# claims

text: "Some 200,000 people are in jail for the crime of being poor and not being able to afford bail."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders’ Half True claim on number of people in jail who can’t afford bail
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/29/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-half-true-claim-number-people-jail-/


text: Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Congress did not approve $50 billion for border fence in 2006
review_date: 2019-01-22T18:05:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/22/facebook-posts/no-congress-did-not-approve-50-billion-border-fenc/


claimant: Carlos Gimenez
claim_date: 2017-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Is Miami-Dade the No. 1 leader in breaking local Zika transmission?
review_date: 2017-01-24T19:12:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Miami-Dade is "the first community in the world to break the cycle of local transmission of the Zika virus."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/24/carlos-gimenez/miami-dade-no-1-leader-breaking-local-zika-transmi/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post announcing WHO arrests in pandemic is Pants on Fire!
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Emergency injunction and tribunal order was served to WHO … to immediately cease and desist a criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/14/viral-image/social-media-post-announcing-who-arrests-pandemic/


text: Says the U.S. gives Israel "$3 billion annually" in aid and zero to Detroit.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, the U.S. gives billions to Israel every year – but Detroit receives federal aid, too
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/03/facebook-posts/yes-us-gives-billions-israel-every-year-detroit-re/


text: A video shows Joe Biden making a racist comment.
claimant: @mooncult
claim_date: 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: A deceptively edited video of Joe Biden falsely suggests he made racist comment
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/03/Mooncult/deceptively-edited-video-joe-biden-falsely-suggest/


text: A robot with artificial intelligence “self-terminated” after 15 minutes of manual labor.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Do robots get tired of working, too? Social media posts exaggerate viral video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/09/facebook-posts/do-robots-get-tired-of-working-too-social-media-po/


text: "We’ve got dozens of counties around America that have zero insurers left."
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Pants on Fire! Paul Ryan uses old stat to claim counties will have no Obamacare insurer in 2018
review_date: 2017-08-24T21:40:16Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/24/paul-ryan/ryan-way-obamacare-county-insurance-stat-cnn-town-/


text: "Human trafficking is the third-biggest criminal enterprise in the world."
claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, human trafficking ranks No. 3 in world crime
review_date: 2016-07-27T03:15:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/amy-klobuchar/yes-human-trafficking-ranks-3-world-crime/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Anti-vaxxers spread conspiracy about Bill Gates and India’s polio vaccination
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Gates Foundation "tested a polio vax in India between 2000 & 2017 and paralysed 496,000 children."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/facebook-posts/anti-vaxxers-spread-conspiracy-about-bill-gates-an/


text: Say a video shows “staffers stuffing ballots in flint mi”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Video of ‘ballot stuffing’ is not from a Flint, Mich., polling place. It’s from Russia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/05/facebook-posts/video-ballot-stuffing-filmed-russia-not-flint-mich/


claimant: Pam Bondi
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/26/fact-checking-pam-bondis-rnc-attacks-about-hunter-/
title: Fact-checking Pam Bondi’s RNC attacks about Hunter Biden
review_date: 2020-08-26T04:56:15Z
textual_rating: Many wanted Shokin fired
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“That very same company was being investigated by a Ukrainian prosecutor. Joe Biden — the vice president of the United States — threatened to withhold aid to Ukraine unless that same prosecutor was fired. And then he was fired.”


claimant: Brad Schimel
claim_date: 2017-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Which is deadlier: prescription painkillers, heroin or cocaine?
review_date: 2017-04-19T17:05:46Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/19/brad-schimel/which-deadlier-prescription-painkillers-heroin-or-/


text: Donald Trump gave a speech in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on July 18, 2022.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t speak in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on July 18, 2022
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/21/facebook-posts/no-trump-didnt-speak-prescott-valley-yet/


text: “NASA Curiosity finds Nazi helmet on Mars."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: The Mars Curiosity rover photographed rocks, not Third Reich relics
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/viral-image/mars-curiosity-rover-photographed-rocks-not-third/


text: "Texas actually leads in the number of (Confederate) monuments removed."
claimant: Brandon Creighton
claim_date: 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: It's true, Texas has removed more Confederate monuments than other states
review_date: 2019-05-10T22:26:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/10/brandon-creighton/its-true-texas-has-removed-more-confederate-monume/


text: Joe Biden was the first president in 100 years to unsuccessfully sing the alphabet song.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Now you know: ‘ABCs test’ for presidents isn’t real
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/21/instagram-posts/now-you-know-abcs-test-for-presidents-isnt-real/


text: Virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a “Jim Crow-era law.”
claimant: Levar Stoney
claim_date: 2016-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Levar Stoney wrongly traces Virginia felon voting ban to Jim Crow era
review_date: 2016-06-06T14:47:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/06/levar-stoney/levar-stoney-wrongly-traces-virginia-felon-voting-/


text: The city of Atlanta is banning the word “women.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Atlanta isn’t banning the word ‘women,’ despite social media post claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/17/viral-image/atlanta-isnt-banning-the-word-women-despite-social/


text: Oprah Winfrey was wearing an ankle monitor during her Meghan Markle interview.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Oprah wasn’t wearing an ankle monitor in her Meghan Markle interview
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/09/facebook-posts/no-oprah-wasnt-wearing-ankle-monitor-her-meghan-ma/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mark Zuckerberg launched a platform last month "that allows each user to earn from $500 a day without even leaving home."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/08/facebook-posts/libra-is-dead-long-live-libra-dont-fall-for-claims/

title:
Libra is dead. Long live Libra? Don’t fall for claims about passively earning on Zuckerberg platform


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: Outdated number
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I went to a place in Florida called Homestead, and there is a private detention facility being paid for by your taxpayer dollars — a private detention facility — that currently houses 2,700 children."


text: Video shows Clearwater Beach during Hurricane Idalia.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Old video of Clearwater Beach mischaracterized online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/06/facebook-posts/old-video-of-clearwater-beach-mischaracterized-onl/


claimant: Republican Party of Wisconsin
claim_date: 2020-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin GOP misfires by saying Democratic mayors closed polling places to ‘cause chaos'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says “Democratic Mayors in some of Wisconsin's largest cities closed voting locations in April to cause chaos.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/14/republican-party-wisconsin/wisconsin-gop-misfires-saying-democratic-mayors-cl/


text: "Rick Scott wants to destroy Social Security by privatizing it."
claimant: Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
claim_date: 2018-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Does Gov. Rick Scott want to privatize Social Security?
review_date: 2018-04-12T15:01:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/12/jon-bowzer-bauman/does-gov-rick-scott-want-privatize-social-security/


text: "7 million more Americans are uninsured now than when President Trump was elected."
claimant: Maria Cantwell
claim_date: 2019-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Have 7 million Americans become uninsured since 2016?
review_date: 2019-01-25T19:09:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/25/maria-cantwell/have-7-million-americans-become-uninsured-2016/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/apr/05/fact-checking-trumps-post-indictment-speech-at-mar/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s post-indictment speech at Mar-a-Lago about Stormy Daniels payment
review_date: 2023-04-05T04:10:09Z
textual_rating: The courts disagree
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As president, I have the right to declassify documents, and the process is automatic. If I take them with me, it’s automatic. Declassified."


text: Video shows U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan slapping special counsel Robert Mueller.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post pushes claim about a slap that just doesn’t connect
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/12/facebook-posts/facebook-post-pushes-claim-about-a-slap-that-just/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Viral tweet spreads false information about mail ballots in DeKalb County, Ga.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“40,000 rejected vote by mail ballots in DeKalb County need to be cured by Friday or they will be tossed.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/tweets/viral-tweet-spreads-false-information-about-mail-b/


text: George Floyd has “hair in one shot but is bald in the shots of him laying on the ground.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: George Floyd’s hair does not differ in various images
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/26/blog-posting/george-floyds-hair-does-not-differ-various-images/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jun/01/fact-checking-donald-trumps-statement-withdrawing-/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's statement withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement
review_date: 2017-06-01T22:39:45Z
textual_rating: Based on flawed study
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Paris Agreement would result in "lost jobs, lower wages, shuttered factories and vastly diminished economic production."


text: Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."
claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: It’s True. Before he was mayor, Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana – and got drubbed
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/20/amy-klobuchar/its-true-he-was-mayor-pete-buttigieg-ran-statewide/


claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: David Perdue distorts facts in Georgia agreement on absentee ballot signatures
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A consent decree approved by Gov. Brian Kemp “invalidated all voter ID law” and “allowed fraudulent ballots to be accepted” in the 2020 race.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/26/david-perdue/david-perdue-distorts-facts-georgia-agreement-abse/


text: Says eight Americans died in a knife attack at a Minnesota mall.
claimant: Tom Tancredo
claim_date: 2016-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Former Rep. Tancredo incorrectly says eight Americans died in knife attack at Minnesota mall
review_date: 2016-09-20T21:04:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/20/tom-tancredo/former-rep-tancredo-incorrectly-says-eight-america/


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: No proof of causality
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The top 10 most dangerous cities in the country are run by Democrats, and have been for many decades."


text: Says Hillary Clinton "gave up 20 percent of America's uranium supply to Russia."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: In a nuclear claim, Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton 'gave up' one-fifth of U.S. uranium to Russia
review_date: 2016-09-30T13:14:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/30/donald-trump/nuclear-claim-donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-ga/


text: "Heroin .. pours across our southern borders."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says heroin pours across the southern border
review_date: 2016-10-20T05:13:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/donald-trump/trump-says-heroin-pours-across-southern-border/


claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2017-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Ryan's misleading claim about a single mom, not Aaron Rodgers, paying the highest tax rate
review_date: 2017-09-07T16:29:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/01/paul-ryan/paul-ryan-says-single-mom-who-takes-job-not-packer/


text: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden off-base on debate attack over US-China trade deficit
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/30/joe-biden/joe-biden-base-debate-attack-over-us-china-trade-d/


text: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the first Trump-Biden presidential debate
review_date: 2020-10-01T15:21:02Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/30/fact-checking-first-trump-biden-presidential-debate/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2020-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott’s claims about Charles Schumer lack evidence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/04/rick-scott/scotts-claims-about-schumer-lack-evidence/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: UK’s borders remain open; they weren’t closed to keep out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United Kingdom’s “Parliament closed its borders to prevent Harry and Meg from flying to the UK in order to protect the king.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/07/facebook-posts/uks-borders-remain-open-they-werent-closed-to-keep/


text: "If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."
claimant: Donald Tump
claim_date: 2017-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence for Trump claim that it was 'impossible' for Syrian Christians to enter U.S.
review_date: 2017-01-29T22:06:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/29/donald-trump/no-evidence-trump-claim-it-was-impossible-syrian-c/


claimant: Roy Moore
claim_date: 2017-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: In debate, Roy Moore claims DACA was a 'mere memo,' violated laws
review_date: 2017-09-22T21:52:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/22/roy-moore/debate-roy-moore-claims-daca-immigration-rules-vio/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Viral ShadowGate video makes sweeping, unfounded claims
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Contractors hired by government officials to frame Donald Trump are “behind the fake news in mainstream media” and recent protests.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/17/facebook-posts/viral-shadowgate-video-makes-sweeping-unfounded-cl/


text: "There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."
claimant: Snapple
claim_date: 2018-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Are there only 18 minutes of action in a baseball game?
review_date: 2018-04-07T02:07:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/06/snapple/are-there-only-18-minutes-action-baseball-game/


claimant: Morgan Carroll
claim_date: 2016-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Morgan Carroll says Mike Coffman ‘changes tune on immigration for English-speaking audience’
review_date: 2016-11-04T21:13:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Mike Coffman said two different things: "stop the deportations" in a Spanish-language debate and "you're going to be deported" in an English-language TV interview.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/04/morgan-carroll/morgan-carroll-says-mike-coffman-changes-tune-immi/


text: No, pens provided by Arizona election officials aren’t part of a plot to rig state primary
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, pens provided by Arizona election officials aren’t part of a plot to rig state primary
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/01/tweets/no-pens-provided-arizona-election-officials-arent-/


text: “Ron Johnson just came out in favor of a federal abortion ban.”
claimant: Mandela Barnes
claim_date: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Challenger Barnes vastly overstates case, suggesting U.S. Sen. Johnson backs outright abortion ban
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/13/mandela-barnes/challenger-barnes-vastly-overstates-case-suggestin/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Can Pfizer and Moderna end the pandemic by sharing their vaccine designs? It's not that simple
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Pfizer and Moderna could share their design with dozens of other pharma companies who stand ready to produce their vaccines and end the pandemic.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/09/facebook-posts/can-pfizer-and-moderna-end-pandemic-sharing-their-/


text: Says "Barcelona terrorist" is cousins with former President Barack Obama.
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Barcelona terrorist related to Barack Obama, fake news site falsely says
review_date: 2017-08-23T16:07:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/23/blog-posting/barcelona-terrorist-related-barack-obama-fake-news/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2018-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Calif. Rep. Maxine Waters didn’t say Trump supporters ‘not welcome here’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Maxine Waters said Trump supporters are “not welcome here” and “we must welcome everyone who crosses our borders.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/25/facebook-posts/no-calif-rep-maxine-waters-didnt-say-trump-support/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Nope. Most polls still don’t show Ted Cruz beating Hillary Clinton in November
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:15:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The polling shows over and over again that, unlike Donald Trump, that with me as the nominee, we beat Hillary Clinton."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/12/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-repeats-mostly-false-claim-about-polls-sh/


text: "82-year-old who killed a Muslim in self-defense gets the death penalty."
claimant: The Patriot Report
claim_date: 2018-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fake story says elderly man shot Muslims in self defense
review_date: 2018-01-24T22:00:24Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/24/patriot-report/fake-story-says-elderly-man-shot-muslims-self-defe/


claimant: Derrick Van Orden
claim_date: 2021-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Republican candidate mostly wrong on numbers of Americans left behind in Afghanistan
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 - 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/04/derrick-van-orden/wisconsin-republican-candidate-mostly-wrong-number/


text: Video shows Ukrainian soldiers saying goodbye to loved ones amid Russia’s 2022 invasion
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Social posts mislead by sharing 2017 movie clip of Ukrainian soldiers saying goodbye to loved ones
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/01/facebook-posts/social-posts-mislead-sharing-2017-movie-clip-ukrai/


text: “Breaking: Judiciary Democrats just voted to support non-citizens voting in our elections.”
claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2022-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post wrongly says House Democrats voted to support noncitizen voting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/27/instagram-posts/instagram-post-wrongly-says-house-democrats-voted-/


claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2020-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: GOP Senate ad misrepresents Montana governor’s stance on rural hospitals, public option
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
[Steve] Bullock’s health care plan will force rural hospitals to close. Medicare as we know it will change, replaced by a government-run program with fewer doctors and longer wait times.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/17/national-republican-senatorial-committee/gop-senate-ad-misrepresents-montana-governors-stan/


text: “In 38 days Pelosi and Schiff are up for reelection. Nadler up June 23.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler are up for re-election this summer are wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/04/viral-image/claims-pelosi-schiff-and-nadler-are-re-election-su/


text: Protestors in France have released animals from the zoo.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Lions, tigers and bears on the streets of Paris? No, zoo animals haven’t been released amid riots
review_date: 2023-07-10T01:24:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/07/instagram-posts/lions-tigers-and-bears-on-the-streets-of-paris-no/


text: "There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2017-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio wrong to conclude that Senate bill won't lead to Medicaid decline in Florida
review_date: 2017-06-30T21:09:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/30/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-wrong-conclude-senate-bill-wont-lead-m/


claimant: Duey Stroebel
claim_date: 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Has Gov. Tony Evers banned family dinners amid Wisconsin’s coronavirus pandemic? Yes and no
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that under order from Gov. Tony Evers, he and his eight children can’t legally have dinner together anymore.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/27/duey-stroebel/has-gov-tony-evers-banned-family-dinners-amid-wisc/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2015-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio says EPA rule covers 'water barely bigger than a puddle'
review_date: 2016-06-20T15:04:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/oct/22/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-epa-rule-covers-water-barely-bigg/


claimant: Claire McCaskill
claim_date: 2017-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: False: McCaskill says 1 Mar-a-Lago trip could fund Missouri meals on wheels for 2 years
review_date: 2017-05-23T18:24:34Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/23/claire-mccaskill/false-mccaskill-says-1-mar-lago-trip-could-fund-mi/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich repeats claim that Freddie Mac, credit unions are ‘government-sponsored enterprises’
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:14:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Newt Gingrich says electric co-ops and credit unions are "government-sponsored enterprises" like Freddie Mac.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/24/newt-gingrich/gingrich-repeats-claim-freddie-mac-credit-unions-a/


text: Says the University of Florida "requests to cancel rivalry game" against Florida State University.
claimant: React365.com
claim_date: 2017-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Gators will still play Seminoles, despite fake news generator claims
review_date: 2017-11-07T20:14:12Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/07/react365com/gators-will-still-play-seminoles-despite-fake-news/


claimant: Sen. Roy Blunt
claim_date: 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Roy Blunt is right: The military pay increase is the largest in years
review_date: 2018-12-13T16:18:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 "includes the largest pay raise in nearly 10 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/13/roy-blunt/roy-blunt-right-military-pay-increase-largest-year/


text: "The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."
claimant: Whoopi Goldberg
claim_date: 2023-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Whoopi Goldberg gets it wrong on lying and the First Amendment
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/17/whoopi-goldberg/whoopi-goldberg-gets-it-wrong-lying-and-first-amen/


text: Black Lives Matter "injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that Black Lives Matter killed 36 people, injured 1,000 police officers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/07/facebook-posts/no-proof-black-lives-matter-killed-36-people-injur/


claimant: Jerome Corsi
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracy theorist spreads false claim about Fauci, patents and COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Dr. Anthony Fauci's name appears on "4 U.S. patents for a key glycoprotein” used to “create the current COVID-19 epidemic.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/jerome-corsi/conspiracy-theorist-spreads-false-claim-about-fauc/


claimant: Elise Stefanik
claim_date: 2021-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Stefanik catches Cuomo misstating law on gun industry liability
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/13/elise-stefanik/refereeing-andrew-cuomo-elise-stefanik-firearm-ind/


claimant: Greg Casar
claim_date: 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Greg Casar says Austin 'ranked repeatedly' high for economic segregation--even No. 1 nationally
review_date: 2018-05-31T17:15:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/31/greg-casar/greg-casar-says-austin-ranked-repeatedly-high-econ/


text: Says police officers smoke marijuana once a year as part of their jobs.
claimant: Alex Jones
claim_date: 2017-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Police smoke marijuana yearly to test potency, Alex Jones says
review_date: 2017-05-05T19:35:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/05/alex-jones/police-smoke-marijuana-yearly-test-potency-alex-jo/


text: Says only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Face masks, including homemade ones, are effective COVID-19 protection, experts say
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/18/facebook-posts/face-masks-including-homemade-ones-are-effective-c/


text: Photos show gas costs nearly $10 in the Carolinas.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Why some gas stations are advertising $9.99 unleaded
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/13/viral-image/why-some-gas-stations-are-advertising-999-unleaded/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's false claim that Oakland, Ferguson are 'among the most dangerous in the world'
review_date: 2016-05-26T13:58:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/25/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-oakland-ferguson-are-amo/


claimant: Michael Williams
claim_date: 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Did bump stocks prevent more casualties in Las Vegas?
review_date: 2017-11-13T14:14:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Many firearms experts determined the Las Vegas shooter’s use of a bump stock actually prevented more casualties and (injuries) due to its inconsistency, inaccuracy, and lack of control."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/13/michael-williams/did-bump-stocks-prevent-more-casualties-las-vegas/


text: "The Clinton Foundation folded.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2018-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: The Clinton Foundation has not folded. A 2018 post that’s recirculating is wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/11/facebook-posts/clinton-foundation-has-not-folded-2018-post-s-reci/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Quote about tax dollars, the poor and Christianity was not said by Jimmy Carter
review_date: 2019-05-02T20:48:31Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes President Jimmy Carter as saying "If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/02/facebook-posts/quote-about-tax-dollars-poor-and-christianity-was-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/oct/10/fact-checking-donald-trumps-op-ed-usa-today/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's op-ed against Medicare for All in USA Today
review_date: 2018-10-10T17:26:18Z
textual_rating: Seniors gain choices
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Democrats would give total power and control over seniors’ health care decisions to the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C."


claimant: Ray Cross
claim_date: 2019-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: UW System president hits pay dirt with university pay gap claim
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/14/ray-cross/uw-system-president-hits-pay-dirt-university-pay-g/


text: “Johns Hopkins University confirms: You can be vaccinated with a PCR test, even without knowing”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, you cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19 by a PCR test
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/16/facebook-posts/no-you-cannot-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19-pcr-t/


text: "Records suggest more than 100 batches of absentee ballots in Fulton County could be missing."
claimant: Just the News
claim_date: 2021-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence of missing absentee ballots in Georgia’s 2020 election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/09/just-news/no-evidence-missing-absentee-ballots-georgias-2020/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Haiti, Tanzania and Madagascar refused the COVID-19 vaccines and now all three of their presidents have died unexpectedly.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/12/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-these-politicians-were-killed-o/

title:
There's no evidence these politicians were killed over their countries’ refusal of COVID-19 vaccines


text: A photo shows Joe Biden groping a woman.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2017-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: An image that appears to show Joe Biden groping a woman is altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/14/viral-image/image-appears-show-joe-biden-groping-woman-altered/


claimant: North Carolina Republican Party
claim_date: 2018-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: NC GOP misleads about NC election fraud investigation
review_date: 2018-12-04T15:46:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There aren’t enough ballots in question to change the outcome" of the Harris vs. McCready race in NC Congressional District 9.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/04/north-carolina-republican-party/nc-gop-misleads-about-nc-election-fraud-investigat/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2018-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Condoleezza Rice once spoke about entitlement, but this isn’t a direct quote
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/19/facebook-posts/condoleezza-rice-once-spoke-about-entitlement-isnt/


text: When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2019-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Sen. Rick Scott misleads about “record funding” for HIV prevention
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/20/rick-scott/florida-sen-rick-scott-misleads-about-record-fundi/


text: "The deficit ... is coming down, and it’s coming down rapidly."
claimant: Larry Kudlow
claim_date: 2018-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Larry Kudlow wrong about deficits falling rapidly under Donald Trump
review_date: 2018-07-02T21:18:55Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/02/larry-kudlow/larry-kudlow-wrong-about-deficits-falling-rapidly-/


text: Former President Donald Trump recently dispatched troops to the border.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Old headlines about former President Donald Trump and migrants recycled as breaking news
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/24/facebook-posts/old-headlines-about-former-president-donald-trump/


claimant: Heartland Institute
claim_date: 2018-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Do work requirements lead to self-sufficiency?
review_date: 2018-01-26T15:26:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/26/heartland-institute/do-work-requirements-lead-self-sufficiency/


claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2020-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a claim about when your mail ballot is due
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“15 days left to vote BUT if you are voting by mail, you need to vote TODAY. USPS says it needs a 14 day roundtrip to be counted on election day.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/20/instagram-posts/fact-checking-claim-about-when-your-mail-ballot-du/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump vastly underestimates job gains under Joe Biden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“During Biden’s first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-vastly-underestimates-job-gains-under/


text: As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump accurate that deaths from coronavirus are falling
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-accurate-deaths-coronavirus-are-falli/


claimant: Progress Texas
claim_date: 2016-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Progress Texas makes speculative claim about Donald Trump firing 49,000 Texas teachers
review_date: 2016-10-20T16:44:27Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Donald Trump's education plan to dramatically slash funding for public education would fire 49,000 Texas teachers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/progress-texas/progress-texas-makes-unfounded-claim-about-donald-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for this old hoax about showering and doing laundry in California
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Starting Jan. 1 California residents can’t take shower, do laundry, poop in toilet and flush on same day."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/facebook-posts/dont-fall-old-hoax-about-showering-and-doing-laund/


text: “State Forces Citizens to Pay for ‘Stargazing Permit’ to View Night Sky in Public Parks”
claimant: Free Thought Project
claim_date: 2020-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: New York’s longtime stargazing permit draws new attention
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/09/free-thought-project/new-yorks-longtime-stargazing-permit-draws-new-att/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, vanilla ice cream didn’t used to be black
review_date: 2019-05-21T18:46:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/21/viral-image/no-vanilla-ice-cream-didnt-used-be-black/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Recycled meme falsely says Trump bragged about lying in book
review_date: 2019-01-15T23:25:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes President Donald Trump as saying, "You tell people a lie three times, they will believe anything. You tell people what they want to hear, play to their fantasies, and then you close the deal."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/15/blog-posting/recycled-meme-falsely-says-trump-bragged-about-lyi/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photos show people wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods in the mini-mart owned by someone involved in the Montgomery riverfront brawl.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/14/facebook-posts/photos-of-hooded-shoppers-taken-in-california-and/

title:
Photos of hooded shoppers taken in California and Colorado, not Vasser’s Mini-Mart in Selma, Alabama


text: "Fox News accidentally puts up a poll graphic that shows how they are the least trusted network."
claimant: Online posts
claim_date: 2018-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Fox News did not put up graphic showing it was the least trusted network
review_date: 2018-04-13T18:13:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/13/blog-posting/No-Fox-News-did-not-put-up-graphic-showing-it-was/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s misleading claim about ballot signatures in Nevada
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In Nevada, they want to have a thing where you don’t have to have any verification of the signature” on ballots.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/28/donald-trump/trumps-misleading-claim-about-ballot-signatures-ne/


text: The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."
claimant: Robert McKinzie
claim_date: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the myth that the word picnic is racist
review_date: 2019-02-21T20:56:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/21/robert-mckinzie/fact-checking-myth-word-picnic-racist/


text: Says Donald Trump "says organized crime runs wild on reservations."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump says 'organized crime runs wild on reservations'
review_date: 2016-11-04T19:02:48Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/04/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-says-organized-crime-/


text: A Stockton, California, council member said “there’s a serial killer in Stockton.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, a Stockton, California, council member didn’t say there’s a serial killer there
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/03/viral-image/no-stockton-california-council-member-didnt-say-th/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says he's done more than other presidents to solve the gun problem. Has he?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Asked what his administration would be doing about "the gun problem," said, "We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hes-done-more-other-presidents-s/


text: Says his impeachment is a "coup."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says impeachment is a coup. That's Pants on Fire
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/25/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-impeachment-coup-s-pants-fire/


text: Hecklers chanted “f--- Joe Biden” during a Barack Obama speech.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Altered video shows anti-Joe Biden chant during Obama speech, but that didn’t happen
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/31/viral-image/altered-video-shows-anti-joe-biden-chant-during-ob/


text: "We’ve spent $6 trillion" on the wars in the Middle East.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did U.S. spend $6 trillion in Middle East wars?
review_date: 2016-10-27T20:05:49Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/27/donald-trump/did-us-spend-6-trillion-middle-east-wars/


text: "(Obamacare) is a bill which has never once had a majority of Americans favor it."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Obamacare "has never been favored by a majority of Americans," Gingrich says
review_date: 2016-07-15T17:12:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/sep/26/newt-gingrich/obamacare-has-never-been-favored-majority-american/


text: On drilling on federal lands.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: President Joe Biden flip-flopped on allowing new oil and gas drilling on federal lands
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/15/joe-biden/president-joe-biden-flip-flopped-allowing-new-oil/


text: In the United Kingdom, “70-plus percent of the people who die now from COVID are fully vaccinated.”
claimant: Alex Berenson
claim_date: 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 death rate in England much higher among unvaccinated than vaccinated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/29/alex-berenson/covid-19-death-rate-england-much-higher-among-unva/


text: There’s a "new Netflix show to make little boys into ‘sexy’ little girls."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Netflix doesn’t have a show to “make little boys into ‘sexy’ little girls”
review_date: 2019-05-17T17:21:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/17/viral-image/no-netflix-doesnt-have-show-make-little-boys-sexy-/


text: Dr. Anthony Fauci has not spoken or appeared publicly for several weeks.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fauci has regularly given interviews and appeared at press briefings
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/07/facebook-posts/fauci-has-regularly-given-interviews-and-appeared-/


text: Undocumented drivers "have protections that US citizens don’t receive under Green light bill."
claimant: Michael Kearns
claim_date: 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Michael Kearns' claim about undocumented drivers getting special privileges is wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/29/michael-kearns/kearns-claims-undocumented-drivers-get-special-pri/


claimant: Pat McCrory
claim_date: 2016-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: NC Gov. Pat McCrory defends HB2, says it would have affected every private employer in Charlotte
review_date: 2016-04-17T23:10:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The city of Charlotte passed a bathroom ordinance mandate on every private-sector employer in Charlotte."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/17/pat-mccrory/nc-gov-pat-mccrory-defends-hb2-meet-press/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: FDA rules have blocked COVID-19 vaccine makers from advertising vaccines on TV
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There’s been no” TV commercials for the COVID-19 vaccines because “they are required by law to list all adverse side effects.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/instagram-posts/fda-rules-have-blocked-covid-19-vaccine-makers-adv/


text: Says Kamala Harris said there will be “a federal tax on your home for reparations.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Kamala Harris backs tax to pay for slavery reparations
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/07/facebook-posts/no-evidence-kamala-harris-backs-tax-pay-slavery-re/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2017-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Graham-Cassidy, the GOP alternative to Obamacare, weakens protections for pre-existing conditions
review_date: 2017-09-22T19:37:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/22/ron-johnson/graham-cassidy-gop-alternative-obamacare-weakens-p/


text: A video shows wreckage of the recent plane crash in Nepal.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows a tour of a ‘War of the Worlds’ movie set, not the scene of Nepal’s deadly plane crash
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/23/facebook-posts/video-shows-a-tour-of-a-war-of-the-worlds-movie-se/


text: "We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders largely off-base in saying he wins when voter turnout is high and loses when it's low
review_date: 2016-04-19T15:53:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/19/bernie-sanders/sanders-largely-base-saying-we-win-when-voter-turn/


text: “Nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes. Ever. It doesn’t happen.”
claimant: Emerald Robinson
claim_date: 2022-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: The Pants on Fire claim that ‘nobody in any election in America gets 74% of the votes’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/01/emerald-robinson/pants-fire-claim-nobody-any-election-america-gets-/


text: "We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely claims his administration has deported half of MS-13 gang members
review_date: 2017-06-30T18:49:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/30/donald-trump/trump-falsely-claims-his-administration-has-deport/


text: “There was tremendous cheating in New York”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s baseless claim about ‘tremendous cheating’ in 2016
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/11/donald-trump/trumps-baseless-claim-about-tremendous-cheating-20/


claimant: Club for Growth
claim_date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Did Senate candidate Leah Vukmir seek 'leniency' for fellow lawmaker convicted of sexual assault?
review_date: 2018-07-18T13:44:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Leah Vukmir "wrote a letter seeking leniency for a fellow state legislator convicted of sexual assault."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/18/club-growth/did-senate-candidate-leah-vukmir-seek-leniency-fel/


claimant: Social media posts
claim_date: 2017-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post on pending GOP bills is largely accurate
review_date: 2017-03-07T20:34:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It's important to pay attention to the Russian spy drama, but let's not ignore the fact that the following (10) bills have been introduced" in the House.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/07/social-media/social-media-post-pending-gop-bills-largely-accura/


text: George Soros is banned in Russia, Pakistan, Turkey, Hungary, Poland and the Philippines.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, George Soros is not banned in six countries
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/21/facebook-posts/george-soros-is-not-banned-in-six-countries/


text: Photo shows a gravestone in Japan with a QR code.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show a woman scanning a QR code on a Japanese headstone
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/20/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-woman-scanning-qr-code-japane/


text: "In 1984, the New York Times said Trump would be our BEST president."
claimant: Bling News
claim_date: 2018-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fake headline says New York Times said Trump would make the best president in 1984
review_date: 2018-07-13T16:45:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/13/bling-news/fake-headline-says-new-york-times-said-trump-would/


text: "The teachers in (charter) schools don't even have to be certified."
claimant: Gwen Graham
claim_date: 2018-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Graham in error on Florida charter school teacher certification
review_date: 2018-08-15T20:38:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/15/gwen-graham/graham-misspeaks-charter-school-teacher-certificat/


text: "In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bernie Sanders didn't toss eggs at civil rights protesters. He was one of the protesters
review_date: 2019-02-25T16:57:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/25/facebook-posts/facebook-post-has-false-information-about-bernie-s/


text: Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Nigerian students fleeing a COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-video-doesnt-show-nigerian-students-fleeing-cov/


text: "You weren't allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War as an individual."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s dubious claim about Revolutionary War cannon ownership
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/29/joe-biden/joe-bidens-dubious-claim-about-revolutionary-war-c/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump takes dig at NASA, extols private rocketeers
review_date: 2018-03-12T22:03:21Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/12/donald-trump/trump-takes-dig-nasa-extols-private-rocketeers/


text: "$1 billion—that’s how much Bruce Rauner has wasted with his budget crisis."
claimant: J.B. Pritzker
claim_date: 2018-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Did Rauner really pour $1 billion ‘down the drain’?
review_date: 2018-06-25T15:52:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/25/jb-pritzker/did-rauner-really-pour-1-billion-down-drain/


text: "NFL fines Pittsburgh Steelers $1 million each for skipping national anthem."
claimant: TheLastLineOfDefense.org
claim_date: 2017-09-24T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-09-25T19:50:42Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/25/thelastlineofdefenseorg/nfls-goodell-didnt-say-he-would-fine-steelers-play/

title:
NFL’s Goodell didn't say he would fine Steelers players $1 million each for skipping national anthem


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2017-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Did Donald Trump cut $18 billion worth of red tape, as Mike Pence said?
review_date: 2017-07-21T16:13:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump "has signed more laws cutting through federal red tape than any president in American history and has already saved businesses and families up to $18 billion in red tape costs every year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/21/mike-pence/did-donald-trump-cut-18-billion-worth-red-tape-mik/


text: "Women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care"
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2017-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: State birth control rule doesn't cover all insurance plans in New York
review_date: 2017-10-23T16:22:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/21/andrew-cuomo/state-birth-control-rule-doesnt-cover-all-insuranc/


text: Says Joe Biden calls Donald Trump’s supporters the dregs of society.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t call Trump supporters dregs of society
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/16/viral-image/no-biden-didnt-call-trump-supporters-dregs-society/


claimant: Rachel Campos-Duffy
claim_date: 2021-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, taxpayer funds were not used to remove rock deemed by some to be racist from UW-Madison campus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/14/rachel-campos-duffy/no-taxpayer-funds-were-not-used-remove-rock-deemed/


text: Elon Musk tweeted he would “buy Joint Commission and let nurses have drinks at their station.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Elon Musk didn’t tweet this about The Joint Commission
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/20/viral-image/elon-musk-didnt-tweet-this-about-the-joint-commiss/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2017-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Jeff Sessions exaggerates claim about 'sanctuary' policies and violating federal law
review_date: 2017-03-30T15:18:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/30/jeff-sessions/jeff-sessions-misleads-saying-inspector-general-fo/


claimant: Ron Kim
claim_date: 2021-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: New York nursing homes granted legal protection, but not ‘blanket immunity’
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo "issued a legal blanket immunity, and snuck that into our budget, giving these facilities essentially a license to kill, a get-out-of-jail free card.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/06/ron-kim/new-york-nursing-homes-not-blanket-immunity-close/


text: Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that US Air Force plane evacuating Afghanistan airport was fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-evidence-us-air-force-plane-evacuating-afghanis/


claimant: Mikki Willis
claim_date: 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/18/fact-checking-plandemic-2-video-recycles-inaccurat/
title: Fact-checking ‘Plandemic 2’: Another video full of conspiracy theories about COVID-19
review_date: 2020-08-19T00:07:54Z
textual_rating: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Anthony Fauci knew early as January of 2017 that we would see an outbreak before the end of 2020. Even Bill Gates, a man with no medical training, knew it was coming."


claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2019-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Which city has the most Fortune 500 companies per capita?
review_date: 2019-03-09T14:27:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/09/greg-abbott/which-city-has-most-fortune-500-companies-capita/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/22/looking-back-tulsi-gabbards-fox-news-presence-obam/
title: Looking back: Tulsi Gabbard’s Fox News presence in the Obama years
textual_rating: Bashed Obama’s foreign policy
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is someone “who during the Obama administration spent four years full-time on Fox News criticizing President Obama.”


text: Video shows “Pfizer lab in Madrid on fire.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show a Pfizer lab on fire in Madrid
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/07/viral-image/no-video-doesnt-show-pfizer-lab-fire-madrid/


text: “The president is cutting the CDC budget by 80%.”
claimant: Bobbie Richardson
claim_date: 2018-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: NC Democrat says Trump is cutting the CDC budget by 80 percent
review_date: 2018-02-16T17:40:46Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/16/bobbie-richardson/nc-democrat-says-trumps-cutting-cdc-budget-80-perc/


text: "380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."
claimant: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
claim_date: 2015-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Wasserman Schultz claims 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone
review_date: 2016-05-11T18:43:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/oct/08/debbie-wasserman-schultz/how-many-americans-have-been-killed-mass-shootings/


text: “Evidence growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics.”
claimant: Mo Brooks
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Mo Brooks pushes baseless claim that antifa orchestrated Capitol riots
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/07/mo-brooks/mo-brooks-claim-antifa-orchestrated-capitol-riots-/


text: "FBI issues Warrant For Obama’s Arrest After Confirming Illegal Trump Tower Wiretap."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: It's a trap! Story that FBI issued warrant for Obama in Trump wiretapping case is fake
review_date: 2017-03-13T18:02:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/13/blog-posting/it-trap-story-fbi-issued-warrant-obama-trump-wiret/


text: "Our population has grown from about 1 million in the 1970s to almost 7 million today."
claimant: Video for Atlanta Super Bowl bid presentation
title: Super Bowl bid video overstates Atlanta population
review_date: 2016-06-08T14:29:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/08/video/super-bowl-bid-video-overstates-atlanta-population/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson’s misleading claim about deaths after COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Between late December of 2020 and last month, a total of 3,362 people apparently died after getting the COVID vaccine in the United States … The actual number is almost certainly higher.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/06/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlsons-misleading-claim-about-deaths-afte/


text: “Everyone but Trump invited to royal funeral.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump wasn’t the only former president not invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/14/viral-image/no-trump-wasnt-only-former-president-not-invited-q/


claimant: Arizona Grassroots Action
claim_date: 2016-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: PAC claims former Arizona senator wanted to ban intelligence agencies
review_date: 2016-05-11T16:11:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says former state Sen. Kelli Ward "wanted to ban our intelligence agencies from operating in Arizona."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/11/arizona-grassroots-action-pac/pac-claims-former-arizona-senator-wanted-ban-intel/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Heart complications aren’t yet a ‘listed’ symptom of omicron variant
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Heart complications are one symptom “listed” for the omicron variant and are being “used to cover up effects” of COVID-19 vaccines.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/02/blog-posting/heart-complications-arent-yet-listed-symptom-omicr/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Kamala Harris didn’t vow vengeance against Trump backers
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris said “once Trump’s gone” from the White House, “we’ll be coming for you next. You will feel the vengeance of a nation.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/29/viral-image/no-kamala-harris-didnt-vow-vengeance-against-trump/


text: "Hillary on child aliens in 2014: Send them back."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: Did Hillary Clinton in 2014 say migrant children should be sent back to their countries?
review_date: 2019-01-03T00:17:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/02/blog-posting/did-hillary-clinton-say-migrant-children-should-be/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: George Soros didn’t say he would bring down the United States by funding ‘black hate groups’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
George Soros said, “I’m going to bring down the United States by funding Black Hate groups. We’ll put them into a mental trap and make them blame white people. The Black community is the easiest to manipulate.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/03/viral-image/george-soros-didnt-say-he-would-bring-down-united-/


text: "Marquette University threatened to rescind student’s admission over pro-Trump TikTok video."
claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2020-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Marquette threatened admission over pro-Trump views is greatly exaggerated
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/16/donald-trump-jr/marquette-admission-trump-samantha-pfefferle/


text: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "was fired from ‘Hot Dog On A Stick’ in 2008 — for incompetence."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: AOC wasn't fired from 'Hot Dog on a Stick,' as meme says
review_date: 2019-03-12T18:52:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/12/viral-image/aoc-wasnt-fired-hot-dog-stick-meme-says/


text: Video shows Joe Biden leaning in and sniffing a child.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t sniff a child in this video. It was altered.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/10/instagram-posts/no-biden-didnt-sniff-a-baby-in-this-video-it-was-a/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Monica Lewinsky didn’t tweet she would engage in oral sex with Trump to convince GOP to impeach
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Monica Lewinsky tweeted that she's "willing to take one for the team" by engaging in oral sex with President Donald Trump because, "Apparently that's the only thing that can convince Republicans to impeach."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/04/facebook-posts/monica-lewinsky-didnt-say-she-would-engage-oral-se/


text: Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, TV station did not report school shooting ‘3 weeks in advance’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/26/facebook-posts/no-tv-station-did-not-report-school-shooting-3-wee/


claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2017-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Tom Cotton misleads in claim about Dream Act amnesty
review_date: 2017-09-26T16:06:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/26/tom-cotton/sen-tom-cotton-misleads-claim-about-dream-act-amne/


text: "For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation."
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2016-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Walker: 'For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation'
review_date: 2016-07-20T15:53:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/20/scott-walker/walker-decades-states-gas-tax-has-been-among-highe/


text: Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."
claimant: Chain email
claim_date: 2011-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Email message says members of Congress get a full pension for serving just one term
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/2011/may/29/chain-email/email-message-says-members-congress-get-full-pensi/


text: NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem is "against the law."
claimant: Roy Moore
claim_date: 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Is it ‘against the law’ for NFL players to kneel for the national anthem, as Roy Moore said? No
review_date: 2017-10-19T19:55:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/19/roy-moore/it-against-law-nfl-players-kneel-national-anthem-r/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2015-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says U.S. has 93 million people 'out of work,' but that's way too high
review_date: 2017-04-12T18:40:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/aug/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-us-has-93-milion-people-out-work/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Looking at claims about why the FBI is involved in the Pelosi case
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The FBI took over the investigation into the attack on Paul Pelosi because San Francisco authorities weren’t sticking to Nancy Pelosi’s talking points.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/04/viral-image/looking-claims-about-why-fbi-involved-pelosi-case/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz says political arrests in Cuba have increased
review_date: 2016-11-29T17:16:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/29/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-political-arrests-cuba-have-increase/


text: “Fish tank additive may treat coronavirus.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Drinking chloroquine fish-tank cleaner won’t stop the coronavirus. It might kill you
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/24/blog-posting/drinking-chloroquine-fish-tank-cleaner-wont-stop-c/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Democrats distorted his visit at Dayton hospital. Here's what they actually said
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley were "totally misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital. Their news conference after I left for El Paso was a fraud. It bore no resemblance to what took place with those incredible people that I was so lucky to meet and spend time with."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/09/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-democrats-distorted-his-visit-da/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Post comparing mass shooting deaths to homicides by undocumented immigrants way off
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says 194 people were killed in mass shootings in 2018 while undocumented immigrants killed 83,211 people.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/26/facebook-posts/post-comparing-mass-shooting-deaths-homicides-undo/


text: “Trump was secretly inaugurated as president of the restored Republic.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump wasn’t inaugurated president in 2021
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/08/facebook-posts/no-trump-wasnt-inaugurated-president/


text: Says Russ Feingold "formed his own political group to pay himself and his staff millions."
claimant: Wisconsin Republican Party
claim_date: 2016-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Did Russ Feingold form 'his own political group to pay himself and his staff millions'?
review_date: 2016-11-03T17:28:22Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/03/republican-party-wisconsin/did-russ-feingold-form-his-own-political-group-pay/


text: "When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich repeats claim that he balanced the federal budget four times as speaker
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:17:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/jan/23/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-repeats-claim-he-balanced-federal-bu/


text: David Jolly "has used money and power to try to … drill off our beaches."
claimant: Charlie Crist
claim_date: 2016-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Rep. David Jolly worked to 'drill off our beaches,' Charlie Crist says in email
review_date: 2016-06-30T16:22:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/30/charlie-crist/us-rep-david-jolly-worked-drill-our-beaches-crist-/


claimant: S.E. Cupp
claim_date: 2017-09-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/sep/12/how-much-do-we-know-about-climate-change-and-hurri/
title: How much do we know about climate change and hurricanes?
review_date: 2017-09-12T20:19:05Z
textual_rating: Not yet settled
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"What part of the human roots of climate change are responsible for creating intenser storms? I think that’s a question that is unanswered by science."


claimant: Jimmy Anderson
claim_date: 2019-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: State lawmaker goes too far out to pasture with large-scale farm manure claim
review_date: 2019-06-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Republicans on the budget-writing committee "did nothing" to address oversight of large-scale farms, "as literal manure is coming out of people’s faucets.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/11/jimmy-anderson/state-lawmaker-goes-too-far-out-pasture-large-scal/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Did Qatar promise Clinton Foundation $1 million for five minutes with Bill Clinton?
review_date: 2016-10-16T21:00:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In exchange for five minutes with Bill Clinton, the government of Qatar was going to give $1 million to the Clinton Foundation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/16/mike-pence/did-qatar-promise-clinton-foundation-1-million-fiv/


text: "Trump approval rating better than Obama and Reagan at same point in their presidencies."
claimant: The Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2018-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Story says poll shows Trump tied to Obama at same point in presidency
review_date: 2018-06-18T14:46:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/18/gateway-pundit/headline-says-trump-tied-obama-same-point-presiden/


claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2017-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: What impact will eliminating individual mandate have on uninsured, deficit?
review_date: 2017-11-16T17:09:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Congressional Republicans "want to take health care from millions of Americans in order to pay for" a tax bill.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/16/andrew-cuomo/what-impact-will-eliminating-individual-mandate-ha/


claimant: Florida Democratic Party
claim_date: 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/mar/04/how-hard-it-venezuelans-get-asylum-us/
title: How hard is it for Venezuelans to get asylum in the U.S.?
review_date: 2019-03-06T19:49:57Z
textual_rating: Hard to get asylum
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Trump administration has denied almost half of the Venezuelan applicants looking for asylum in the U.S."


claimant: Roy Blunt
claim_date: 2017-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Roy Blunt wrong about Donald Trump Cabinet confirmations
review_date: 2017-03-25T14:32:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Somebody observed this week that you have to go back to the very founding of the government to the first administration of George Washington to find a time when it’s taken longer to put a Cabinet in place."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/25/roy-blunt/fact-check-roy-blunt-wrong-about-donald-trump-cabi/


claimant: Donald Trump Jr.
claim_date: 2016-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump Jr. says unemployment rates are manipulated for political purposes
review_date: 2016-07-25T18:32:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Unemployment numbers "are artificial numbers. These are numbers that are massaged to make the existing economy look good, to make this administration look good when, in fact, it's a total disaster."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/25/donald-trump-jr/donald-trump-jr-says-unemployment-rates-are-manipu/


text: "We’ve got 115,000 miles of roads in this state and 90% is owned by the locals.”
claimant: Craig Thompson
claim_date: 2021-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, 90% of Wisconsin’s roadways are maintained by local municipalities
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/20/craig-thompson/yes-90-wisconsins-roadways-are-maintained-local-mu/


claimant: Raj Shah
claim_date: 2017-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Most U.S. foreign aid flows through U.S. organizations
review_date: 2017-03-08T16:30:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Most U.S. foreign assistance ... is given to U.S. companies and nonprofits in the form of contracts and grants."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/08/raj-shah/yes-most-us-foreign-aid-flows-through-us-organizat/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Claims of a ‘massive transfer’ of fraudulent election ballots are false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
There’s “evidence of a massive transfer of completed, curated ballots” that are fraudulent in the 2022 election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/11/facebook-posts/claims-massive-transfer-fraudulent-election-ballot/


text: Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden administration is not helping build a pipeline in Afghanistan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/18/facebook-posts/no-biden-administration-not-helping-build-pipeline/


text: With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Trump: China taking unprecedented steps to help with North Korea's nukes
review_date: 2017-04-19T19:28:37Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/19/donald-trump/trump-china-taking-unprecedented-steps-help-north-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Images mischaracterize LeBron James’ views on white people
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes LeBron James as saying, “I don’t want nothing to do with white people. I don’t believe they want anything to do with me. I don’t want no (white) friends. It’s me and my boys.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/09/viral-image/images-mischaracterize-lebron-james-views-white-pe/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s Michigan car industry claims veer off course
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
I saved the U.S. auto industry, brought many plants to Michigan and got Japan to announce five new car companies will come to Michigan.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/11/donald-trump/trumps-michigan-car-industry-claims-veer-course/


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: Governor can't rig election
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sisolak is "in charge of the election and the millions of ballots. So if I’m up like millions of votes, he can rig the election, he can rig the election."


text: “Military brass band plays ‘Hit the Road Jack’ as Trump leaves office.”
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Army Band didn’t play this song as Trump left office
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/20/youtube-videos/no-army-band-didnt-play-song-trump-left-office/


claimant: James Risch
claim_date: 2017-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Does the president have 'the ability to declassify anything at any time'?
review_date: 2017-05-16T20:33:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/16/james-risch/does-president-have-ability-declassify-anything-an/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t let this Facebook post scare you: Hand sanitizer is flammable, but safe when used correctly
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“This lady here applied sanitizer to her hands/forearms & went to the kitchen to cook. The moment she turned on the gas stove, her hands caught fire due to the alcohol contained in the sanitizer.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/facebook-posts/dont-let-facebook-post-scare-you-hand-sanitizer-fl/


text: Video shows John F. Kennedy Jr. in a “real presidential convoy.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: This isn’t a video of Donald Trump and JFK Jr. in a presidential convoy
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/this-isnt-a-video-of-donald-trump-and-jfk-jr-in-a/


claimant: Alan Grayson
claim_date: 2016-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Patrick Murphy voted for House Benghazi committee, US Rep. Alan Grayson says
review_date: 2016-05-16T20:50:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/16/alan-grayson/patrick-murphy-voted-house-benghazi-committee-gray/


text: Promise: Require price transparency from health care providers
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump-O-Meter
review_date: 2017-03-15T21:35:54Z
textual_rating: Promise Stalled
language_code: en
publisher_name: Trump-O-Meter: | PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1393/require-price-transparency-health-care-providers/


text: Says Dean Heller "has voted for a GOP bill that funded efforts to revive Yucca Mountain."
claimant: Jacky Rosen
claim_date: 2018-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Rosen misleads on Heller Yucca Mountain vote
review_date: 2018-05-14T13:58:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/14/jacky-rosen/rosen-misleads-heller-yucca-mountain-vote/


text: Says cutting out sugar and drinking hot lemon water will cure cancer.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence these home remedies will cure cancer, health experts say
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/facebook-posts/no-evidence-these-home-remedies-will-cure-cancer-h/


text: Says Marshall Tuck "is backed by Donald Trump’s education advisor" pictured as Betsy DeVos.
claimant: Tony Thurmond
claim_date: 2018-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Ad wrongly implies Marshall Tuck is ‘backed’ by Betsy DeVos
review_date: 2018-11-05T21:19:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/05/tony-thurmond/ad-wrongly-implies-marshall-tuck-backed-betsy-devo/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Italy didn’t lower its COVID-19 death toll ‘by over 97%.’ The count exceeds 132,000
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Italy drastically reduced the country’s official COV1D-19 death count by over 97%. This means Covid killed fewer people than an average seasonal flu.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/10/facebook-posts/italy-didnt-lower-its-covid-19-death-toll-over-97-/


text: Lil Boosie and George Zimmerman got into a fight.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Boosie Badazz says he’s never seen George Zimmerman in person
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/16/viral-image/boosie-badazz-says-hes-never-seen-george-zimmerman/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/26/free-all-fact-checking-south-carolina-democratic-p/
title: Free-for-all: Fact-checking the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
review_date: 2020-02-26T04:47:49Z
textual_rating: Wrong, he mispoke
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"150 million people have been killed since 2007 when Bernie voted to exempt the gun manufacturers from liability."


text: Says Andrew Gillum was "singing a different tune" about charter schools at the Florida debate.
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Was Andrew Gillum 'singing a different tune' about charter schools at the Florida debate?
review_date: 2018-10-30T22:05:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/29/ron-desantis/does-andrew-gillum-want-get-rid-charter-schools-fl/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Pick them from a bin? Donald Trump mischaracterizes diversity visa lottery
review_date: 2017-12-20T20:50:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says of the diversity visa lottery program, "they give us their worst people, they put them in a bin," and "the worst of the worst" are selected.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/20/donald-trump/pick-them-bin-donald-trump-mischaracterizes-divers/


text: “North Korea confirms it has landed a man on the sun.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, North Korea didn’t ‘land’ someone on the sun
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/12/viral-image/no-north-korea-didnt-land-someone-sun/


text: Says U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy’s 8-year-old son found dead "in a dumpster in D.C."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news posts wrongly say U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy’s son found dead in a dumpster
review_date: 2017-05-26T17:12:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/26/blog-posting/fake-news-posts-say-us-rep-trey-gowdys-son-found-d/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2017-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence falsely blames Medicaid expansion for disability waiting list in Ohio
review_date: 2017-07-17T12:47:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/17/mike-pence/pence-falsely-ties-medicaid-expansion-disability-w/


text: Says America’s most violent cities are that way because of their Democratic politics
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about violence in Democratic cities overreaches
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/24/facebook-posts/claim-about-violence-democratic-cities-overreaches/


text: “A European study has found COVID vaccines could be causing ‘long-term brain damage.’”
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2023-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Study on possible COVID-19 brain effects looked at virus, not vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/18/tiktok-posts/study-on-possible-covid-19-brain-effects-looked-at/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post critical of Zelenskyy came from Kid Rock fan account, not the artist
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kid Rock posted “Zelensky just bought his parents an $8,000,000 villa, complete with a salt water pool & 3 brand new vehicles.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/17/viral-image/social-media-post-critical-zelenskyy-came-kid-rock/


claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Is there a Dallas teacher making $90K in his third year?
review_date: 2019-05-10T22:49:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he met a teacher in Dallas "who was only in his third year of teaching and already making more than $90,000 a year in salary."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/10/greg-abbott/there-dallas-teacher-making-90k-his-third-year/


text: Goodyear Tires “announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS…This is what the Radical Left Democrats do.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Calling Goodyear dress code a “ban on MAGA hats” mischaracterizes company policy
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/19/donald-trump/calling-goodyear-dress-code-ban-maga-hats-mischara/


text: A photo shows “the Lincoln Memorial. His head damaged and defaced.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Photo showing damaged Lincoln Memorial by graffiti was doctored
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/08/viral-image/photo-showing-damaged-lincoln-memorial-graffiti-wa/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Quotes by 4 Democrats twisted to make it look like they endorsed riots
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes show Democrats supported riots “when BLM was BURNING down cities and killing people in the streets!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/07/facebook-posts/quotes-4-democrats-twisted-make-it-look-they-endor/


text: "Malia Obama Fired From Cushy Internship At Spanish Embassy"
claimant: FreedomCrossroads.us
claim_date: 2017-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Malia Obama wasn't fired by the Spanish Embassy for smoking marijuana
review_date: 2017-07-18T14:42:22Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/18/freedomcrossroadsus/no-malia-obama-wasnt-fired-smoking-marijuana/


text: “Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.”
claimant: Jill Underly
claim_date: 2022-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin schools chief touts silver lining, but scores did not buck national trend
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/05/jill-underly/wisconsin-schools-chief-touts-silver-lining-scores/


text: Video shows “military robots ready for war.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Parody video shows ‘military robots ready for war’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/31/viral-image/parody-video-shows-military-robots-ready-for-war/


text: “Breaking: Sasha Obama just crashed her expensive new car into a lake.”
claimant: Defense-usa.site
claim_date: 2017-12-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: Sasha Obama crashed Bugatti into a lake
review_date: 2017-12-28T17:25:33Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/28/defense-usasite/fake-news-sasha-obama-crashed-bugatti-lake/


text: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.”
claimant: Tim Baxter
claim_date: 2022-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that AOC said all young people want to be socialists
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/12/tim-baxter/no-evidence-aoc-said-all-young-people-want-be-soci/


claimant: National Republican Congressional Committee
claim_date: 2018-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: The link between George Soros and Dan Feehan is weak, no matter what the ad says
review_date: 2018-10-30T19:30:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "billionaire George Soros bankrolls" Minnesota Democrat Dan Feehan, who is "employed by a Soros-funded liberal outfit in D.C." and his campaign is "propped up by out of state super PACs backed by Soros' millions."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/30/national-republican-congressional-committee/link-between-george-soros-and-dan-feehan-weak-no-/


claimant: Robin Vos
claim_date: 2022-11-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/01/robin-vos/vos-mostly-wrong-claim-pandemic-unemployment-payme/

title:
Vos mostly wrong on claim that pandemic unemployment payments are keeping Wisconsinites from working


text: "I'm self-funding my own campaign."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Is Donald Trump self-funding his campaign? Sort of
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:59:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-self-funding-his-campaign-sort/


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: Missing context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Some states are deciding "that you cannot bring water to people standing in line waiting to vote, deciding that they are going to end voting at 5 p.m."


claimant: Chris Kapenga
claim_date: 2020-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Did software cause Wisconsin's unemployment backlogs? Not quite, but it did delay payments
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/03/chris-kapanga/did-software-cause-wisconsins-unemployment-backlog/


text: Photo shows “7 Marines killed in training exercise yesterday.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Service members pictured in this post died in 2015, not in July 2020
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/04/viral-image/facebook-post-blends-facts-two-fatal-marine-traini/


claimant: Tim Michels
claim_date: 2022-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: End of Keystone pipeline did cost jobs, but most were temporary
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/21/tim-michels/end-keystone-pipeline-did-cost-jobs-most-were-temp/


text: Says Joe Biden is formally listed as criminal suspect in Ukraine case involving his son.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Opening a case file does not mean Joe Biden is a criminal suspect in Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/28/viral-image/opening-case-file-does-not-mean-joe-biden-criminal/


claimant: Chris Collins
claim_date: 2017-08-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/11/chris-collins/how-has-gun-crime-changed-safe-act/
title: How has gun crime changed since the SAFE Act?
review_date: 2017-08-11T20:24:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Violent crimes where a firearm is used have remained static since 2013 in both New York State and Erie County"


text: Says Dick Cheney "supported gay marriage sooner" than Hillary Clinton.
claimant: AlternativePAC
claim_date: 2016-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: PAC backing Gary Johnson says Dick Cheney 'supported gay marriage sooner' than Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-09-08T21:25:23Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/08/alternativepac/pac-backing-gary-johnson-says-dick-cheney-supporte/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, Aaron Hernandez’ family isn’t entitled to the rest of his NFL contract money
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Aaron Hernandez' daughter is, by Massachusetts law, entitled to the remainder of his $15 million NFL contract because he committed suicide during his appeal, making his conviction "null and void."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/23/facebook-posts/no-aaron-hernandez-family-isnt-entitled-rest-his-n/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claim about the Red Cross and blood sold to hospitals
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Red Cross sells your donated blood to hospitals for $150 and then that hospital charges you thousands for a blood transfusion.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/28/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claim-about-red-cross-and-blood-sold/


text: "If all goes 'well' it'll become federal law to get the (COVID-19) vaccine."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Social media post falsely claims a federal law would require vaccination against COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/11/facebook-posts/post-falsely-claims-federal-law-would-require-vacc/


text: Research from Japan shows “ivermectin is effective against omicron in Phase III trial.”
claimant: Twitter
claim_date: 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/02/tweets/ivermectin-study-showed-antiviral-effect-which-not/

title:
Ivermectin study showed ‘antiviral effect,’ which is not the same as being effective against omicron


claimant: 100percentfedup.com
claim_date: 2017-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Washington Post Roy Moore reporter doesn't have a history of 'faking'
review_date: 2017-11-14T23:31:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a Washington Post reporter who broke news on Judge Roy Moore story has a criminal history of ‘faking.'

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/14/blog-posting/no-washington-post-roy-moore-reporter-doesnt-have-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/31/facts-behind-donald-trumps-pardoning-dinesh-dsouza/
title: The facts behind Donald Trump’s pardoning Dinesh D’Souza
review_date: 2018-05-31T21:29:38Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!"


text: Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2016-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image debunked: KKK was not marching in North Carolina after Trump victory
review_date: 2016-11-10T19:49:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/09/viral-image/viral-image-debunked-kkk-was-not-marching-north-ca/


text: “The coronavirus has officially reached Milwaukee County.”
claimant: Chris Larson
claim_date: 2020-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, coronavirus has not yet ‘officially reached Milwaukee County,’ contrary to politician's claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/chris-larson/no-coronavirus-has-not-yet-officially-reached-milw/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Maricopa’s final election results aren’t missing thousands of votes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Maricopa County announced that on Election Day over 540,000 voters visited one of the 223” vote centers, but final official results data claimed that “only 248,070 people voted.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/30/instagram-posts/maricopas-final-election-results-arent-missing-tho/


claimant: Committee to Defend the President
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Trump Facebook ad takes text in Obama’s book wildly out of context
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/12/committee-defend-president/pro-trump-facebook-ad-distorts-obamas-words-about-/


claimant: Committee to Defend the President
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Trump PAC takes Obama book quote out of context to attack Biden
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/27/committee-defend-president/pro-trump-pac-takes-obama-quote-out-context-attack/


text: Audio is a “record of Biden trying to cover up his stolen documents crime.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Purported voicemail from President Joe Biden about government records isn’t authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/instagram-posts/purported-voicemail-from-president-joe-biden-about/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post comparing Obama allegations to Watergate gets facts, history wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/21/facebook-posts/facebook-post-comparing-obama-allegations-watergat/


text: “Jamaica becomes the first country to make K-pop illegal.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: K-pop is legal in Jamaica despite social media rumors
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/10/viral-image/k-pop-legal-jamaica-despite-social-media-rumors/


claimant: Tammy Duckworth
claim_date: 2016-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Tammy Duckworth hits Mark Kirk for military embellishments
review_date: 2016-10-14T17:08:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mark Kirk’s claim of national security expertise is "based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/15/tammy-duckworth/tammy-duckworth-hits-mark-kirk-military-embellishm/


text: “Military ready to act on audit results!” in Arizona
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that military “ready to act” on Arizona ballot review
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/29/facebook-posts/no-evidence-military-ready-act-arizona-ballot-revi/


text: Joe Biden didn’t sign an antilynching bill in a ceremony outside the White House on March 29.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Joe Biden signed an antilynching bill at the White House on March 29
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/30/facebook-posts/yes-joe-biden-signed-antilynching-bill-white-house/


text: “COVID literally stands for Chinese Originated Viral Infectious Disease.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: COVID 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/mar/30/viral-image/covid-stands-coronavirus-disease-2019/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, this passage about defeat isn’t in Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal”
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal” advises: “Never admit defeat. You win. If you don’t win, claim they cheated.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/20/viral-image/no-passage-about-defeat-isnt-donald-trumps-art-dea/


text: CNN’s ratings are "way down."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that CNN ratings are ‘way down’
review_date: 2017-07-03T17:17:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/03/donald-trump/trumps-pants-fire-claim-cnn-ratings-are-way-down/


text: “Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate” nationwide are in California.
claimant: Antonio Villaraigosa
claim_date: 2017-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Villaraigosa gets it wrong on California poverty figures
review_date: 2017-06-09T23:39:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/09/antonio-villaraigosa/villaraigosa-gets-it-wrong-california-poverty-figu/


text: Images show a great white shark on the beach in North Carolina.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, a great white shark was not beached in North Carolina, image is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/29/facebook-posts/no-great-white-shark-was-not-beached-north-carolin/


claimant: Rand Paul
claim_date: 2020-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Rand Paul’s unsupported claim about fraud in the presidential election
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/02/rand-paul/fact-checking-rand-pauls-unsupported-claim-about-f/


claimant: Paul Ryan
title: Paul Ryan's partially accurate claim that House tax bill saves typical Wisconsin household $2,000
review_date: 2017-12-08T17:49:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/08/paul-ryan/paul-ryans-partially-accurate-claim-house-tax-bill/


text: Split election results show the Arizona governor’s race was rigged.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Split-ticket votes in Arizona aren’t evidence of fraud in gubernatorial contest
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/16/instagram-posts/split-ticket-votes-in-arizona-arent-evidence-of-fr/


claimant: Greg Gutfeld
claim_date: 2017-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Warmest year on record a hoax because of margin of error? That’s wrong
review_date: 2017-06-09T18:07:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Every single year that there's an increase (in temperature) it's within the margin of error -- meaning it isn't increasing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/09/greg-gutfeld/fox-news-show-co-host-greg-gutfeld-denies-temperat/


claimant: Chris Jacobs
claim_date: 2021-01-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/14/chris-jacobs/jacobs-overstates-election-issues/
title: Jacobs overstates election issues
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.”


text: “Queen Elizabeth shot dead in Detroit.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Queen Elizabeth died in the United Kingdom, not in Detroit
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/09/instagram-posts/queen-elizabeth-died-united-kingdom-not-detroit/


claimant: Dennis Prager
claim_date: 2017-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Were two people responsible for virtually all anti-Semitic incidents after the election?
review_date: 2017-05-22T20:46:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/22/dennis-prager/were-two-people-responsible-virtually-all-anti-sem/


text: "Every county, including Chittenden, has fewer people available for work."
claimant: Phil Scott
claim_date: 2019-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Vermont's governor says the entire state is losing workers. The data doesn't agree.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/26/phil-scott/vermonts-governor-says-entire-state-losing-workers/


text: “Biden orders VA to withhold benefits from unvaccinated veterans.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden isn’t withholding benefits from unvaccinated veterans
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/14/viral-image/no-biden-isnt-withholding-benefits-unvaccinated-ve/


text: Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding."
claimant: Herschel Walker
claim_date: 2022-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: The misleading claim that Raphael Warnock ‘called police thugs, then cut their funding’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/30/herschel-walker/misleading-claim-raphael-warnock-called-police-thu/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Leaked documents’ don’t prove US hospitals preparing for 96 million coronavirus cases
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“U.S. hospitals are preparing for 96 million coronavirus infections and nearly half a million deaths, leaked documents reveal.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/13/facebook-posts/leaked-documents-dont-prove-us-hospitals-preparing/


text: “Wages have gone up higher, faster than inflation.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: In Glasgow, Joe Biden exaggerates on wages, inflation
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/02/joe-biden/glasgow-joe-biden-exaggerates-wages-inflation/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: FBI director James Comey says Donald Trump has it flipped; Petraeus case was worse than Clinton's
review_date: 2016-10-18T14:54:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/18/donald-trump/fbi-director-james-comey-says-donald-trump-has-it-/


claimant: John Stockton
claim_date: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There’s 150 I believe now – it’s over 100 professional athletes dead, professional athletes, the prime of their life, dropping dead that are vaccinated, right on the pitch, right on the field, right on the court."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/26/john-stockton/john-stocktons-claim-hundreds-athletes-are-abruptl/

title:
John Stockton’s claim that ‘hundreds’ of athletes are abruptly dying from COVID-19 vaccines is bogus


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: CDC study on COVID-19 vaccination and spontaneous abortions did not contain major error
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Report finds increased risk of spontaneous abortion following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy” after correcting “major error” in CDC study.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/12/blog-posting/cdc-study-covid-19-vaccination-and-spontaneous-abo/


text: "In 2017, I've done 17 town halls."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2017-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz, asked if he's interacting with Texans, says he's done 17 'town halls' in 2017
review_date: 2017-10-04T22:17:57Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/04/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-asked-if-hes-interacting-texans-says-hes-/


text: Says "there is no" COVID-19 virus.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook users are claiming there ‘is no’ coronavirus. That’s ridiculously wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/19/facebook-posts/facebook-users-are-claiming-there-no-coronavirus-s/


text: “Barack Obama’s late chef’s wife comes out to expose Obama family.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Tafari Campbell’s widow didn’t expose the Obama family, contrary to social media claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/06/facebook-posts/tafari-campbells-widow-didnt-expose-the-obama-fami/


text: Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward U.S. airbases in Iraq.
claimant: @thesavoyshow
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Popular Instagram account recycles old Iran missile strike video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/08/thesavoyshow/popular-instagram-account-recycles-old-iran-missil/


text: “We all know China created COVID.”
claimant: Dave McCormick
claim_date: 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence for Senate hopeful McCormick’s claim that China created COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/11/dave-mccormick/response-dr-oz-no-evidence-senate-hopeful-mccormic/


claimant: Geraldo Rivera
claim_date: 2016-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly False: Claim that tens of thousands of children are rushing the border fearing Trump's wall
review_date: 2016-12-15T21:33:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/15/geraldo-rivera/mostly-false-claim-children-are-rushing-across-bor/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Viral post criticizes Bernie Sanders' ‘math’ on health care, taxes. It's wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/21/facebook-posts/viral-post-criticizes-sanders-math-health-care-tax/


claimant: Meagan Wolfe
claim_date: 2021-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Elections administrator right on who can decide when someone is incompetent to vote
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/18/meagan-wolfe/elections-administrator-right-who-can-decide-when-/


text: Says it shows a “DNC Group” teaching “ILLEGAL VOTING in Arizona.”
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2020-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative activists promote misleading, ‘undercover’ video about voter fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/06/youtube-videos/conservative-activists-promote-misleading-undercov/


text: "The director of the FBI said that we cannot properly vet people coming from the Middle East."
claimant: Carlos Beruff
claim_date: 2016-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: FBI director admitted 'we cannot properly vet' Middle Easterners, Carlos Beruff says
review_date: 2016-08-12T17:54:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/12/carlos-beruff/fbi-admitted-it-cannot-properly-vet-middle-eastern/


text: “A secret backroom deal" gave "away hundreds of millions of tax dollars to a Soros-owned company."
claimant: David Perdue
claim_date: 2022-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: In Ga. governor race, David Perdue wrong that ‘secret’ deal gives George Soros hundreds of millions
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/08/david-perdue/ga-governor-race-david-perdue-wrong-secret-deal-gi/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Video of anti-vaccine activist was taken years before her death from natural causes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An anti-vaccine activist documented intimidation tactics used against her the day before she was killed.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/20/viral-image/video-anti-vaccine-activist-taken-years-her-death/


text: A video shows a fox allowing itself “to feed koala babies in Australia.”
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2020-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a video of a fox feeding baby koalas
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/07/youtube-videos/no-isnt-video-fox-feeding-baby-koalas/


text: Says Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger “to investigate himself over voter fraud.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Georgia’s secretary of state didn’t say he’s going to investigate himself over voter fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/07/blog-posting/no-georgias-secretary-state-didnt-say-hes-going-in/


text: Says Joe Biden played N.W.A.’s “F--- Tha Police” during an event in Florida.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Trump retweets manipulated video falsely suggesting Biden played ‘F--- Tha Police’ at Florida event
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/16/donald-trump/trump-retweets-manipulated-video-falsely-suggestin/


text: The Freedom to Vote Act is “a sprawling takeover of our whole political system.”
claimant: Mitch McConnell
claim_date: 2022-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Why it’s wrong to call the voting rights bill a federal takeover
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/24/mitch-mcconnell/why-its-wrong-call-voting-rights-bills-federal-tak/


text: Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump distorts Stacey Abrams' position on noncitizens voting
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/06/donald-trump/donald-trump-distorts-stacey-abrams-comments-ab/


text: COVID-19 vaccines caused a 40% increase in deaths identified by a life insurance company.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 vaccines aren’t responsible for an increase in deaths
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/11/blog-posting/no-covid-19-vaccines-arent-responsible-increase-de/


text: "Yesterday Virginia announced the end of youth hunting!"
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Virginia didn’t announce it was ending youth hunting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/18/viral-image/no-virginia-didnt-announce-it-was-ending-youth-hun/


claimant: Chuck Schumer
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Chuck Schumer’s claim that Republican bill says ‘no medical malpractice suits’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/03/charles-schumer/fact-checking-chuck-schumers-claim-republican-bill/


claimant: Tom Tiffany
claim_date: 2021-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Children to families to community COVID transmissibility claim falls short
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The seasonal cold and flu is actually more dangerous for kids than the Coronavirus” and “there is very low transmissibility from children to their families and communities.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/28/tom-tiffany/children-families-community-covid-transmissibility/


text: Beyoncé “is a defendant in a major human trafficking case.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Beyoncé is not accused of human trafficking; 2020 lawsuit dismissed as ‘frivolous’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/25/facebook-posts/beyonce-is-not-accused-of-human-trafficking-2020-l/


text: "Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Millions of children in the US have been vaccinated against COVID-19
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/27/instagram-posts/millions-children-teh-us-have-been-vaccinated-agai/


text: Says Chuck Schumer said "it’s racist to only allow citizens to vote."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Chuck Schumer didn't say it is racist to only allow citizens to vote
review_date: 2018-04-05T20:24:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/05/blog-posting/no-chuck-schumer-didnt-say-it-racist-only-allow-ci/


claimant: Leah Vukmir
claim_date: 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Leah Vukmir cites old vote in claim against Tammy Baldwin over school safety
review_date: 2018-08-07T20:55:31Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tammy Baldwin's record includes "opposing harsher punishments for criminals who commit violent crimes near schools."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/07/leah-vukmir/leah-vukmir-cites-old-vote-claim-against-tammy-bal/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Roe reversal, ending national access to abortion, makes US an outlier among developed nations
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade "made the United States an outlier among developed nations in the world" on abortion rights.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/24/joe-biden/roe-reversal-ending-national-access-abortion-makes/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump gets polar ice trend backwards
review_date: 2018-01-29T21:04:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a record level."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/29/donald-trump/trump-gets-polar-ice-trend-backwards/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Connecticut bill won’t protect child sex offenders
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A bill in Connecticut that changes the definition for “sexual orientation” would protect “minor attracted persons” from discrimination.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/23/instagram-posts/connecticut-bill-wont-protect-child-sex-offenders/


claimant: India Walton
claim_date: 2021-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Budget fluctuated for some city services, but no evidence of defunding
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/24/india-walton/budget-fluctuations-some-city-services-no-evidence/


text: "You had the last two administrations deport twice as many people as we deported — twice as many.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: The facts behind Joe Biden’s claim on deportations under Obama
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/13/joe-biden/facts-behind-joe-bidens-claim-obama-era-deportatio/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccines work, even if they aren’t 100% effective
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t “prevent catching or spreading” the virus “and only lasts months.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/21/facebook-posts/covid-19-vaccines-work-even-if-they-arent-100-effe/


claimant: Jake Tapper
claim_date: 2021-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: How bipartisan was the vote to impeach Donald Trump, in historical context?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/13/jake-tapper/how-bipartisan-was-vote-impeach-donald-trump-histo/


text: Hobby Lobby’s CEO wrote a letter saying the company’s stores may close.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hobby Lobby’s CEO didn’t say stores are closing
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/19/facebook-posts/no-hobby-lobbys-ceo-didnt-say-stores-are-closing/


text: Charles Francis "vows to slash" parks funding
claimant: Nancy McFarlane
claim_date: 2017-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Raleigh mayor: my opponent 'vows to slash' park funding
review_date: 2017-11-06T17:31:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/06/nancy-mcfarlane/raleigh-mayor-my-opponent-vows-slash-park-funding/


text: “Your ballot could be disqualified if it is written on” in Haltom City, Tex.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t worry about Texas poll workers writing on your ballot, it’s the law
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/13/viral-image/dont-worry-about-texas-poll-workers-writing-your-b/


claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2017-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Dan Patrick's $20,000 tax savings claim proves incorrect, ridiculous
review_date: 2017-05-23T17:42:27Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Texas tax legislation would "save the average homeowner in Texas $20,000 a year over the next 20 years or so."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/23/dan-patrick/dan-patricks-20000-tax-savings-claim-proves-incorr/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz says child-parent separations at border tied to a court order
review_date: 2018-06-18T23:05:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/18/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-says-child-parent-separations-border-tied/


claimant: Rex Tillerson
claim_date: 2017-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Rex Tillerson overstates Donald Trump's effect on increased NATO defense spending
review_date: 2017-10-15T20:31:03Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The president early on called on NATO member countries to step up their (defense) contributions ... and as a result of that countries have stepped up contributions toward their own defense."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/15/rex-tillerson/tillerson-says-trumps-rhetoric-has-led-increase-de/


text: “The leading cause of death among children is a firearm.”
claimant: Charles Schumer
claim_date: 2022-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Among children, firearms the leading cause of death in 2020
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/04/charles-schumer/among-children-firearms-leading-cause-death-2020/


text: “Kenosha car dealer kills himself after insurance won’t cover … damages caused by the riots.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fake headline claims car lot owner took his own life after Kenosha unrest arson. He didn't.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/11/facebook-posts/fake-headline-claims-car-lot-owner-took-his-own-li/


text: The CDC delivers groceries and cleaning products “twice while you’re in quarantine.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, the CDC isn’t delivering groceries and cleaning products to people in quarantine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/14/instagram-posts/no-cdc-isnt-delivering-groceries-and-cleaning-prod/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence FBI officials' texts deliberately erased, as Donald Trump said
review_date: 2018-12-19T15:26:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says 19,000 text messages exchanged between former FBI officials that were "purposely and illegally deleted ... would have explained (the special counsel investigation) hoax."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/19/donald-trump/no-evidence-fbi-officials-texts-deliberately-erase/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, vitamin C cannot slow or stop the spread of the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the coronavirus can be slowed or stopped with the “immediate widespread use of high doses of vitamin C.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/facebook-posts/no-vitamin-c-cannot-slow-or-stop-spread-coronaviru/


text: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “just ordered the evacuation of the capital city.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence North Korea is evacuating its capital. Claim stems from unconfirmed 2017 report
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/26/facebook-posts/no-evidence-north-korea-is-evacuating-its-capital/


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: 42nd in the world
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Miami International, one of the biggest airports in the world. Some people say it is the biggest, but one of the biggest airports in the world."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Drunk men wearing moose heads didn’t actually terrorize drivers on Interstate 35
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo shows a driver and passengers wearing moose heads in a truck with a man strapped to the roof that caused 16 accidents on I-35.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/24/viral-image/drunk-men-wearing-moose-heads-didnt-actually-terro/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/mar/02/fact-checking-joe-bidens-2022-state-union-address/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden's 2022 State of the Union address
review_date: 2022-03-02T05:17:32Z
textual_rating: Basically accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Under my plan, nobody earning less than $400,000 a year will pay an additional penny in new taxes. Not a single penny."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump off-base in describing GDP growth on his watch
review_date: 2018-07-02T16:48:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody thought that was possible."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-base-describing-gdp-growth-his-watch/


text: “Leftists” sent “Proud Boys” emails threatening Democratic voters.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Officials think Iran sent fake ‘Proud Boys’ emails threatening Democrats
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/22/blog-posting/officials-think-iran-sent-fake-proud-boys-emails-t/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine says Donald Trump, Mike Pence want to eliminate the federal minimum wage
review_date: 2016-10-05T04:24:20Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-says-donald-trump-mike-pence-want-elimin/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, blogs weren’t created day of Pelosi attack to smear conservatives
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Two far-right websites attributed to David DePape to smear conservatives were fabricated — they were created Friday.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/02/viral-image/no-blogs-werent-created-day-of-pelosi-attack-to-sm/


text: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, the first slaves shipped to the American colonies weren’t white Irish children
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/28/viral-image/no-first-slaves-shipped-american-colonies-werent-w/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, Facebook doesn’t have a new rule that allows it to use people’s photos
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A new Facebook/Meta rule allows the company to use people’s photos without their permission, and posting a notice on your page will stop it from doing so.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/17/facebook-posts/no-facebook-doesnt-have-new-rule-allows-it-use-peo/


text: Photo shows massive wall in front of White House on Election Day.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of concrete wall in front of White House is doctored
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/facebook-posts/photo-concrete-wall-front-white-house-doctored/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Video of Mack Trucks employee insulting Biden isn’t authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Mack Trucks employee told Joe Biden, “You can’t drive anything besides the country into the ground.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/13/viral-image/video-mack-trucks-employee-insulting-biden-isnt-au/


text: “Only 16% Of Canadians Would SUPPORT Trudeau After Trucker Protest!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Survey results about Trudeau, trucker protest mischaracterized
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/23/facebook-posts/survey-results-about-trudeau-trucker-protest-misch/


text: "The country is now in a manufacturing recession."
claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Elizabeth Warren says manufacturing is in recession, but signs are mixed
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/26/elizabeth-warren/elizabeth-warren-says-manufacturing-recession-sign/


text: “Oklahoma 100% coronavirus test rate after Trump Tulsa rally.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Oklahoma didn’t have 100% COVID-positive test rate after Trump’s Tulsa rally
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/02/facebook-posts/no-oklahoma-didnt-have-100-covid-positive-test-rat/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2016-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio: We 'wiped out' Obamacare 'bailout fund' for insurance companies
review_date: 2016-06-27T16:03:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/feb/26/marco-rubio/rubio-we-wiped-out-obamacare-bailout-fund-insuranc/


text: “Nancy Pelosi set to resign from Congress as Trump files impeachment lawsuits against her.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pelosi isn’t resigning because Trump initiated impeachment proceedings against her
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/14/facebook-posts/no-pelosi-isnt-resigning-because-trump-initiated-i/


text: Kamala Harris’ husband said, “I am married to the next president of the United States.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Video of Kamala Harris’ husband saying he’s married to the next POTUS is old
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/22/facebook-posts/video-kamala-harris-husband-saying-hes-married-nex/


text: Says Rep. Rashida Tlaib "wears the symbolic scarf patterned after the Islamic terrorist state."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Post falsely ties Tlaib scarf to Islamic State
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/17/blog-posting/post-falsely-ties-tlaib-scarf-islamic-state/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: True: Hillary Clinton says federal government sued Donald Trump for housing discrimination
review_date: 2016-09-27T05:35:37Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump "started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/hillary-clinton/true-hillary-clinton-says-federal-government-sued-/


claimant: Jess McIntosh
claim_date: 2015-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Liberty University students faced $10 fine if they skipped Ted Cruz presidential speech
review_date: 2016-04-22T14:19:09Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Liberty University students "were mandated" to attend Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential announcement "or they would be fined."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/mar/25/jess-mcintosh/liberty-u-students-faced-fine-if-they-skipped-cruz/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's boasts about accomplishments in office ring hollow
review_date: 2017-06-13T18:56:28Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Rare is the president "who's passed more legislation, who's done more things than what we've done, between the executive orders and the job-killing regulations that have been terminated."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/13/donald-trump/donald-trumps-boasts-about-accomplishments-office-/


text: Says President Barack Obama is "absolutely" a Muslim.
claimant: Antonio Sabato, Jr.
claim_date: 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Obama is not 'absolutely' a Muslim, as RNC speaker claims
review_date: 2016-07-19T04:18:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/antonio-sabato-jr/obama-not-absolutely-muslim-rnc-speaker-claims/


text: On running against Donald Trump for president.
claimant: Nikki Haley
claim_date: 2023-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Nikki Haley flip-flops on presidential plans and will challenge Donald Trump after all
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/14/nikki-haley/nikki-haley-flip-flops-presidential-plans-and-will/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nevada did not stop counting ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Now that it’s even, Nevada decides to stop counting and is now not going to count anything until TOMORROW! What?!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/facebook-posts/no-nevada-did-not-stop-counting-ballots/


claimant: DemocraticMoms.com
claim_date: 2017-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news story claims Eric Trump said Donald Trump was ending taxes for the rich
review_date: 2017-04-26T03:27:28Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Eric Trump said, "My father’s tax return is irrelevant because we’re going to cancel taxes for WEALTHY people anyway."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/26/democraticmomscom/fake-news-story-claims-eric-trump-said-donald-trum/


claimant: Dana Loesch
claim_date: 2018-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: NRA's Loesch cherry-picks terrorism deaths in France to argue against assault weapon ban
review_date: 2018-02-27T22:41:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says in comparing mass shootings globally, “France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/27/dana-loesch/nras-loesch-cherry-picks-terrorism-deaths-france-a/


text: Says Christine Blasey Ford and her lawyer were photographed with George Soros, Hillary Clinton.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2018-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Christine Blasey Ford not pictured with Hillary Clinton, George Soros
review_date: 2018-09-26T20:59:09Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/26/blog-posting/christine-blasey-ford-hillary-clinton-george-soros/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, police officers didn’t fake injuries during the Philadelphia shooting
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Philadelphia shootings were "fake" and that police officers sprayed "fake blood on themselves."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/19/facebook-posts/no-police-officers-didnt-fake-injuries-during-phil/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image wrongly blames Bill Clinton for giving North Korea the means to make nuclear weapons
review_date: 2017-08-09T20:11:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/09/viral-image/viral-image-wrongly-blames-bill-clinton-giving-nor/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: There's no evidence that Muslim immigrants are responsible for most of London's knife attacks
review_date: 2019-02-08T21:51:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Muslim immigrants were responsible for 11,000 of 13,000 knife attacks in London in the past 12 months.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/08/viral-image/theres-no-evidence-muslim-immigrants-are-responsib/


text: "United Nations caught helping and coaching caravan illegal aliens!"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: Website falsely claims United Nations 'caught helping and coaching' migrants
review_date: 2018-12-13T22:25:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/13/blog-posting/website-falsely-claims-united-nations-caught-helpi/


text: "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: After mass shootings, Donald Trump says prosecutions for firearm offenses hit record in 2018
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/05/donald-trump/after-mass-shootings-fact-checking-trumps-statisti/


text: "Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s claim about prosecuting ‘a record number of firearms offenses’
textual_rating: Depends on Who's Counting
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/06/trumps-claim-prosecuting-record-number-firearms-offenses/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2017-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton's Mostly False claim on photo ID, voter suppression in Wisconsin in 2016 election
review_date: 2017-06-09T16:21:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The best estimate is that 200,000 people in Wisconsin were either denied or chilled in their efforts to vote" in the 2016 presidential election.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/09/hillary-clinton/hillary-clintons-mostly-false-claim-photo-id-voter/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2021-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Is Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal fully paid for?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/07/pete-buttigieg/joe-bidens-infrastructure-bill-fully-paid/


claimant: Mark Born
claim_date: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: State Rep. Born claim on unemployment claims since the pandemic is on the mark
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/18/mark-born/state-rep-born-claim-unemployment-claims-pandemic-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrong to blame pandemic for Foxconn struggles
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Foxconn hasn't hit job targets on its massive Wisconsin factory because "No. 1, you had a pandemic."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/donald-trump/trump-wrong-blame-pandemic-foxconn-struggles/


text: Video shows Joe Biden putting a Medal of Honor on a Vietnam War veteran backward.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t put the Medal of Honor around a Vietnam War veteran’s neck backward
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/08/viral-image/no-biden-didnt-put-medal-honor-around-vietnam-war-/


text: "The Electoral College is much more advantageous for Democrats."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's questionable claim that Electoral College favors the Democrats
review_date: 2018-07-17T19:42:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/17/donald-trump/donald-trumps-questionable-claim-electoral-college/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that Obama 'screamed' at protester
review_date: 2016-11-06T16:44:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that at a campaign rally President Barack Obama "spent so much time screaming at a protester, and frankly it was a disgrace."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/06/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-obama-screamed-prot/


claimant: House Intelligence Committee
claim_date: 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/dec/05/did-trump-violate-impoundment-control-act/
title: Did Trump’s freeze on Ukraine aid violate the Impoundment Control Act?
textual_rating: Nixon-era law says that
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Impoundment Control Act “limits the circumstances under which a president can legally impound Congressionally-appropriated funds.”


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post mischaracterizes scientists' cow flatulence studies
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Fringe leftists are now advocating for cow fart bags to capture farts as a way to help prevent ‘global warming.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/06/facebook-posts/facebook-post-mischaracterizes-scientists-cow-flat/


text: “Joe Biden’s Dept. of Energy Blocked Texas from Increasing Power Ahead of Killer Storm”
claimant: InfoWars
claim_date: 2021-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden administration did not block Texas from increasing power before winter storm
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/22/infowars/biden-administration-did-not-block-texas-increasin/


claimant: Melissa Agard
claim_date: 2021-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: United States’ gun deaths are among highest in the world, but only the highest by one measure
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/17/melissa-agard/united-states-gun-deaths-are-among-highest-world-o/


claimant: Hilary Rosen
claim_date: 2016-08-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/sep/01/fact-checking-clinton-foundation-controversy/
title: Fact-checking the Clinton Foundation controversy
review_date: 2016-09-01T22:03:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it."


claimant: Hilary Rosen
claim_date: 2016-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Democrat pundit: The Clintons 'take no salary,' get 'no personal benefit' from foundation
review_date: 2017-04-12T19:37:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/01/hilary-rosen/democrat-pundit-clintons-get-no-personal-benefit-f/


text: “Elon Musk bans Greta Thunberg from Twitter.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Climate activist Greta Thumberg wasn’t banned from Twitter; just check her feed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/15/blog-posting/elon-musk-didnt-ban-greta-thunberg-from-twitter/


text: “Lego unveils new genderless bricks with no male/female connectors.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Headline about Lego debuting genderless bricks is from a satire site
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/26/viral-image/headline-about-lego-debuting-genderless-bricks-sat/


text: Says "President Trump makes English the official language of the United States!"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump did not make English the official language of the United States
review_date: 2017-02-09T21:30:25Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/09/blog-posting/donald-trump-did-not-make-english-official-languag/


text: "There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time."
claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson claims more immigrants now in the United States than any other time. Is that true?
review_date: 2018-02-13T14:26:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/13/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlsons-claims-more-immigrants-now-united-/


text: “Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: A cosmetology license takes more training hours than policing, but comparison oversimplifies
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/27/facebook-posts/cosmetology-license-takes-more-training-hours-poli/


text: Says a "Clorox bottle claimed it could kill (the 2019 coronavirus)... before it was developed."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Clorox bottles don’t prove the coronavirus was 'developed' before the outbreak
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/30/facebook-posts/clorox-bottles-dont-prove-coronavirus-was-develope/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2017-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Did Snapchat's CEO say India was too poor for his app?
review_date: 2017-04-17T21:04:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/17/viral-image/did-snapchats-ceo-say-india-was-too-poor-his-app/


claimant: Leaders for a Better Community
claim_date: 2020-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Attack ads in Milwaukee comptroller race exaggerate, mislead
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Deputy Comptroller Aycha Sawa "blocked an audit" of the Milwaukee lead program for three years that "put our children in danger" and spurred a criminal investigation.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/03/leaders-better-community/attack-ads-milwaukee-comptroller-race-exaggerate-m/


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: Evidence is growing
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the 1990s, we passed universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that hold 100 rounds that can be fired in seconds. … Mass shootings and gun violence declined. But in the early 2000s, that law expired, and we’ve seen the daily bloodshed since."


text: Says Kelli Ward "called for restraint in fighting terrorism."
claimant: Defend Arizona
claim_date: 2018-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Did Kelli Ward call for 'restraint in fighting terrorism'?
review_date: 2018-08-21T18:56:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/21/defend-arizona/did-kelli-ward-call-restraint-fighting-terrorism/


claimant: Terry McAuliffe
claim_date: 2016-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: McAuliffe wrongly links vetoed Virginia bill to North Carolina's bathroom law
review_date: 2016-12-05T16:56:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We would be just like North Carolina with HB2-like (transgender bathroom) legislation. It actually passed our chamber and I vetoed it.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/05/terry-mcauliffe/mcauliffe-wrongly-likens-virginia-bill-north-carol/


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2019-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Federal law’s ‘boyfriend loophole’ is not so simple
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/22/amy-klobuchar/boyfriend-loophole-some-convicted-domestic-violenc/


text: "Breaking: Michelle Wolf fired -- Comedy Central apologizes to Sarah Sanders."
claimant: The Liberty Raise
claim_date: 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Michelle Wolf wasn't fired after making fun of Sarah Huckabee Sanders
review_date: 2018-05-04T18:48:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/04/liberty-raise/no-michelle-wolf-wasnt-fired-after-making-fun-sara/


claimant: Kelly Loeffler
claim_date: 2020-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Raphael Warnock defended Jeremiah Wright’s damning of the mistreatment of Black people
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Raphael Warnock defended the “hatred” of Jeremiah Wright, the pastor who said “not God bless America, God damn America,” and gave Wright “an award for truth telling.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/01/kelly-loeffler/warnock-defended-jeremiah-wrights-damning-mistreat/


text: “WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2022-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Manchin on the targeting of IRS audits
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/18/joe-manchin/fact-checking-joe-manchin-targeting-irs-audits/


text: "Bob Hall never successfully passed a bill."
claimant: Kendall Scudder
claim_date: 2018-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Kendall Scudder says Bob Hall hasn't passed a bill into law
review_date: 2018-07-12T20:22:23Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/12/kendall-scudder/kendall-scudder-says-bob-hall-hasnt-passed-bill-la/


text: Says the "bones of children" were found on Jeffrey Epstein’s island.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, the ‘bones of children’ were not discovered on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/04/facebook-posts/no-bones-children-were-not-discovered-jeffrey-epst/


text: Veterans should vote Republican "because the damn Democrats blocked the VA Healthcare bill again."
claimant: James Hauser
claim_date: 2018-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook meme miscounts votes in claim Democrats blocked improvements to VA health system
review_date: 2018-11-03T15:50:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/03/blog-posting/facebook-meme-miscounts-votes-claim-democrats-bloc/


text: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump.’”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Did Fulton County DA Fani Willis campaign to ‘get Trump'? No, she didn’t say that
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/18/donald-trump/did-fulton-county-da-fani-willis-campaign-to-get-t/


claimant: Byron Brown
claim_date: 2017-01-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/10/byron-brown/buffalo-schools-graduation-rates/
title: Then and now: Graduation rates in Buffalo schools
review_date: 2017-02-10T21:20:26Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Graduation rates in Buffalo’s school district, which were "around 48 percent are now up to 64 percent" since Say Yes Buffalo launched.


text: Says there is a "new law now charging all protesters with terrorism."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news alert: Bloggers claim protesters can now be labeled terrorists under new law
review_date: 2017-02-14T22:47:25Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/14/blog-posting/fake-news-alert-bloggers-claim-protesters-can-be-l/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Old fake Clint Eastwood quote about Obama turns into a fake quote about Biden
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Clint Eastwood called Joe Biden an “incompetent, lying, flip-flopping, insincere, double-talking, radical socialist.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/28/viral-image/old-fake-clint-eastwood-quote-about-obama-turns-fa/


claimant: Scott Perry
claim_date: 2023-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: FBI, DOJ tagged threats against school officials, not parents for attending school board meetings
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/10/scott-perry/fbi-doj-tagged-threats-against-school-officials-no/


text: Many mass shooters "turn out to be communist Democrats"
claimant: Larry Pittman
claim_date: 2018-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: NC Republican says many mass shooters "turn out to be communist Democrats."
review_date: 2018-02-23T18:05:17Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/23/larry-pittman/nc-republican-says-many-mass-shooters-turn-out-be-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-05-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/may/15/donald-trump-says-400-miles-wall-will-be-done-2020/
title: Trump says 400 miles of wall are coming soon. But most projects replace existing barriers
review_date: 2019-05-15T19:35:27Z
textual_rating: Not exactly
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’re going to have over 400 miles of wall built, much of it is already started, by the end of next year, and we’ll conclude it pretty shortly thereafter."


text: Says actor Tim Allen wrote a lengthy anti-Democrat attack on Facebook.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, actor Tim Allen didn’t write that viral anti-Democrat post on Facebook
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/facebook-posts/no-tim-allen-didnt-write-viral-anti-democrat-post-/


text: Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2022-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Has Gov. Evers granted more pardons than any Wisconsin governor in recent history?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/15/tony-evers/heres-how-gov-tony-evers-blistering-pace-pardons-s/


text: Say Joe Biden told a crowd in Florida, "Hello Minnesota!"
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden didn't greet Floridians with 'Hello, Minnesota!'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/01/facebook-posts/video-clip-joe-biden-saying-hello-minnesota-was-do/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jun/02/fact-checking-donald-trumps-case-against-world-hea/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s case against the World Health Organization, China
review_date: 2020-06-02T16:28:18Z
textual_rating: Partly true, misses nuances
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
On Jan. 14, 2020, the World Health Organization reaffirmed China's claim that the coronavirus could not be transmitted between humans.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-04-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/apr/05/fact-checking-trumps-post-indictment-speech-at-mar/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s post-indictment speech at Mar-a-Lago about Stormy Daniels payment
review_date: 2023-04-05T04:10:09Z
textual_rating: Omits complete story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I have a Trump-hating judge …. whose daughter worked for Kamala Harris and now receives money from the Biden-Harris campaign."


text: Elon Musk tweeted, “The world is flat.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Earth is round and Elon Musk didn’t say it was flat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/13/viral-image/earth-is-round-and-elon-musk-didnt-say-it-was-flat/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no Harris plot to oust Biden and appoint Pence
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Kamala Harris is planning to use the 25th Amendment against Joe Biden and appoint Mike Pence as her vice president.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/facebook-posts/theres-no-harris-plot-oust-biden-and-appoint-pence/


text: "Seventy percent of all Texans are overweight or obese."
claimant: Baker Harrell
claim_date: 2016-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Advocate: 70 percent of Texans overweight or obese
review_date: 2016-08-17T19:08:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/17/baker-harrell/advocate-70-percent-texans-overweight-or-obese/


text: Doctors and nurses who administer the coronavirus vaccine can be "tried as war criminals."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Doctors administering COVID-19 vaccines aren’t guilty of war crimes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/11/blog-posting/doctors-administering-covid-19-vaccines-arent-guil/


claimant: Julián Castro
claim_date: 2019-06-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/27/fact-checking-julian-castros-claim-asylum-metering/
title: Fact-checking Julián Castro’s claim that asylum ‘metering’ caused drowning of father, daughter
textual_rating: Metering affects border crossers
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This metering policy is basically what prompted Óscar and Valeria to make that risky swim across the river."


text: Buzz Aldrin admitted that the moon landing “didn’t happen.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Aldrin didn’t say the moon landing was a hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/06/viral-image/aldrin-didnt-say-moon-landing-was-hoax/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Trump misleads in claim about terrorism convictions since 9/11
review_date: 2017-03-02T18:52:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/02/donald-trump/trump-misleads-claim-about-terrorism-convictions-9/


text: Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Still no proof that sunlight kills the new coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/27/facebook-posts/still-no-proof-sunlight-kills-new-coronavirus/


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: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Last month, I took on Big Pharma. You think that is easy? I signed orders that would massively lower the cost of your prescription drugs."


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2022-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders largely correct in claim about railroad profits, no paid sick days for workers
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/08/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-correct-railroads-net-billions-vast/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2020-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson claims coronavirus ‘poses virtually zero threat’ to children, most teachers
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/13/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-claims-coronavirus-poses-virtually-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nike didn’t say it could afford to lose all MAGA customers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“NIKE has stated, ‘We’re a $76 billion dollar company that can afford to let go of all ‘Make America Great Again’ customers.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/08/facebook-posts/no-nike-didnt-say-it-could-afford-lose-all-maga-cu/


text: Country singer Jake Flint died because of the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: in
claim_date: 2022-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, singer Jake Flint didn’t die from the COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/30/instagram-posts/no-singer-jake-flint-didnt-die-from-the-covid-19-v/


claimant: Eric Toney
claim_date: 2022-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: State Crime Lab doing less testing and generally taking longer than under previous AG
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/10/eric-toney/state-crime-lab-doing-less-testing-and-generally-t/


claimant: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats mislead in attack on Carlos Curbelo's record on climate change, drilling
review_date: 2016-09-29T21:15:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Miami Congressman Carlos "Curbelo supports drilling offshore" and "repeatedly voted against President Obama's ability to fight pollution and combat climate change."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/29/democratic-congressional-campaign-committee/democrats-mislead-attack-carlos-curbelos-record-cl/


text: "We're experiencing a net outflow of illegal, undocumented workers from America back to Mexico."
claimant: Ron Kind
claim_date: 2017-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, we are experiencing a net outflow of illegal, undocumented workers from America back to Mexico
review_date: 2017-04-26T15:19:40Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/26/ron-kind/yes-experiencing-net-outflow-illegal-undocumented-/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Though many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, some posts inflate the stat
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/16/facebook-posts/though-many-americans-live-paycheck-paycheck-some-/


text: The COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, the COVID-19 vaccines do not cause AIDS
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/15/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-vaccines-do-not-cause-aids/


claimant: Kasim Reed
claim_date: 2016-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Atlanta mayor cherry picks numbers to make point on trade proposal
review_date: 2016-09-29T22:36:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If you look at any real analysis,” the Trans-Pacific Partnership is “going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/30/kasim-reed/atlanta-mayor-cherry-picks-numbers-make-point-trad/


text: "Rep. Paul Gosar asks Capitol Police to arrest illegal immigrants attending State of the Union."
claimant: USA Trainnews
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Rep. Paul Gosar asks police to arrest illegal immigrants at State of the Union
review_date: 2018-02-01T18:28:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/01/usa-train-news/rep-paul-gosar-asks-police-arrest-illegal-immigran/


text: "I’ve got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC!"
claimant: Kid Rock
claim_date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Kid Rock announces U.S. Senate run, but needs to check rules with the FEC
review_date: 2017-07-14T20:06:41Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/14/kid-rock/kid-rock-announces-us-senate-run-needs-check-rules/


text: “A lot of your chain-food restaurants have been using (lab-grown meat) for years.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Major U.S. fast-food chains are not selling lab-grown meat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/04/instagram-posts/major-us-fast-food-chains-are-not-selling-lab-grow/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Pope Francis said Catholics who vote Democrat are committing “a grave sin.”
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Pope Francis said, "You cannot call yourself ‘Catholic’ and vote Democrat. It is a grave sin, one for which there is no redemption."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/viral-image/no-evidence-pope-francis-said-catholics-who-vote-d/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Dinesh D'Souza and Rosie O'Donnell FEC violations different
review_date: 2018-06-06T19:58:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Rosie O’Donnell apparently committed the same offense five times, five times, when she broke the identical law that Dinesh was prosecuted for.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/06/ted-cruz/dinesh-dsouza-and-rosie-odonnell-fec-violations-di/


text: "70 percent of Florida is in drought today."
claimant: Al Gore
claim_date: 2017-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Al Gore says '70 percent of Florida is in drought today'
review_date: 2017-06-05T20:45:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/05/al-gore/al-gore-says-70-percent-floridas-drought-today/


claimant: Michael Needham
claim_date: 2017-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Are Medicaid patients more likely to die than uninsured, as Heritage Action CEO says?
review_date: 2017-06-28T20:20:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/28/michael-needham/are-medicaid-patients-more-likely-die-uninsured-he/


text: “Military arrests Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that the Marines ‘captured’ Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/16/instagram-posts/no-proof-that-the-marines-captured-pfizer-ceo-albe/


text: One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."
claimant: Alcee Hastings
claim_date: 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Alcee Hastings’ Texas dildo claim doesn't hold up
review_date: 2016-05-11T20:27:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/feb/09/alcee-hastings/florida-democrat-texas-law-says-women-dildos/


text: “Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.”
claimant: David McKinley
claim_date: 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Did West Virginia see a 45% increase in overdose deaths in 2020?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/05/david-mckinley/did-west-virginia-see-45-increase-overdose-deaths-/


claimant: Devin Nunes
claim_date: 2019-11-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/19/who-john-solomon-heres-what-we-know-about-journali/
title: Who is John Solomon? Here’s what we know about the journalist whose stories shaped the Ukraine saga
textual_rating: Reports heavily disputed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Solomon’s reporting on Burisma, Hunter Biden and Ukraine election meddling has become inconvenient for the Democratic narrative.”


text: Ron Johnson says he got a law passed so fans can watch Green Bay Packers, not Minnesota Vikings
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Ron Johnson says he got a law passed so fans can watch Green Bay Packers, not Minnesota Vikings
review_date: 2016-10-28T19:11:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/28/ron-johnson/ron-johnson-says-he-got-law-passed-so-fans-can-wat/


text: “Bennie Thompson objected to the 2004 Presidential election.”
claimant: House Republican Conference
claim_date: 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking whether Jan. 6 committee chairman Bennie Thompson objected to the 2004 election
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/10/house-republicans/fact-checking-whether-bennie-thompson-objected-200/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2019-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Tucker Carlson’s false claim about the testimony of former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/15/tucker-carlson/fact-checking-tucker-carlsons-false-claim-about-te/


text: Says Texas schools are ranked "43rd in the nation."
claimant: Andrew White
claim_date: 2017-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: Andrew White behind the times in saying Texas ranks 43rd for its schools; it's in 40th place lately
review_date: 2018-01-25T20:56:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/25/andrew-white/andrew-white-texas-ranks-43rd-nation-schools-not-s/


text: Says President Joe Biden promoted "mandatory vaccines for everybody" in his March 11 address.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t promote ‘mandatory’ COVID-19 vaccines in primetime address
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/12/facebook-posts/no-biden-didnt-promote-mandatory-covid-19-vaccines/


claimant: Brad Halbrook
claim_date: 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Chicago isn’t ‘often bailed out’ by Illinois taxpayers
review_date: 2019-04-08T19:18:10Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The City of Chicago is often bailed out by taxpayers in the rest of the State, such as the $221 million bailout for the CPS (Chicago Public Schools) pension system that was signed into law."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/07/brad-halbrook/no-chicago-isnt-getting-frequently-bailed-out-illi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely claims opioid numbers way down after $6 billion in new spending
review_date: 2018-05-31T16:58:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We got $6 billion for opioid and getting rid of that scourge that’s taking over our country. And the numbers are way down."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-claims-opioid-numbers-way-dow/


claimant: Ilhan Omar
claim_date: 2019-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Cohen and Abrams: A double standard on lying to Congress?
review_date: 2019-03-01T19:40:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/01/ilhan-omar/cohen-and-abrams-double-standard-lying-congress/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/feb/06/fact-checking-state-union-2019/
title: Fact-checking the State of the Union for 2019
review_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: This is a distortion.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments before birth."


text: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."
claimant: Candace Owens
claim_date: 2019-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Candace Owens' false statement that the Southern strategy is a myth
review_date: 2019-04-10T21:30:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/10/candace-owens/candace-owens-pants-fire-statement-southern-strate/


claimant: New Republican PAC
claim_date: 2018-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Republican PAC misleads in ad about Sen. Bill Nelson's record on Social Security, Medicare
review_date: 2018-11-03T19:42:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Bill Nelson voted for "cuts to Medicare providers" and voted to weaken "Social Security protections" as a U.S. senator.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/15/new-republican-pac/republican-pac-misleads-ad-about-sen-bill-nelsons-/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2018-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Did Scott Walker take $1 billion from Wisconsin schools, as governor candidate Tony Evers claims?
review_date: 2018-04-20T14:01:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that despite a recent increase in school funding, Scott Walker "has taken over a billion dollars from the public schools."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/20/tony-evers/did-scott-walker-take-1-billion-wisconsin-schools-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post compares votes by Rand Paul, Ilhan Omar on Sept. 11 victim compensation fund
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Rep. Ilhan Omar "voted yes" to "provide further funding for the 9/11 First Responders Victims Fund" while Sen. Rand Paul "voted no."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/24/facebook-posts/facebook-post-compares-votes-rand-paul-ilhan-omar-/


text: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Is obesity a top risk factor in COVID-19 hospitalizations?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/17/ron-desantis/obesity-top-risk-factor-covid-19-hospitalizations/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, the new coronavirus vaccines are not more dangerous than COVID-19
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the new coronavirus vaccines contain toxic ingredients and are more dangerous than getting COVID-19.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/18/facebook-posts/no-new-coronavirus-vaccines-are-not-more-dangerous/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden is right that preschool benefits college attendance, though research varies
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/13/joe-biden/joe-biden-right-preschool-benefits-college-attenda/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly True: Obama says world opinion of U.S. better now than eight years ago
review_date: 2016-07-28T05:29:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/28/barack-obama/mostly-true-obama-says-world-opinion-us-better-now/


text: Says Google Earth blocked people from seeing the Suez Canal.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Google Earth didn’t block the Suez Canal. The difference in color is from lighting, camera angles
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/29/facebook-posts/google-earth-didnt-block-suez-canal-difference-col/


text: Colloidal silver is “harmless” unless you’re allergic to it.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Colloidal silver can cause serious side effects, according to medical experts
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/12/instagram-posts/colloidal-silver-can-cause-serious-side-effects-ac/


text: The Washington Times ran a front-page headline that said, “President Gore.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Washington Times didn’t run the ‘President Gore’ headline that Trump spokesman shared
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/09/viral-image/no-washington-times-didnt-run-president-gore-cover/


text: "Amendment 2 will bring kid-friendly pot candy to Florida."
claimant: Vote No On 2
claim_date: 2016-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Amendment 2 would bring 'kid-friendly pot candy to Florida,' opponents say
review_date: 2016-09-30T14:34:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/30/vote-no-2/amendment-2-would-bring-kid-friendly-pot-candy-flo/


text: Joe Biden’s 100-day approval rating “is the lowest in American history.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading headline claims Biden’s 100-day approval rating is the lowest in history. It isn't
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/28/blog-posting/misleading-headline-claims-bidens-100-day-approval/


text: “Arizona and Georgia now have the proof,” Joe Biden is “not our elected president!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Proof has not emerged to change Joe Biden’s election or his wins in Ariz., Ga.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/22/viral-image/proof-has-not-emerged-change-joe-bidens-election-o/


claimant: Josh Hawley
claim_date: 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Is Josh Hawley the only state AG going after tech giants?
review_date: 2018-08-14T17:39:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/14/josh-hawley/josh-hawley-only-state-ag-going-after-tech-giants/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: What caused voting delays in Texas on Super Tuesday?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says at polling places in Texas on Super Tuesday “the Republican side gets 25 machines, the Democratic side gets 5 machines. People were literally standing in line for seven hours.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/09/hillary-clinton/clinton-oversimplifies-cause-voting-delays-texas/


text: "Ted Nugent killed in hunting accident."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Reports about Ted Nugent dying (or not) on hunting trip is convoluted hoax
review_date: 2017-05-01T21:08:59Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/01/blog-posting/reports-about-ted-nugent-dying-or-not-hunting-trip/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: District of Columbia flag is based on Washington family coat of arms, not ‘three-city empire’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The flag of Washington’s District of Columbia has three red stars. One for each city state in the three-city empire.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/facebook-posts/district-of-columbia-flag-is-based-on-washington-f/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke says parents told in PTA meetings that kids should create chaos to distract shooters
review_date: 2018-03-15T17:31:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/15/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-says-parents-ptas-kids-chaos-shooters/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Wisconsin doesn’t have more ballots cast than registered voters
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wisconsin has more votes than people who are registered to vote. … This is direct evidence of fraud.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/tweets/no-wisconsin-doesnt-have-more-ballots-cast-registe/


text: "Frankly, (Hillary Clinton) doesn’t do very well with women."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump wrong that Hillary Clinton 'doesn’t do very well with women'
review_date: 2016-05-20T20:16:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrong-hillary-clinton-doesnt-do-very-/


text: "Hollywood celebs: We will go on ‘total strike’ if Trump does not resign."
claimant: Nourtey
claim_date: 2017-12-30T00:00:00Z
title: Hollywood celebs didn't announce strike if Donald Trump won't resign
review_date: 2018-01-09T12:03:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/09/Nourtey/hollywood-celebs-didnt-announce-strike-if-trump-wo/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/mar/01/fact-checking-donald-trumps-address-congress/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's address to Congress
review_date: 2017-08-18T15:35:31Z
textual_rating: Still lower than 1990s
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that the murder rate in 2015 "experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century."


claimant: Donna Howard
claim_date: 2018-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Donna Howard says charter schools draw more per-student state aid than socked school districts
review_date: 2018-08-15T21:29:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Texas charter schools "get 100% state $/pupil funding while district schools (95% students) get about 1/3 funding from state w/ rest coming from local prop taxes (which is why those taxes are so high). Districts getting less b/c scarce $ going to charters."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/15/donna-howard/donna-howard-says-charter-schools-draw-more-studen/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: This isn’t a photo of an “Angel Flight” bringing dead service members home
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows “the plane that brings our dead military home. It is made so that when they shoot their salute for their service it looks like an angel carrying them home.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/07/viral-image/isnt-photo-angel-flight-bringing-dead-service-memb/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Novel coronavirus could live up to 3 days, depending on the surface
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
2019 coronavirus can live for "up to 3 hours in the air, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard up to 3 days on plastic and stainless steel.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/20/facebook-posts/covid-19-could-live-3-days-depending-surface/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s tweet firing Christopher Krebs
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/18/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-tweet-firing-christoph/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine correct about how poorly U.S. fares in percentage of women lawmakers
review_date: 2016-08-22T22:20:38Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Congress right now, we're doing the best job we have ever done in women in the federal legislature," but it’s still only "19 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/22/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-correct-about-how-poorly-us-fares-percen/


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: Data backs it up
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Decades ago we used to invest 2% of our GDP on research and development. Today, that’s less than 1%."


claimant: Lloyd Doggett
claim_date: 2017-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Lloyd Doggett says 80 percent of Republican-sought tax cuts flow to wealthiest 1 percent
review_date: 2017-10-20T16:03:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "80 percent of the tax breaks in" the President Donald Trump’s outlined tax-cut "proposal go to the top 1 percent, that is, people making more than $730,000 a year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/20/lloyd-doggett/lloyd-doggett-says-80-percent-republican-sought-ta/


text: There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Post overstates number of missing kids in flawed comparison to Gabby Petito case
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/29/viral-image/post-overstates-number-missing-kids-flawed-compari/


text: Says "I was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley, California, public schools."
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2019-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Was Kamala Harris ‘part of second class to integrate’ Berkeley's public schools?
review_date: 2019-07-03T01:03:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/02/kamala-harris/was-kamala-harris-part-second-class-integrate-her-/


text: "I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all."
claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2019-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Gillibrand points to early support for Medicare for all
review_date: 2019-05-22T19:13:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/22/kirsten-gillibrand/gillibrand-points-early-support-medicare-all/


text: “New York's 1,200+ homeless veterans are ineligible for these $15,600 payments.”
claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2021-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Do New York’s homeless veterans qualify for the Excluded Worker Fund?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/18/tom-cotton/do-new-yorks-homeless-veterans-qualify-excluded-wo/


text: Says the state of Maryland issued these Independence Day 2020 safety guidelines.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Maryland July 4th safety guidelines poster is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/17/facebook-posts/maryland-july-4th-safety-guidelines-poster-fake/


text: Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”
claimant: Mark Kelly
claim_date: 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Kelly’s claim that McSally voted to take money from Arizona military base needs context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/14/mark-kelly/kellys-claim-mcsally-voted-take-money-az-military-/


claimant: Bryan Steil
claim_date: 2021-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: IRS reform proposal would not require banks to hand over info on routine transactions
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden's IRS reform proposals "would require banks and credit unions to hand over private information about routine transactions to the IRS."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/15/bryan-steil/irs-reform-proposal-would-not-require-banks-hand-o/


text: Joe Biden “wants to get rid of something called ‘stepped up basis’” that reduces inheritance taxes.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Biden seeks to eliminate policy that reduces inheritance taxes
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/29/facebook-posts/yes-biden-seeks-eliminate-policy-reduces-inheritan/


text: "Absent from the news — Dominion lost their lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Dominion’s defamation lawsuit against Giuliani, Powell remains active
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/01/facebook-posts/dominions-defamation-lawsuit-against-giuliani-powe/


claimant: Garry McCarthy
claim_date: 2018-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Is Chicago gun violence really ‘killing’ the city's budget?
review_date: 2018-04-19T15:31:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Studies show "the 2016 shooting and murder rate in Chicago cost us about $9.6 BILLION DOLLARS" and "the entire City budget for 2018 is $8.6 billion dollars. This math does not work, it is financially killing our city."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/17/garry-mccarthy/chicago-gun-violence-really-killing-citys-bottom-l/


text: “Breaking: UK Prepares For Full Lockdown After Hundreds Of New Cases — Wuhan Super Virus Updates.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that United Kingdom is preparing for lockdown over coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/facebook-posts/no-evidence-united-kingdom-preparing-lockdown-over/


text: Global poverty is down to "less than 10% today from 37% in 1990."
claimant: Boris Johnson
claim_date: 2017-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, global poverty fell dramatically after 1990
review_date: 2017-03-01T19:52:40Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/01/boris-johnson/yes-global-poverty-fell-dramatically-after-1990/


claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2016-11-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/02/andrew-cuomo/cuomo-spending-increases/
title: Rate of spending increases smaller under Cuomo
review_date: 2016-12-02T22:40:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We spend less than 2 percent more every year. That is the lowest increase in spending since they have been keeping numbers."


claimant: Greg Steube
claim_date: 2019-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Gitmo detainees not headed to ‘neighborhood near you’ as Florida congressman said
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be transferred to a neighborhood near you" as a result of House Democrats’ actions on the National Defense Authorization Act.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/19/greg-steube/no-gitmo-detainees-not-headed-neighborhood-near-yo/


text: “J.D. Vance called for higher taxes.”
claimant: Mike Gibbons
claim_date: 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/22/mike-gibbons/senate-race-jd-vances-call-higher-taxes-only-certa/

title:
In Senate race, JD Vance’s call for higher taxes is only for certain corporations, corporate leaders


text: "Charlottesville car attacker is anti-Trump Antifa supporter."
claimant: PuppetStringNews.com
claim_date: 2017-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Charlottesville hit-and-run driver was anti-fascist activist, Internet post claims
review_date: 2017-08-14T21:46:35Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/14/puppetstringnewscom/charlottesville-hit-and-run-driver-was-anti-fascis/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2022-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz’s misleading claim that only Democratic cities take days to count votes
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/28/ted-cruz/ted-cruzs-misleading-claim-that-only-democratic-ci/


text: Says President Trump’s Oct. 31 rally in Butler, Pa., drew over 57,000 people.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s Butler, Pa., rally drew thousands of supporters, but there’s no evidence it was 57,000
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/02/facebook-posts/trumps-butler-pa-rally-drew-thousands-supporters-t/


text: Video shows “footage of an actual demonic possession in 1896.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Demonic possession’ footage is scary, but fabricated
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/17/viral-image/demonic-possession-footage-is-scary-but-fabricated/


claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2019-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Have 20 million Americans gained health insurance from the ACA?
review_date: 2019-05-11T03:44:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/10/joe-manchin/have-20-million-americans-gained-health-insurance-/


text: The North Carolina bathroom bill "was really never repealed."
claimant: Pat McCrory
claim_date: 2017-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Former NC Gov. says state hasn't really repealed controversial bathroom bill
review_date: 2017-11-22T23:30:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/22/pat-mccrory/former-nc-gov-says-state-hasnt-really-repealed-con/


claimant: Chip Roy
claim_date: 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: No spike tied to voting, but data leaves questions
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Wisconsin has not had a spike in coronavirus cases that was “statistically significant related to the fact that they had voting.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/18/chip-roy/no-spike-tied-voting-data-leaves-questions/


text: “Chinese people eat human baby soup to improve health.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Viral post uses art photos as evidence of false claim that Chinese eat 'human soup'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/10/blog-posting/photos-art-exhibit-no-evidence-claim-chinese-eat-h/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: ‘10-years challenge’ on climate change exaggerates impact on Greenland ice, polar bears
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Images show how climate change destroyed the Greenland ice sheet and harmed a polar bear from 2009 to 2019.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/19/facebook-posts/10-years-challenge-climate-change-exaggerates-impa/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's misleading linkage between stock gains, debt reduction
review_date: 2017-10-12T21:08:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/12/donald-trump/donald-trumps-misleading-linkage-between-stock-gai/


claimant: Nathan McMurray
claim_date: 2018-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: McMurray claims financial victories on Grand Island
review_date: 2018-09-06T14:45:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says he’s a "small-town supervisor who has kept a balanced budget, who has increased surpluses, who has led us to the highest credit rating our town has ever had."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/29/nathan-mcmurray/mcmurray-claims-about-grand-island-record-are-true/


claimant: Joy Behar
claim_date: 2021-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joy Behar on mass shootings and the assault weapons ban
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those (AR-15 type) rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the ban, there were 12 incidents. Since he lifted the ban, there were 34 incidents."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/25/joy-behar/fact-checking-joy-behar-mass-shootings-and-assault/


claimant: Herschel Walker
claim_date: 2022-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Did Biden stop domestic oil drilling, as Herschel Walker said? Hardly
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Democrats, including President Joe Biden, “stopped domestic drilling” for oil, driving gasoline prices higher.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/22/herschel-walker/did-biden-stop-domestic-oil-drilling-herschel-walk/


text: Infertility is treated differently than other issues and "often excluded from insurance coverage"
claimant: Kelda Roys
claim_date: 2023-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: It’s true: Infertility treatment is often excluded from insurance coverage
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/26/kelda-helen-roys/its-true-infertility-treatment-is-often-excluded-f/


text: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, “Minnesota now has the highest unemployment rate in U.S. history.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Minnesota doesn’t have the highest unemployment rate in US history
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/26/facebook-posts/minnesota-doesnt-have-highest-unemployment-rate-us/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Hurricane Matthew coverage in 2016 spreads without context as Hurricane Ian heads toward Florida
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A news anchor warned that if Hurricane Ian “moves 20 miles to the west … you and everyone you know are dead.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/28/viral-image/hurricane-matthew-coverage-2016-spreads-without-co/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, members of Congress did not make 50 cents a day in 1789
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/05/facebook-posts/no-members-congress-did-not-make-50-cents-day-1789/


text: “Law enforcement violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men and women in the US.”
claimant: Kevin Parker
claim_date: 2021-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Police violence is a leading cause of death for young Black men, but it doesn’t top the list
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/29/kevin-parker/police-violence-leading-cause-death-young-black-me/


text: Says deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Did Donald Trump's trip create or save 'millions' of jobs?
review_date: 2017-05-26T21:10:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/26/donald-trump/did-donald-trumps-trip-create-or-save-millions-job/


text: Says Chuck Todd said the Roy Moore story "felt completely orchestrated."
claimant: Steve Bannon
claim_date: 2017-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Behind Steve Bannon's misrepresentation of Chuck Todd's comments on Roy Moore
review_date: 2017-11-15T22:31:58Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/15/steve-bannon/behind-stephen-bannons-misrepresentation-chuck-tod/


claimant: Republican Party of Florida
claim_date: 2018-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Republican ad misleads in attack on Andrew Gillum about hurricane
review_date: 2018-10-10T16:14:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
After Hurricane Hermine struck Tallahassee, "utility companies lined up trucks to restore power. But as mayor, Andrew Gillum refused help from workers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/10/republican-party-florida/republican-ad-misleads-attack-andrew-gillum-about-/


claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2021-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: How far has the U.S. cut its reliance on coal compared with other countries?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/joe-manchin/how-far-has-us-cut-its-reliance-coal-compared-othe/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Meme wrong about Somali-Americans in Ilhan Omar's district
review_date: 2019-03-05T21:10:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/05/viral-image/meme-wrong-about-somali-americans-ilhan-omars-dist/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Biden’s ‘there’s no climate problem’ comment was a joke, not proof climate change isn’t real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/17/instagram-posts/bidens-theres-no-climate-problem-comment-was-a-jok/


text: Says Gary Farmer’s claim that he "received an 'A' from the NRA" is "an absolute lie."
claimant: Jim Waldman
claim_date: 2016-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Florida Senate candidate never actually received an A from the NRA
review_date: 2016-07-15T18:22:55Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/15/jim-waldman/state-senate-candidate-never-actually-received-rat/


text: An "abortion procedure is actually safer than a vasectomy."
claimant: Mary González
claim_date: 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Mary González says abortions safer than vasectomies
review_date: 2017-05-17T22:42:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/17/mary-gonzalez/mary-gonzalez-says-abortions-safer-vasectomies/


claimant: Devin LeMahieu
claim_date: 2023-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Republicans take credit for reining in deficit, despite federal and grant relief
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/03/devin-lemahieu/wisconsin-republicans-take-credit-reigning-deficit/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, this Sandy Hook shooting victim’s father isn’t an actor
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows an actor “getting into character before his press interview less than 24 hours after the supposed killing of his 6-year-old daughter."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/20/instagram-posts/no-this-sandy-hook-shooting-victims-father-isnt-an/


text: Luc Montagnier's death is linked to his "exposing" that there's HIV in the COVID-19 vaccine.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking more misinformation about Luc Montagnier after his death
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/23/facebook-posts/fact-checking-more-misinformation-about-luc-montag/


text: “Joe Biden puts pro-life groups on domestic extremist list, calls pro-life people ‘violent.’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t put anti-abortion groups on domestic extremist list
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/31/facebook-posts/no-biden-didnt-put-anti-abortion-groups-domestic-e/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2020-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: The Democratic debates’ biggest (electoral) losers, by the numbers
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost 10 elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they’ve been in are the women, Amy and me."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/15/elizabeth-warren/democratic-debates-biggest-electoral-losers-number/


claimant: Jennifer Shilling
claim_date: 2016-05-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/03/donald-trump-tax-returns-factsheet/
title: Factsheet: Donald Trump’s tax returns
review_date: 2016-05-24T17:59:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."


claimant: Jennifer Shilling
claim_date: 2016-05-11T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-05-24T17:59:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/20/jennifer-shilling/top-01-would-be-big-winner-under-donald-trumps-tax/

title:
Top 0.1% would be big winner under Donald Trump's tax plan, Wisconsin Hillary Clinton supporter says


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Cause of Hillandale Farm fire is unclear, but claims of government plot are unsubstantiated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The government caused a fire at Hillandale Farms in Connecticut “so that they can force us into eating their fake GMO meats, or starve us into compliance.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/31/viral-image/cause-hillandale-farm-fire-unclear-claims-governme/


text: Says Nancy Pelosi was “caught trying to include abortion funding in bill to combat coronavirus.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Pelosi wasn’t caught trying to add abortion funding into coronavirus bill
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/blog-posting/no-pelosi-wasnt-caught-trying-add-abortion-funding/


text: Says it’s illegal to hold an absentee-only election or mail ballots to every registered voter
claimant: Chris Kapenga
claim_date: 2020-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, it’s illegal to hold an election by mail in Wisconsin
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/chris-kapanga/yes-its-illegal-hold-election-mail-wisconsin/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump gets Ukraine phone memo timeline backwards
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They never thought ... that I was going to release that call and I really had no choice because Adam Schiff made up a call."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-schiff-ukraine-timeline-phone-memo/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/04/florida-governor-says-new-yorkers-fueled-fla-coron/
title: Gov. Ron DeSantis says New Yorkers fueled coronavirus in Florida. Experts say it’s hard to tell
textual_rating: Unproven with state data
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Florida's coronavirus outbreak "is mostly tied to New York City travel into the three Southern Florida (counties)."


text: Says NBC News reported that Hillary Clinton "covered up elite pedophile ring at state department."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, NBC News did not report Hillary Clinton 'covered up elite pedophile ring'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/04/blog-posting/website-exaggerates-old-news-report-state-departme/


text: A photo shows Donald Trump kissing Ivanka Trump on the lips.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Video footage shows Donald Trump kissed his daughter on the cheek, not the lips
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/15/viral-image/video-footage-shows-donald-trump-kissed-his-daught/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that US is letting in 'tens of thousands' of terrorists now
review_date: 2016-05-25T20:28:25Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Look, we are at war with these people and they don't wear uniforms. … This is a war against people that are vicious, violent people, that we have no idea who they are, where they come from. We are allowing tens of thousands of them into our country now."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/25/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-us-letting-tens-thousands-terror/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/31/fact-checking-night-one-2020-democratic-debates-de/
title: Fact-checking night one of the 2020 Democratic debates in Detroit
review_date: 2019-07-31T03:02:01Z
textual_rating: Many numbers, fuzzy math
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Right now, we have a dysfunctional health-care system. Eighty-seven million uninsured or under-insured, 500,000 Americans every year going bankrupt because of medical bills, 30,000 people dying while the health-care industry makes tens of billions of dollars in profit."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54512170
title: US election 2020: Fact-checking Trump and Biden on the campaign trail
review_date: 2020-10-16T00:00:00Z
language_code: en
publisher_name: BBC
publisher_site: bbc.co.uk
text:
"Just the other day, they came out with a statement that 85% of the people that wear masks catch it."

textual_rating:
We can find no evidence to support this claim. Referring to the study, the US Centers for Disease Control said: "The interpretation that more mask-wearers are getting infected compared to non-mask wearers is incorrect."


claimant: Ted Nugent
claim_date: 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Inaccurate early vote count in one Michigan county was a human error, not a failure of the software
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/18/ted-nugent/inaccurate-early-vote-count-onmichigan-county-was-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, clicking on a photo of Trump supposedly having a stroke does not cause a virus on your computer
review_date: 2019-02-22T15:33:52Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo of Trump having a stroke is really a virus that will wipe out all information on your computer.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/21/facebook-posts/no-clicking-photo-trump-supposedly-having-stroke-d/


claimant: Sunny Hostin
claim_date: 2020-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: ‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin right about white-on-white, Black-on-Black homicides
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Homicides are intraracial. When you look at white-on-white crime, it's 84%. Right? Homicides. White people kill white people.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/17/sunny-hostin/view-co-host-sunny-hostin-right-about-white-white-/


claimant: Sean Duffy
claim_date: 2017-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Nearly half of counties have no providers or one for health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges?
review_date: 2017-08-07T19:54:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/04/sean-duffy/nearly-half-counties-have-no-providers-or-one-heal/


text: “Miami-Dade County has banned” Amanda Gorman’s poem “from elementary schools.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Amanda Gorman poem moved to middle school shelves in one library, not banned in Miami-Dade County
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/31/instagram-posts/amanda-gorman-poem-moved-to-middle-school-shelves/


text: "Canada Pays Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Did Canada pay off its debt a day after legalizing marijuana? No
review_date: 2018-10-24T21:26:09Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/blog-posting/did-canada-pay-its-debt-day-after-legalizing-marij/


text: An image shows the Blue Angels performing a maneuver called the “Hand of God.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Image of Blue Angels performing the “Hand of God” is an illustration, not a photograph
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/27/facebook-posts/image-blue-angels-performing-hand-god-illustration/


text: Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Photos show recent incidents around the world, but there’s more you should know
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/07/viral-image/photos-show-recent-incidents-around-world-theres-m/


text: “Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans.”
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Does Mike Bloomberg own more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/bernie-sanders/does-mike-bloomberg-own-more-wealth-bottom-125-mil/


claimant: Jim Spencer
claim_date: 2018-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Jim Spencer: May 2018 marked 401st month of global temperature exceeding 20th-century average
review_date: 2018-06-20T23:18:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says May 2018 marked the 401st straight month of global temperatures exceeding the 20th century average.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/20/jim-spencer/jim-spencer-may-2018-marked-401st-month-global-tem/


claimant: Eric Trump
claim_date: 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Eric Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Joe Biden’s White House doesn’t travel
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden White House has "no one there. They don't travel. They don't go down to the border. They don't go overseas."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/20/eric-trump/eric-trumps-pants-fire-claim-joe-bidens-white-hous/


claimant: Matt Walsh
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/matt-walsh/gender-affirmation-is-linked-to-improved-mental-he/

title:
Gender affirmation is linked to improved mental health. There’s no evidence it drives youth suicide.


text: “Publix drops Ben and Jerry’s ‘for the good of our kids.’”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Story about Publix dropping Ben & Jerry’s products originated on satire site
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/09/blog-posting/story-about-publix-dropping-ben-jerrys-products-or/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Jacob Blake “brandished” a knife, got a gun before police shooting in Kenosha
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Jacob Blake “declared he had a gun in the car and was going to go get it” and was “brandishing” a knife

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-jacob-blake-did-not-brandish-knife-gun-kenosha/


claimant: Clay Aiken
claim_date: 2016-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Clay Aiken said despite Orlando tragedy, gays in Florida can be fired for being gay
review_date: 2016-06-20T16:28:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A gay man who survived #orlando hate crime can STILL show up to work in FL tomorrow and have his boss fire him simply because he is gay."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/20/clay-aiken/clay-aiken-said-despite-orlando-tragedy-gays-flori/


text: The shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde County, Texas, was a false flag.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Uvalde school shooting wasn’t a false flag
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/25/tweets/no-uvalde-school-shooting-wasnt-false-flag/


claimant: John Oliver
claim_date: 2016-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Mystery: Strom Thurmond, Puerto Rico and bankruptcy protection
review_date: 2016-04-28T02:18:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/27/john-oliver/mystery-strom-thurmond-puerto-rico-and-bankruptcy-/


claimant: Andrea Mitchell
claim_date: 2018-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Can Congress force Donald Trump to investigate missing Saudi journalist?
review_date: 2018-10-16T15:20:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A letter to President Donald Trump from 22 senators "is a way of saying to the president, ‘You are now under an affirmative requirement, legal requirement, to investigate' " journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and suspected murder.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/16/andrea-mitchell/can-congress-force-donald-trump-investigate-missin/


claimant: Mike Palicz
claim_date: 2023-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Check, please. Are IRS agents coming for servers’ tips?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/mike-palicz/check-please-are-irs-agents-coming-for-servers-tip/


text: "Last year we had the eighth fastest-growing economy in the country in West Virginia."
claimant: David McKinley
claim_date: 2018-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Was West Virginia the eighth fastest-growing state economy last year?
review_date: 2018-11-29T21:59:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/29/david-mckinley/was-west-virginia-eighth-fastest-growing-economy-l/


text: The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Is the NFL getting 'massive tax breaks,' as Donald Trump said?
review_date: 2017-10-12T22:12:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/12/donald-trump/nfl-getting-massive-tax-breaks-donald-trump-said/


text: Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office."
claimant: Gerald Daugherty
claim_date: 2016-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Gerald Daugherty touts his own pay decreases. His pay went down--once.
review_date: 2016-10-24T22:24:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/24/gerald-daugherty/gerald-daugherty-says-hes-decreased-his-pay-every-/


text: “Biden gets brutal impeachment.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading video title says Joe Biden was impeached. That didn't happen
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/08/facebook-posts/misleading-video-title-says-joe-biden-was-impeache/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/mar/06/fact-checking-donald-trumps-fox-news-town-hall-scr/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News town hall in Scranton
review_date: 2020-03-06T20:50:51Z
textual_rating: Gallup outdated
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the administration has been “given tremendous marks” for its coronavirus response. “You look at Gallup poll, you look at other polls, for the way we have handled it.”


text: "Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years."
claimant: West Virginia Republican Party
claim_date: 2019-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Is unemployment for women at lowest point in almost 70 years?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/west-virginia-republican-party/unemployment-women-lowest-point-almost-70-years/


text: "We defied the stand-down orders" during the Benghazi attack.
claimant: Mark Geist
claim_date: 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: 'Stand-down' story ignores critical facts about effort to save Americans in Benghazi
review_date: 2016-07-19T03:39:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/19/mark-geist/stand-down-story-ignores-critical-facts-about-effo/


claimant: One Wisconsin Now
claim_date: 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Is Wisconsin offering to pay more than it will collect in taxes to land giant Foxconn plant?
review_date: 2017-08-02T16:55:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Scott Walker "wants state taxpayers to dole out up to $250 million annually in incentives" to Foxconn "to lure a manufacturing plant to Wisconsin that he claims will generate $181 million in tax revenue."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/02/one-wisconsin-now/wisconsin-offering-pay-more-it-will-collect-taxes-/


claimant: Kelly Cassidy
claim_date: 2016-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Never mind the constitution: In Illinois, where there's a will there's a way
review_date: 2016-10-14T17:56:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Then, the Republican leader theatrically introduced new bills with stopgap budget language, declaring that we could stay until midnight and pass this compromise. Except under our constitution, a bill has to be read on 3 different days, so that's not possible."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/04/kelly-cassidy/never-mind-constitution-illinois-lawmaking-where-t/


text: Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.
claimant: Ryan Holets
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Overdose deaths declined in 2018. But there’s more to the story
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/27/ryan-holets/drug-overdose-deaths-declined-2018-theres-more-sto/


claimant: Rob Portman
claim_date: 2016-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Portman quotes Strickland's own words about 'mixed and spotty' record on guns at Ohio debate
review_date: 2016-10-21T02:21:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ted Strickland "in this campaign bragged about his A-plus rating with the NRA. ... He has said he has a mixed and spotty record on this issue and that he can be criticized for it. Those are his words, not mine. So I don’t know where he is on this issue."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/21/rob-portman/portman-quotes-stricklands-own-words-about-mixed-a/


text: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.”
claimant: Blake Masters
claim_date: 2022-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Blake Masters: Mark Kelly voted to legalize abortion ‘up until the moment of birth’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/01/blake-masters/fact-checking-blake-masters-mark-kelly-voted-legal/


claimant: Jimmy Kimmel
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/03/fact-checking-jimmy-kimmel-late-night-hosts-about-/
title: Fact-checking Jimmy Kimmel, late-night hosts on gun violence after Las Vegas attack
review_date: 2017-10-03T18:26:09Z
textual_rating: Many private sales exempt
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Right now there are loopholes in the law that let people avoid background checks if they buy a gun privately from another party, if they buy a gun online or at a gun show."


text: A photo shows Pamela Karlan reacting to Hillary Clinton’s presidential defeat.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo of a Hillary Clinton supporter isn’t Pamela Karlan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/17/viral-image/no-photo-hillary-clinton-supporter-isnt-pamela-kar/


claimant: Center for American Progress Action Fund
claim_date: 2017-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: How much do Donald Trump's trips to Mar-a-Lago cost?
review_date: 2017-04-18T20:40:56Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/18/center-american-progress-action-fund/how-much-do-donald-trumps-trips-mar-lago-cost/


text: Photos show a photojournalist crying while capturing pictures of the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, these aren’t photos of a photographer crying at the Aqsa Mosque
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-these-arent-photos-photographer-crying-aqsa-mos/


text: "80 percent of the (individual mandate) tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less."
claimant: John Thune
claim_date: 2017-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Thune: Individual mandate fine falls mainly on people making under $50,000
review_date: 2017-11-17T17:40:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/17/john-thune/sen-thune-individual-mandate-fine-falls-mainly-peo/


claimant: Tom Cotton
claim_date: 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Cotton wrong that there’s “no way” to screen immigrants
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or security."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/03/tom-cotton/tom-cotton-wrong-theres-no-way-screen-immigrants/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2021-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Ron Johnson overreaches with asylum-seeker claim
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/01/ron-johnson/johnson-overreaches-asylum-seeker-claim/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, the prime minister of Japan didn’t hold a Trump 2024 sign next to Kamala Harris
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Japan’s prime minister met with Vice President Kamala Harris holding a Trump 2024 sign and wearing a red baseball cap.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/20/facebook-posts/no-prime-minister-japan-didnt-hold-trump-2024-sign/


text: "There are 30,000 people that have been killed with seat belts."
claimant: Joseph Trillo
claim_date: 2011-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: R.I. Rep. Trillo says 30,000 people have died because they used seat belts
review_date: 2016-05-24T13:09:03Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/jul/13/joseph-trillo/ri-rep-trillo-says-30000-people-have-died-because-/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy questioned whether House should expel Adam Schiff, but didn’t call for his removal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for the immediate “expulsion and prosecution of Rep. Adam Schiff for committing crimes of treason against the United States.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/30/instagram-posts/kevin-mccarthy-questioned-whether-house-should-exp/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden isn’t first to prioritize race, gender in picking SCOTUS nominee, as Sean Hannity claimed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There's never been a president (before Joe Biden) that has made race and gender the defining factor” for a Supreme Court nomination.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/28/sean-hannity/joe-biden-isnt-first-prioritize-race-gender-pickin/


claimant: Adam Putnam
claim_date: 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/aug/09/fact-checking-desantis-and-putnam-florida-republic/
title: Fact-checking DeSantis and Putnam in Florida Republican debate for governor
review_date: 2018-08-09T14:30:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism"


claimant: Adam Putnam
claim_date: 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading Putnam ad twists DeSantis stance on taxes
review_date: 2018-08-09T14:30:38Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/27/adam-putnam/misleading-putnam-ad-twists-desantis-stance-taxes/


text: Says the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis and two aides tested positive for coronavirus.
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2020-02-29T00:00:00Z
title: False video says Pope Francis has coronavirus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/youtube-videos/false-video-says-pope-francis-has-coronavirus/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Trump no marksman when aiming at Chicago gun laws
review_date: 2017-10-03T01:08:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/03/donald-trump/trump-no-marksman-when-aiming-chicago-gun-laws/


text: Says Adam Putnam "was for amnesty."
claimant: Tony Fabrizio
claim_date: 2017-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Was Adam Putnam, candidate for Florida governor, for amnesty on immigration?
review_date: 2017-07-24T13:10:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/24/tony-fabrizio/was-adam-putnam-running-florida-governor-amnesty/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was not dropped from Wrangler after coming out as gay
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says country hip-hop star Lil Nas X was "dropped from Wrangler endorsement" after coming out of the closet.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/17/blog-posting/no-country-hip-hop-star-lil-nas-x-was-not-dropped-/


claimant: Vicki Saporta
claim_date: 2016-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Tallies are too sketchy to say anti-abortion centers outnumber abortion providers 2 to 1
review_date: 2016-05-17T21:02:23Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/17/vicki-saporta/tallies-are-too-sketchy-say-anti-abortion-centers-/


text: "Obama Announces Bid To Become UN Secretary General"
claimant: USA NEWS
claim_date: 2018-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Barack Obama did not announce bid for United Nations secretary-general
review_date: 2018-04-13T18:25:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/13/blog-posting/no-barack-obama-did-not-announce-bid-un-secretary-/


text: Says liberals are trying to make pedophilia legal “in preparation of Sharia Law in America.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2015-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, liberals are not trying to make pedophilia legal in the US
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/26/blog-posting/no-liberals-are-not-trying-make-pedophilia-legal-u/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump rooted for the housing crisis
review_date: 2016-09-27T04:45:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.’ "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-donald-trump-rooted-housing-c/


text: Says Halyna Hutchins tweeted, “I have information that will lead to Hillary Clinton’s arrest.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Halyna Hutchins didn’t tweet about Hillary Clinton before she died
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/viral-image/no-halyna-hutchins-didnt-tweet-about-hillary-clint/


text: "FDA finally admits dental fillings are toxic."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: The FDA has warned mercury teeth fillings could harm some, but this claim goes too far
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/29/blog-posting/fda-has-warned-mercury-teeth-fillings-could-harm-s/


text: "There is no tax increase in the governor’s plan."
claimant: Eileen Filler-Corn
claim_date: 2019-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Contrary to Eileen Filler-Corn's claim, Gov. Ralph Northam's plan budget would hike taxes
review_date: 2019-01-29T20:16:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/29/eileen-filler-corn/contrary-eileen-filler-corns-claim-gov-ralph-north/


text: Kurt Russell said that celebrities shouldn't "get political" when it comes to Donald Trump.
claimant: Twentyeightmay
claim_date: 2018-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Story takes actor Kurt Russell's comments about politics out of context
review_date: 2018-06-27T19:43:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/27/twentyeightmay/story-takes-actor-kurt-russells-comments-about-pol/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that cream of tartar and orange juice will help you quit smoking
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says drinking cream of tartar mixed with orange juice daily will help people quit smoking because it "flushes the nicotine" out of the body.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/30/facebook-posts/no-evidence-cream-tartar-orange-juice-drink-will-h/


claimant: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
claim_date: 2017-10-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/30/what-you-need-know-about-manafort-indictment-papad/
title: What you need to know about Manafort indictment, Papadopoulos guilty plea
review_date: 2017-10-30T21:44:21Z
textual_rating: He advised Trump campaign
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders said George Papadopoulos’ guilty plea "doesn’t have anything to do with the campaign or the campaign’s activities."


text: In Arizona, "there are only one and a half (Border Patrol) agents per every 10 square miles."
claimant: Kelly Terry-Willis
claim_date: 2016-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Sister of Border Patrol agent killed near Arizona border claims there are few agents
review_date: 2016-08-04T19:45:40Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/04/kelly-terry-willis/sister-border-patrol-agent-killed-near-arizona-bor/


claimant: Leah Vukmir
claim_date: 2018-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Leah Vukmir cites Tammy Baldwin inaction on Tomah VA scandal, but lacks evidence of 'cover up'
review_date: 2018-10-03T09:25:41Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Tammy Baldwin was the only member of the Wisconsin congressional delegation "to have a report outlining that a doctor was overprescribing opioids" at the Tomah VA, "later a veteran died" and Baldwin "covered it up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/03/leah-vukmir/leah-vukmir-partially-accurate-faulting-tammy-bald/


text: “We (in Illinois) have the fifth-highest tax burden in the country.”
claimant: Christine Radogno
claim_date: 2016-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Illinois tax burden among highest, but not in Top 5 in U.S.
review_date: 2016-12-02T01:38:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/02/christine-radogno/illinois-tax-burden-among-highest-not-top-5-us/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton: School boards' anti-Catholic scare tactics in 1928 election
review_date: 2016-10-25T21:05:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 1928 "school boards sent home letters with children saying that if Al Smith is elected president, you will not be allowed to have or read a Bible."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/24/hillary-clinton/clinton-school-boards-anti-catholic-scare-tactics-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Nostradamus predicted novel coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Nostradamus predicted the coronavirus in a 1551 passage about a plague spreading from the east.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/06/facebook-posts/no-evidence-nostradamus-predicted-novel-coronaviru/


text: "It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump 'Resistance.' "
claimant: Rush Limbaugh
claim_date: 2018-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Rush Limbaugh falsely claims Jacksonville shooter part of Trump ‘Resistance’
review_date: 2018-08-28T19:05:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/28/rush-limbaugh/rush-limbaugh-falsely-claims-jacksonville-shooter-/


claimant: Jack Posobiec
claim_date: 2021-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Conservative pundits say Biden and Democrats want more lockdowns. That’s not accurate
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The White House plans to call for lockdowns due to the delta variant and is “aiming for late 2nd week of August, per WH official.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/12/jack-posopiec/conservative-pundits-say-biden-and-democrats-want-/


text: On supporting student debt relief.
claimant: Tim Ryan
claim_date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Ryan opposes Biden’s student debt plan. He previously supported debt relief
textual_rating: Half Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/07/tim-ryan/tim-ryan-opposes-bidens-student-debt-plan-he-previ/


text: "The states that have passed (campus carry laws) have seen enrollment drop significantly."
claimant: Andrew Byrd
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Did states with campus-carry laws see enrollment drop?
review_date: 2019-04-16T17:46:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/16/andrew-byrd/did-states-campus-carry-laws-see-enrollment-drop/


claimant: Tina Smith
claim_date: 2018-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Is the minimum wage worth less now than 50 years ago?
review_date: 2018-05-22T21:25:21Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Taking into account inflation, the federal minimum wage is actually worth less than what it was worth 50 years ago."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/22/tina-smith/minimum-wage-worth-less-now-50-years-ago/


text: Cargo ships “can’t get into port” because of Donald Trump’s executive order 13959.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Supply-chain backlog at US ports not due to a Trump executive order on China
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/25/instagram-posts/supply-chain-backlog-us-ports-not-due-trump-execut/


text: Al-Qaida is “gone” from Afghanistan.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden said that al-Qaida is 'gone' from Afghanistan. That’s wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/23/joe-biden/joe-biden-said-al-qaida-gone-afghanistan-s-wrong/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Ilhan Omar has not been arrested 23 times
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has been "arrested 23 times" and is the "daughter of (a) Somali terrorist."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/14/facebook-posts/no-ilhan-omar-has-not-been-arrested-23-times/


claimant: John Delaney
claim_date: 2019-07-31T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/31/fact-checking-night-one-2020-democratic-debates-de/
title: Fact-checking night one of the 2020 Democratic debates in Detroit
review_date: 2019-07-31T03:02:01Z
textual_rating: Same claim, still false
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It's been well documented that if all the bills were paid at Medicare rate, which is specifically — I think it’s in section 1,200 of their bill — then many hospitals in this country would close. I’ve been going around rural America and I ask rural hospital administrators one question: ‘If all your bills were paid at the Medicare rate last year, what would happen?’ And they all look at me and say, ‘We would close.’"


text: The National Institutes of Health “adds ivermectin to list of COVID approved treatments.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, NIH doesn’t recommend using ivermectin to treat COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/07/instagram-posts/no-nih-doesnt-recommend-using-ivermectin-treat-cov/


text: The Supreme Court “has decided to take up the Texas case.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Supreme Court hasn’t taken up the Texas election case yet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/09/facebook-posts/no-supreme-court-hasnt-taken-texas-election-case-y/


text: Gas is under $1 in 13 states, but $2.27 in Pennsylvania, because of the governor.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Can’t blame governor for high Pennsylvania gas prices
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/07/facebook-posts/cant-blame-governor-high-pennsylvania-gas-prices/


text: A report on a racist photo “confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture.”
claimant: Ralph Northam
claim_date: 2019-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Northam wrongly says report confirms he wasn't in racist photo
review_date: 2019-06-04T18:01:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/04/ralph-northam/northam-wrongly-says-report-confirms-he-wasnt-raci/


text: "Richard Cordray wants to raise your taxes by reversing President Trump's tax reform."
claimant: Mike DeWine
claim_date: 2018-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: In Ohio, Mike DeWine misleads in video that says Richard Cordray wants to raise taxes
review_date: 2018-07-24T14:22:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/24/mike-dewine/ohio-mike-dewine-misleads-video-says-richard-cordr/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2018-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Do 1 percent of gun sellers supply more than half of all the guns used in crimes?
review_date: 2018-03-16T13:43:07Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Research shows that 1 percent of licensed dealers supply a whopping 57 percent of the guns that are recovered in crimes."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/16/cory-booker/are-1-percent-gun-retailers-responsible-more-half-/


text: "In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-05-24T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2016-05-26T19:05:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/26/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-faults-donald-trump-hoping-real-es/

title:
Hillary Clinton faults Donald Trump for hoping for real estate crash that led to the Great Recession


text: "Starbucks just placed Trump’s photo on (the) floor so every customer (has) to step on it."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fake brews! Starbucks didn’t put photos of Trump on store floors
review_date: 2017-02-24T20:10:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/24/blog-posting/fake-brews-starbucks-didnt-put-photos-trump-store-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, police aren’t warning shoppers to use wipes on carts over fentanyl overdose risk
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says police are warning shoppers to use wipes to clean their carts over deadly risk of fentanyl residue.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/facebook-posts/no-police-arent-warning-shoppers-use-wipes-carts-o/


text: Bricks are being “randomly placed all over Detroit.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Police say bricks in Detroit are for construction projects
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/facebook-posts/police-say-bricks-detroit-are-construction-project/


text: Say a boy was 'caged' in a wire enclosure.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2018-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: Tweeted photo inaccurately indicates boy 'caged' by federal government
review_date: 2018-06-15T21:17:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/15/tweets/tweeted-photo-inaccurately-indicates-boy-caged-fed/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t trying to block Donald Trump from the California primary ballot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Fox News reported that California Gov. Gavin Newsom said former President Donald Trump “is not eligible for future presidential elections & has asked the California’s State Assembly to pass a bill that will remove Trump’s name on any future ballots.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/25/viral-image/no-gov-gavin-newsom-isnt-trying-to-block-donald-tr/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton's off-base linkage of tax cuts and the Great Recession
review_date: 2016-10-02T21:23:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Great Recession emerged "in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of Wall Street, and created a perfect storm."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/02/hillary-clinton/hillary-clintons-base-linkage-tax-cuts-and-great-r/


text: “The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Democrats aren’t pushing microchips to fight coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/23/facebook-posts/no-democrats-arent-pushing-microchips-fight-corona/


text: Coca-Cola, Ben & Jerry’s and other companies support rioting.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, these companies don’t support rioting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/16/viral-image/no-these-companies-dont-support-rioting/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's economic agenda is 'imposing massive taxes on the American people,' Ted Cruz claims
review_date: 2016-05-01T22:02:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/01/ted-cruz/donald-trumps-economic-agenda-imposing-massive-tax/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O’Rourke: ‘Zero’ terrorists or plots against Americans connected to U.S.-Mexico border
review_date: 2018-05-03T20:21:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "precisely zero terrorists, terrorist groups or terror plots have ever been connected with the U.S.-Mexico border to do harm to people within the United States."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/03/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-zero-terrorists-harm-Americans-Mexico/


text: Trump-o-Meter Promise: Get Congress to allow health insurance across state lines
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump-O-Meter
review_date: 2017-03-15T19:05:35Z
textual_rating: Stalled
language_code: en
publisher_name: Trump-O-Meter: | PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1390/get-congress-allow-health-insurance-across-state-l/


text: “McDonald’s puts aborted baby fetuses in their food.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, McDonald’s doesn’t put ‘aborted baby fetuses’ in its food
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/17/facebook-posts/no-mcdonalds-doesnt-put-aborted-baby-fetuses-its-f/


claimant: Mick Mulvaney
claim_date: 2017-03-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/mar/12/fact-checking-trump-white-house-health-care-claims/
title: Fact-checking Trump White House health care claims
review_date: 2017-03-12T20:06:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing."


claimant: Mick Mulvaney
claim_date: 2017-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking White House criticism of CBO health care analysis
review_date: 2017-03-12T20:06:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If the CBO was right about Obamacare to begin with, there'd be 8 million more people on Obamacare today than there actually are. … Sometimes we ask them to do stuff that they're not capable of doing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/12/mick-mulvaney/fact-checking-white-house-attack-nonpartisan-cbos-/


claimant: Phil Berger
claim_date: 2019-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: North Carolina lawmaker points out shrinking gap in high-school graduation rates
review_date: 2019-03-08T00:08:36Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since 2011, the gap in high school graduation rates between African-American students and all students has been cut in half, from 6.4 percent to 3.1 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/07/phil-berger/berger-correct-high-school-graduation-rates-africa/


text: “Fauci says there will be 'two Americas': One for vaccinated, one for unvaccinated.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fauci’s ‘two Americas’ comment on COVID-19 vaccination rates taken out of context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/06/instagram-posts/faucis-two-americas-comment-covid-19-vaccination-r/


text: The U.S. Senate has "one manufacturer — that'd be me."
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Is Ron Johnson right that he is only manufacturer in U.S. Senate?
review_date: 2016-10-04T16:01:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/04/ron-johnson/ron-johnson-right-he-only-manufacturer-us-senate/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/28/fact-checking-president-donald-trump-coronavirus/
title: Fact-checking President Donald Trump on the coronavirus
review_date: 2020-02-28T19:53:59Z
textual_rating: Refers to late stages
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ebola, you disintegrated, especially at the beginning ... You got Ebola, that was it. This one is different, much different."


text: Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Nothing to back up claim that constipation killed seven times more people than rifles in US
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/instagram-posts/nothing-back-claim-constipation-killed-seven-times/


text: Says a poll showed Democrat Beto O’Rourke within 2 percentage points of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
claimant: Republican Party of Texas
claim_date: 2018-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Texas Republicans say poll shows Ted Cruz leading Beto O'Rourke by just 2 percentage points
review_date: 2018-07-20T16:51:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/20/republican-party-texas/texas-poll-ted-cruz-leads-beto-orourke-2-points-pe/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Did a truck carrying Moderna vaccine crash? And did the Pentagon handle the recovery?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/02/tweets/did-truck-carrying-moderna-vaccine-crash-and-did-p/


claimant: 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' by Michael Wolff
claim_date: 2018-01-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/09/fact-checking-read-fire-and-fury-michael-wolff/
title: A fact-checker's guide to Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House'
review_date: 2018-01-09T18:44:28Z
textual_rating: Boehner left in 2015
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"John Boehner had been the Speaker of the House until he was forced out in a Tea Party putsch in 2011"


text: Says he and Bernie Sanders have "very similar" views on trade
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says he and Bernie Sanders are 'very similar' on trade
review_date: 2016-07-27T23:08:49Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-he-and-bernie-sanders-are-very-s/


text: No new COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to use of ivermectin
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: No scientific basis for claims of ivermectin’s success in Uttar Pradesh, India
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/12/facebook-posts/no-scientific-basis-claims-ivermectins-success-utt/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2021-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris exaggerates food and water laws for voters
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/15/kamala-harris/fact-checking-kamala-harris-claim-food-water-hando/


text: Video shows Elon Musk talking about an “AI cryptocurrency trading platform” he launched.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Wait, was Elon Musk discussing cryptocurrency? No. The video was altered.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/19/facebook-posts/wait-was-elon-musk-discussing-cryptocurrency-no-th/


claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2017-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump's child-care proposal mainly benefits high earners
review_date: 2017-03-08T16:44:34Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says 70 percent of benefits in Donald Trump’s proposal for child care "go to the people making over $100,000 a year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/08/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-says-donald-trumps-child-care-proposa/


claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2017-08-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/aug/08/fact-checking-trumps-news-week-video/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s News of the Week video with Kayleigh McEnany
review_date: 2017-08-08T18:55:28Z
textual_rating: Spinning who gets credit
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The unemployment rate is at a 16-year low, and consumer confidence is at a 16-year high — all while the Dow Jones continues to break records. President Trump has clearly steered the economy back in the right direction."


text: Photos show Portland, Ore., after protests.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, these aren’t photos of Portland, Ore., after the protests
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/30/viral-image/no-these-arent-photos-portland-ore-after-protests/


text: Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2021-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Image of map doesn’t show hundreds of ‘sitting’ ships waiting to dock at US ports
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/13/viral-image/no-image-doesnt-show-hundreds-sitting-ships-waitin/


text: House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2017-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Under bill, could drivers hit protesters with immunity? Cooper misleads
review_date: 2017-08-16T20:41:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/16/roy-cooper/cooper-says-nc-bill-gives-immunity-drivers-who-str/


claimant: Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
claim_date: 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Kevin McCarthy oversells employment gains from past work requirements
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/01/kevin-mccarthy/kevin-mccarthy-oversells-employment-gains-from-pas/


claimant: Taylor Swift
claim_date: 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Taylor Swift says most Democrats, independents, Republicans back nondiscrimination for LGBTQ people
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The majority of Americans across ALL parties favor these nondiscrimination policies for LGBTQ people (liberals at 81%, moderates at 76% and conservatives at 55%)."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/05/taylor-swift/taylor-swift-says-most-democrats-independents-repu/


text: Photos show celebrities reacting to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, these aren’t photos of celebrities reacting to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/29/viral-image/no-these-arent-photos-celebrities-reacting-will-sm/


text: Says Bernie Sanders "is the most popular politician in America today."
claimant: Mike Crute
claim_date: 2017-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton. So, can he be America's most popular politician?
review_date: 2017-04-27T15:57:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/27/mike-crute/despite-losing-nomination-hillary-clinton-bernie-s/


text: "Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: 'I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trump's Rally.' "
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, someone wasn't paid $3,500 to protest Donald Trump; it's fake news
review_date: 2016-11-18T01:23:56Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/17/blog-posting/no-someone-wasnt-paid-3500-protest-donald-trump-it/


text: The Guantanamo Bay detention camp remaining open is proof that Joe Biden is not the president.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: The Guantánamo Bay detention center is still open, but that isn’t proof that Biden isn’t president
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/22/facebook-posts/the-guantanamo-bay-detention-center-is-still-open/


text: In the United Kingdom, “81% of COVID-19 deaths are among the vaccinated.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Claim on COVID-19 in UK ignores data showing death more likely for unvaccinated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/19/facebook-posts/claim-covid-19-uk-ignores-data-showing-death-more-/


text: “This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
claimant: Chris Jacobs
claim_date: 2021-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Jacobs overstates income eligibility for electric vehicle tax credit
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/26/chris-jacobs/jacobs-overstates-income-eligibility-electric-vehi/


text: California’s Capitol building is "second only to Disneyland," among visitor sites in the state.
claimant: Richard Pan
claim_date: 2016-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: A Mickey Mouse claim: California’s Capitol 'second only to Disneyland' among visitors
review_date: 2016-05-27T19:10:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/27/richard-pan/mickey-mouse-claim-californias-capitol-building-se/


text: A photograph shows Joe Biden kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden wasn’t photographed kissing a woman behind Lindsey Graham
review_date: 2019-04-04T17:52:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/04/viral-image/no-joe-biden-wasnt-photographed-kissing-woman-behi/


text: "Pope Francis cancels the Bible and proposes to create a new book."
claimant: Everyday Devotional
claim_date: 2018-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: It's fake news that the Pope cancelled the Bible
review_date: 2018-04-11T18:45:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/11/everyday-devotional/its-fake-news-pope-cancelled-bible/


text: "Special education categorical aid" from the state "hasn’t been raised in over a decade."
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2018-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Evers' special education funding claim passes the test
review_date: 2018-09-20T16:09:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/20/tony-evers/evers-special-education-funding-claim-passes-test/


text: Video shows an aide to former President Donald Trump “grilling” former President Barack Obama.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did Donald Trump aide grill Barack Obama? Video doesn’t show it
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/15/facebook-posts/did-donald-trump-aide-grill-barack-obama-video-doe/


text: “FEMA forcibly vaccinating Ida evacuees.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, FEMA isn’t forcing Ida evacuees to get a COVID-19 vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/10/viral-image/no-fema-isnt-forcing-ida-evacuees-get-covid-19-vac/


text: A photo shows South Carolina after stay-at-home orders were announced.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: This is an old photo of Houston, not South Carolina during the pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/facebook-posts/old-photo-houston-not-south-carolina-during-pandem/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Cory Booker's statistic on attacks by white nationalist hate groups
review_date: 2018-01-18T15:17:26Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/18/cory-booker/fact-checking-cory-bookers-statistic-attacks-white/


text: "Half the states in the U.S. have laws that criminalize criticism."
claimant: ACLU
claim_date: 2018-12-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, state laws don't criminalize just any criticism
review_date: 2019-02-27T15:46:42Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/27/american-civil-liberties-union/no-state-laws-dont-criminalize-just-any-criticism/


text: Prosecutor Jack Smith “only targets Republicans.”
claimant: Marjorie Taylor Greene
claim_date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Marjorie Taylor Greene said Jack Smith ‘only targets Republicans.’ That’s wrong.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/21/marjorie-taylor-greene/fact-check-marjorie-taylor-greene-said-jack-smith/


text: Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Group falsely claims there are less than 2,000 current COVID-19 hospitalizations
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/09/viral-image/group-falsely-claims-there-are-less-2000-current-c/


text: "New York consistently ranks as one of the worst voting turnout states in the nation."
claimant: Andrea Stewart-Cousins
claim_date: 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: New York consistently ranks low for voter turnout
review_date: 2018-02-01T16:53:45Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/01/andrea-stewart-cousins/new-york-consistently-ranks-low-voter-turnout/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump said it's illegal for delegates to change the rules on him, but it's not
review_date: 2016-06-19T22:08:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says delegates can't "legally" change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/19/donald-trump/donald-trump-said-its-illegal-delegates-change-rul/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump isn't winging it in complaint about Air Force One campaign costs
review_date: 2016-07-07T19:49:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail" by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/07/donald-trump/donald-trump-isnt-winging-it-complaint-about-air-f/


text: “Anheuser-Busch closing half its U.S. breweries” after Dylan Mulvaney backlash.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Anheuser-Busch isn’t closing half its breweries. Those claims stem from a satirical website.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/01/facebook-posts/anheuser-busch-isnt-closing-half-its-breweries-tho/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Elon Musk ‘looks into’ some tweets, but not this one
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Elon Musk tweeted “looking into this” in response to a claim that the “KKK never did anything wrong to Black people.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/19/viral-image/elon-musk-looks-into-some-tweets-but-not-this-one/


claimant: Mike Gallagher
claim_date: 2017-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Gallagher on target with claim on health care costs in U.S. vs. other industrialized nations
review_date: 2017-08-09T20:35:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/09/mike-gallagher/mike-gallagher-target-claim-health-care-costs-us-v/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrongly says $6 billion went missing at State Department under Clinton
review_date: 2016-10-20T04:44:59Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When Hillary Clinton "ran the State Department, $6 billion was missing. How do you miss $6 billion? You ran the State Department, $6 billion was either stolen — they don't know."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-says-6-billion-went-missing-state-de/


text: News interview proves that the Buffalo, New York supermarket shooting was staged.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, this news interview doesn’t prove the Buffalo supermarket shooting was staged
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/instagram-posts/no-news-interview-doesnt-prove-buffalo-supermarket/


text: "When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders wrong to say, 'When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/07/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-wrong-say-when-youre-white-you-dont/


text: The Dayton, Ohio, shooting suspect died in 2014.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Dayton shooting suspect didn’t die in 2014
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/06/viral-image/no-dayton-shooting-suspect-didnt-die-2014/


text: "ISIS is infiltrating America and using Syrians to do it."
claimant: National Republican Congressional Committee
claim_date: 2017-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Is ISIS 'infiltrating America and using Syrians to do it'?
review_date: 2017-06-01T13:37:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/01/national-republican-congressional-committee/isis-infiltrating-america-and-using-syrians-do-it/


claimant: Ted Yoho
claim_date: 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Florida U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho misleads on claim about Medicaid
review_date: 2017-03-31T14:43:24Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It’s been proven over and over again Medicaid has the worst outcomes in the industrialized world as far as the quality of health care."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/31/ted-yoho/florida-us-rep-ted-yoho-misleads-claim-about-medic/


text: Video shows Hillary Clinton talking about a glass dome over the Earth.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Clinton was talking about the “glass ceiling” women face in the society — not a dome over the Earth
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/19/instagram-posts/clinton-was-talking-about-the-glass-ceiling-women/


text: "Trump signs Insurrection Act - General Flynn to be appointed vice president."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence Trump has invoked the Insurrection Act
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/11/blog-posting/theres-no-evidence-trump-has-invoked-insurrection-/


claimant: Pam Bondi
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/26/fact-checking-pam-bondis-rnc-attacks-about-hunter-/
title: Fact-checking Pam Bondi’s RNC attacks about Hunter Biden
review_date: 2020-08-26T04:56:15Z
textual_rating: Lacks context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Fact: Joe Biden flew to China on Air Force Two with Hunter along for the ride. ... Ten days later, those Chinese communist bankers approved millions to go to Hunter's firm. ... To this day, Hunter controls a 10% stake in that firm.”


text: On whether he would seek to undo the Foxconn deal.
claimant: Matt Flynn
claim_date: 2017-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Has gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn been consistent on position to stop Foxconn deal?
review_date: 2018-08-02T20:10:39Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/02/matt-flynn/has-gubernatorial-candidate-matt-flynn-been-consis/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden says China's thefts of U.S. technology have increased on Donald Trump's watch
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the Obama-Biden administration, we got China to cut cyber-theft -- it's gotten significantly worse under this administration."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/14/joe-biden/joe-biden-says-he-helped-cut-chinas-thefts-us-tech/


claimant: Andrew Napolitano
claim_date: 2016-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Did Google adjust its autocomplete algorithm to hide Hillary Clinton's problems?
review_date: 2016-06-23T20:07:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Attempts to find things like, ‘crime,’ ‘criminal activity,’ ‘indictment,’ have been filtered out by Google" in favor of Hillary Clinton.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/23/andrew-napolitano/did-google-adjust-its-autocomplete-algorithm-hide-/


text: A video shows ballots being changed in Maryland.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, video doesn’t show voter fraud, Maryland election officials say
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/22/facebook-posts/maryland-elections-officials-say-video-doesnt-show/


text: The Keystone XL pipeline "doesn’t even have any oil for America."
claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2017-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Will all the oil from the Keystone XL pipeline be exported?
review_date: 2017-04-17T13:32:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/16/kirsten-gillibrand/will-oil-keystone-xl-pipeline-stay-us/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-09-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/23/stump-speech-analyzer-pete-buttigieg/
title: The Stump Speech Analyzer: Pete Buttigieg
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Every time we have won, at least in the last 50 or 60 years, it’s been with a candidate who called the country to a higher vision of itself, who hadn’t been in Washington for too long, and who spoke for a new generation."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump mischaracterizes NATO change and his role in it
review_date: 2016-08-16T15:31:36Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/16/donald-trump/donald-trump-mischaracterizes-nato-change-and-his-/


text: "When I saw corruption and sexual harassment cover-ups I called on Sheldon Silver to resign."
claimant: Michael P. Kearns
claim_date: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Kearns a constant critic to Sheldon Silver while in Assembly
review_date: 2017-11-06T15:26:14Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/03/michael-kearns/kearns-constant-critic-sheldon-silver-while-assemb/


text: "Triggering leftists, Trump's reelection campaign is selling plastic straws."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, the Trump campaign is selling plastic Trump straws
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/23/blog-posting/yes-trump-campaign-selling-plastic-trump-straws/


text: “Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer bans buying US flags during lockdown.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Michiganders aren’t banned from buying American flags
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/14/facebook-posts/michiganders-arent-banned-buying-american-flags/


text: Actor Tom Holland is “confirmed to have died.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: No proof Tom Holland died, despite viral internet rumor
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/14/instagram-posts/no-proof-tom-holland-died-despite-viral-internet-r/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Anthony Bourdain and other celebrities weren’t killed while working on a film about pedophilia
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Anthony Bourdain and Chris Cornell were killed while working on a documentary about “widespread pedophilia.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/11/viral-image/no-anthony-bourdain-and-other-celebrities-werent-k/


text: "Virginians pay the 11th-highest power bills in the nation."
claimant: Clean Virginia
claim_date: 2018-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Clean Virginia tells half the story about state's high energy bills
review_date: 2018-11-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/27/clean-virginia/clean-virginia-tells-half-story-about-states-high-/


text: “Clintons, Powell, and Hunter Biden have already undergone military tribunals.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Clintons, Colin Powell and Hunter Biden didn’t have military tribunals
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/26/facebook-posts/no-clintons-colin-powell-and-hunter-biden-didnt-ha/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post wrongly suggests variants are fake, revealed to ‘keep the fear going’
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Don’t be fooled by the next ‘Variant’! There are actually 1000’s of them. They just will pick the next one to keep the fear going."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/01/facebook-posts/facebook-post-wrongly-suggests-variants-are-fake-r/


text: "There was someone else on that plane for the secret Bill Clinton/Loretta Lynch meeting."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news saga claims Paul Ryan attended Loretta Lynch-Bill Clinton meeting
review_date: 2017-07-18T14:46:36Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/18/blog-posting/fake-news-saga-claims-paul-ryan-attended-loretta-l/


claimant: Linda Coleman
claim_date: 2018-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Linda Coleman’s comments on seniors and health care, explained
review_date: 2018-10-31T00:30:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Seniors can be charged five times what anybody else is charged for health care for pre-existing conditions" under the Republican health care bill.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/30/linda-coleman/linda-colemans-comments-seniors-and-health-care-ex/


claimant: USPOLN.com
claim_date: 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bachmann didn't say whites suffered more under Obama than blacks during slavery
review_date: 2017-07-14T14:48:22Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says former Rep. Michele Bachmann said that "White People Have Suffered More In The Last 8 Years Than Blacks Did During Couple Years Of Slavery."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/14/uspoln/no-bachmann-didnt-say-whites-suffered-more-under-o/


text: “Trump’s Android device believed to be source of recent White House leaks.”
claimant: TheSeattleTribune.com
claim_date: 2017-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Reports that Donald Trump’s unsecured Android phone is root of White House leaks are made up. Fake!
review_date: 2017-03-03T21:33:06Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/03/theseattletribunecom/reports-donald-trumps-unsecured-android-phone-root/


text: “There is no war in Ukraine.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: The war in Ukraine is real and ongoing, despite nonsense social media posts
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/09/facebook-posts/the-war-in-ukraine-is-real-and-ongoing/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Trump didn't say ‘good’ in reference to family separations; he said ‘go ahead’ to debate moderator
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump said “good” during the final presidential debate in reference to families being separated at the border.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/23/facebook-posts/trump-did-not-say-good-when-talking-about-family-s/


text: "The first Congress passed a law mandating that every able-bodied man must own a musket."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2017-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz partly right that first Congress required every able man to own a musket
review_date: 2017-05-19T15:42:24Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/19/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-partly-right-first-congress-required-able/


claimant: Mike Pence
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: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Trump administration "inherited the slowest economic recovery" from the Obama-Biden administration.


text: "Florida is now the only state in the nation to tax commercial leases."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2017-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Florida really is the only state to tax commercial leases, as Gov. Rick Scott said
review_date: 2017-03-08T17:06:05Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/08/rick-scott/florida-only-place-state-nation-tax-commercial-lea/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump church photo op was not the same as Bill Clinton church photo
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“It wasn't a big deal when Bill Clinton held up the Bible in front of the same exact church (as Donald Trump).”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/11/facebook-posts/no-donald-trump-church-photo-op-was-not-same-bill-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Do states verify citizenship of voters in federal elections?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“No state in the country verifies United States citizenship as a condition for voting in federal elections.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/07/donald-trump/do-states-verify-citizenship-voters-federal-electi/


text: "ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump, ISIS is not 'making millions of dollars a week' selling Libyan oil
review_date: 2016-04-28T01:46:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/27/donald-trump/no-donald-trump-isis-not-making-millions-dollars-w/


text: Joe Biden said of Jill Biden, “She was 12, I was 30.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t say he met Jill Biden when she was 12
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/03/viral-image/no-biden-didnt-say-he-met-jill-biden-when-she-was-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Sudden cardiac arrest awareness’ form resulted from 2019 law following student deaths
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/31/viral-image/sudden-cardiac-arrest-awareness-form-resulted-from/


text: President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.
claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2019-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: MOSTLY TRUE: Nancy Pelosi’s claim President Trump ‘hasn’t built any new wall’
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/23/nancy-pelosi/mostly-true-nancy-pelosis-claim-president-trump-ha/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jul/12/fact-checking-president-trumps-nato-summit-news-co/
title: Fact-checking President Trump’s NATO summit news conference in Brussels
review_date: 2018-07-12T21:51:07Z
textual_rating: Needs clarity
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since last year they've raised an additional $33 billion that's been put up by the various countries, not including the United States."


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2017-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Mark Pocan claim: Seven years later, Scott Walker has not met his jobs promise from first campaign
review_date: 2017-06-23T15:56:24Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/23/mark-pocan/mark-pocan-claim-seven-years-later-scott-walker-ha/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2018-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Tony Evers' figures are wrong in attack on Scott Walker over state funding of UW System
review_date: 2018-08-07T20:58:38Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since Scott Walker has been our governor, we’ve gone from 50 percent state funding for the" University of Wisconsin System "to 15 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/06/tony-evers/tony-evers-figures-are-wrong-attack-scott-walker-o/


text: California’s rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners"
claimant: Yes on 10
claim_date: 2018-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Will California’s rent control measure Prop 10 really have ‘no effect on homeowners’?
review_date: 2018-10-10T20:40:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/05/yes-10-campaign/will-californias-rent-control-measure-prop-10-real/


text: Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence yet concluding that ivermectin is an effective COVID-19 treatment
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/10/viral-image/no-evidence-yet-concluding-ivermectin-effective-co/


text: "I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: New York City requirement for COVID-19 vaccination proof not for ‘anything indoors’
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/09/viral-image/new-york-city-requirement-covid-19-vaccination-pro/


claimant: Wisconsin Republican Party
title: Wisconsin GOP radio ad takes aim at Democratic candidate for governor Flynn's role in priest case
review_date: 2018-08-10T20:37:22Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Claims that Democratic candidate for governor Matt Flynn "told one child predator to ‘wait and see,’ when he should have turned him in to authorities."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/10/republican-party-wisconsin/wisconsin-gop-radio-ad-takes-aim-democratic-candid/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, ICE did not arrest 2,000 undocumented immigrants for murder in 2017
review_date: 2019-01-09T22:16:12Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"2,000 illegal aliens were arrested by ICE in 2017 for murders committed here in the United States!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/viral-image/no-ice-did-not-arrest-2000-undocumented-immigrants/


claimant: Charles Schumer
claim_date: 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Does Donald Trump's cabinet collectively own more than what one-third of Americans do?
review_date: 2017-03-27T19:31:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/27/charles-schumer/does-trumps-cabinet-own-more-13-americans/


claimant: Sid Miller
claim_date: 2016-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Sid Miller incorrectly says law he authored touched off 130 helicopter hog hunting businesses
review_date: 2016-08-12T21:18:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that since lawmakers acted, "we have 130 new businesses across Texas doing helicopter hog hunts."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/12/sid-miller/sid-miller-incorrectly-says-law-he-authored-touche/


text: There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.
claimant: Terry Jeffrey
claim_date: 2015-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Are there more welfare recipients in the U.S. than full-time workers?
review_date: 2017-04-11T20:44:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/jan/28/terry-jeffrey/are-there-more-welfare-recipients-us-full-time-wor/


text: Says “Joe Biden mistakes Idaho for Iowa in visit to Boise fundraiser.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Joe Biden didn’t confuse Idaho and Iowa
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/10/blog-posting/no-joe-biden-didnt-confuse-idaho-and-iowa/


text: “New Jersey and Maryland produce more solar power than Florida, the Sunshine State!”
claimant: Charlie Crist
claim_date: 2022-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Florida produces more solar power than most states, though it lags smaller ones on rooftop panels
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/11/charlie-crist/florida-produces-more-solar-power-most-states-thou/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post shares misleading information about 8 companies, prison labor
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Companies that use prison labor: Whole Foods, McDonald’s, Walmart, Victoria’s Secret, AT&T, Bank of America, Starbucks, Wendy’s.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/22/instagram-posts/instagram-post-shares-misleading-information-about/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Patton said this about liberal Democrats
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
George Patton said, “Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lower form of politicians.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/04/viral-image/no-evidence-patton-said-about-liberal-democrats/


text: Photo shows a copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ at attack on Brazil’s capital.
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Viral photo of copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ in Brazil wasn’t taken during 2023 riots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/09/tweets/viral-photo-of-copycat-qanon-shaman-in-brazil-wasn/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Claims about Thomas Jefferson and marijuana are mostly off
review_date: 2019-03-13T19:06:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/13/facebook-posts/claims-about-thomas-jefferson-and-marijuana-are-mo/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, Valerie Jarrett never said she seeks to ‘change America to be a more Islamic country’
review_date: 2019-05-07T19:07:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Valerie Jarrett as saying she is an "Iranian by birth" and seeks to "change America to be a more Islamic country"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/07/facebook-posts/no-valerie-jarrett-never-said-she-seeks-change-ame/


text: “Military COVID infected: 118,984. Military COVID deaths: 6,114.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden mistook Michigan’s COVID-19 numbers for military toll
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/10/joe-biden/joe-biden-mistook-michigans-covid-19-numbers-milit/


text: Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”
claimant: Charlie Kirk
claim_date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Florida man’s ‘memes’ were part of 2016 voter suppression effort
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/09/charlie-kirk/florida-mans-memes-were-part-of-2016-voter-suppres/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/20/fact-checking-third-night-2020-dnc-barack-obama-ka/
title: Fact-checking the third night of the 2020 DNC with Barack Obama, Kamala Harris
review_date: 2020-08-20T05:12:54Z
textual_rating: Data checks out
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I asked him to manage the Recovery Act, which jump started the longest stretch of job growth in history."


text: "When the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down."
claimant: Charles Schumer
claim_date: 2017-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Chuck Schumer, oil prices do sometimes fall
review_date: 2017-07-25T21:17:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/25/charles-schumer/yes-chuck-schumer-oil-prices-do-fall/


text: “Instagram has been limiting our posts so that no more than 7% of our friends see our posts.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Instagram isn't blocking your posts from all but 7% of your friends
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/02/viral-image/no-instagram-isnt-limiting-your-posts/


text: BREAKING: Illegal Muslim From Iran Arrested For Starting California Wildfire
claimant: USA In Front
claim_date: 2017-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Pants On Fire for claim of Muslim man’s arrest in Northern California wildfires
review_date: 2017-12-20T18:43:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/20/usa-front/pants-fire-fabricated-claim-about-muslim-immigrant/


text: Says Russ Feingold was the "only senator to vote against Homeland Security."
claimant: Let America Work
claim_date: 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: PAC wrongly claims Russ Feingold was only vote against Homeland Security Department
review_date: 2016-09-21T16:12:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/21/let-america-work/pac-wrongly-claims-russ-feingold-was-only-vote-aga/


text: "We just had the best year for the auto industry in America in history."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says 2015 was the best year in US auto industry history
review_date: 2016-05-20T19:10:17Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/20/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-2015-was-best-year-us-auto-in/


text: The USPS backdated 100K ballots so they could be counted illegally.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Alleged ‘backdated’ ballots wouldn’t have been counted even if USPS claim were true
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/04/facebook-posts/alleged-backdated-ballots-wouldnt-have-been-counte/


claimant: John Flanagan
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Flanagan criticizes Dream Act funding
review_date: 2019-04-08T19:50:36Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/07/john-flanagan/flanagan-criticizes-dream-act-funding/


text: "So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones."
claimant: Gwen Graham
claim_date: 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Have more students been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones?
review_date: 2018-05-21T20:11:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/21/gwen-graham/have-more-students-been-killed-schools-soldiers-co/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2021-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Critical race theory isn’t in Virginia’s curriculum
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/16/rick-scott/critical-race-theory-isnt-virginias-curriculum/


claimant: Chain email
claim_date: 2013-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: 'Dhimmitude' on page 107 of the health care law exempts Muslims, claims chain email
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the word "Dhimmitude" is on page 107 of the health care law and means "Muslims are specifically exempted from the government mandate to purchase insurance."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/may/30/chain-email/dhimmitude-page-107-health-care-law-exempts-muslim/


claimant: Justice Democrats
claim_date: 2019-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Progressive Democratic group's attack on Joe Biden's voting record needs some context
review_date: 2019-04-26T17:54:07Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/26/justice-democrats/biden-draws-barbs-progressive-democratic-organizat/


text: “Many of these teachers are soldiers, ex-soldiers, ex-policeman.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said ‘many’ teachers are ex-soldiers. Data shows 2%.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/11/donald-trump/trump-said-many-teachers-are-ex-soldiers-data-show/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Ted Cruz made statement about guns, cars
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ted Cruz says owning a gun should be as hassle free as owning a car, which as I recall requires a license and registration."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/29/facebook-posts/no-evidence-ted-cruz-made-statement-about-guns-car/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Unfounded claims about the World Economic Forum, mark of the beast and microchips spread online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The World Economic Forum “launches ‘mark of the beast’ CBDC microchip that will ‘end gun ownership in America.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/20/instagram-posts/unfounded-claims-about-the-world-economic-forum-ma/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump: My Trans-Pacific Partnership opposition made Hillary Clinton change her stance
review_date: 2016-09-27T21:20:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says to Hillary Clinton, "You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-my-trans-pacific-partnership-oppositi/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump didn’t tweet that Israel has a coronavirus vaccine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump tweeted, “Corona vaccine from Israel! Stock market up! Economy even stronger now! Besides US, Israel best at inventions: Judaism, olives. Wonderful vaccine, will stop Corona DEAD around world. Can’t make vaccines when being bombed, not have been possible without peace I created in Israel!”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/viral-image/no-donald-trump-didnt-tweet-israel-has-coronavirus/


text: "Just last year, alone, 710 police officers" were assaulted in New York state.
claimant: Martin Golden
claim_date: 2017-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Police assaults in New York have decreased in recent years
review_date: 2017-02-11T18:11:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/11/martin-golden/police-assaults-new-york-have-decreased-recent-yea/


claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Kenosha police did let Kyle Rittenhouse go, but claim goes too far in labeling his beliefs
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/01/gwen-moore/kenosha-police-did-let-kyle-rittenhouse-go-claim-g/


text: Leaving @[4:0] as a Facebook comment can reveal if your account has been hacked.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, typing '@[4:0]' won’t let you see if your Facebook account has been hacked
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/06/viral-image/no-wont-let-you-see-if-your-facebook-account-has-b/


text: "Donald Trump to issue an executive order to ban Facebook across U.S."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news story about Trump banning Facebook by executive order is an April Fool’s Day prank
review_date: 2017-04-28T13:44:53Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/27/blog-posting/fake-news-story-about-trump-banning-facebook-execu/


text: The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan."
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2023-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Evers’ Brewers stadium funding proposal is not exactly a bipartisan plan
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/28/tony-evers/evers-brewers-stadium-funding-proposal-is-not-exac/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2021-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Evers right that unemployment benefits harder to access, but multiple factors involved in delays.
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”
true half-true

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/02/tony-evers/evers-right-unemployment-benefits-harder-access-go/


claimant: Donna Howard
claim_date: 2016-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donna Howard says 31 percent of Texas school districts getting less per student than in 2011
review_date: 2016-11-16T23:40:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Thirty-one percent of school districts are still receiving less funding per pupil than they did prior to the dramatic budget cuts of 2011."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/16/donna-howard/donna-howard-says-31-percent-texas-school-district/


claimant: Jeremiah Samples
claim_date: 2019-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Has West Virginia's foster care caseload jumped by two-thirds in recent years?
review_date: 2019-04-03T23:24:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have had an increase of 67 percent (in) the number of children taken into state custody since 2014."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/jeremiah-samples/has-west-virginias-foster-care-caseload-jumped-two/


text: Video shows a child who tested positive for COVID-19 “being separated from their parents.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show a child in Australia being separated from a parent because of COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/14/viral-image/no-video-doesnt-show-child-australia-being-separat/


claimant: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2020-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Ad invokes COVID in claiming Garcia said people should fend for themselves
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/18/democratic-congressional-campaign-committee/ad-invokes-covid-claiming-garcia-said-people-shoul/


claimant: Lori Lightfoot
claim_date: 2019-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Lightfoot’s record on police discipline
review_date: 2019-03-18T19:46:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the percentage of officers the Chicago Police Board fired after hearing their cases or who chose to resign prior to a board hearing roughly doubled during her tenure.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/10/lori-lightfoot/fact-checking-lightfoots-record-police-discipline/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence to support claims that Ukraine is killing people for speaking Russian
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Ukraine has been shooting residents of Donetsk and Lugansk just because they wanted to speak Russian.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/facebook-posts/no-evidence-support-claims-ukraine-killing-people-/


text: Soursop cures cancer.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims the tree fruit soursop cures cancer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/27/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claims-tree-fruit-soursop-cures-canc/


text: "Trump wants to deport American Indians to India."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wants to send Native Americans to India, fake news story says
review_date: 2017-04-26T19:32:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/26/blog-posting/trump-wants-send-native-americans-india-fake-news-/


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: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Although Democrats and some in the media believe that Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney confirmed the existence of a quid pro quo during an October 2019 press briefing, a careful reading of his statements shows otherwise. Chief of Staff Mulvaney cited President Trump’s concerns about Ukrainian corruption and foreign aid in general as the ‘driving factors’ in the temporary pause on security assistance.”


claimant: Andrew Gillum
claim_date: 2018-07-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jul/10/what-trumps-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-/
title: What Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has said on abortion
review_date: 2018-07-10T22:32:47Z
textual_rating: Far from clear
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A woman’s right to make her own health care decisions is at risk" with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They just happened to find 50,000 ballots (in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections) late last night."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/06/donald-trump/no-evidence-georgia-happened-find-ballots-hurt-rep/

title:
No evidence Georgia ‘happened to find’ ballots to hurt Republicans in Senate runoff, as Trump claims


claimant: Priorities USA Action
claim_date: 2018-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats' attack on Gov. Rick Scott's immigration stance out of date
review_date: 2018-11-02T20:33:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If Rick Scott had his way he would encourage racially profiling immigrant communities here in Florida. He also opposed allowing Dreamers to remain in the U.S."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/02/priorities-usa-action/democrats-cherry-pick-attack-gov-rick-scotts-immig/


claimant: Gary Johnson
claim_date: 2016-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson mischaracterizes U.S. defense obligations
review_date: 2016-06-09T18:44:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/09/gary-johnson/libertarian-candidate-gary-johnson-mischaracterize/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Scientists developing mRNA vaccines before outbreak isn’t evidence COVID-19 pandemic was created
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the U.S. government caused the coronavirus pandemic because it sent mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates to university researchers weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/25/blog-posting/scientists-developing-mrna-vaccines-outbreak-isnt-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: That’s not the whistleblower posing with Democratic politicians, it’s George Soros’ son
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photos show the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower with Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/14/viral-image/s-not-whistleblower-posing-democratic-politicians-/


text: “New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.”
claimant: American Automobile Association
claim_date: 2020-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: In era of low gas prices, New York remains among most expensive in U.S.
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/american-automobile-association/era-low-gas-prices-new-york-remains-among-most-exp/


text: Trump signed a bill "to clean millions of tons of garbage from world’s oceans."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump signed a bill aimed in part at removing marine debris
review_date: 2019-02-11T22:08:02Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/11/blog-posting/donald-trump-signed-bill-aimed-part-removing-marin/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/06/speech-analyzer-donald-trumps-independence-day-wee/
title: The Independence Day speech analyzer: Donald Trump’s weekend addresses
review_date: 2020-07-06T22:40:30Z
textual_rating: There weren't "none"
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’ve made ventilators where there were none by the tens of thousands, to the point that we have far more than we need."


claimant: Mark Pocan
claim_date: 2019-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Mark Pocan wrong to blame President Trump, trade wars for all dairy woes
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/11/mark-pocan/are-president-trumps-trade-wars-blame-all-wisconsi/


text: Says North Korea has "agreed to denuclearization."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump gets ahead of the facts on North Korea denuclearization
review_date: 2018-04-22T20:43:44Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/22/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-says-north-korea-has-agreed-denuclea/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2017-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Johnson mostly on target with claim on out-of-pocket health costs
review_date: 2017-07-19T15:41:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the ‘40s, 68 cents of every health care dollar was actually paid for by the patient, today it’s only 11 cents."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/19/ron-johnson/johnson-mostly-target-claim-out-pocket-health-cost/


text: Says his campaign has released his past tax returns.
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders has released few tax returns compared with past and present candidates
review_date: 2016-04-13T14:17:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/06/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-has-released-few-tax-returns-compar/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Trump exaggerates economic burden of export tariffs in speech to Congress
review_date: 2017-03-02T18:33:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/02/donald-trump/trump-exaggerates-economic-burden-export-tariffs-s/


claimant: Monica Wallace
claim_date: 2020-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Do two months of coronavirus deaths exceed the number of drug overdoses in the last year?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/monica-wallace/do-two-months-coronavirus-deaths-exceed-number-dru/


text: "A shocking 20 veterans are committing suicide each and every day, especially our older veterans."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says average of 20 veterans commit suicide daily
review_date: 2016-07-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-correctly-says-20-veterans-commit-sui/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2021-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott’s false claim that Biden, Democrats have done nothing to help families pay their bills
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/04/rick-scott/rick-scotts-false-claim-biden-democrats-have-done-/


text: Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents.
claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2021-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: National Archives 'warning label' claim on target but misses key point
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/30/glenn-grothman/grothman-right-claim-harmful-content-warnings-plac/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s false claim about a change in whistleblower rules
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Longstanding whistleblower rules (were changed) just before submittal of the fake whistleblower report."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/01/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-about-change-whistleblow/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s Pants on Fire comment about the Georgia election phone call
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Regarding Trump’s January 2021 telephone call with Georgia election officials, “nobody found anything wrong with that perfect call until a book promotion tour many months later.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/05/donald-trump/trumps-pants-on-fire-comment-about-the-georgia-ele/


text: "Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators."
claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2019-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Is Jim Justice the first West Virginia governor to fight for teacher pay raises?
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/17/jim-justice/jim-justice-first-west-virginia-governor-fight-tea/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Harris right on American Jobs Plan being largest increase in research and development
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/kamala-harris/harris-right-american-jobs-plan-being-largest-incr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fake New Zealand poster targets vaccine refusers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A campaign poster for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with the slogan, “No jab. No job, no refunds.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/08/facebook-posts/fake-new-zealand-poster-targets-vaccine-refusers/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence that Rihanna or these other celebrities are sending water to the Amazon
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Rihanna hired "five planes that carried 90,000 liters of water to support the fire control" in the Amazon rainforest.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-these-celebrities-are-sending-w/


text: "Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. "
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2022-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Green energy policies didn’t cause record prices at gasoline pumps
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/16/ron-johnson/green-energy-policies-didnt-cause-record-prices-ga/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s offshoring attack on Donald Trump needs context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump “let federal contractors double offshoring jobs in his first 18 months in office.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/14/joe-biden/joe-bidens-offshoring-attack-donald-trump-needs-co/


claimant: Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices
claim_date: 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio Issue 2 ballot initiative proponents overstate impact on EpiPen prices
review_date: 2017-10-13T14:02:55Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An Ohio ballot issue would address the fact that "we’ve gone from paying about $100 for Epipens to over $600 ... We don’t have a choice but to pay it and the drug companies know it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/13/ohio-taxpayers-lower-drug-prices/ohio-issue-2-ballot-initiative-proponents-overstat/


claimant: Katrina Pierson
claim_date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Trump spox's absurd claim that Clinton, Obama are responsible for Capt. Humayun Khan's 2004 death
review_date: 2016-08-03T20:35:21Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost (Capt. Humayun Khan’s) life."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/03/katrina-pierson/trump-spoxs-absurd-claim-clinton-obama-are-respons/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich says the Obama administration instructed terrorism training to not mention Islam
review_date: 2016-07-15T17:04:49Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Obama administration just issued instructions that terrorism training should not involve any reference to Islam."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/dec/14/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-says-obama-administration-issued-ins/


text: Russian President Vladimir Putin “intercepts adrenochrome shipment headed to United States.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Vladimir Putin didn’t intercept shipment of chemical compound adrenochrome
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/16/blog-posting/vladimir-putin-didnt-intercept-shipment-of-chemica/


claimant: Jerry Tillman
claim_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: NC Republican says redistricting is a partisan process - not a fair one.
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/26/jerry-tillman/nc-republican-says-redistricting-partisan-process-/


text: "We have already built 300 miles of border wall."
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:
Since January 2017, when Mr Trump assumed the presidency, 275 miles of wall along the border with Mexico has been completed, according to the latest US Customs and Border Protection report. However, most of that was to replace existing structures.


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Doctored CNN story about Moïse shared on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says CNN reported that Joe Biden authorized “a U.S. intervention in Haiti after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/13/viral-image/doctored-cnn-story-about-moise-shared-social-media/


text: Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Donald Trump did call climate change a Chinese hoax
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:45:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/03/hillary-clinton/yes-donald-trump-did-call-climate-change-chinese-h/


text: Says a video shows Greta Thunberg firing a rifle.
claimant: YouTube videos
claim_date: 2019-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: This YouTube video doesn’t show Greta Thunberg shooting a rifle
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/youtube-videos/youtube-video-doesnt-show-greta-thunberg-shooting-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Whitmer said it’s time to put Constitution ‘in a shredder’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as saying, “Now is not the time to live by the Constitution, it’s time to put that damn thing in a shredder.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/29/facebook-posts/no-evidence-whitmer-said-its-time-put-constitution/


claimant: Will Hurd
claim_date: 2018-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Will Hurd way off on foe getting more money from Massachusetts residents than from Texans
review_date: 2018-08-15T20:21:53Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones has raised "more money from Massachusetts than" from Texas.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/15/will-hurd/will-hurd-way-foe-getting-way-more-money-massachus/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/31/donald-trumps-misleading-claims-about-immigration-/
title: Donald Trump’s misleading claims about immigration in State of the Union address
review_date: 2018-01-31T23:41:27Z
textual_rating: Debated by experts
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They have allowed millions of low-wage workers to compete for jobs and wages against the poorest Americans."


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-12-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Virgil Abloh wasn’t a defendant in the Ghislaine Maxwell case
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Virgil Abloh was a defendant in Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case when he died a day before the trial started.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/01/viral-image/no-virgil-abloh-wasnt-defendant-ghislaine-maxwell-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Sinclair Lewis might have liked that quote about fascism and the flag, but it wasn't his
review_date: 2019-03-12T18:54:24Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/12/viral-image/sinclair-lewis-might-have-liked-quote-about-fascis/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Saddam Hussein said this about American politics
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Saddam Hussein said, "We cannot defeat America by the sword. America must be defeated within their politics."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/viral-image/no-evidence-saddam-hussein-said-about-american-pol/


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Gavin Newsom's Half True claim on reducing San Francisco’s homeless ‘street population’
review_date: 2018-05-10T21:21:10Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/10/gavin-newsom/did-gavin-newsom-help-san-francisco-reduce-its-hom/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/25/facebook-post-laments-bidens-first-actions-false-c/
title: Facebook post laments Biden’s first actions with false claims
review_date: 2021-01-25T23:48:27Z
textual_rating: Unsupported
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Sent our troops that were in DC to sleep on the floor of a parking garage, in freezing temps, with cars parked there and one bathroom. But the WH made them cookies."


text: “Russian dementia care facilities are using Biden on their poster.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Russian posters showing Biden direct people to U.S. Embassy, not ‘dementia care facilities’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/15/viral-image/russian-posters-showing-biden-direct-people-to-us/


text: “There’s only one reporter on site” at the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Many reporters are covering the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, despite claims otherwise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/08/facebook-posts/many-reporters-are-covering-ghislaine-maxwell-tria/


text: “WEF admits Maui wildfires orchestrated to transform Hawaii into 15-minute cities.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, the World Economic Forum did not say the Maui wildfires were orchestrated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/22/facebook-posts/no-the-world-economic-forum-did-not-say-the-maui-w/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim that Trump delayed $8 billion in coronavirus funding for tribes
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-trump-delayed-8-bil/


claimant: Mike Pence
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: Misleading
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Trump "suspended all travel from China. ... Joe Biden opposed that decision. He called it xenophobic and hysterical."


text: Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, Fairfax officials in Virginia didn’t give 100,000 Trump votes to Biden
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/07/facebook-posts/no-fairfax-officials-virginia-didnt-give-100000-tr/


text: A photograph shows Barack Obama kissing David Cameron.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn't a real photo of Barack Obama kissing David Cameron
review_date: 2019-04-02T15:25:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/27/viral-image/no-isnt-real-photo-barack-obama-kissing-david-came/


text: Susan Coleman was killed after having an affair with Bill Clinton.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence to support this Clinton body count hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/viral-image/no-evidence-support-clinton-body-count-hoax/


text: Says photo from Hunter Biden's laptop shows Paul Pelosi Jr. abusing a girl and doing drugs.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo of Paul Pelosi Jr. doesn’t show him abusing a girl, isn’t linked to laptop
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/facebook-posts/no-photo-paul-pelosi-jr-doesnt-show-him-abusing-gi/


text: Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin."
claimant: Maram Museitif
claim_date: 2017-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: City of Austin appointee says Arabic third most-common language in Texas capital
review_date: 2017-06-05T15:43:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/05/maram-museitif/city-austin-appointee-says-arabic-third-most-commo/


text: Merrick Garland is investigating Donald Trump’s “tax evasion case.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Merrick Garland isn’t investigating Donald Trump for tax evasion
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/29/facebook-posts/no-merrick-garland-isnt-investigating-donald-trump/


text: Says “Tim Michels doesn’t think gay people should be out in public.”
claimant: Democratic Party of Wisconsin
claim_date: 2022-08-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/02/state-democratic-party-wisconsin/wisconsin-dems-exaggerate-claim-tim-michels-believ/

title:
Wisconsin Dems exaggerate with claim that Tim Michels believes gay people shouldn’t be out in public


text: "Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."
claimant: John Cox
claim_date: 2018-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: John Cox’s exaggerated claim: ‘Half the people’ want to leave California
review_date: 2018-09-07T00:59:46Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/06/john-cox/john-coxs-exaggerated-claim-half-people-want-leave/


claimant: Michael Moore
claim_date: 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Michael Moore wrongly describes Fox poll on US support for 70% tax on the rich
review_date: 2019-02-06T17:47:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/06/michael-moore/70-americans-favor-70-tax-rich-according-fox-news-/


claimant: Leah Vukmir
claim_date: 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Challenger Leah Vukmir cites 22-year-old vote in attack on Tammy Baldwin over pledge, flag anthem
review_date: 2018-07-20T13:13:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Tammy Baldwin "opposed displaying the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in our classrooms."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/20/leah-vukmir/sen-tammy-baldwins-patriotism-questioned-challenge/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2021-04-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
With federal stimulus money for schools, “no distinctions are being made between Wisconsin schools that remain closed to in-person learning, and those that have been re-opened for months.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/05/ron-johnson/johnson-falsely-claims-wisconsin-didnt-account-per/

title:
Johnson falsely claims Wisconsin didn’t account for in-person hours when allocating federal stimulus


text: "Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump incorrect that U.S. dollar is strongest it's ever been
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/22/donald-trump/donald-trump-incorrect-us-dollar-strongest-its-eve/


text: Says John Bolton "fundamentally was a man of the left."
claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Tucker Carlson falsely claims John Bolton was ‘man of the left’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-falsely-claims-john-bolton-was-man-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Kamala Harris is eligible to be president
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
If Joe Biden can’t serve his full term, Kamala Harris “cannot by constitutional law become president.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/11/facebook-posts/kamala-harris-eligible-be-president/


claimant: Beth Parlato
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Congressional candidate stretches Cuomo’s remarks on education
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/beth-parlato/congressional-candidate-stretches-cuomos-remarks-e/


text: Video shows President Joe Biden confirmed “the Lahaina fires were planned.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: No, President Joe Biden didn’t say the Maui, Hawaii, wildfires were ‘planned’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/sep/07/instagram-posts/no-president-joe-biden-didnt-say-the-maui-hawaii-w/


text: Says Sen. Kelly Loeffler said on Parler that “Black people shouldn’t be allowed to vote.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Parler post attributed to Loeffler about Black Georgia voters is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/16/facebook-posts/parler-post-attributed-loeffler-about-black-georgi/


claimant: A social media post
claim_date: 2019-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Are police warning the public about poison being injected into the caps of water bottles?
review_date: 2019-01-07T20:21:31Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says law enforcement officials alerted the public to check the caps of bottled water for tampering because someone is injecting poison into them, and that a "few people already died in the Richmond area" as a result.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/07/facebook-posts/are-police-warning-public-about-holes-being-punctu/


text: Tylenol "ruins your ability to kill” COVID-19.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2021-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Tylenol doesn’t ruin your ability to fight COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/05/instagram-posts/no-tylenol-doesnt-ruin-your-ability-fight-covid-19/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Pelosi didn’t pose and smile for a photo in front of a Trump 2020 sign
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo shows Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi posing and smiling in front of a Trump 2020 sign.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/viral-image/pelosi-didnt-pose-and-smile-photo-front-trump-2020/


