greene with figurine of Trump on a cross
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An image shows Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in front of a cross with a figurine of former President Donald Trump on it.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/21/tiktok-posts/viral-tiktok-shares-doctored-photo-marjorie-taylor/


text: “We’re one of the seven nations in the world that allow abortion on demand at 20 weeks.”
claimant: Lindsey Graham
claim_date: 2022-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Lindsey Graham on the US allowing abortions at 20 weeks
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/13/lindsey-graham/fact-checking-lindsey-graham-us-allowing-abortions/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Would Trump's own son be affected by an order eliminating birthright citizenship?
review_date: 2018-11-04T17:31:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Barron Trump was born in March 2006 and Melania wasn’t a legal citizen until July 2006. So under this executive order, his own son wouldn’t be an American citizen."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/04/blog-posting/would-trumps-own-son-be-affected-order-eliminating/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-rewrites-history-about-his-russia-if-/

title:
Donald Trump rewrites history about his ‘Russia, if you’re listening’ comment about Clinton's emails


claimant: Sean Ryan
claim_date: 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Here's where refugees settled in New York state in 2016
review_date: 2017-03-04T14:47:15Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just last year, over 5,000 refugees came to New York state, and 94 percent settled outside of New York City."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/04/sean-ryan/heres-where-refugees-settled-new-york-2016/


text: Half of illegal immigrants "come on legal visas and then overstay.”
claimant: Ken Cuccinelli
claim_date: 2016-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Ken Cuccinelli says half of illegal immigrants have overstayed visas
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/may/16/ken-cuccinelli/ken-cuccinelli-says-half-illegal-immigrants-have-o/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2016-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image about Florida voter fraud baseless
review_date: 2016-08-09T14:09:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the 2012 election, there were more votes cast than registered voters in St. Lucie County, and Palm Beach County had 141 percent turnout.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/09/viral-image/viral-image-about-voter-fraud-completely-baseless/


claimant: Maria Bartiromo
claim_date: 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fox Business host clashes with Ocasio-Cortez over taxing the rich
review_date: 2019-01-24T21:03:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"According to the Tax Foundation, the top 10 percent of earners already pay almost 80 percent of all taxes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/24/maria-bartiromo/fox-news-host-clashes-ocasio-cortez-over-taxing-ri/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/18/fact-checking-donald-trumps-fake-news-awards/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's fake news awards
review_date: 2018-01-18T19:32:11Z
textual_rating: Personal tweet taken down
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Washington Post FALSELY reported the President’s massive sold-out rally in Pensacola, Florida was empty. Dishonest reporter showed picture of empty arena HOURS before crowd started pouring in."


text: Says "President Obama fired every Bush appointed ambassador upon his election."
claimant: Mark Meadows
claim_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama didn't fire all of Bush's politically-appointed ambassadors
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/21/mark-meadows/no-obama-didnt-fire-all-bushs-politically-appointe/


claimant: USF Divest
claim_date: 2017-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Does the University of South Florida invest in BP, big tobacco, weapons and prisons?
review_date: 2017-04-19T14:51:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the University of South Florida invests in oil companies like BP, tobacco companies, weapons manufacturers and private prisons.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/19/usf-divest/fact-check-how-does-university-south-florida-inves/


text: "Not even Tim Kaine is willing" to say he trusts Hillary Clinton.
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Rubio: 'Not even Tim Kaine is willing' to say he trusts Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-10-18T21:41:59Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/18/marco-rubio/rubio-not-even-tim-kaine-willing-say-he-trusts-hil/


text: As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years."
claimant: Jeb Bush
claim_date: 2015-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Did Hillary Clinton have her name on only three laws in eight years as Jeb Bush says?
review_date: 2016-05-12T13:30:18Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/jun/23/jeb-bush/did-hillary-clinton-have-her-name-only-three-laws-/


text: “Pennsylvania judge allows ballots to count that are received up until November 14th.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Pennsylvania ballot deadline was 8 p.m. Nov. 8, not Nov. 14
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/09/viral-image/pennsylvania-ballot-deadline-was-8-pm-nov-8-not-no/


text: "You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2018-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says Amazon paid no federal income tax in 2017. He's right
review_date: 2018-05-03T14:01:48Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/03/bernie-sanders/amazon-paid-0-federal-income-taxes-2017/


text: President Joe Biden “has the lowest approval rating of any president ever.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-29T00:00:00Z
title: Other presidents have had lower approval ratings than Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/04/facebook-posts/other-presidents-have-had-lower-approval-ratings-b/


text: Delaware has the "eighth-largest black population in the country"
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Biden misstates Delaware’s black population
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/16/joe-biden/biden-misstates-delawares-black-population/


text: Vladimir Putin “is fleeing the war!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Putin is abandoning the war in Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/29/facebook-posts/no-evidence-putin-abandoning-war-ukraine/


claimant: AsAmericanAsApplePie.org
claim_date: 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton wanted Irma to 'wipe every Florida hillbilly off the map,' fake post says
review_date: 2017-10-18T14:54:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Hillary (Clinton) caught on tape laughing about (Hurricane) Irma ‘wiping out all of those Florida hillbillies’."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/18/asamericanasapplepieorg/hillary-clinton-wanted-irma-wipe-every-florida-hil/


text: FedNow is a new “monetary system” that’s “going to cost you.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: FedNow Service charges banks, not consumers, for instant payment access
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/17/facebook-posts/fednow-service-charges-banks-not-consumers-for-ins/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: On Colbert, Kamala Harris flubs wage gap statistic
review_date: 2019-05-23T20:21:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/kamala-harris/colbert-kamala-harris-flubs-wage-gap-statistic/


text: A photo shows a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, not the Woodstock music festival.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: This is a photo of the Woodstock music festival, not a Trump rally
review_date: 2019-05-22T19:33:19Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/22/viral-image/photo-woodstock-music-festival-not-trump-rally/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Biden wrongly claims Obama policies released 38,000 federal prisoners
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reforms, “38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/joe-biden/biden-wrongly-claims-obama-policies-released-38000/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-06-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/27/fact-checking-democratic-debate-miami-night-1/
title: Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami, night 1
review_date: 2019-06-27T04:15:03Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I spent a big chunk of my life studying why families go broke, and one of the No. 1 reasons is the cost of health care, medical bills. And that’s not just for people who don't have insurance. It's for people who have insurance."


claimant: John Cox
claim_date: 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Does California spend ‘nearly 5 times as much’ to build a mile of road as rest of nation?
review_date: 2017-11-02T00:42:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It costs nearly five times as much in California to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/01/john-cox/does-california-spend-nearly-five-times-much-build/


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: Duel followed 1804 campaign for New York governor
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Aaron Burr’s defeat in the election of 1800 inspired him to challenge Alexander Hamilton to a duel.


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Virginia Tech swimmer did not tweet that her ‘finals spot was stolen’ by transgender athlete
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Virginia Tech swimmer Reka Gyorgy tweeted, “My finals spot was stolen by Lia Thomas, who is a biological male.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/24/tweets/no-virginia-tech-swimmer-did-not-tweet-her-finals-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris didn’t call Joe Biden “trash”
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris said, “I don’t like Joe Biden and do not like his history with certain people or who he’s aligned with, he’s trash to me.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/19/facebook-posts/kamala-harris-didnt-call-joe-biden-trash/


claimant: League of Conservation Voters
claim_date: 2022-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson called climate change 'bull----,' took $700,000 in donations from oil industry
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/19/league-conservation-voters/johnson-called-climate-change-bull-took-700000-don/


text: Says Joe Biden stays in his basement.
claimant: Jason Miller
claim_date: 2020-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Biden isn’t in the basement, but the Trump campaign keeps saying so
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/04/jason-miller/biden-isnt-basement-trump-campaign-keeps-saying-so/


text: Baby boomers didn’t have autism, seizures, allergies and other ailments when they were kids.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Autism, allergies and other diseases and disorders afflicted baby boomers, too
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/09/facebook-posts/autism-allergies-and-other-diseases-and-disorders-/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-05-09T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/13/facebook-posts/no-s-not-us-supreme-court-ruling/
title: No, that’s not a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under an 1866 Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity.


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/29/fact-checking-joe-bidens-first-speech-congress/
title: Fact-checking President Joe Biden's first speech to Congress
review_date: 2021-04-29T04:44:48Z
textual_rating: Key metrics back it up
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic was "the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression."


text: “Marines caught FEMA operatives piling corpses into a mass gravesite at the Maui Forest Reserve.”
claimant: TikTok videos
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that FEMA is burying Maui wildfire victims in a ‘mass gravesite’ started as satire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/30/tiktok-posts/claim-that-fema-is-burying-maui-wildfire-victims-i/


claimant: Larry Kudlow
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: Pandemic not in rear-view mirror
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The pandemic "was awful. Health and economic impacts were tragic. Hardship and heartbreak were everywhere. But presidential leadership came swiftly and effectively, with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the coronavirus."


claimant: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
claim_date: 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/19/eight-times-mueller-report-shows-trump-white-house/
title: 8 times the Mueller report shows Trump, White House spread false or misleading claims
review_date: 2019-04-19T20:01:34Z
textual_rating: 'Slip of the tongue'
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Look, we've heard from countless members of the FBI that say very different things" about James Comey.


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2021-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie exaggerates about Joe Biden capital-gains tax proposal
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter are going to pay a huge new tax."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/06/chris-christie/chris-christie-exaggerates-about-joe-biden-tax-pro/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Voting machine malfunction in New Jersey isn’t evidence of fraud
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“More fraud in New Jersey’s election uncovered – voting machines would not allow citizens to vote for Republican governor candidate.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/09/blog-posting/voting-machine-malfunction-new-jersey-isnt-evidenc/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence JFK said any US coup would ‘come from the CIA not the Pentagon’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes President John F. Kennedy as saying "If the United States ever experienced [a coup to overthrow the government] it will come from the CIA and not the Pentagon."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/16/facebook-posts/no-evidence-jfk-said-any-us-coup-would-come-cia-no/


claimant: Caleb Rowden
claim_date: 2017-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Caleb Rowden mostly right about Missouri Medicaid costs
review_date: 2017-03-13T16:27:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And this would be the first year, if everything holds true, we (Missouri) will spend over $10 billion of our state budget on Medicaid out of the $28 billion budget."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/12/caleb-rowden/rowden-mostly-right-about-medicaid-costs/


text: “The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”
claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2020-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson says coronavirus isn’t as deadly as we thought. Experts disagree
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/04/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-says-coronavirus-isnt-deadly-we-tho/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/22/fact-checking-nine-things-trump-overstated-got-wro/
title: Fact-checking 9 things Trump overstated, got wrong in his Cedar Rapids speech
review_date: 2017-06-22T20:32:16Z
textual_rating: Nations chose own details
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Paris agreement would’ve cost America millions of lost jobs and billions and billions of lost dollars, and put us at a permanent economic disadvantage. China doesn’t kick in until 2030.”


text: Speaking of immigration cases, says, "We have thousands of judges."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's false claim about 'thousands' of immigration judges
review_date: 2018-05-30T20:39:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/30/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-about-thousands-immigrat/


text: Says an image depicts Hurricane Dorian over the Bahamas.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: This photo doesn’t show Hurricane Dorian over the Bahamas. It’s a doctored photo of Miami Beach
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/05/facebook-posts/this-photo-doesnt-show-hurricane-dorian-over-baham/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-04-17T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2019-04-19T18:31:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/19/kamala-harris/unexpected-400-expense-would-be-damaging-many-kama/

title:
An unexpected $400 expense would be damaging for many, but Kamala Harris overstates report’s finding


claimant: Marsha Blackburn
claim_date: 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Marsha Blackburn hits Phil Bredesen over shredded documents in sexual harassment cases
review_date: 2018-10-02T17:12:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/02/marsha-blackburn/blackburn-miscasts-bredesen-role-harassment-cases/


text: West Virginia is poised to “receive $25M for 160 orphaned well clean-up projects across the state.”
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2022-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Is West Virginia set to receive $25 million to cap orphan wells?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/10/joe-manchin/west-virginia-set-receive-25-million-cap-orphan-we/


claimant: Tomi Lahren
claim_date: 2021-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Tomi Lahren on vaccines and COVID-19 survival chances
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Unvaccinated, you can get COVID and have over 99% chance of survival. Get vaccinated and you can still get COVID and will still have over 99% chance of survival.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/21/tomi-lahren/fact-checking-tomi-lahren-vaccines-and-covid-19-su/


text: "There are more guns in this country than there are people."
claimant: Kevin Nicholson
claim_date: 2018-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Which is higher: The number of people, or the number of guns, in America?
review_date: 2018-02-20T19:24:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/20/kevin-nicholson/which-higher-number-people-or-number-guns-america/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton criticizes Fla. gun laws after Orlando mass shooting
review_date: 2016-06-13T21:38:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Florida doesn't regulate assault weapons or .50 caliber rifles or large-capacity ammunition magazines. It doesn't require a permit to purchase a gun. It doesn't require any registration, whatsoever."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/13/hillary-clinton/clinton-mostly-right-about-florida-gun-laws/


text: Says MSNBC called the Florida governor’s race for Andrew Gillum before Election Day.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2018-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, MSNBC didn't call the Florida governor’s for Andrew Gillum before Election Day
review_date: 2018-11-07T15:14:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/06/blog-posting/no-msnbc-didnt-call-florida-governors-andrew-gillu/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama didn’t tweet that Trump might have Russian birth certificate
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Barack Obama tweeted, “Has anyone checked to make sure Donald Trump doesn’t have a Russian birth certificate?”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/05/facebook-posts/no-obama-didnt-tweet-trump-might-have-russian-birt/


text: The COVID-19 vaccine is the “deadliest vaccine ever made.”
claimant: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, the COVID-19 vaccine is not the deadliest vaccine ever made
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/robert-f-kennedy-jr/no-covid-19-vaccine-not-deadliest-vaccine-ever-mad/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did Supreme Court vote remotely to “deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely”? Yes and no
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Conservative Supreme Court Justices vote remotely to deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/facebook-posts/did-supreme-court-vote-remotely-deny-wisconsin-vot/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A graphic on U.S. abortion rates shows larger declines during recent Democratic presidential administrations, and says its due to the party’s approach of making abortions unnecessary, rather than the Republican Party’s approach of making the procedure illegal.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/25/facebook-posts/graph-us-abortion-rate-during-different-presidents/

title:
Graph on US abortion rate during different presidents based on real data, but needs more information


claimant: Michael Bloomberg
claim_date: 2019-11-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/02/michael-bloomberg/new-york-crime-did-drop-when-2020-hopeful-michael-/

title:
New York crime did drop when 2020 hopeful Michael Bloomberg was mayor, but he claims too much credit


text: “Entire port in Delaware on lockdown? 60 plus kids in shipping containers.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, dozens of children weren’t found in shipping containers in Delaware
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/facebook-posts/no-dozens-children-werent-found-shipping-container/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Amazon’s Alexa doesn’t say 'the government' planned the coronavirus pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If you ask Amazon’s Alexa about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, it says “the government planned” it.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/16/facebook-posts/no-amazons-alexa-doesnt-say-government-planned-cor/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Milwaukee election official didn’t admit to delivering just enough ballots for a Biden win
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A Milwaukee election employee even acknowledged dropping off just the margin of ballots needed for a Biden win at 3 a.m.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/23/donald-trump/no-milwaukee-election-official-didnt-admit-deliver/


text: "300,000 pounds of rat meat sold as chicken wings across America."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2016-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Rats! Rumors of tons of rodent meat passed off as chicken wings in U.S. are fake news
review_date: 2017-03-06T16:26:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/06/blog-posting/rats-rumors-tons-rodent-meat-passed-chicken-wings-/


text: Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are "quite unpopular."
claimant: Jimmy Carter
claim_date: 2016-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Jimmy Carter correct on popularity of Clinton and Trump
review_date: 2016-08-30T21:31:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/31/jimmy-carter/carter-correct-popularity-clinton-and-trump/


text: Recent wildfires in California were planned to clear land for a high-speed rail system.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Social media rekindles misinformation about California wildfires while Canada burns
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/13/instagram-posts/social-media-rekindles-misinformation-about-califo/


text: "Tens of thousands of fraudulent Clinton votes found in Ohio warehouse."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Bogus ballot stuffing story irks Ohio Secretary of State
review_date: 2016-11-02T16:41:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/01/blog-posting/bogus-ballot-stuffing-story-irks-ohio-secretary-st/


text: “Ambassador Susan Rice Tribunal, Gavin Newsom indicted.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Claim of Susan Rice tribunal, Gavin Newsom indictment is Pants on Fire false
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/26/facebook-posts/claim-susan-rice-tribunal-gavin-newsom-indictment-/


text: “There are no humans” on the International Space Station.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Houston, we have a problem: Misinformation about the Space Station is spreading on Earth
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/09/facebook-posts/houston-we-have-problem-misinformation-about-space/


text: "I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio."
claimant: Lupe Valdez
claim_date: 2018-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Lupe Valdez: 'I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio'
review_date: 2018-05-03T16:03:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/03/lupe-valdez/lupe-valdez-I-come-poorest-zip-code-san-antonio-te/


text: "The Cleveland police has issued a stand down order to officers."
claimant: Mike Cernovich
claim_date: 2016-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Cleveland police are not 'standing down' during RNC
review_date: 2016-07-18T23:00:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/18/mike-cernovich/no-cleveland-police-are-not-standing-down-rnc/


text: "If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets."
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2018-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Is U.S. wine barred from Canadian supermarkets?
review_date: 2018-06-06T13:51:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/06/kevin-mccarthy/us-wine-barred-canadian-supermarkets/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump right that in some states, you can cast an early ballot, take it back, vote again?
review_date: 2016-11-02T22:07:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Wisconsin is one of several states where you can change your early ballot if you think you've made a mistake."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-right-some-states-you-can-cast-early-/


text: Minnesota imposed an Islamic anti-blasphemy law
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, Minnesota did not pass an Islamic anti-blasphemy law. That’s fake news
review_date: 2017-07-03T16:28:42Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/03/blog-posting/no-minnesota-did-not-pass-anti-blasphemy-law-s-isl/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Debunking (again) a 14-year-old post on immigrants in Los Angeles
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/29/facebook-posts/debunking-14-year-old-post-immigrants-los-angeles/


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2018-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: TRUE: Nearly half of California’s children are ‘at or near poverty’ when considering cost-of-living
review_date: 2018-09-20T00:29:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Close to half of the children" in California are "at or near poverty," when you consider cost-of-living.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/19/gavin-newsom/true-nearly-half-californias-children-are-or-near-/


text: Michelle Obama said, “Vote Democrat or the riots and violence will continue.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Michelle Obama didn’t threaten that riots will continue unless Democrats win
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/25/facebook-posts/michelle-obama-didnt-threaten-riots-will-continue-/


text: Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050,
claimant: Sean Spicer
claim_date: 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: How much will global food demand grow by 2050?
review_date: 2017-03-30T15:06:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/30/sean-spicer/spicer-mostly-accurate-global-food-demand-projecti/


text: "Americans are 25x more likely to be shot & killed than others in developed countries."
claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2017-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Are Americans 25x more likely to be shot & killed than others in developed countries?
review_date: 2017-06-14T23:41:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/14/gavin-newsom/claim-americans-are-25x-more-likely-be-shot-and-ki/


claimant: Priorities USA
claim_date: 2020-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Trump said positive COVID-19 tests are making the U.S. “look bad,” referenced slowing testing
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Trump said coronavirus testing makes the U.S. look bad, "so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/24/priorities-usa-action/trump-positive-coronavirus-tests-slowdown-look-bad/


text: "More than half of death row prisoners are people of color."
claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2019-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin lawmaker hits the target with claim on racial background of death row prisoners
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/01/gwen-moore/state-lawmaker-hits-target-claim-racial-background/


text: Says Jacky Rosen "skipped work ... at the expense of veterans" to "attend a publicity stunt."
claimant: Dean Heller
claim_date: 2018-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did Nevada's Jacky Rosen skip a key veterans vote for a photo op? Not so fast
review_date: 2018-08-16T18:49:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/16/dean-heller/did-nevadas-jacky-rosen-skip-key-veterans-vote-pho/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Hannity falsely claims U.S. ‘didn’t import a single barrel’ of Saudi oil pre-pandemic under Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you look pre-COVID" under President Donald Trump, "we didn't import a single barrel of oil from Saudi Arabia.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/02/sean-hannity/hannity-falsely-claims-us-didnt-import-single-barr/


text: “The Biden administration has decided to cancel $0 in student debt.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Student debt forgiveness is not in Biden’s 2022 budget, but it’s still in play
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/facebook-posts/student-debt-forgiveness-not-bidens-2022-budget-it/


claimant: Lupe Valdez
claim_date: 2018-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Lupe Valdez says 1 in 4 Texas clinics closed after lawmakers cut family planning aid
review_date: 2018-06-14T15:07:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"After Texas cut" its "two-year family planning budget by $73 million, one in four clinics closed their doors."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/14/lupe-valdez/lupe-valdez-says-1-4-texas-clinics-closed-after-la/


text: “There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2021-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, there are just a few Wisconsin school districts still doing largely virtual learning
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/29/tony-evers/yes-there-are-just-few-wisconsin-school-districts-/


text: “WHO now saying you do not need to wear a mask.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, WHO didn't just say you don’t need to wear a mask
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/01/blog-posting/who-did-not-say-you-dont-need-wear-mask/


text: In New York, "Average college debt - $30,000 per student."
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2016-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: College graduates in New York owe about $30,000 in student loans on average
review_date: 2017-01-05T21:55:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/05/andrew-cuomo/college-graduates-new-york-owe-about-30000-average/


text: “Trump has won the election with 294 electoral votes.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump hasn’t won the election (and neither has Biden)
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/facebook-posts/no-trump-hasnt-won-election-and-neither-has-biden/


text: ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonald’s.
claimant: Colorado Health Institute
claim_date: 2016-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Report says ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonald’s
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/may/04/colorado-health-institute/report-says-coloradocare-would-have-higher-revenue/


text: “Paying taxes is optional!!”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Paying your taxes is mandatory, not optional
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/03/facebook-posts/paying-your-taxes-mandatory-not-optional/


text: Says the media distorted what happened with a baby at his rally.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump accurately says media wrong that he kicked baby out of rally
review_date: 2016-08-08T21:10:37Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-accurately-says-media-wrong-he-kicked/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump: ISIS territory losses near 100 percent
review_date: 2018-01-31T04:57:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/31/donald-trump/trump-isis-territory-losses-near-100/


text: "Over the past three months, we have gained over 9 million jobs, a new record."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53922706
title: US election 2020: Donald Trump's convention speech fact-checked
review_date: 2020-09-28T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: BBC
publisher_site: bbc.co.uk
textual_rating:
This is misleading. It's true that - since April 2020 - there have been nine million people added to the US payroll, according to the US Bureau for Labor Statistics. But what Mr Trump didn't mention was that this rise followed a much bigger loss of 22 million people from the payroll in March, when measures to tackle the pandemic were introduced.


text: President Joe Biden “cheated on his taxes and got away with it.”
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Rick Scott’s false claim that Joe Biden ‘cheated’ on taxes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/rick-scott/is-joe-biden-a-tax-cheat-as-rick-scott-says-thats/


text: "Since taking office, we have enacted more than $8 billion in cumulative tax relief."
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Walker's big re-election tax cut tout: $8 billion during his time as Wisconsin governor
review_date: 2018-06-22T13:10:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/22/scott-walker/scott-walkers-big-re-election-tax-cut-tout-8-billi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jun/12/fact-checking-donald-trumps-fox-news-interview-pol/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests
review_date: 2020-06-12T21:23:13Z
textual_rating: Many church leaders said Bible was used as a prop.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Speaking about a Bible photo op at St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C., "I think Christians think it was a beautiful picture."


claimant: Dean Obeidallah
claim_date: 2014-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Obeidallah: Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim nation where women can't drive
review_date: 2017-05-20T12:51:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Saudi Arabia is "the only Muslim country out of 47 Muslim-majority countries" where women cannot get licenses to drive.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/oct/07/dean-obeidallah/obeidallah-saudi-arabia-only-muslim-nation-where-w/


claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Do red flag laws allow gun seizure without a judge’s OK?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "red flag laws" allow gun seizure without a judge’s involvement: "They take it away first. Then you have to get permission from a judge to do it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/28/robin-vos/do-red-flag-laws-allow-gun-seizure-without-judges-/


text: "Donald Trump says he'd deport 16 million people."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton exaggerates by saying Donald Trump plans to deport 16 million people
review_date: 2016-10-25T16:04:37Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/25/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-exaggerates-saying-donald-trump-pl/


text: "When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking DeSantis on sanctuary cities, E-Verify laws
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/19/ron-desantis/fact-checking-desantis-sanctuary-cities-e-verify-l/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Schumer once opposed the Iran nuclear deal he now supports
review_date: 2018-05-24T12:45:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Senator Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fought hard against the Bad Iran Deal, even going at it with President Obama, & then Voted AGAINST it! Now he says I should not have terminated the deal"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/donald-trump/schumer-once-opposed-iran-nuclear-deal-he-now-supp/


text: "Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, sending postcards to states will not lead to decertification of 2020 ballots
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/16/facebook-posts/no-sending-postcards-states-will-not-lead-decertif/


text: Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against military pay raise."
claimant: Tennessee Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Tennessee Democrats slam Blackburn on military pay vote, overlook her track record of support
review_date: 2018-06-05T16:12:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/05/tennessee-democratic-party/tennessee-democrats-slam-blackburn-military-pay-vo/


text: Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders overstates recession aid to Wall Street banks
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-overstates-recession-aid-wall-stree/


text: “Australian military being trained to **force vaccinate** in door-to-door attacks.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Australian military isn’t going door to door and forcibly vaccinating residents
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/09/blog-posting/no-australian-military-isnt-going-door-door-and-fo/


text: Says the Obamas "surrendered" their law licenses to escape disciplinary action and charges.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Obamas didn’t surrender their law licenses to avoid discipline
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/06/facebook-posts/no-obamas-didnt-surrender-their-law-licenses-avoid/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, there weren’t more votes than registered voters in the 2020 election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“America has 133 million registered voters,” but “159 million votes” were cast in the 2020 presidential election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/01/facebook-posts/no-there-werent-more-votes-registered-voters-2020-/


text: The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.”
claimant: Cavalier Johnson
claim_date: 2022-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Mayor Johnson overestimates economic benefit of hosting RNC
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/08/cavalier-johnson/mayor-johnson-overestimates-economic-benefit-hosti/


text: The United States is "the oldest democracy" in the world.
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2016-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Ryan claims the US is the 'oldest democracy' in the world. Is he right?
review_date: 2016-07-11T16:56:33Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/11/paul-ryan/paul-ryan-claims-us-oldest-democracy-world-he-righ/


text: “Agriculture is the No. 1 industry here in Pennsylvania.”
claimant: Kathy Barnette
claim_date: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Kathy Barnette is wrong that agriculture is Pennsylvania’s No. 1 industry
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/13/kathy-barnette/kathy-barnette-wrong-agriculture-pennsylvanias-no-/


text: “Let’s be clear: ‘drag shows’ are strip shows.”
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2023-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, drag shows are not the same as strip shows
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/scott-walker/no-drag-shows-are-not-same-strip-shows/


text: "Smallville star confesses she sold children to Rothschilds and Clintons."
claimant: The Newly Press
claim_date: 2018-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Smallville actress didn't confess to selling children to Clintons
review_date: 2018-05-01T20:16:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/01/newly-press/smallville-actress-didnt-confess-selling-children-/


text: Says Donald Trump “is pushing to slash Medicare benefits."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Biden’s claim about Trump slashing Medicare benefits misses context about ACA
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/joe-biden/bidens-claim-about-trump-slashing-medicare-benefit/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2020-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren largely right about rivals' reliance on super PACs
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Everyone on this stage except Amy (Klobuchar) and me is either a billionaire or is receiving help from PACs that can do unlimited spending.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/11/elizabeth-warren/elizabeth-warren-largely-right-about-rivals-relian/


claimant: Rebecca Kleefisch
claim_date: 2016-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch says Wisconsin's per-inmate cost 'cheap' compared to country
review_date: 2016-07-11T17:10:49Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Right now, our corrections department charges taxpayers between $30,000 and $40,000 a year per person we lock up. That’s actually cheap when you compare us to the rest of the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/08/rebecca-kleefisch/Kleefisch-per-inmate-cost-comparison/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump supports privatizing the VA health care system
review_date: 2016-09-08T02:34:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump supports "an agenda out there" to privatize the Veterans Affairs health care system.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/08/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-donald-trump-supports-privati/


text: "I’ve given the religious schools in my budget more money than ever before in history."
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Cuomo's budget includes more money for private schools than ever before
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/06/andrew-cuomo/cuomos-budget-includes-more-money-private-schools-/


text: On exceptions to Wisconsin’s abortion ban.
claimant: Tim Michels
claim_date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Michels flips position on allowing rape, incest exceptions to state abortion ban
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/27/tim-michels/tim-michels-flips-position-allowing-rape-incest-ex/


claimant: Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
claim_date: 2019-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: It’s true: millions in dark money has been spent to tilt courts right
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"One unnamed donor gave $17 million to the Leo-affiliated Judicial Crisis Network to block the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and to support Gorsuch; then a donor — perhaps the same one — gave another $17 million to prop up Kavanaugh."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/11/sheldon-whitehouse/its-true-millions-dark-money-has-been-spent-tilt-c/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly True: Donald Trump says 23 countries refuse to take back their natives from America
review_date: 2016-09-02T13:31:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they’ve been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/01/donald-trump/donald-trump-mostly-right-about-countries-refusing/


text: “Celine Dion has been paralyzed by the COVID vaccine and cancels her tour.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Baseless claims about COVID-19 vaccine paralysis and Celine Dion spread online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/29/viral-image/baseless-claims-about-covid-19-vaccine-paralysis-a/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Pants on Fire! Mike Pence cited Bible to oppose Hurricane Katrina relief bill, liberal bloggers say
review_date: 2017-08-31T21:11:44Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says video shows Mike Pence quoting the Bible as justification for "Congress not to fund Katrina relief effort."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/31/blog-posting/mike-pence-cited-bible-oppose-katrina-relief-liber/


text: “President Trump and I lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election.”
claimant: Jim Marchant
claim_date: 2022-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Nevada Republican echoes Trump’s Pants on Fire about 'rigged election'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/10/jim-marchant/nevada-republican-echoes-trumps-pants-fire-about-r/


text: North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."
claimant: Duane Hall
claim_date: 2016-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: North Carolina a top state for offshore wind power, state legislator says
review_date: 2016-10-12T20:51:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/09/duane-hall/north-carolina-top-state-offshore-wind-power-state/


text: Soccer players on the U.S. women’s national team "stomped" on the American flag.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Megan Rapinoe didn’t stomp on the American flag
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-megan-rapinoe-didnt-stomp-american-flag/


text: There are “100,000 kids in cages” under the Getty art museum.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, thousands of kids aren’t in cages under the Getty
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/20/viral-image/no-thousands-of-kids-arent-in-cages-under-the-gett/


text: Says Betsy Devos said "only" 0.02% of kids are likely to die when they go back to school.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Betsy DeVos didn’t say ‘only’ 0.02% of kids would die if they went back to school
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/16/facebook-posts/no-betsy-devos-didnt-say-only-002-kids-would-die-i/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/28/fact-checking-donald-trumps-2020-rnc-speech/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 RNC speech
review_date: 2020-08-28T05:11:11Z
textual_rating: Pledge undermined by actions
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We will always and very strongly protect patients with preexisting conditions, and that is a pledge from the entire Republican Party."


text: A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real photo of a couple watching the Apollo 8 launch
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/24/viral-image/no-isnt-real-photo-couple-watching-apollo-8-launch/


text: “Biden impeachment in progress.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden isn’t in the process of being impeached
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/08/facebook-posts/no-biden-isnt-process-being-impeached/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/15/viral-image/no-media-arent-covering-girls-murder/
title: No, the media aren’t covering up a girl’s murder
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A girl was “decapitated” in front of her parents by a Somali migrant. Media “covered up” the murder.


text: The Nashville shooter was wearing different pairs of shoes before and after being killed.
claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Footage does not show that Nashville, Tennessee, shooter swapped shoes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/31/social-media/footage-does-not-show-nashville-tennessee-shooter/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-03-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/mar/04/fact-checking-donald-trump-two-hour-speech/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's two-hour speech at CPAC
review_date: 2019-03-04T21:23:13Z
textual_rating: Only half the story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Medicare for All "would lead to colossal tax increases — increases like you’ve never seen before — and take away private coverage from over 180 million Americans."


text: Joe Biden’s eyes were black during the debate because he was wearing Mojo Vision lenses.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s eyes were blue during the debate, not black
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/02/viral-image/joe-bidens-eyes-were-blue-during-debate-not-black/


text: Quotes actor Will Smith as saying: “I’m not afraid to say that Trump and his supporters are ba…”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Made-up Will Smith quote resurfaces on pro-Trump blog site
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/blog-posting/made-will-smith-quote-resurfaces-pro-trump-blog-si/


text: Video shows China launching an “artificial sun” into space.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t footage of China launching a fake sun into space
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/13/viral-image/no-isnt-footage-china-launching-fake-sun-space/


text: Says the Central Park Five "admitted their guilt."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump twists story on Central Park Five
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-twists-story-central-park-five/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/24/donald-trump-made-8-misleading-claims-about-immigr/
title: Donald Trump made 8 misleading claims about immigration on Fox and Friends
review_date: 2018-05-24T17:45:10Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
‘You catch them, even if you know they are a criminal, you catch them, you have to release them, by law. You have to release them.’


text: “Starbucks just announced that they’re going cashless.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Rumors spread that Starbucks is turning its stores cashless, but that’s not quite right
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/instagram-posts/rumors-spread-starbucks-turning-its-stores-cashles/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracy theorists peddle fake claim about the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster
review_date: 2019-02-01T21:50:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say that the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax and that the crew did not die and are still alive today.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/01/facebook-posts/conspiracy-theorists-peddle-fake-claim-about-1986-/


text: Two “Doomsday Planes” took flight because of President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence 'doomsday planes,' Trump COVID-19 diagnosis related
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/02/facebook-posts/no-evidence-doomsday-planes-trump-covid-19-diagnos/


claimant: Chris Larson
claim_date: 2020-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, a majority of Wisconsin jurisdictions support nonpartisan redistricting
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Jurisdictions representing about 80% of WI residents have passed referendums or resolutions in favor of fair maps.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/21/chris-larson/yes-majority-wisconsin-jurisdictions-support-nonpa/


text: Says Sen. Bennet votes with Obama 98% of the time. "Hardly bipartisan"
claimant: Ryan Frazier
claim_date: 2016-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: GOP foe close saying Bennet votes 98% with Obama — but wrong calling him 'hardly bipartisan'
review_date: 2016-06-22T20:11:27Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/22/ryan-frazier/gop-foe-close-saying-bennet-votes-98-obama-wrong-c/


text: If Donald Trump “didn’t win Michigan why does the actual government site say he did?”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Michigan’s government website doesn’t say Donald Trump won the election there
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/10/instagram-posts/no-michigans-government-website-doesnt-say-donald-/


text: Says Gov. Tony Evers "tried to make us pay even more at the pump by hiking the gas tax."
claimant: WMC Issues Mobilization Council
claim_date: 2022-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Ad claiming Evers tried to ‘make us pay even more at the pump’ is running on half tank
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/01/wisconsin-manufacturers-and-commerce/ad-claiming-evers-tried-make-us-pay-even-more-pump/


text: Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post on immigration misuses an old Trump 'animals' quote
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/25/viral-image/facebook-post-immigration-misuses-old-trump-quote/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Biden says billionaires gained $800 billion, but study looks at growth since market bottomed out
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/12/joe-biden/biden-says-billionaires-gained-800-billion-study-l/


text: “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2023-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Tammy Baldwin isn’t trying to take away Social Security and Medicare
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/07/national-republican-senatorial-committee/no-tammy-baldwin-isnt-trying-to-take-away-social-s/


text: "Europe and U.S. households waste 15 times more food than a person in Africa."
claimant: Foodmentum
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Advocacy group: America, Europeans waste 15 times more food than folks in Africa
review_date: 2016-10-27T19:20:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/27/foodmentum/advocacy-group-useurope-folks-waste-15x-more-food-/


text: The Biden administration “is spending $30 million on crack pipes.”
claimant: Sean Spicer
claim_date: 2022-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, The White House isn’t spending $30 million on crack pipes. Here’s what’s really going on
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/10/sean-spicer/no-white-house-isnt-spending-30-million-crack-pipe/


text: "Trump declares globalist Soros as ‘national security threat’ using Obama’s 2014 executive order."
claimant: Conservative Daily Post
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump did not declare George Soros a security threat
review_date: 2018-02-19T15:12:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/19/conservative-daily-post/no-trump-did-not-declare-george-soros-security-thr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says J. David Cox, "the boss" of the jail guards "who were supposed to keep" suspected sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein alive, is also "friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/14/facebook-posts/no-evidence-tying-union-president-jail-guards-and-/

title:
No evidence tying union president, jail guards and Bill and Hillary Clinton to Jeffrey Epstein death


text: "Republicans in Congress are plotting to take away Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."
claimant: Ron Wyden
claim_date: 2018-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Do Republicans in Congress want to take away Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid?
review_date: 2018-04-05T21:16:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/05/ron-wyden/do-republicans-congress-want-take-away-social-secu/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Sean Hannity says 642,000 crimes recently committed against Texans by illegal immigrants
review_date: 2018-03-23T19:09:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says 642,000 crimes were committed against Texans by criminal immigrants in a recent seven-year period.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/23/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-642000-crimes-committed-immigrants-il/


text: "Seventy to 80 percent of NRA members support a universal background check."
claimant: Tim Ryan
claim_date: 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Do majority of NRA members support background checks for guns?
review_date: 2018-02-27T22:14:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/27/tim-ryan/after-parkland-shooting-ohio-congressman-said-70-8/


text: Chadwick Boseman was poisoned and his death is being investigated as a homicide.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Hoax distorts Chadwick Boseman’s death
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/01/viral-image/hoax-distorts-chadwick-bosemans-death/


claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2017-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Opioid epidemic likely hurting West Virginia’s workforce
review_date: 2017-10-27T14:43:37Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says West Virginia is "down to around 50 percent of the adult workers who are actually working now because of addiction or conviction."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/27/joe-manchin/opioid-epidemic-likely-hurting-west-virginias-work/


claimant: Mike Pence
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: Wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Rose Garden event with Judge Amy Coney Barrett "was an outdoor event which all of our scientists regularly and routinely advised."


text: Ballots are “mailed unconstitutionally” to every voter in Colorado.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: It’s not unconstitutional for Colorado to mail ballots to registered, active voters
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/26/instagram-posts/its-not-unconstitutional-for-colorado-to-mail-ball/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump rehashes debunked claim about ‘suitcases’ of ballots in Georgia phone call
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
After a “major water main break,” Georgia election workers counted “18,000 ballots, all for Biden” that they pulled from suitcases and with no election observers present.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/donald-trump/trump-rehashes-debunked-claim-about-suitcases-ball/


text: "Over the last 40 years, this country’s prison population has grown by 500 percent."
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2016-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly True: America’s prison population has skyrocketed 500 percent in 40 years
review_date: 2016-09-16T19:01:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/16/kamala-harris/mostly-true-americas-prison-population-has-skyrock/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden is mostly right about keeping joblessness low for a long stretch
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that under his presidency, the unemployment rate has “been below 4% for the longest stretch in 50 years in American history.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/29/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-on-his-unemployment-rate-a/


text: Says Michelle Obama "said she was never proud of her country til they elected her husband POTUS."
claimant: David Clarke
claim_date: 2017-02-17T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-02-23T14:43:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/23/david-clarke-jr/david-clarke-says-michelle-obama-said-she-was-prou/

title:
David Clarke says Michelle Obama said she was proud of U.S. only after Barack Obama became president


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2019-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Are federal policies to blame for drop in student milk consumption?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Obama-era ban on whole and 2% milk in schools has caused "notable decline" in student milk consumption.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/12/ron-johnson/are-federal-policies-blame-drop-student-milk-consu/


text: “Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election.
claimant: Breitbart
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Snafu at polling site did not target GOP voters in Calif. recall election
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/14/breitbart/snafu-one-polling-site-did-not-target-gop-voters-c/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden did not ‘leak’ the names of SEAL Team 6 members to al-Qaida
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden leaked the names of SEAL Team 6’s families to al-Qaida and that he "cannot be trusted."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/12/facebook-posts/no-biden-did-not-leak-names-seal-team-6-members-al/


text: “Street lights are connected to mRNA.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, the numbers and letters on streetlights aren’t a secret code for mRNA vaccines
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/19/facebook-posts/no-the-numbers-and-letters-on-street-lights-arent/


claimant: Joe Volk
claim_date: 2021-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Advocate misses mark on claim half the population pays at least half their income for housing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/07/joe-volk/advocate-misses-mark-claim-half-population-pays-le/


text: "We’re the only advanced democracy in the world that makes it harder for people to vote."
claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Barack Obama, in Austin, says U.S. only 'advanced democracy' that makes voting harder
review_date: 2016-06-20T19:56:14Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/20/barack-obama/barack-obama-austin-says-us-only-advanced-democrac/


text: Joe Biden "really did wipe away" student loan debt.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden has not canceled student loan debt
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/04/facebook-posts/joe-biden-has-not-canceled-student-loan-debt/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Indiana woman charged for mail in voter fraud, delivered 400 ballots with Democrat box pre-checked.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/20/viral-image/indiana-woman-accused-pre-marking-ballots-applicat/

title:
Indiana woman accused of of pre-marking ballots applications wasn’t accused of tampering with ballot


text: Photo shows Whoopi Goldberg wearing a shirt insulting Donald Trump.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Another doctored photo shows Whoopi Goldberg wearing shirt insulting Trump
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/04/viral-image/another-doctored-photo-shows-whoopi-goldberg-weari/


text: “Sunlight actually can kill the (novel coronavirus.)”
claimant: Greg Murphy
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, sunlight has not been proven to kill coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/20/greg-murphy/no-sunlight-has-not-been-proven-kill-coronavirus/


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: Largely continued Obama trends
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"With African Americans, I’m doing very well. They had the best employment numbers they’ve ever had. ... They were making more money than they ever made."


text: "I have tremendous support from women."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly claims tremendous support from women
review_date: 2016-11-04T16:23:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/04/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-claims-tremendous-support-women/


text: "The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's False tweet that NSA, FBI said 'Russia did not influence electoral process'
review_date: 2017-03-20T21:20:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/20/donald-trump/trumps-false-tweet-nsa-fbi-said-russia-did-not-inf/


text: "The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Twitter day
review_date: 2017-03-20T21:51:59Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/03/20/president-trumps-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-twitter-day/


text: Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2019-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: The problem with calling Venezuela's crisis under Maduro a genocide
review_date: 2019-05-16T13:42:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/16/rick-scott/problem-using-word-genocide-describe-venezuela/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Quote attributed to Churchill on having enemies originally came from Victor Hugo
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Winston Churchill said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/04/facebook-posts/quote-attributed-churchill-having-enemies-original/


text: CBS reported on Oprah Winfrey reacting “to getting cancelled for stealing land amid Maui fires.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video changed CBS chyron from segment featuring Oprah Winfrey in Maui
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/31/viral-image/altered-video-changed-cbs-chyron-from-segment-feat/


claimant: Brendan Boyle
claim_date: 2017-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, the GOP concealed carry bill does not block states from keeping guns out of schools
review_date: 2017-12-07T22:08:37Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the concealed carry bill would allow residents of certain states to "travel to your community and walk right into a school zone with a loaded weapon, no matter what local laws say."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/07/brendan-boyle/no-gop-concealed-carry-bill-does-not-block-states-/


text: Images from Hunter Biden’s laptop show Joe Biden naked with a young girl.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, viral images don’t show Joe Biden naked with a young girl
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/13/facebook-posts/no-viral-images-dont-show-joe-biden-naked-young-gi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/19/fact-checking-donald-trump-joe-biden-biden-sanders/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump on the Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders unity platform
review_date: 2020-07-19T16:28:06Z
textual_rating: Wouldn't free violent criminals
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders unity platform would "appoint social justice prosecutors in order to free violent criminals."


text: “If you or your family spends $28 a day — prepare to be under constant audit by the IRS.”
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2021-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy misleads about Build Back Better legislation and IRS audits
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/19/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthy-misleads-about-build-back-better-le/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, mRNA vaccines don't send the immune system into 'perpetual overdrive.'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Vaccines send the immune system into “perpetual overdrive” by instructing cells to keep “making the protein of an invader, nonstop, forever and ever.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/15/facebook-posts/no-mrna-vaccines-dont-send-immune-system-perpetual/


claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2022-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wasn’t filmed ‘days before’ her positive COVID-19 test
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pouring shots for a group of people “days before testing positive” for COVID-19.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/18/tiktok-posts/no-video-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wasnt-filmed-day/


text: “A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Unemployment was the lowest ever a year ago? No, it was the highest ever
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/05/facebook-posts/unemployment-was-lowest-ever-year-ago-no-it-was-hi/


text: "Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies.
claimant: Travis Allen
claim_date: 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Californians do not overwhelmingly oppose sanctuary policies
review_date: 2018-01-09T23:48:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/09/travis-allen/no-californians-do-not-overwhelmingly-oppose-sanct/


text: “Next week has a time change, full moon and Friday the 13th.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, the time change, full moon and Friday the 13th don’t all happen in the same week
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/12/viral-image/no-time-change-full-moon-and-friday-13th-dont-all-/


text: A nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine died from the vaccination.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: There’s still no evidence a Tennessee nurse who fainted after getting the vaccine is dead
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/20/instagram-posts/theres-still-no-evidence-tennessee-nurse-who-faint/


text: "Bay Area liberals have given more to Jon Ossoff's campaign than people in Georgia."
claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2017-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: GOP attack ad twists Ossoff donation sources in Georgia race
review_date: 2017-05-26T14:24:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/26/congressional-leadership-fund/gop-attack-ad-twists-ossoff-donation-sources-georg/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mark Twain never said to fear the media, but he wasn’t a fan of the press
review_date: 2019-05-24T17:54:38Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them as "a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons…"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/24/facebook-posts/no-mark-twain-never-said-fear-media-he-wasnt-fan-p/


claimant: David McKinley
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: How many opioid pills were shipped to West Virginia?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/15/david-mckinley/how-many-opioid-pills-were-shipped-west-virginia/


text: “Joe Biden’s great-grandfather Joseph J. Biden was a slave-owner and fought” for the Confederacy.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Joe Biden’s great-grandfather was Confederate soldier, enslaved people
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/26/viral-image/no-evidence-joe-bidens-great-grandfather-was-confe/


claimant: Gordon Hintz
claim_date: 2017-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Recidivism rate at Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison for males is 66%, Missouri's is only 8%?
review_date: 2017-12-06T17:25:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/06/gordon-hintz/recidivism-rate-wisconsins-lincoln-hills-youth-pri/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Celebrities are sharing a misleading post about Trump’s response to coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat hoax.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/instagram-posts/celebrities-are-sharing-misleading-post-about-trum/


claimant: Samantha Bee
claim_date: 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Samantha Bee says buying weed, tampering with an odometer or a lobster trap are felonies
review_date: 2017-05-25T20:31:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/25/samantha-bee/samantha-bee-says-buying-weed-tampering-odometer-o/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Viral video alleging a Muslim 'sharia zone' in West Virginia is Pants on Fire
review_date: 2019-03-27T20:51:15Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/facebook-posts/viral-video-alleging-muslim-sharia-zone-west-virgi/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence did not say women would seek out sexual assault to have abortions
review_date: 2017-02-02T14:54:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mike Pence said that "allowing rape victims to have abortions will lead to women trying to get raped."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/02/blog-posting/mike-pence-did-not-say-women-would-seek-out-sexual/


text: The White House was dark for 10 nights in a row.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show the White House dark after Biden was sworn in
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/03/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-white-house-dark-after-biden-/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren says Donald Trump was excited for 2008 housing crash
review_date: 2016-07-26T04:53:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Donald Trump said he was excited for the 2008 housing crash that devastated millions of American families, because he thought it would help him scoop up more real estate on the cheap."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/26/elizabeth-warren/elizabeth-warren-says-donald-trump-was-excited-200/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Biden’s claim about hunger 'sharply' dropping
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/10/joe-biden/fact-checking-bidens-claim-about-hunger-sharply-dr/


claimant: Twitter
claim_date: 2018-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fake Trump tweet about ‘Dow Joans’ dropping called for Trump to be shot from a cannon into sun
review_date: 2018-02-06T17:21:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If the Dow Joans ever falls more than 1000 ‘points’ in a Single Day the sitting president should be 'loaded' into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/06/tweets/fake-trump-tweet-about-dow-joans-dropping-called-t/


text: "If Joe Manchin had his way, Judge Gorsuch never would have been able to get a vote."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Patrick Morrisey cherry-picks Joe Manchin's votes on Trump Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch
review_date: 2018-05-15T14:33:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/15/patrick-morrisey/patrick-morrisey-cherry-picks-joe-manchins-votes-t/


text: Wildfires were worse in the early part of the 1900s than they are today
claimant: Heartland Institute
claim_date: 2021-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, wildfires weren’t bigger in the 1920s and ‘30s than today
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/15/heartland-institute/no-wildfires-werent-bigger-1920s-and-30s-today/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats advocated for stricter gun laws after Alexandria shooting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Not one Democrat called for gun control" after a man shot at Republican lawmakers playing softball.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/14/viral-image/democrats-advocated-stricter-gun-laws-after-alexa/


claimant: Donna Campbell
claim_date: 2019-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Did study show that 70% of veterans who committed suicide had THC in their system?
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A study was done, a post-mortem, so a retrospective study done, looking at autopsies and drug levels, what drugs were in the blood of veterans that committed suicide, and 70 percent had THC."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/15/donna-campbell/did-study-show-70-veterans-who-committed-suicide-h/


text: “When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program.”
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders' claim on Cuba literacy under Castro
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/24/bernie-sanders/sanders-correct-cuba-literacy-campaign-skimps-prop/


claimant: Samantha Bee
claim_date: 2017-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Joke about bills passed by NY State Senate is not a joke
review_date: 2017-06-30T16:55:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The New York State Senate "passed legislation allowing minors to race snowmobiles, get their own hunting licenses, and not be employed gathering or picking rags, cigar stumps, or collecting bones."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/30/samantha-bee/joke-about-bills-passed-ny-state-senate-not-joke/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Image suggesting John McAfee stored files at collapsed Fla. condo tower is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says John McAfee tweeted before his death that he stored computer files in the Florida condo building that later collapsed.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/28/instagram-posts/image-suggesting-john-mcafee-stored-files-collapse/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:35:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the national health care law puts federal "bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/aug/30/chris-christie/chris-christie-says-national-health-care-law-puts-/

title:
Chris Christie says national health care law puts “bureaucrats between American citizens and doctors


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz falsely says Beto O'Rourke once resolved to legalize all narcotics
review_date: 2018-05-02T21:28:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Beto O’Rourke had a "resolution to legalize all narcotics--including heroin and other deadly opioids."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/02/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-falsely-beto-orourke-legalize-narcotics-a/


text: “This is what Kamala Harris thinks about young Americans … ‘They are stupid!’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris quote calling young people ‘stupid’ is missing context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/17/facebook-posts/kamala-harris-quote-calling-young-people-stupid-mi/


claimant: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
claim_date: 2022-01-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/jan/27/why-holocaust-comparisons-anti-vaccine-activists-r/
title: Why Holocaust comparisons by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. are grossly inaccurate
textual_rating: Grossly inaccurate, historians say
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps into Switzerland, you could hide in an attic like Anne Frank did,"


text: "It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Has Hillary Clinton not had a press conference in 269 days?
review_date: 2016-08-31T14:05:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/31/donald-trump/has-hillary-clinton-not-had-press-conference-269-d/


text: Meghan Markle wasn’t allowed to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Meghan Markle attended Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, despite claim otherwise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/21/facebook-posts/meghan-markle-attended-queen-elizabeth-iis-funeral/


text: Quotes Bernie Sanders as saying, "Christianity is an insult to Muslims."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bernie Sanders did not say ‘Christianity is an insult to Muslims’
review_date: 2019-04-03T14:22:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/02/facebook-posts/no-bernie-sanders-did-not-say-christianity-insult-/


text: The Clinton Foundation is sending water to Houston "for $7 a bottle."
claimant: OurLandofTheFree.com
claim_date: 2017-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Clinton Foundation is not charging $7 per water bottle sent to Houston
review_date: 2017-09-06T20:18:21Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/06/ourlandofthefreecom/no-clinton-foundation-not-charging-7-water-bottle-/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders says conditions in Baltimore no better than North Korea, West Bank
review_date: 2016-04-28T21:11:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says an array of statistics show that conditions in some parts of Baltimore rival that of "the West Bank in Palestine," "North Korea," and "distressed cities in Nigeria, India, China and South Africa."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/28/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-says-conditions-baltimore-no-better/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence for Donald Trump's claim about stopping a 'steal' in 2018 for Ron DeSantis
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the 2018 Florida governor's race "votes were being stolen by the corrupt election process in Broward. … I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended. … I stopped his Election from being stolen."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/11/donald-trump/trump-falsely-said-he-stopped-2018-election-being/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2019-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott overshoots on how much more insulin costs in the US than in Canada
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Americans are traveling to Canada to pay 12 times less for insulin than they would here in the US."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/11/rick-scott/rick-scott-overshoots-how-much-more-insulin-costs-/


text: "Fox offers Chris Wallace's Sunday Spot to Candace Owens."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Fox News did not offer Chris Wallace’s old Sunday show to Candace Owens
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-fox-news-did-not-offer-chris-wallaces-old-sunda/


claimant: Lumos
claim_date: 2017-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: J.K. Rowling's charity wants to end orphanages. Here's why
review_date: 2017-01-04T20:31:05Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"An estimated 8 million children worldwide live in orphanages or residential institutions. Shockingly, 80 percent of these children are not orphans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/04/lumos/jk-rowlings-charity-wants-end-orphanages-heres-why/


text: "Pardons — Obama: 1,927, Trump: 26. And Trump is abusing that power?"
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post misrepresents Obama’s use of pardon power
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/24/facebook-posts/misleading-based-numbers-say-obama-and-not-trump-a/


text: "We've had Muslims in America since George Washington."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton says Muslims have been in America since George Washington
review_date: 2016-10-13T21:40:49Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/13/hillary-clinton/clinton-sys-muslims-have-been-america-george-washi/


text: Video shows Kenya’s president saying he will “get rid of U.S. dollar.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Kenya’s president didn’t say his country was getting rid of the U.S. dollar
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/14/instagram-posts/kenyas-president-didnt-say-his-country-was-getting/


text: "House Democrats strike to implement Sharia law!!"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Bloggers revive false claim that House Democrats strike to impose Sharia law
review_date: 2016-12-14T20:22:37Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/14/blog-posting/websites-revive-claim-house-democrats-strike-impos/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, this California bill wouldn't allow mothers to kill their children after they're born
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“California introduces new bill that would allow mothers to kill their babies up to 7 days after birth."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/06/facebook-posts/no-california-bill-wouldnt-allow-mothers-kill-thei/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Trump ad distorts Biden’s record on Social Security and Medicare, policy for immigrants
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden “tried to cut Social Security and Medicare for decades. … Now Biden’s promising your benefits to illegal immigrants.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-ad-distorts-bidens-record-social-secu/


text: Says the character Freddy Krueger was based on a real serial killer.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Freddy Krueger wasn’t based on a real serial killer, despite social media rumor
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/04/facebook-posts/no-freddy-krueger-wasnt-based-real-serial-killer-d/


text: “Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Did violent crime in W.Va. fall after permitless carry was enacted?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/facebook-posts/did-violent-crime-wva-fall-after-permitless-carry-/


claimant: Sebastian Gorka
claim_date: 2017-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Obama administration didn't invent the term 'lone wolf' for terrorists
review_date: 2017-08-10T20:18:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There's no such thing as a lone wolf. ... That was a phrase invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/10/sebastian-gorka/no-obama-administration-didnt-invent-term-lone-wol/


text: "The President wants to cut 3 MILLION people from SNAP, including children, seniors and veterans."
claimant: Alma Adams
claim_date: 2019-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: NC Democrat mostly right about Trump's proposed cuts to SNAP
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/03/alma-adams/nc-democrat-mostly-right-about-proposed-cuts-snap/


claimant: Jeff Stone
claim_date: 2017-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Has violent crime been on the rise in Calif. since 2011? Did it spike 12 % in 2015?
review_date: 2017-03-06T14:01:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/06/jeff-stone-2/has-violent-crime-been-rise-california-2011-and-di/


claimant: Republican National Committee
claim_date: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Is there no policy daylight between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, as RNC says?
review_date: 2020-03-11T14:01:25Z
textual_rating: Both share this position
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Biden supports federal funds for abortions after repealing the Hyde Amendment. Bernie supports federal funding for abortions as well as the repealing of the Hyde Amendment."


claimant: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2022-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Did Herschel Walker misrepresent his record on veterans, graduation and law enforcement? Yes.
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Herschel Walker misled about “personally treating 4,500 veterans per year,” about “graduating from college” and about “working in law enforcement.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/04/democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/did-herschel-walker-misrepresent-his-record-vetera/


text: Video shows troops at the Ukraine-Russia border on Jan. 27, 2022.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Old video mischaracterized as showing troops at the Ukraine-Russia border in 2022
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/01/tweets/old-video-mischaracterized-showing-troops-ukraine-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Trump campaign is wrong — Biden has repeatedly condemned violence tied to protests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Biden failed to condemn far-left violent groups like Antifa, instead faulting only the brave men and women of law enforcement.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/03/donald-trump/trump-campaign-wrong-biden-has-repeatedly-condemne/


text: "More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."
claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2017-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: How many people in the military are transgender?
review_date: 2017-07-26T21:05:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/26/mark-pocan/how-many-people-military-are-transgender/


text: “Biden administration quietly DROPS all charges against Sam Bankman-Fried.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Sam Bankman-Fried is not ‘free as a bird.’ He still faces charges and two trial dates.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/26/instagram-posts/sam-bankman-fried-is-not-free-as-a-bird-he-still-f/


claimant: Jay Sekulow
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: Russia yes, Ukraine no
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The House managers, over a 23-hour period, kept pushing this false dichotomy that it was either Russia or Ukraine, but not both."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t order media companies to ‘banish voices' that deviate from 'official narrative'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“DirecTV cancels OAN after Joe Biden orders media outlets and tech giants to banish voices that deviate from the regime’s official narrative.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/19/viral-image/no-biden-didnt-order-media-companies-banish-voices/


text: Video shows the city of San Diego displaying a flag supportive of pedophilia.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Progress pride flag flew in San Diego, but its colors don’t represent pedophiles
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/12/instagram-posts/progress-pride-flag-flew-in-san-diego-but-its-colo/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's Pants on Fire claim that black communities 'are absolutely in the worst shape' ever
review_date: 2016-09-22T19:24:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/22/donald-trump/trumps-pants-fire-claim-blacks-are-absolutely-wors/


text: Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said “defending Trump is more important than the United States.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Liberal Facebook pages, blogs fabricate Devin Nunes quote about Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/facebook-posts/liberal-facebook-groups-blogs-fabricate-devin-nune/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Empty promise on Facebook dangles free health care. It isn’t true
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Joe Biden signed an executive order “making health insurance free for qualifying Americans.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/27/facebook-posts/empty-promise-on-facebook-dangles-free-health-care/


claimant: Andrew Yang
claim_date: 2019-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Overdoses, suicide driving drop in U.S. life expectancy, presidential candidate Andrew Yang says
review_date: 2019-04-03T19:32:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/andrew-yang/overdoses-suicide-driving-drop-us-life-expectancy-/


text: Poll shows that men are more likely to do chores than women in U.S. households.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, this poll didn’t find men are more likely to do chores than women
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/19/viral-image/no-poll-didnt-find-men-are-more-likely-do-chores-w/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2019-06-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/27/fact-checking-democratic-debate-miami-night-1/
title: Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami, night 1
review_date: 2019-06-27T04:15:03Z
textual_rating: Data from one survey
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We don’t talk enough about how many children, about 30% of LGBTQ kids who do not go to school because of fear.”


text: Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
claimant: Delaine Eastin
claim_date: 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: The False claim California has built far more prisons than colleges since 1965
review_date: 2017-11-10T02:07:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/09/delaine-eastin/false-claim-california-has-built-nearly-four-times/


text: Says the Obamas are connected to the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Obamas have nothing to do with the ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/facebook-posts/no-obamas-have-nothing-do-varsity-blues-college-ad/


text: “Obama & Clinton are being arrested by the military.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Obama and Clinton weren’t arrested by the military
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/15/facebook-posts/obama-and-clinton-werent-arrested-military/


claimant: Tony Perkins
claim_date: 2013-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Pundit: Vendors have been forced to participate in same-sex marriages under threat or even jail
review_date: 2017-06-26T16:34:05Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We're already seeing bakers and florists and photographers forced to participate in same-sex marriages under the threat of law and in some cases even jail."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/jul/08/tony-perkins/wedding-vendors-have-been-forced-participate-same-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jun/12/fact-checking-donald-trump-singapore-north-korea/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump in Singapore about North Korea
review_date: 2018-06-12T18:13:18Z
textual_rating: Added costs are minor
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have done exercises working with South Korea for a long time. We call them war games. I call them war games. They are tremendously expensive."


text: "Drug-related offenses make up as much as 75-85 percent of inmate populations" in Wisconsin
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2019-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Evers claims drug crimes account for 75 percent or more of state prison population. Not even close.
review_date: 2019-02-22T21:26:06Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/22/tony-evers/evers-claims-drug-crimes-prison-inmates/


claimant: Senate Majority PAC
claim_date: 2016-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Democratic attacks on Marco Rubio's statements on Social Security and Medicare
review_date: 2016-09-16T15:13:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "Marco Rubio wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare because he said they’re bankrupting our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/16/senate-majority-pac/fact-checking-democratic-attacks-marco-rubios-stat/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders: Trump would allow states to lower the minimum wage
review_date: 2016-07-26T04:44:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump "believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/26/bernie-sanders/sanders-trump-would-allow-states-lower-minimum-wag/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2023-08-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/aug/16/was-trump-indicted-everyday-actions-as-allies/
title: Was Trump indicted for everyday actions, as allies claimed? Not according to Georgia indictment
textual_rating: Not what indictment says
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Georgia indictment of Donald Trump seeks to criminalize everyday activities like “tweeting that you’re watching TV,” “reserving rooms for meetings” and “asking someone for a phone number."


claimant: Mark Harris
claim_date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Dan McCready hasn't said he'd impeach Trump
review_date: 2018-10-31T19:55:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In our debate, Dan McCready doubled down on his support for Pelosi’s liberal agenda of … impeaching our president."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/31/mark-harris/dan-mccready-hasnt-said-hed-impeach-trump/


text: Media outlets reported that the same boy died 3 times from the coronavirus, in 3 countries.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: News outlets did not use photo of same boy to report on 3 COVID deaths
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/facebook-posts/news-outlets-did-not-use-photo-same-boy-report-3-c/


text: "USA: Mysterious Nazi submarine from WWII discovered in Great Lakes!"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, a German submarine wasn't just discovered in Great Lakes
review_date: 2018-05-24T17:50:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/blog-posting/no-german-submarine-wasnt-just-discovered-great-la/


text: Says Jimmy Carter has endorsed Bernie Sanders.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Jimmy Carter hasn’t endorsed Sanders, or anyone else, in 2020 primary
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/blog-posting/jimmy-carter-hasnt-endorsed-sanders-or-anyone-else/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Former Pfizer employee wrong that coronavirus pandemic is ‘effectively over’ in UK
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/02/blog-posting/former-pfizer-employee-wrong-coronavirus-pandemic-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump blames Democrats for own immigration policy separating families
review_date: 2018-05-29T21:32:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A "horrible law" requires that children be separated from their parents "once they cross the Border into the U.S."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/29/donald-trump/trump-blames-democrat-own-policy-separating-family/


claimant: Jared Kushner
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Have more Florida felons registered as Republicans since Amendment 4 took effect?
review_date: 2019-04-08T19:50:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/08/jared-kushner/have-more-florida-felons-registered-republicans/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/31/fact-checking-democratic-debate-detroit-night-two/
title: Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Detroit, night two
review_date: 2019-08-01T04:04:34Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I'm going to go back to Vice President Biden because your plan does not cover everyone in America by your staff’s and your own definition. Ten million people, as many as 10 million people, will not have access to health care."


claimant: Stella Immanuel
claim_date: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for this video: Hydroxychloroquine is not a COVID-19 cure
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“This virus has a cure. It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. I know you people want to talk about a mask. Hello? You don’t need (a) mask. There is a cure.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/28/stella-immanuel/dont-fall-video-hydroxychloroquine-not-covid-19-cu/


text: The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
claimant: Jim Lamon
claim_date: 2022-01-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/26/jim-lamon/gop-ariz-senate-hopeful-lamon-falsely-claims-biden/

title:
GOP Ariz. Senate hopeful Lamon falsely claims that Biden wants to give ‘illegal immigrants’ $450,000


claimant: Jeff Jackson
claim_date: 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Democrat wrong about the history of NC's teacher pay
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says North Carolina's average teacher salary was at the national average "back when I was in public school."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/11/jeff-jackson/democrat-wrong-about-history-ncs-teacher-pay/


text: In a government shutdown, "what they are really doing is shutting down our military."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Would the military shut down if the federal government does?
review_date: 2018-01-17T22:41:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/17/donald-trump/would-military-shut-down-if-federal-government-doe/


text: "First indictment issued in Russian bribery case tied to Obama-era Uranium One deal."
claimant: Republican News
claim_date: 2018-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Uranium One investigation has not led to an indictment
review_date: 2018-01-17T17:11:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/17/republican-news/no-uranium-one-investigation-has-not-led-indictmen/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/21/fact-checking-fifth-democratic-presidential-debate/
title: Fact-checking the fifth Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta
review_date: 2019-11-21T06:01:41Z
textual_rating: Quickly corrected slip-up
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he has the backing of "the only African-American woman that’s ever been elected to the United States Senate."


text: Says "Donald Trump has defended" World War II internment camps.
claimant: Joaquin Castro
claim_date: 2016-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Joaquin Castro says Donald Trump defended World War II internment camps
review_date: 2016-07-29T05:23:56Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/joaquin-castro/joaquin-castro-says-donald-trump-defended-world-wa/


text: “The FBI just confirmed that it was ANTIFA, not Trump supporters, who breached the Capitol.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, the FBI didn’t confirm antifa activists breached the Capitol
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/viral-image/no-fbi-didnt-confirm-antifa-activists-breached-cap/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s tax defense jumbles details, overstates Biden’s role in 2009 bill
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/01/donald-trump/trumps-tax-defense-jumbles-details-overstates-bide/


