# claims

text: "The number of small businesses is up 30% compared to before the pandemic."
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden incorrectly describes statistic on small-business growth
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/02/joe-biden/joe-biden-incorrectly-describes-statistic-small-bu/


text: California taxes are "among the highest in the nation."
claimant: Travis Allen
claim_date: 2017-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: MOSTLY TRUE: California’s taxes are 'among the highest in the nation'
review_date: 2017-07-12T00:56:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/11/travis-allen/mostly-true-californias-taxes-among-highest-nation/


text: “I’ve passed more bills than Sen. Larson has, because ... he hasn’t passed any.”
claimant: David Crowley
claim_date: 2020-03-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/20/david-crowley/david-crowley-says-chris-larson-hasnt-passed-bills/

title:
David Crowley says opponent Chris Larson hasn’t passed any bills in the Legislature. That’s not true


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jan/18/fact-checking-donald-trumps-fake-news-awards/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's fake news awards
review_date: 2018-01-18T19:42:34Z
textual_rating: Lie of the Year
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"And last, but not least: ‘RUSSIA COLLUSION!’ Russian collusion is perhaps the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people. THERE IS NO COLLUSION!"


text: The problem with mail ballots in Lancaster County is a sign of “voter fraud.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Mail ballot problem in Pennsylvania county was a printing error, not fraud
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/18/tweets/mail-ballot-problem-pennsylvania-county-was-printi/


text: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi was "released by Obama in 2009."
claimant: Jeanine Pirro
claim_date: 2014-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fox's Pirro: Obama set ISIS leader free in 2009
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/jun/19/jeanine-pirro/foxs-pirro-obama-set-isis-leader-free-2009/


text: The Mueller investigation is "soon to be $20,000,000."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Is the Mueller probe costing $20 million, as Donald Trump says?
review_date: 2018-05-23T15:16:42Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/23/donald-trump/mueller-probe-costing-20-million-donald-trump-says/


claimant: U.S. Rep Jody Hice
claim_date: 2022-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: In Georgia race, election denier distorts Brad Raffensperger’s use of a Zuckerberg grant
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger used "$50 million of Zuckerberg money" in 2020 to "tip the scales."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/19/jody-hice/georgia-race-election-denier-distorts-brad-raffens/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-09-05T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-09-13T20:16:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A teacher watched hard-core pornography in his classroom," along with other inappropriate behavior, but Tony Evers didn't revoke the teacher's license and "the teacher is still in the classroom."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/13/scott-walker/scott-walker-misleads-claiming-tony-evers-could-ha/

title:
Scott Walker misleads in claiming Tony Evers could have revoked teacher license in porn viewing case


text: There’s polio in New York City’s tap water.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Polio was found in New York wastewater, not its tap water
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/17/viral-image/polio-was-found-new-york-wastewater-not-its-tap-wa/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s reported tax payments much lower than Biden, Harris
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In 2017, Joe Biden paid $3,742,974 in federal income taxes and Kamala Harris paid $516,469 while Donald Trump paid $750.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/28/viral-image/trumps-reported-tax-payments-much-lower-biden-harr/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: No proof Biden left Taliban $80B in weapons, or that he wants Americans’ pistols
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/20/viral-image/no-proof-biden-left-taliban-80b-weapons-or-he-want/


text: "BREAKING: Trump family donates $1 billion to wall fund."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump family did not donate $1 billion to border wall fund
review_date: 2019-01-15T22:26:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/15/blog-posting/no-trump-family-did-not-donate-1-billion-border-wa/


text: "The science is clear, under President Trump greenhouse gas emissions are down."
claimant: Environmental Protection Agency
claim_date: 2018-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Are greenhouse emissions down under Donald Trump, as EPA says?
review_date: 2018-06-18T14:43:05Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/18/environmental-protection-agency/are-greenhouse-emissions-down-under-donald-trump-e/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Does pressing 'cancel' twice at an ATM protect your PIN from being stolen? Not likely, experts say
review_date: 2019-01-23T12:39:15Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/22/facebook-posts/does-pressing-cancel-twice-atm-protect-your-pin-be/


claimant: Chain message
claim_date: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Neighbors app spreads false rumors about military helicopters, pesticide and the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "special military helicopters will spray pesticide against the Corona virus in the skies all over the country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/24/chain-message/neighbors-app-spreads-false-rumors-about-mi/


claimant: Joaquin Castro
claim_date: 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Rep. Joaquin Castro claims TPS end will lead to $164B GDP loss over a decade
review_date: 2017-11-13T19:33:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/13/joaquin-castro/rep-joaquin-castro-claims-tps-end-will-lead-164b-g/


claimant: Howard Marklein
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Evers, Barnes did not call for peace, calm after Blake shooting goes too far
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/howard-marklein/claim-evers-barnes-did-not-call-peace-calm-after-b/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Minneapolis didn’t set up a “Sharia hotline” to report people who criticize Islam
review_date: 2019-05-10T19:37:24Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The city of Minneapolis has set up a Sharia hotline for residents to report citizens who criticize Islam, in order to prosecute them for ‘hate crimes.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/10/viral-image/no-minneapolis-didnt-set-sharia-hotline-report-peo/


claimant: Pat Robertson
claim_date: 2017-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Is U.S. liquefied natural gas a game-changer for Russia, Europe?
review_date: 2017-07-17T14:24:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of (liquefied natural gas)."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/17/pat-robertson/us-liquefied-natural-gas-game-changer-russia-europ/


claimant: Rudy Giuliani
claim_date: 2020-11-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/20/giuliani-trump-legal-team-push-conspiracy-theories/
title: Rudy Giuliani, Trump legal team push conspiracy theories, baseless claims about 2020 election
review_date: 2020-11-20T23:25:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Joe Biden told us a few days before the election, that he had the best voter fraud team in the world."


text: China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."
claimant: Randy Forbes
claim_date: 2016-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Forbes says China's submarine fleet will double United States' in a decade
review_date: 2016-05-12T18:52:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/02/randy-forbes/forbes-says-chinas-submarine-fleet-will-double-uni/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, D.C. hasn’t closed hotels, grocery stores and more to foil protests
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Mayor Muriel Bowser “ordered all hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and convenience stores to close Jan. 4, 5 and 6 to discourage Trump supporters from gathering in D.C.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/05/viral-image/no-dc-hasnt-closed-hotels-grocery-stores-and-more-/


text: “One in 5 Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.”
claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2023-04-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/18/kamala-harris/kamala-harris-said-1-in-5-americans-have-lost-a-fa/

title:
Poll data backs Kamala Harris’ claim that 1 in 5 Americans have lost a family member to gun violence


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post wrongly says Pennsylvania mail-ballot court ruling means Biden lost
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Pennsylvania had 2.6 million mail in votes that the court of appeals of PA held to be unconstitutional. Umm that alone means Biden lost PA.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/03/facebook-posts/facebook-post-wrongly-says-pennsylvania-mail-ballo/


claimant: Toni Preckwinkle
claim_date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Preckwinkle undersells affordable housing program’s track record
review_date: 2019-03-18T19:50:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that "despite the tremendous amounts of money that have gone into it, only 400 family (housing) units have been created" in the last 12 years through Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/17/toni-preckwinkle/preckwinkle-undersells-affordable-housing-programs/


text: Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said when crowd chanted 'send her back' about Omar he stopped it. Video shows otherwise.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/19/donald-trump/trump-said-when-crowd-chanted-send-her-back-about-/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s claim on asylum seekers in Mexico
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/12/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-bidens-claim-asylum-seekers-mexi/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Drug Pfizer is studying for COVID-19 not ‘suspiciously similar’ to ivermectin
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
”Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/30/blog-posting/drug-pfizer-studying-covid-19-not-suspiciously-sim/


text: "Brian Kemp wants to investigate and punish women for having miscarriages."
claimant: Stacey Abrams
claim_date: 2022-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Abrams distorts new Georgia abortion law; Kemp has not moved to investigate women for miscarriages
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/12/stacey-abrams/abrams-distorts-new-georgia-abortion-law-kemp-has-/


text: "Texas is one of the most gerrymandered states in the union."
claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Is Texas one of the nation's most gerrymandered states, as Beto O'Rourke said?
review_date: 2018-08-16T19:21:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/16/beto-orourke/texas-one-nations-most-gerrymandered-states/


text: A video shows the Russian warship Moskva exploding.
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2022-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Norwegian military practice shot, not Russian warship exploding
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/25/tiktok-posts/video-shows-norwegian-military-practice-shot-not-r/


claimant: One America News
claim_date: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, the media did not “pretend there was a deadly surge in COVID cases” after Wisconsin election
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The mainstream media pretended there was a deadly surge in COVID cases thanks to Wisconsinites voting.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/one-america-news/mainstream-media-surge-COVID-Wisconsin-election/


text: Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared Trump to Jesus, calling both “con artists.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Ocasio-Cortez didn’t call Jesus and Trump ‘con artists.’ A satire site made it up
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/28/blog-posting/ocasio-cortez-didnt-call-jesus-and-trump-con-artis/


text: Coal production up 7.8% in past year. Down 31.5% last 10 years. #endingwaroncoal."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump touts increased coal production
review_date: 2017-11-06T15:39:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/06/donald-trump/trump-pairs-recent-rise-coal-output-ending-war-coa/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/22/donald-trump/trump-clinton-bosnia-sniper-story/
title: Trump right that Clinton made up story about Bosnia sniper fire
review_date: 2016-06-22T17:11:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "said she was under attack (in Bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers."


text: The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine contains a Bluetooth microchip.
claimant: TikTok posts
claim_date: 2021-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, video doesn’t prove AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine contains Bluetooth chip
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/21/tiktok-posts/no-video-doesnt-prove-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine/


claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Border apprehensions then and now: Fact-checking McEnany’s comparison to 2014
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Current immigration "apprehension numbers are worse than the 'crisis' Biden/Obama/Pelosi acknowledged in 2014!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/11/kayleigh-mcenany/border-apprehensions-then-and-now-fact-checking-mc/


text: Pop-Tarts and other foods “have antifreeze in them.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, there isn’t antifreeze in your Pop-Tarts, ice cream or cake mix
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/01/instagram-posts/no-there-isnt-antifreeze-in-your-pop-tarts-ice-cre/


text: "Woman says she was offered big money by Washington Post to accuse Roy Moore of misconduct."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news about Washington Post and Roy Moore accuser stems from disputed Twitter account
review_date: 2017-12-11T18:00:38Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/11/evening-world/fake-news-about-washington-post-and-roy-moore-accu/


text: “The convoy in Canada has made the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest convoy.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, the ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Canada didn’t set a Guinness World Record
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/02/instagram-posts/no-freedom-convoy-canada-didnt-set-guinness-world-/


claimant: Julian Castro
claim_date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Julian Castro claims Trump's budget cuts health care to pay for tax cuts. That's exaggerated
review_date: 2019-03-20T20:32:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/20/julian-castro/fact-checking-julian-castros-claim-about-trump-202/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jul/13/fact-checking-president-donald-trumps-interview-ch/
title: Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s interview with Pat Robertson on 'The 700 Club'
review_date: 2017-07-13T21:55:15Z
textual_rating: EPA rule excludes puddles
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You had cases where a farm would have a little puddle someplace -- a puddle -- when I grew up we used to call it a puddle, you too probably, and they (the federal government) considered it a lake. If you touched it bad bad things happened to you and your family. We have given the farmers back their farms ."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-12-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/dec/15/fact-checking-joe-bidens-speech-after-electoral-co/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech after Electoral College vote
review_date: 2020-12-15T23:06:48Z
textual_rating: True for total vote counts
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They voted in record numbers. More Americans voted this year than have ever voted in the history of the United States of America."


text: An image shows an “all aboard the Trump train” truck crashed into a bridge.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Image of ‘Trump Train’ truck crashed into bridge is digitally edited
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/15/viral-image/image-trump-train-truck-crashed-bridge-digitally-e/


claimant: Russ Feingold
claim_date: 2016-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Was Social Security 'basically invented' at the University of Wisconsin?
review_date: 2016-12-16T15:07:32Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Social Security "was basically invented" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; "that's where Franklin Roosevelt got the idea."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/16/russ-feingold/was-social-security-basically-invented-university-/


text: “Navy SEALs arrested Hillary Clinton.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Navy SEALs still haven’t arrested Hillary Clinton
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/29/facebook-posts/navy-seals-still-havent-arrested-hillary-clinton/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2017-05-18T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-06-07T15:45:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Property taxes are lower right now than they were" in December 2010 on a median-valued home in Wisconsin.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/07/scott-walker/property-taxes-lower-typical-wisconsin-home-under-/

title:
Property taxes lower on a typical Wisconsin home under Scott Walker, though taxes collected not less


text: “Carol Miller is a multi-millionaire worth over $16 million.”
claimant: West Virginia Democratic Party
claim_date: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Is Rep. Carol Miller of West Virginia worth over $16 million?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/27/west-virginia-democratic-party/rep-carol-miller-west-virginia-worth-over-16-milli/


text: “Luke Bryan pulls his videos from CMT: ‘Time for the Bud Light treatment.’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Luke Bryan didn’t encourage giving CMT ‘the Bud Light treatment.’ That originated on satire site
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/24/facebook-posts/luke-bryan-didnt-encourage-giving-cmt-the-bud-ligh/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-31T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post misrepresents Pelosi stock trade, Biden policy on electric vehicles
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Nancy Pelosi bought $1.25 million in Tesla stock the day before Joe Biden signed an order “for all federal vehicles” to be electric.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/02/facebook-posts/facebook-post-misrepresents-pelosi-stock-trade-bid/


text: MSNBC’s Joy Reid hawked diet gummies in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Joy Reid isn’t hawking diet gummies on CNN; ‘I’ve been deepfaked,' MSNBC host says
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/joy-reid-isnt-hawking-diet-gummies-on-cnn-ive-been/


text: "Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."
claimant: Travis Allen
claim_date: 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Travis Allen gets it wrong, again, on support for California's sanctuary state law
review_date: 2018-02-07T22:06:48Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/07/travis-allen/travis-allen-repeats-false-claim-californians-over/


claimant: Stuart Varney
claim_date: 2018-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fox Business host makes 2 errors with steel tariffs and Electrolux deal
review_date: 2018-03-05T15:44:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/05/stuart-varney/fox-business-host-makes-2-errors-steel-tariffs-and/


claimant: Rebecca Kleefisch
claim_date: 2021-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Wisconsin vaccine rollout among slowest in Midwest
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Wisconsin is second to last in the Midwest in our vaccination rate and the governor says he’s ‘satisfied.’”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/20/rebecca-kleefisch/yes-wisconsin-vaccine-rollout-among-worst-midwest/


text: Says Joe Biden “will destroy your protections for pre-existing conditions.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s ridiculous claim about Joe Biden and coverage for pre-existing conditions
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/donald-trumps-ridiculous-claim-about-joe-biden-and/


text: Joan Rivers was killed for revealing that Barack Obama is gay and Michelle Obama is transgender.
claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2023-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Comedian Joan Rivers was wrong about the Obamas
review_date: 2023-02-22T21:18:20Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/19/instagram-posts/comedian-joan-rivers-was-wrong-about-obamas/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: At New York debate, Donald Trump denies saying climate change is a Chinese hoax
review_date: 2016-09-27T02:13:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I did not — I did not — I do not say that. I do not say that" climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-denies-saying-global-warming-chinese-/


claimant: Caleb Rowden
claim_date: 2016-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Rowden claim of Webber's votes don't account for bill's changes
review_date: 2016-11-06T18:02:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Democrat Stephen Webber "voted to allow sex offenders to be within 500 feet of childcare centers and playgrounds, and even voted to allow sex offenders to be coaches."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/06/caleb-rowden/rowden-claim-webbers-votes-dont-account-bills-chan/


text: Say that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman "has been missing for 70+ days."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman is not missing
review_date: 2019-01-18T18:46:17Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/18/facebook-posts/no-former-clinton-foundation-ceo-eric-braverman-no/


text: The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”
claimant: Jon Erpenbach
claim_date: 2021-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats made early moves on high-speed internet access, but at local level, it’s not partisan
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/28/jon-erpenbach/democrats-made-early-moves-high-speed-internet-acc/


text: No one showed up for this Joe Biden and Kamala Harris joint campaign event in Arizona.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Biden-Harris Arizona event had no fanfare because the campaign didn’t invite the public
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/12/facebook-posts/biden-harris-arizona-event-had-no-fanfare-because-/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: A post challenging COVID-19 vaccine safety takes drug makers’ records out of context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Four pharmaceutical companies have questionable track records that suggest their COVID-19 vaccines aren’t safe.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/08/instagram-posts/post-challenging-covid-19-vaccine-safety-takes-dru/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, COVID-19 vaccine wouldn’t come with a ‘mark’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/22/facebook-posts/no-covid-19-vaccine-wouldnt-come-mark/


text: The knife was on the ground when police arrived at the scene of Ma’Khia Bryant shooting.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Body camera footage shows Ma’Khia Bryant holding knife when shooting occurred
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/23/facebook-posts/body-camera-footage-shows-makhia-bryant-holding-kn/


claimant: Jamaal Bowman
claim_date: 2022-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Rep. Jamaal Bowman on legacy admissions, affirmative action
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/07/jamaal-bowman/fact-checking-rep-jamaal-bowman-legacy-admissions-/


text: "I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves."
claimant: Michelle Obama
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Michelle Obama correct that the White House was built by slaves
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/26/michelle-obama/michelle-obama-correct-white-house-was-built-slave/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott wrongly warns FBI coming after loud parents at school board meetings
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/11/rick-scott/rick-scott-wrongly-warns-fbi-coming-after-loud-par/


text: “Biden’s tax rate on a family making 75,000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook post wrongly claims Biden would hike tax rates for family earning $75,000
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/20/facebook-posts/facebook-post-wrongly-claims-biden-would-hike-taxe/


text: Says "Carnival Cruise Lines will now offer free cruises" to hurricane victims.
claimant: BreakingNews247.net
claim_date: 2017-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Carnival isn’t giving hurricane victims a free cruise, despite fake news post
review_date: 2017-09-21T18:24:06Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/21/breakingnews247net/carnival-isnt-giving-hurricane-victims-free-cruise/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's claim about weak economic growth under President Obama doesn't tell the full story
review_date: 2016-11-02T17:07:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Barack Obama "is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/31/donald-trump/trumps-claim-about-weak-economic-growth-under-obam/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump's poll numbers do not beat Lincoln, all other GOP presidents
review_date: 2018-07-30T21:37:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Wow, highest Poll Numbers in the history of the Republican Party. That includes Honest Abe Lincoln and Ronald Reagan."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/30/donald-trump/has-donald-trump-had-highest-poll-numbers-any-gop-/


text: Andy Rooney wrote a long commentary defending prayer and Christianity in the United States.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: A Texas sports editor wrote this column on Christianity and prayer — not Andy Rooney
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/viral-image/texas-sports-editor-wrote-column-christianity-and-/


text: "It is more difficult to obtain a Costco membership than it is to get a NYC Municipal ID"
claimant: Ron Castorina, Jr.
claim_date: 2016-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Getting a NYC municipal ID is not easier than getting a Costco membership
review_date: 2016-12-21T13:18:05Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/21/ron-castorina-jr/getting-costco-membership-not-easier-getting-nyc-m/


text: Says he won the second debate with Hillary Clinton "in a landslide" in "every poll."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's ridiculous claim that all polls show he won second debate with Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2016-10-12T18:01:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/12/donald-trump/donald-trumps-ridiculous-claim-all-polls-show-he-w/


text: Says Nancy Pelosi tweeted that she was disgusted with Donald Trump over taxes.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Pelosi tweet attacking Trump for letting people 'keep' their money is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/20/facebook-posts/says-nancy-pelosi-tweeted-she-was-disgusted-donald/


text: "I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2011-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich repeats claim about his record of balancing budget, reducing debt
review_date: 2016-07-15T16:25:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/dec/16/newt-gingrich/newt-gingrich-repeats-claim-about-his-record-balan/


text: President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."
claimant: Citizens for Sanity
claim_date: 2022-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Ad comparing spending on Ukraine, US children is ridiculously wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/03/citizens-sanity/ad-comparing-spending-ukraine-us-children-ridiculo/


text: Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Early findings show fabric can neutralize coronaviruses
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/30/facebook-posts/research-fabric-can-neutralize-coronavirus-masks/


claimant: Blake Masters
claim_date: 2022-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Factchecking Arizona’s Blake Masters’ claim of open borders and Democratic amnesty plans
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/16/blake-masters/factchecking-arizonas-blake-masters-claim-open-bor/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: A single-day gasoline boycott isn’t a silver bullet solution to rising gas prices
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/facebook-posts/single-day-gasoline-boycott-isnt-silver-bullet-sol/


text: "The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."
claimant: State Sen. John Flanagan
claim_date: 2019-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Flanagan criticizes Senate Democrats on taxes
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/08/john-flanagan/flanagan-criticizes-senate-democrats-taxes/


claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2018-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Doctored image shows Parkland school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez ripping up the US Constitution
review_date: 2018-03-26T16:50:05Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, ripped up a copy of the U.S. Constitution

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/26/viral-image/doctored-image-shows-parkland-school-shooting-surv/


text: "Babysitter on crystal meth eats 3-month-old baby."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Story of Missouri girl accused of trying to eat toddler she was babysitting is fake
review_date: 2017-03-13T18:04:03Z
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/story-missouri-girl-accused-trying-eat-toddler-she/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a real Fox News chyron about Snickers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a Fox New chyron said the Snickers candy bar is changing its texture because of “cancel culture.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/26/viral-image/no-isnt-real-fox-news-chyron-about-snickers/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-12-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/dec/11/fact-checking-trump-pelosi-and-schumers-public-whi/
title: Fact-checking Trump, Pelosi and Schumer’s White House fight over the border wall, shutdown
review_date: 2018-12-11T21:48:26Z
textual_rating: Scale of problem oversold
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"People with tremendous medical difficulty and medical problems are pouring in (over the border) and in many cases it’s contagious."


text: Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Most states require signature verification for mail ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/30/facebook-posts/most-states-require-signature-verification-mail-ba/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2022-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, these tweets about Greg Abbott trying to pay off a Uvalde victim’s uncle aren’t accurate
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Greg Abbott offered the uncle of a Uvalde shooting victim money to say “we don’t need stronger gun laws.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/27/tweets/no-these-tweets-about-greg-abbott-trying-pay-uvald/


text: "Under Pat McCrory, (North Carolina) has fallen to 41st in teacher pay."
claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2016-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Roy Cooper falsely says North Carolina teacher pay ranking has fallen under Pat McCrory
review_date: 2016-10-12T20:59:13Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/02/roy-cooper/roy-cooper-falsely-says-north-carolina-teacher-pay/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/jun/15/fact-checking-donald-trumps-unusual-white-house-la/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's interviews with Fox and Friends, reporters on the White House lawn
review_date: 2018-06-15T20:27:22Z
textual_rating: Broad promises only
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It’s in the agreement (with North Korea). It says he will denuclearize … I signed an agreement where we get everything, everything."


text: "As usual, Hillary & the Dems are trying to rig the debates so 2 are up against major NFL games."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim that Clinton, Democrats rigged debate dates to conflict with NFL
review_date: 2016-08-01T22:45:34Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/01/donald-trump/donald-trumps-pants-fire-claim-clinton-democrats-r/


claimant: Daniel Kelly
claim_date: 2020-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Justice Kelly's claim to 'maverick' title relies on old analysis
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a Marquette professor called him a "maverick" and found no correlation between his opinions and conservative background.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/27/daniel-kelly/justice-kellys-claim-maverick-title-relies-old-ana/


text: "Official: Rudy Giuliani officially resigns, Trump’s legal team on it's last leg."
claimant: The Political Voice
claim_date: 2018-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Rudy Giuliani didn't quit Donald Trump legal team
review_date: 2018-05-16T14:01:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/15/political-voice/no-rudy-giuliani-didnt-quit-trump-legal-team/


text: The COVID-19 vaccines were linked to the deaths of 80 Canadian doctors.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that 80 Canadian doctors died because of COVID-19 vaccines are unsubstantiated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/16/instagram-posts/claims-80-canadian-doctors-died-because-covid-19-v/


claimant: Ami Bera
claim_date: 2016-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Ami Bera’s Mostly True claim: Feds cleared me of election fraud
review_date: 2016-10-20T00:21:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the U.S. Attorney’s Office said "that neither I nor my campaign had any idea what was going on" regarding my father's illegal campaign contributions. "And that’s why they closed this case."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/19/ami-bera/ami-beras-mostly-true-claim-feds-cleared-me-electi/


text: The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Is US trade deficit under Donald Trump setting a record, as Joe Biden said? Yes and no
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/11/joe-biden/us-trade-deficit-under-donald-trump-setting-record/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/25/fact-checking-donald-trumps-naval-academy-commence/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's Naval Academy commencement address
review_date: 2018-05-25T17:30:31Z
textual_rating: Big, but not biggest
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We’ve just secured -- you’ve read all about it -- a $700 billion (defense budget increase), the largest-ever amount of money to support our great war fighters."


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden overstates statistics on Affordable Care Act signups
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s changes to the Affordable Care Act, “four out of five consumers (are) finding quality coverage for under $10 a month.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/02/joe-biden/joe-biden-overstates-statistics-affordable-care/


text: AstraZeneca means “weapon that kills.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, AstraZeneca doesn’t mean ‘weapon that kills’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/21/viral-image/no-astrazeneca-doesnt-mean-weapon-kills/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that the deaths of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski and Anne Heche are linked or suspicious
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The deaths of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and actor Anne Heche are suspicious and linked because they “partnered fighting against pedophilia.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/26/facebook-posts/no-evidence-deaths-us-rep-jackie-walorski-and-anne/


text: "Malia Obama arrested with a gang of thugs in Chicago."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: This time fake news says Malia Obama arrested for drugs, dog fighting in Chicago
review_date: 2017-05-09T13:57:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/08/blog-posting/time-fake-news-says-malia-obama-arrested-drugs-dog/


text: "Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, more than seven children PER DAY have died from gun violence."
claimant: Jackie Speier
claim_date: 2016-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Do seven children per day die from guns?
review_date: 2016-12-27T18:08:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/27/jackie-speier/examining-claim-7-children-day-die-gun-violence/


claimant: Wisconsin Republican Party
claim_date: 2020-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: GOP claim that Dems omitted ‘under God’ from pledge at DNC misleads
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"At the Democratic convention, the Pledge of Allegiance was read with the words 'under God' removed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/28/republican-party-wisconsin/gop-claim-dems-omitted-god-pledge-dnc-misleads/


text: The COVID vaccine “has been proven to have negative efficacy.”
claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2023-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, the COVID vaccine has not been proven to have negative efficacy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/07/ron-johnson/no-the-covid-vaccine-has-not-been-proven-to-have-n/


text: On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s full flop on messages about Afghanistan withdrawal
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/20/joe-biden/joe-bidens-full-flop-messages-about-afghanistan-wi/


text: Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly False: Donald Trump claim that Beto O'Rourke voted to shield MS-13 members from deportation
review_date: 2018-10-25T20:14:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/25/donald-trump/mostly-false-donald-trump-claim-beto-orourke-voted/


text: Suggests Trump urged sick people to get out and vote during COVID-19 pandemic
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2020-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: 2016 video of Trump urging sick people to vote resurfaces online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/tweets/2016-video-trump-urging-sick-people-vote-resurface/


text: Video shows hidden theater “where elites sacrifice kids.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: This hidden theater in Italy hosts children’s shows, not child sacrifices
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/20/instagram-posts/this-hidden-theater-in-italy-hosts-childrens-shows/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Could Ted Cruz measure have prevented the Texas church shooting? Not likely.
review_date: 2017-11-10T17:30:10Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Democrats filibustered the legislation that would’ve resulted in this shooter being in federal prison instead of murdering those innocents in that Texas church."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/10/ted-cruz/could-ted-cruz-have-prevented-texas-church-shootin/


text: “Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.”
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders’ talking point about Buttigieg's health industry support needs context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/19/bernie-sanders/sanders-claim-buttigieg-favorite-health-care-indus/


text: Viral internet photo shows a young Christine Ford
claimant: Viral internet photo shows a young Christine Ford
claim_date: 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z
title: GOP county leader shares fake photo of Blasey Ford
review_date: 2018-10-04T16:50:05Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/04/lanny-lancaster/gop-county-leader-shares-fake-photo-ford-blasey/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Bogus conspiracy about Obama, others wearing house arrest monitors spreads online
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says these “elite” figures are on house arrest with ankle monitors “due to child trafficking crimes.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/18/facebook-posts/bogus-conspiracy-about-obama-others-wearing-house-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Africans are being evicted in China amid fear of second COVID-19 wave
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/16/facebook-posts/yes-africans-are-being-evicted-china-amid-fear-sec/


text: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: ‘We don’t want that,’ Trump says of New Zealand after country reported nine new COVID-19 cases
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/18/donald-trump/we-dont-want-trump-says-new-zealand-after-country-/


text: “Not one word” from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris honoring service members for Memorial Day.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Posts falsely claim Biden and Harris didn’t say ‘one word’ about service members for Memorial Day
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/01/facebook-posts/posts-falsely-claim-biden-and-harris-didnt-say-one/


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: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall — but the proper wall never got built. I will get it built."


text: "We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation."
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence touts top Indiana credit rating achieved before he became governor
review_date: 2016-07-21T05:09:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/mike-pence/mike-pence-touts-top-indiana-credit-rating-achieve/


text: France said it would shut down internet services “to control the riots.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: France did not announce internet shutdown amid riots, as social media posts claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/05/facebook-posts/no-evidence-france-announced-stoppage-of-internet/


text: “Hillary replaces Kamala Harris.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Hillary Clinton didn’t replace Kamala Harris
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/10/facebook-posts/no-hillary-clinton-didnt-replace-kamala-harris/


claimant: Mark Meadows
claim_date: 2018-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: The FBI, the Steele dossier and wiretapping, explained
review_date: 2018-09-11T19:09:22Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/11/mark-meadows/meadows-says-ohr-got-dossier-through-his-wife/


text: “Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
claimant: Tom Tiffany
claim_date: 2022-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Tiffany misses the mark with claim that Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan, Russia
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/06/tom-tiffany/tiffany-misses-mark-claim-biden-left-marines-behin/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, living with someone who is HIV positive doesn’t mean you’ll get it, too
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If your roommate catches HIV, you will be exposed to it and will probably contract it too, given long enough.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/19/facebook-posts/no-living-someone-who-hiv-positive-doesnt-mean-you/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Does Donald Trump think $15 an hour is ‘too much’ for essential workers?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump "thinks that $15 an hour minimum wage is too much for essential workers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/30/joe-biden/does-donald-trump-think-15-hour-too-much-essential/


claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2019-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Could students pray, discuss El Paso mass shooting in school?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says after the shooting in El Paso, "on Sunday, everyone was going to church in America, praying about this, and the next day when their kids went to school, they weren’t allowed to pray or bring it up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/19/dan-patrick/could-students-pray-discuss-el-paso-mass-shooting/


text: “The moon is a habitable place”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Is the moon ‘habitable’ for people? Not with its lack of liquid water or breathable atmosphere
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/06/facebook-posts/is-the-moon-habitable-for-people-not-with-its-lack/


text: "Our country has succeeded in reducing greenhouse emissions in previous years."
claimant: Morgan Griffith
claim_date: 2019-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: Morgan Griffith's claim U.S. has cut greenhouse emissions is tenuous
review_date: 2019-02-26T18:43:11Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/26/morgan-griffith/morgan-griffiths-claim-us-has-cut-greenhouse-emiss/


text: “Within two years, there were two 500-year (storm) events” in Wisconsin.
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2021-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin has seen more than two 500-year storm events within the last several years
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/30/tammy-baldwin/wisconsin-has-seen-more-two-500-year-storm-events-/


text: “This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of Biden making out with a 15-year-old girl
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/28/facebook-posts/no-isnt-photo-biden-making-out-15-year-old-girl/


text: New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.”
claimant: Elise Stefanik
claim_date: 2023-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Does Eric Adams want to ban chocolate milk in NYC schools?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/08/elise-stefanik/does-eric-adams-want-ban-chocolate-milk-nyc-school/


text: Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."
claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie mostly wrong that Barack Obama invited Russia into military role in Syria
review_date: 2016-07-15T14:05:30Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/dec/21/chris-christie/chris-christie-mostly-wrong-barack-obama-invited-r/


claimant: Bill Nelson
claim_date: 2016-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Democrats stretch impact of Planned Parenthood exclusion in Zika bill
review_date: 2016-06-28T22:38:11Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The House Zika bill "limits access to birth control services needed to help curb the spread of the virus" in Puerto Rico.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/28/bill-nelson/democrats-zika-impact-planned-parenthood-exclusion/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump distorts Florida elections bill in attacking Ron DeSantis
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/donald-trump/in-attack-on-desantis-trump-distorts-florida-elect/


text: “George Floyd at his own funeral and George Floyd three days ago.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: These photos don’t prove George Floyd is alive
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/11/viral-image/these-photos-dont-prove-george-floyd-alive/


text: "40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."
claimant: Ivanka Trump
claim_date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Ivanka Trump, in new book, says women are primary earners in 40% of households
review_date: 2017-05-03T21:34:48Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/03/ivanka-trump/ivanka-trump-new-book-says-women-are-primary-earne/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Bogus analysis leads to ridiculous claim about Biden votes
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"‘Simple math’ shows Biden claims 13 million more votes than there were eligible voters who voted in 2020 election.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/23/facebook-posts/bogus-analysis-leads-ridiculous-claim-about-biden-/


text: HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Trump misleads about HR 1 and voter registration for welfare recipients
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/02/donald-trump/trump-misleads-about-hr-1-and-voter-registration-w/


claimant: Dan McCready
claim_date: 2019-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: McCready tells half the story about Bishop's health bill
review_date: 2019-08-23T13:48:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says “Dan Bishop doubles down on removing coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Under his sham ‘association health plans,’ insurance companies don't have to pay for medications for pre-existing conditions.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/23/dan-mccready/mccready-tells-half-story-about-bishops-health-bil/


claimant: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
claim_date: 2016-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Debbie Wasserman Schultz misleads in attack on Rick Scott about mosquito funding
review_date: 2016-08-09T21:27:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Gov. Rick Scott "cut nearly $1 million from mosquito control and closed down the state’s mosquito research lab a few years ago."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/09/debbie-wasserman-schultz/debbie-wasserman-schultz-misleads-attack-rick-scot/


text: In the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2016-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Newt Gingrich misleading in saying Bill Clinton paid $850,000 'penalty'
review_date: 2016-10-27T21:49:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/27/newt-gingrich/gingrich-misleading-call-850000-paid-bill-clinton-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking claims that Al Gore said all Arctic ice will be gone in the summer by 2013
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/02/facebook-posts/fact-checking-claims-al-gore-said-all-arctic-ice-w/


text: “More suicide deaths than coronavirus death past two months.”
claimant: Tom Brady
claim_date: 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, suicides have not outpaced COVID-19 deaths
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/tom-brady/no-suicides-have-not-outpaced-covid-19-deaths/


text: “President Putin bans mandatory vaccinations in Russia.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Russian president Vladimir Putin has not banned mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/09/instagram-posts/russian-president-vladimir-putin-has-not-banned-ma/


claimant: Lisa Moore
claim_date: 2016-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Professor: 'Concrete examples' of teachers, students spurning University of Texas due to gun law
review_date: 2016-08-26T22:26:22Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says there are "concrete examples" of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/26/lisa-moore/professor-concrete-examples-teachers-students-spur/


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: Schiff gave the gist
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"He went before the United States Congress and he said a made up story. It was fabricated. He’s totally fabricated story."


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-05-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“AIDS-associated diseases and cancers have increased by 338x since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, according to the CDC and foreign government bodies."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/24/instagram-posts/no-evidence-of-exponential-increase-in-aids-associ/

title:
No evidence of exponential increase in ‘AIDS-associated diseases and cancers’ after COVID-19 vaccine


claimant: Fight for the Future
claim_date: 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Could net neutrality have shielded California firefighters from throttling?
review_date: 2018-09-07T20:02:55Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We saw the true danger of the FCC's net neutrality repeal when Verizon was caught throttling California fire fighters."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/07/fight-future/could-net-neutrality-have-shielded-california-fire/


text: Says Kevin Cramer wants to cut Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts.
claimant: Senate Majority PAC
claim_date: 2018-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Democratic attack on Kevin Cramer's statements on Social Security and Medicare
review_date: 2018-06-19T14:02:35Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/19/senate-majority-pac/fact-checking-democratic-attack-kevin-cramers-stat/


text: Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."
claimant: Silvestre Reyes
claim_date: 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke arrested in 1990s for burglary and DWI
review_date: 2018-08-23T14:48:03Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/22/silvestre-reyes/beto-orourke-arrested-1990s-burglary-and-dwi/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Popular Internet story claims Arizona, Missouri and Texas enacted two-pet limit
review_date: 2016-05-13T18:14:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Arizona, Missouri and Texas residents have a two-pet limit, so the public must "surrender their third pet to the Humane Society."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/13/blog-posting/popular-internet-story-claims-arizona-missouri-and/


claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2016-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Roy Cooper says Pat McCrory took $500,000 from disaster relief funds for HB2
review_date: 2016-10-20T12:56:30Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Gov. (Pat) McCrory took $500,000 directly out of the disaster relief fund. And you know what it’s for? House Bill 2."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/19/roy-cooper/roy-cooper-says-pat-mccrory-took-500000-disaster-r/


claimant: Cynthia Nixon
claim_date: 2018-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Cynthia Nixon claims Cuomo has helped corporations and the rich
review_date: 2018-03-23T20:34:15Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/23/cynthia-nixon/cynthia-nixon-claims-cuomo-has-helped-corporations/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Planned Parenthood abortion funding, business claim makes a point but goes too far
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers “wants to force residents to fund Planned Parenthood abortion business.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/30/facebook-posts/planned-parenthood-abortion-funding-business-claim/


text: "U.S. comedian Kevin Hart in critical condition after gory car crash."
claimant: NYDailyNews-TV.com
claim_date: 2017-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Comedian Kevin Hart’s confession is real, but car crash report is fake news
review_date: 2017-09-19T19:44:06Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/19/nydailynews-tvcom/kevin-harts-confession-real-car-crash-report-fake-/


text: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
claimant: John Kirby
claim_date: 2016-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Has Barack Obama had a 'no boots on the ground' message for Syria?
review_date: 2016-04-27T18:23:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/27/john-kirby/has-barack-obama-had-no-boots-ground-message-syria/


claimant: Adam Schiff
claim_date: 2017-07-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jul/21/4-questions-about-presidential-pardon-power/
title: Can the president pardon himself? 4 questions about the presidential pardon
review_date: 2017-07-21T21:13:53Z
textual_rating: Open legal question
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I don't think the president can pardon himself even from prosecution. I know there's a debate about that."


text: No, 15,000 people did not vote for Harambe in 2016
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2016-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, 15,000 people did not vote for Harambe in 2016
review_date: 2016-11-22T21:16:24Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/22/blog-posting/no-15000-people-did-not-vote-harambe/


text: Says Brett Kavanaugh "refused to uphold key patient protections in the past."
claimant: Demand Justice
claim_date: 2018-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-ACA group: Court pick Kavanaugh refused to uphold pre-existing condition ban
review_date: 2018-07-18T17:16:54Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/18/demand-justice/pro-aca-group-court-pick-kavanaugh-refused-uphold-/


text: Says that in Texas, it’s "already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone."
claimant: Sylvia Garcia
claim_date: 2017-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Half True: Senator's claim it's 'already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone'
review_date: 2017-02-01T22:37:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/01/sylvia-garcia/half-true-senators-claim-its-already-illegal-enter/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-10-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/oct/31/city-tallahassee-most-corrupt-florida-president-tr/
title: Is the city of Tallahassee the most corrupt in Florida as President Trump said?
review_date: 2018-10-31T20:49:42Z
textual_rating: FBI probe ongoing
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Andrew Gillum's "city, Tallahassee, is known as the most corrupt in Florida, and one of the most corrupt in the nation."


text: Voucher schools have increased property taxes by $1 billion
claimant: Chris Taylor
claim_date: 2019-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, voucher schools haven't raised property taxes by $1B since 2011
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/01/chris-taylor/Wisconsin-voucher-schools-property-taxes/


claimant: Cal Cunningham
claim_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: NC Democrat misrepresents Tillis position on aid for states
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/cal-cunningham/nc-democrat-misrepresents-tillis-position-aid-stat/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Fauci reflecting on early recommendations to not wear masks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows Dr. Anthony Fauci admitting “he failed Americans during the pandemic when unnecessarily forcing masks.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/19/instagram-posts/video-shows-fauci-reflecting-early-recommendations/


text: The word "alcohol" derives from the Arabic term for "body-eating spirit"
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, the word ‘alcohol’ didn’t come from the Arabic term for ‘body-eating spirit’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/22/facebook-posts/no-word-alcohol-didnt-come-arabic-term-body-eating/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump back on hot seat with claim linking ballot box ruling to 2020 election
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court decision declaring ballot drop boxes illegal "includes the 2020 Presidential Election."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/14/donald-trump/trump-back-hot-seat-claim-linking-ballot-box-rulin/


text: A photo shows Air Force One at the 2020 Daytona 500.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Air Force One at Daytona 500 is outdated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/viral-image/photo-air-force-one-daytona-500-outdated/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ attack on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis about school tests
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Florida children are required to take their first standardized test within 30 days of beginning kindergarten and Gov. DeSantis wants to extend that requirement to preschoolers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/15/bernie-sanders/fact-checking-bernie-sanders-attack-florida-gov-ro/


text: “Former Las Vegas Raiders offensive tackle Bruce Campbell involved in altercation.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Walmart brawl video shows former NFL player Bruce Campbell
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/07/facebook-posts/no-evidence-walmart-brawl-video-shows-former-nfl-p/


claimant: Andrew Clyde
claim_date: 2021-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: The ridiculous claim that those at the Capitol Jan. 6 resembled a 'normal tourist visit'
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol. … If you didn't know the TV footage was from Jan. 6, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/13/andrew-clyde/ridiculous-claim-those-capitol-jan-6-resembled-nor/


claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/28/fact-checking-potus-vpotus-and-virginia-sen-tim-ka/
title: Fact-checking the third night of the Democratic National Convention
review_date: 2016-07-28T00:50:59Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percent more jobs."


claimant: Bill Clinton
claim_date: 2016-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Clinton exaggerates how many people moved out of poverty under his administration
review_date: 2016-07-28T00:50:59Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percent more jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/28/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-says-more-people-moved-out-poverty-un/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2017-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz says everyone getting tax cuts except some wealthy residents of Manhattan, San Francisco
review_date: 2018-01-05T20:45:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Every taxpayer, their taxes are going down, except rich people in Manhattan and San Francisco. Some of them, their taxes may go up."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/05/ted-cruz/ted-cruz-everyone-tax-cuts-but-manhattan-francisco/


text: "More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
claimant: Don Lemon
claim_date: 2013-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: CNN's Don Lemon says more than 72 percent of African-American births are out of wedlock
review_date: 2017-04-12T19:31:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/


text: "Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care."
claimant: Raul Labrador
claim_date: 2017-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Raul Labrador's claim that no one dies from lack of health care access: Pants on Fire
review_date: 2017-05-08T20:00:19Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/08/raul-labrador/raul-labradors-claim-no-one-dies-lack-health-care-/


claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2022-10-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/oct/19/marco-rubio-said-someone-could-blow-ballot-drop-bo/
title: Marco Rubio said someone could blow up a ballot drop box, ignoring safe track record
textual_rating: Ignores long safe record
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There’s danger involved in drop boxes. People need to think about it. Okay. Imagine someone decides ‘oh, there’s a drop box I’m just going to put some explosive and and blow it up and burn all of those ballots’ and now those votes don’t count at all."


text: "90% of Americans do not support universal background checks."
claimant: Colion Noir
claim_date: 2021-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Support for universal background checks on gun buyers is near 90%
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/15/colion-noir/universal-background-check-support-near-90-most-re/


text: The 2020 election “was stolen from Donald J. Trump.”
claimant: Josh Mandel
claim_date: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio’s Josh Mandel repeats false claim of stolen 2020 election
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/01/josh-mandel/ohios-mandel-repeats-false-claim-stolen-2020-elect/


text: “Now, 50% of all of America, more than any other country, is fully vaccinated.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden exaggerates U.S. rank in world coronavirus vaccinations
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/28/joe-biden/joe-biden-exaggerates-us-rank-world-coronavirus-va/


text: Joe Biden is wearing a foot boot to hide an ankle monitor.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden isn’t wearing a boot to hide an ankle monitor
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/03/facebook-posts/no-biden-isnt-wearing-boot-hide-ankle-monitor/


claimant: Candace Owens
claim_date: 2021-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Will the IRS track 'every' Venmo transaction? Fact-checking claims on new financial reporting plans
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The Biden administration is attempting to empower the IRS to monitor every single withdrawal, deposit, and transaction you make from your personal banking accounts, PayPal, Venmo, etc.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/11/candace-owens/will-irs-track-every-venmo-transaction-fact-checki/


text: The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Posts suggest without evidence that vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s AFib
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/05/viral-image/posts-suggest-without-evidence-vaccine-caused-jj-w/


claimant: Melissa Agard
claim_date: 2023-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: How small is the turnout for Wisconsin spring elections?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/10/melissa-agard/how-small-turnout-wisconsin-spring-elections/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fentanyl deaths spike, but Facebook post overstates by how much
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/23/facebook-posts/fentanyl-deaths-spike-facebook-post-overstates-how/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump wrong on Sen. Blumenthal's CNN interview and Vietnam
review_date: 2017-02-09T20:00:01Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/09/donald-trump/trump-wrong-sen-blumenthals-cnn-interview-and-viet/


text: "A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked."
claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Obama: Violent felons can buy guns online without background checks
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:58:51Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jan/05/barack-obama/obama-violent-felons-can-buy-guns-online-without-b/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/05/fact-checking-2020-state-union-address/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address
review_date: 2020-02-05T06:44:04Z
textual_rating: Reached lows under Trump
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans have reached the lowest levels in history."


text: “Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Doctored photo of Biden’s teleprompter shared online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/18/viral-image/doctored-photo-bidens-teleprompter-shared-online/


text: On eliminating the filibuster.
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2022-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s stance on filibuster shifts since 2012 and she now favors elimination
textual_rating: Half Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/04/tammy-baldwin/us-sen-tammy-baldwins-stance-filibuster-shifts-201/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: About 66% of U.S. public thinks Joe Biden is the legitimate president, not 30%
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“70% of Americans don't believe a word the mainstream media puts out,” so “everyone who thinks Biden won are only 30% of the population.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/facebook-posts/about-66-us-public-thinks-joe-biden-legitimate-pre/


text: “Only half of the murders in the city of St. Louis get solved.”
claimant: Catherine Hanaway
claim_date: 2016-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Missouri candidate says only half of murders in St. Louis get solved
review_date: 2016-06-14T23:59:47Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/14/catherine-hanaway/hanaway-right-about-how-many-murder-get-solved-st-/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton's hazy claim that researchers can't study marijuana
review_date: 2016-04-26T20:04:45Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/26/hillary-clinton/hillary-clintons-hazy-claim-researchers-cant-study/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Has income stalled for the bottom 90% since the 1970s, as Pete Buttigieg said?
review_date: 2019-04-05T16:31:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/05/pete-buttigieg/has-income-stalled-bottom-90-1970s-pete-buttigieg-/


text: “Pelosi cries like a kid after Trump’s lawyer proves her client ‘innocence.’”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: A popular video promised tears from Pelosi and an exoneration for Trump. It delivered neither.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/04/facebook-posts/popular-video-promised-tears-pelosi-and-exoneratio/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden, Olivia Rodrigo did not appear in press briefing together with Jen Psaki
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An image shows President Joe Biden touching Olivia Rodrigo’s shoulders during a White House press briefing.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/16/viral-image/joe-biden-olivia-rodrigo-did-not-appear-press-brie/


claimant: David A. Clarke Jr.
claim_date: 2016-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Do 250,000 Americans die every year because of mistakes made during surgery?
review_date: 2016-06-29T16:28:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/jun/29/david-clarke-jr/do-250000-americans-die-every-year-because-mistake/

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/29/david-clarke-jr/do-250000-americans-die-every-year-because-mistake/


claimant: Sonia Sotomayor
claim_date: 2022-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Sotomayor on kids with severe COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We have over 100,000 children, which we’ve never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators” due to the coronavirus.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/07/sonia-sotomayor/fact-checking-sotomayor-kids-severe-covid-19/


claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2020-05-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/08/greg-abbott/recovery-data-coronavirus-lacking/
title: Recovery data on coronavirus is lacking
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.


text: "We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders oversimplifies U.S. share of NATO
review_date: 2016-04-19T17:26:25Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/19/bernie-sanders/sanders-oversimplifies-us-share-NATO/


text: "Not one penny of (California’s Prop 67) bag ban tax goes to the environment."
claimant: No on 67
claim_date: 2016-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: What’s in the Calif. bag fee for the environment? Opponents: ‘Not one penny’
review_date: 2016-10-03T16:44:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/03/no-67/whats-bag-fee-environment-opponents-not-one-penny/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's tweet misleads about London mayor's reaction to bridge, stabbing attacks
review_date: 2017-06-04T16:09:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’ "

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/04/donald-trump/donald-trumps-tweet-misleads-about-london-mayors-r/


text: Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s false claim that 99% of COVID-19 cases are harmless
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/06/donald-trump/donald-trumps-false-claim-99-covid-19-cases-are-ha/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s wrong claim that election observers were barred in Pennsylvania, Michigan
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our poll watchers and/or vote observers to watch or observe.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/12/donald-trump/trumps-wrong-claim-election-observers-were-barred-/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Warren makes point on disparities in insurance coverage for physical and mental health
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The law says that mental health must be treated the same as physical health," but coverage by health insurers is unequal.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/20/elizabeth-warren/warren-makes-point-disparities-insurance-coverage-/


claimant: John Carter
claim_date: 2016-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: John Carter says Barack Obama wants to house 'illegal aliens' on military installations
review_date: 2016-05-04T22:20:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/04/john-carter/john-carter-says-barack-obama-wants-house-illegal-/


claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/14/fact-checking-4-claims-white-house-roger-stones-co/
title: Fact-checking 4 claims from the White House on Roger Stone’s commutation
review_date: 2020-07-14T19:41:52Z
textual_rating: Mueller probe not baseless
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The simple fact is that if the Special Counsel had not been pursuing an absolutely baseless investigation, Mr. Stone would not be facing time in prison."


claimant: Lee Merritt
claim_date: 2021-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: COVID-19 vaccines were not released to states until after approval
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The COVID-19 vaccine “went out for distribution” in Nebraska “days before the FDA even said they were going to approve it.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/09/lee-merritt/covid-19-vaccines-were-not-released-states-until-a/


text: Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Headlines that say GOP bill makes sexual assault a pre-existing condition are misleading
review_date: 2017-05-05T18:17:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/05/blog-posting/headlines-say-gop-bill-makes-sexual-assault-pre-ex/


claimant: NRSC
claim_date: 2018-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Indiana's Joe Donnelly does not stand near the 'radical left' on immigration
review_date: 2018-10-26T17:02:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We know dangerous criminals can slip through immigration at airports just like ours. Yet Joe Donnelly stood right here with the radical left against all efforts to secure our most vulnerable entry points."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/26/national-republican-senatorial-committee/nrsc-distorts-joe-donnellys-immigration-record/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: FEMA added COVID-19 safety measures to nuclear explosion protocols before Russia invaded Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“NEW: Biden Admin. instructs Americans to social distance and wear masks in the event of a Nuclear Fallout.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/03/facebook-posts/fema-added-covid-19-safety-measures-nuclear-explos/


claimant: Ohio Right to Life
claim_date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio Right to Life's faulty claims on Ted Strickland, abortion
review_date: 2016-08-12T18:15:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ted Strickland stands in lockstep with Hillary Clinton and the abortion lobby in their desire to force Americans to pay for abortion on demand, up until the moment of birth, with their taxpayer dollars."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/12/ohio-right-life/ohio-right-lifes-faulty-claims-ted-strickland-abor/


text: “Oprah started the fire.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: She didn’t start the fire: Maui blames electric utility for blazes, not Oprah
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/28/instagram-posts/maui-county-blames-an-electric-utility-for-the-rec/


text: http://www.wiseye.org/Video-Archive/Event-Detail/evhdid/12142
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Why Scott Walker, in real terms, has spent less on transportation than his Democratic predecessor
review_date: 2018-02-07T17:46:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/06/scott-walker/why-scott-walker-real-terms-has-spent-less-transpo/


claimant: Karen Lewis
claim_date: 2017-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: "Scholarship," "voucher," "tax shelter for the wealthy:" What's really in IL school funding bill?
review_date: 2017-09-12T12:21:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/12/karen-lewis/call-it-what-you-want-karen-lewis-calls-illinois-s/


text: "You can’t (end the separation of families at the border) through an executive order."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump changes course, stops family separation at the border
review_date: 2018-06-21T11:21:59Z
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/21/donald-trump/trump-changes-course-stops-family-separation-borde/


text: Says Bill Cosby was framed for sexual assault by the Illuminati to stop him from buying NBC.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2017-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Cosby wasn’t framed for sexual assault to stop him from buying NBC
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/04/facebook-posts/no-bill-cosby-wasnt-framed-sexual-assault-stop-him/


text: “Nike lost a lawsuit against antisemitism and has to give away gift cards to its customers.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: A Facebook post suggests you fill out a form for a Nike gift card. Just … don’t do it.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/12/facebook-posts/a-facebook-post-suggests-you-fill-out-a-form-for-a/


claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2016-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Rauner right about cost of lawmakers' four straight pension holidays
review_date: 2017-02-17T19:39:12Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The status quo led the General Assembly to reduce pension payments four straight years starting in 2005, costing billions of dollars as the delay in contributions essentially borrowed from pension funds at a very high interest rate.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/17/bruce-rauner/rauner-right-about-lawmakers-four-straight-pension/


text: "I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."
claimant: JB Pritzker
claim_date: 2017-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, JB Pritzker did not release more tax information than Bruce Rauner
review_date: 2017-12-11T21:03:05Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/11/jb-pritzker/no-jb-pritzker-did-not-release-more-tax-informatio/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Social media posts smear Buffalo protester shoved by police with unsubstantiated attacks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Buffalo protester pushed to the ground “had been previously arrested 300 times. 82 times for incitement. Riots is what he does for a living.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/12/facebook-posts/social-media-posts-smear-buffalo-protester-shoved-/


text: Tuberculosis recently passed "HIV/AIDS as the leading infectious killer globally."
claimant: Nick Seymour
claim_date: 2017-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Does tuberculosis top HIV/AIDS as the deadlier disease?
review_date: 2017-01-13T21:06:56Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/11/nick-seymour/tuberculosis-might-top-hivaids-deadliest-infectiou/


text: Obamacare "is not a popular law."
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2016-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: With Donald Trump and Paul Ryan threatening to repeal and replace, just how popular is Obamacare?
review_date: 2016-11-17T17:11:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/17/paul-ryan/donald-trump-and-paul-ryan-threatening-repeal-and-/


text: Tom Suozzi raised taxes "by hundreds of millions of dollars" as Nassau County executive.
claimant: National Republican Congressional Committee
claim_date: 2016-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Suozzi passed major tax hikes in Nassau County
review_date: 2016-09-23T16:57:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/23/national-republican-congressional-committee/suozzi-passed-major-tax-hikes-nassau-county/


text: Photo shows “MAYHEM in Oregon!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: This photo is from protests in Paris, not Portland, Ore.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/11/viral-image/photo-protests-paris-not-portland-ore/


text: "‘The largest bust in U.S. history’ 412 Muslims arrested from Michigan!"
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading headline says 412 Michigan Muslims busted
review_date: 2017-11-21T20:11:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/21/freshmedianewscom/misleading-headline-says-412-michigan-muslims-bust/


text: Says Florida has "the second-lowest taxes, per capita, state taxes of any state in the country."
claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Florida has the second-lowest state taxes per capita
review_date: 2017-04-13T14:06:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/13/rick-scott/yes-florida-has-second-lowest-state-taxes-capita-d/


text: "The Dutch (Afrikaners) were" in South Africa "first."
claimant: Ann Coulter
claim_date: 2018-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Coulter's strange claim that Dutch settlers preceded blacks in South Africa
review_date: 2018-08-27T18:41:13Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/27/ann-coulter/coulters-strange-claim-dutch-settlers-preceded-bla/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Lacking evidence, posts falsely tie ambushed deputy to previous shooting
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The same deputy who got shot through her jaw in Saturday’s shooting is the same officer seen on video laughing and smirking at the scene of security guard Andres Guardado’s death after he was shot and killed by LASD officers on June 18th, 2020.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/16/instagram-posts/lacking-evidence-posts-falsely-tie-ambushed-deputy/


claimant: Casey Cagle
claim_date: 2017-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle misleads in claim about homicides, sanctuary cities
review_date: 2017-10-12T20:54:35Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/12/casey-cagle/georgia-lt-gov-casey-cagle-misleads-claim-about-ho/


text: “NOAA makes it official… CO2 warming is a hoax.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Climate change is real and the Earth is warming
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/viral-image/climate-change-real-and-earth-warming/


text: Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations."
claimant: Democratic Governors Association
claim_date: 2018-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Did Adam Putnam endorse a bill that gutted water quality regulations?
review_date: 2018-07-18T17:37:34Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/18/democratic-governors-association/did-adam-putnam-endorse-bill-gutted-water-quality-/


claimant: Susan Collins
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins lobs false ‘defund police’ attack on Sara Gideon
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sara Gideon "voted to defund" the Freeport police "and gave the money to a nonprofit she helped run."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/25/susan-collins/maine-gop-sen-susan-collins-lobs-false-defund-poli/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton correct that Austin's Alex Jones said no one died at Sandy Hook Elementary
review_date: 2016-09-01T21:27:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/01/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-correct-austins-alex-jones-said-no/


claimant: Democratic Members
claim_date: 2018-02-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/feb/28/democrats-memo-pushes-back-gop-claims-about-russia/
title: Democrats’ memo pushes back on GOP claims about Russia probe
review_date: 2018-02-28T15:51:33Z
textual_rating: Under Dispute
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say the Justice Department "made only narrow use" of the Steele dossier to secure a surveillance warrant against a Trump campaign adviser.


text: Adam Laxalt “would let Nevada and other states ban abortion with zero exceptions.”
claimant: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2022-09-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/10/democratic-senatorial-campaign-committee/adam-laxalt-supports-letting-states-restrict-abort/

title:
Adam Laxalt supports letting states restrict abortion, but hasn’t called for bans with no exceptions


text: An ingredient in some of Chick-fil-A’s dipping sauces can cause serious health problems.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: The sauce is safe: Experts say Chick-fil-A dip ingredient isn’t a health hazard
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/09/facebook-posts/the-sauce-is-safe-experts-say-chick-fil-a-dip-ingr/


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: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under President Joe Biden, "8 Chinese bombers, 4 fighters, and 1 sub-hunter just breached Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone, crossing the Taiwan Strait."


text: A photo shows Democratic lawmakers wearing clothing and masks with the Nazi swastika.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: A group of Democratic lawmakers didn’t wear clothing, masks with swastikas. The image is doctored
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/15/viral-image/group-democratic-lawmakers-didnt-wear-clothing-mas/


text: Says Obama “called Kagan a moderate. He called Sotomayor a moderate.”
claimant: Mitch McConnell
claim_date: 2016-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: McConnell mostly right about Obama selling previous Supreme Court nominees as moderate
review_date: 2016-06-07T14:09:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/07/mitch-mcconnell/mcconnell-mostly-right-about-obama-selling-previou/


claimant: Jeff Flake
claim_date: 2018-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s ‘fake news’ epithet emboldens despots around the world
review_date: 2018-01-22T15:42:04Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump's use of the term "fake news" to undermine journalism "seems (to have) inspired dictators and authoritarians."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/22/jeff-flake/donald-trumps-fake-news-epithet-emboldens-despots-/


text: Says his administration’s efforts have led to more school reopenings.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2021-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Why it’s hard to link school reopenings to Biden’s efforts
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/joe-biden/why-its-hard-link-school-reopenings-bidens-efforts/


text: Says Joe Biden said, “I lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: No, Biden didn’t say he lived in Section 8 housing as a boy
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/19/facebook-posts/no-biden-didnt-say-he-lived-section-8-housing-boy/


text: Hacked emails “revealed that Hillary Clinton & pals are involved in sex trafficking children.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Four years later, there’s still no evidence to support Pizzagate theory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/07/facebook-posts/four-years-later-theres-still-no-evidence-support-/


claimant: Andrew Gillum
claim_date: 2018-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Andrew Gillum questions Philip Levine's record on banning assault weapons, raising minimum wage
review_date: 2018-06-20T21:00:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under Philip Levine, Miami Beach "passed a resolution to ban assault rifles, which was not enforceable and never enforced. He passed a resolution to raise the minimum wage, which actually no one got the benefit of because it was not enforced."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/09/andrew-gillum/fact-checking-philip-levines-record-miami-beach-ma/


claimant: Kellyanne Conway
claim_date: 2017-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: White House's Conway uses conservative blog to claim media is hostile to Trump
review_date: 2017-07-23T22:23:57Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/23/kellyanne-conway/does-russia-take-75-percent-media-coverage/


text: CNN staged a fire in Edmonton, Canada, and claimed it was filmed in Ukraine.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, this Edmonton jacket isn’t proof CNN staged a fire as part of its Ukraine coverage
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/28/viral-image/no-edmonton-jacket-isnt-proof-cnn-staged-fire-part/


text: "Black men arrested In Philadelphia Starbucks settle for $2 million"
claimant: The Rickey Smiley Morning Show
claim_date: 2018-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Radio show's headline falsely claims Philadelphia Starbucks settlement was for $2 million
review_date: 2018-05-07T18:23:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/07/blog-posting/radio-shows-headline-falsely-claims-philadelphia-s/


claimant: Lou Barletta
claim_date: 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: PA Rep. Lou Barletta overstates benefits of the House tax bill
review_date: 2018-03-07T16:13:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"GDP is booming. Let’s spread the prosperity to the middle class with big #TaxCuts. Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/06/lou-barletta/pa-rep-lou-barletta-overstates-benefits-house-tax-/


text: "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true
review_date: 2018-12-21T19:50:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/21/donald-trump/donald-trump-claims-russia-not-happy-us-troops-are/


text: An impersonator in a Joe Biden mask gave an interview as Joe Biden.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Viewers mistake shadow on Biden’s neck for a mask
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/08/viral-image/viewers-mistake-shadow-bidens-neck-mask/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Feinstein, Murkowski from 2018, not 2020
review_date: 2020-09-25T19:11:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows Dianne Feinstein “bullying” Lisa Murkowski over “the now empty seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/23/blog-posting/photo-feinstein-murkowski-2018-not-2020/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Kaine overstates Clinton's record on cutting Russia's nuclear stockpile
review_date: 2016-10-06T18:49:35Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "went toe-to-toe with Russia as secretary of state to do the New START agreement to reduce Russia's nuclear stockpile."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/06/tim-kaine/tim-kaine-overstates-clintons-record-cutting-russi/


text: The Titan submersible was found June 21 with all five passengers alive.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook claim makes premature claim about Titan submersible passengers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/22/facebook-posts/facebook-claim-makes-premature-claim-about-titan-s/


text: "I'm the only candidate on this stage who has actually cut taxes."
claimant: Joel Giambra
claim_date: 2018-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: Is Giambra the only GOP candidate for NY governor who's cut taxes?
review_date: 2018-02-28T22:02:41Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/28/joel-giambra/giambra-only-gop-candidate-ny-governor-whos-cut-ta/


claimant: Glenn Grothman
claim_date: 2022-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Border apprehensions outpace previous years, but analyst calls numbers misleading
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"With three months remaining in the Fiscal Year, (the border patrol) has already encountered more illegal immigrants along the Southwest border" than in any previous fiscal year.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/18/glenn-grothman/border-apprehensions-outpace-previous-years-analys/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Americans aren’t getting $700 weekly checks starting March 17 because of coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“All US citizens are entitled to $700 USD per week to stay at home to avoid the spread of COVID-19 novel coronavirus, starting from March 17.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/facebook-posts/no-americans-arent-getting-700-weekly-checks-start/


text: Says he “cast the deciding vote” to override a vetoed ‘born alive’ bill
claimant: Dan Bishop
claim_date: 2019-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: NC Republican claims credit for 'born alive' veto override
review_date: 2019-05-09T13:35:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/09/dan-bishop/nc-republican-claims-credit-born-alive-veto-overri/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2019-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Here's how the deficit performed under Republican and Democratic presidents, from Reagan to Trump
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/tweets/republican-presidents-democrats-contribute-deficit/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that Oprah condones pedophilia take her comments out of context
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows “satanic death cult high priestess” Oprah Winfrey condoning and promoting “pedophilia and sex trafficking.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/28/facebook-posts/claims-oprah-condones-pedophilia-take-her-comments/


text: Democrats “want to tax your retirement funds to pay for their new trillion dollar power grab.”
claimant: Common Sense Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2021-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Republican PAC ad distorts Democratic plans to tax jumbo-sized retirement accounts
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/29/common-sense-leadership-fund/republican-pac-ad-distorts-democratic-plans-tax-ju/


text: Says a Republican bill "pays for school construction with teacher pay raises."
claimant: Wiley Nickel
claim_date: 2019-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: NC Democrat falsely ties school construction to teacher wages
review_date: 2019-02-26T23:22:27Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/26/wiley-nickel/nc-democrat-falsely-ties-school-construction-teach/


text: "A lot of people are talking about" the removal of a "very fair prosecutor" in Ukraine.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s boasts about former Ukrainian prosecutor’s fairness ring false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/donald-trump/donald-trumps-boasts-about-former-ukrainian-prosec/


text: Says Joe Biden said, “Buy a man eat fish, he day, teach fish man, to a lifetime."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Jumbled ‘teach a man to fish’ quote attributed to Joe Biden is fake
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/09/facebook-posts/jumbled-teach-man-fish-quote-attributed-joe-biden-/


text: "80% of black men in Atlanta are Homosexuals, study says"
claimant: viralactions.com
claim_date: 2016-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, study did not find that 80 percent of black men in Atlanta are gay
review_date: 2018-03-27T16:02:02Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/27/blog-posting/no-study-did-not-find-80-percent-black-men-atlanta/


text: "Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010."
claimant: John Nygren
claim_date: 2019-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin state Rep. John Nygren hits pay dirt with property tax claim
review_date: 2019-02-08T21:47:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/08/john-nygren/wisconsin-state-rep-john-nygren-hits-pay-dirt-prop/


text: Video shows a crowd erupting and Hillary Clinton crying during a committee hearing.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Politicians don’t cry in this video, despite the caption’s promise of Hillary Clinton’s tears
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/05/facebook-posts/politicians-dont-cry-in-this-video-despite-the-cap/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/apr/23/what-us-supreme-court-decision-means-deportation-c/
title: What the U.S. Supreme Court decision means for the deportation of criminal immigrants
review_date: 2018-04-23T13:34:17Z
textual_rating: Can still be deported
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Today’s Court decision means that Congress must close loopholes that block the removal of dangerous criminal aliens, including aggravated felons."


text: New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, New York state hospitals didn’t report thousands of lung infections caused by face masks
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/facebook-posts/no-new-york-state-hospitals-didnt-report-thousands/


text: U.S. tariffs on China are "not hurting anybody" in the United States.
claimant: Peter Navarro
claim_date: 2019-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's tariffs on China don't hurt Americans, top Trump adviser says. 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/aug/20/peter-navarro/donald-trumps-tariffs-china-dont-hurt-americans-to/


claimant: The Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2023-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Washington law doesn’t take minors from parents who refuse them gender-transition surgery
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
New Washington state law allows “government to take away minors from parents if they refuse to agree to gender-transition surgery.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/17/gateway-pundit/wash-law-doesnt-allow-minors-to-be-taken-from-pare/


text: There is no ‘backlog’ of untested rape kits in Wisconsin.
claimant: Brad Schimel
claim_date: 2017-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Brad Schimel falsely claims there is no ‘backlog’ of untested rape kits in Wisconsin
review_date: 2017-05-19T21:51:40Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/19/brad-schimel/brad-schimel-falsely-claims-there-no-backlog-untes/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, a professor didn't say a windmill will 'never generate' the energy invested in building it
review_date: 2019-04-12T17:17:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/12/facebook-posts/no-professor-didnt-say-windmills-will-never-genera/


text: Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi being arrested.
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi getting into her car, not getting arrested
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/30/instagram-posts/video-shows-rep-nancy-pelosi-getting-into-her-car/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Is Joe Biden’s platform as progressive as Obama says?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/17/barack-obama/joe-bidens-platform-progressive-obama-says/


text: "Dwayne 'The Rock' (Johnson) Has Officially Filed For The 2020 Presidential Campaign"
claimant: Rearfront.com
claim_date: 2017-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did Dwayne the Rock Johnson officially file to run for president in 2020?
review_date: 2017-08-14T13:44:45Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/14/rearfrontcom/did-dwayne-rock-johnson-officially-file-run-presid/


claimant: David Miliband
claim_date: 2016-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: David Miliband on the link between jobs, immigration and Brexit
review_date: 2016-06-26T21:37:50Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The major immigration issue was about Poles, and Bulgarians, and Romanians," and that they weren’t contributing economically. "The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/26/david-miliband/david-miliband-link-between-jobs-immigration-and-b/


text: A person is on film “burning 80 Trump ballots.”
claimant: Eric Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Eric Trump retweets video falsely claiming man burned 80 Trump ballots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/eric-trump/eric-trump-retweets-video-falsely-claiming-man-bur/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2020-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Polls show most Democrats, many Americans back key Bernie Sanders' policies
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Bernie Sanders would “go beyond reform and reorder the economy in ways most Democrats — let alone most Americans — don’t support."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/25/pete-buttigieg/polls-show-most-democrats-many-americans-back-key-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-09-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/02/donald-trumps-accusations-about-hunter-biden-and-c/
title: Donald Trump's accusations about Hunter Biden and a payout from China: A closer look
textual_rating: Nature of deal disputed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Biden’s son walks out of China with $1.5 billion in a fund … and he’s there for one quick meeting and he flies in on Air Force Two.”


claimant: Jim Steineke
claim_date: 2021-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Steineke’s actions, words don’t match on COVID-19 bill
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Assembly Republicans “have come to the table” and were part of “give and take” compromise on a coronavirus bill.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/27/jim-steineke/steinekes-actions-words-dont-match-covid-19-bill/


text: "America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors."
claimant: Samuel Sinyangwe
claim_date: 2019-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: It’s true: There are more governors who have worn blackface than black governors
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/06/samuel-sinyangwe/its-true-there-are-more-governors-who-have-worn-bl/


text: President Donald Trump will hold his inauguration for a second term at Mar-a-Lago
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t fall for the fake post that Trump will hold an inauguration at Mar-a-Lago
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/18/facebook-posts/dont-fall-fake-post-trump-will-hold-inauguration-m/


text: Photos show “Elon Musk and his company are in the final stages of making a Robot Wife.”
claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: These photos of Elon Musk kissing a ‘robot wife’ aren’t real. They’re AI-generated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/01/instagram-posts/these-photos-of-elon-musk-kissing-a-robot-wife-are/


claimant: Robin Wright
claim_date: 2016-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Did your phone, computer contribute to suffering in the Congo?
review_date: 2016-06-15T19:57:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Apple products are currently "90 percent conflict-free," and "Intel is 100 percent conflict-free."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/15/robin-wright-act/did-your-phone-computer-contribute-suffering-congo/


text: Says Walmart is "one of the largest sellers of assault-style weapons."
claimant: Stephanie Ruhle
claim_date: 2019-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Is Walmart ‘one of the largest sellers of assault-style weapons,’ as MSNBC anchor said?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/07/stephanie-ruhle/walmart-one-largest-sellers-assault-style-weapons-/


text: The COVID-19 pandemic was planned, and a 2019 simulation called Event 201 was a rehearsal for it.
claimant: Pitbull
claim_date: 2020-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Recycled claim is still false: The COVID-19 pandemic was not planned
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/26/pitbull/old-claim-still-false-covid-19-pandemic-was-not-pl/


claimant: Curt Schilling
claim_date: 2019-08-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Law-abiding gun owners stop crimes "2.5 million times a year," according to the federal Centers for Disease Control.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/14/curt-schilling/trump-backed-ex-pitcher-curt-schilling-misleads-sa/

title:
Trump-backed ex-pitcher Curt Schilling misleads saying self-defense gun use stops 2.5 million crimes


text: Muslims get their way--Illinois will permit wearing burqas in driving licenses photos
claimant: TrueTrumpers.com
claim_date: 2017-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news claims Muslims can wear burqas in driver's license photos
review_date: 2017-04-02T14:39:39Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/fake-news-claims-muslims-can-wear-burqas-drivers-l/


text: "Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.
claimant: Gary Johnson
claim_date: 2016-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Gary Johnson correct that most Americans support legalizing marijuana
review_date: 2016-08-17T15:30:46Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/17/gary-johnson/gary-johnson-correct-most-americans-support-legali/


claimant: Wisconsin Freedom Alliance
claim_date: 2017-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Do Wisconsin legislators get a daily stipend just for showing up?
review_date: 2017-05-03T15:34:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin politicians get daily expense payments "even if they don’t spend a dime on meals, or lodging or travel," and "no receipts are required for them to get paid."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/03/wisconsin-freedom-alliance/do-s-legislator-get-daily-stipend-just-showing/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Headline about Damar Hamlin’s doctor connecting cardiac arrest to COVID-19 vaccine is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
CNN reported that Damar Hamlin’s doctor confirmed his cardiac arrest was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine booster.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/19/viral-image/headline-about-damar-hamlins-doctor-connecting-car/


text: "China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
claimant: Rex Tillerson
claim_date: 2017-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Does China account for 90% of North Korean trade, as Rex Tillerson said?
review_date: 2017-05-01T21:23:44Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/01/rex-tillerson/does-china-account-90-north-korean-trade-rex-tille/


text: "Expanding Medicaid would bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina."
claimant: Darren Jackson
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Would Medicaid expansion bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina, as state House Democrat says?
review_date: 2019-02-13T23:05:14Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/13/darren-jackson/would-medicaid-expansion-bring-40000-jobs-north-ca/


claimant: Kevin Nicholson
claim_date: 2018-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Tammy Baldwin did back a Department of Peace, but Kevin Nicholson's attack needs some context
review_date: 2018-05-09T13:12:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Nicholson "Tammy Baldwin cosponsored legislation that wanted to establish the Department of Peace and Nonviolence."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/09/kevin-nicholson/sen-tammy-baldwin-did-back-department-peace-kevin-/


text: "BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump On His Way To Donate Kidney To Melania Trump."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump isn't donating his kidney to Melania
review_date: 2018-05-17T20:43:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/17/blog-posting/no-donald-trump-isnt-donating-his-kidney-melania/


text: “All” Americans in Afghanistan who “have wanted to come out have come out.”
claimant: Chuck Schumer
claim_date: 2021-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Chuck Schumer’s incorrect statement about Americans stranded in Afghanistan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/07/charles-schumer/chuck-schumers-incorrect-statement-about-americans/


text: Kelly Loeffler was wearing a wire during the Georgia Senate debate.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Loeffler wasn’t wearing a wire during the Senate debate
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/07/viral-image/no-loeffler-wasnt-wearing-wire-during-senate-debat/


text: California Gov. Jerry Brown "vetoed 2016 wildfire management bill while California burned."
claimant: Canada Free Press
claim_date: 2018-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Would legislation have prevented California wildfires?
review_date: 2018-11-26T21:19:49Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/26/blog-posting/would-legislation-have-prevented-california-wildfi/


claimant: Claire McCaskill
claim_date: 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Is Claire McCaskill one of America’s most independent senators?
review_date: 2018-11-05T18:59:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nonpartisan experts have consistently ranked Claire one of the most independent senators — right in the middle."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/05/claire-mccaskill/sen-claire-mccaskill-one-americas-most-independent/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/24/what-you-need-know-about-hillary-clinton-and-urani/
title: What you need to know about Hillary Clinton, Russia, and uranium
review_date: 2017-10-25T17:31:30Z
textual_rating: Clinton role still unclear
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Uranium deal to Russia, with Clinton help and Obama Administration knowledge, is the biggest story that Fake Media doesn't want to follow!"


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/06/fact-checking-falsehoods-trumps-nov-5-election-rem/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s election fraud falsehoods in White House remarks
review_date: 2020-11-06T04:02:08Z
textual_rating: Wrong
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They refuse to include any requirement to verify signatures, identities, or even determine whether they’re eligible or ineligible to vote."


text: "Less than half of Texans ages 18-24 are registered to vote."
claimant: Charlie Geren
claim_date: 2017-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Charlie Geren says less than half of young Texans are registered to vote
review_date: 2017-10-26T22:18:32Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/26/charlie-geren/charlie-geren-half-young-texans-registered-vote-tw/


claimant: Tom Price
claim_date: 2016-03-12T00:00:00Z
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: 2017-03-12T20:04:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The number of individuals who actually got coverage through the exchange who didn't have coverage before, or who weren't eligible for Medicaid before is relatively small. So we've turned things upside down completely for 3 million, or 4 million, or 5 million individuals."


claimant: Tom Price
claim_date: 2016-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Price undercounts Obamacare impact on getting more Americans insured
review_date: 2017-03-12T20:04:08Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The number of individuals who actually got coverage through the exchange who didn't have coverage before, or who weren't eligible for Medicaid before is relatively small. So we've turned things upside down completely for 3 million, or 4 million, or 5 million individuals."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/12/tom-price/tom-price-undercounts-obamacare-impact-getting-mor/


text: A photo shows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar "at a Al’ Qaida training camp in Somalia."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a photo of Ilhan Omar at an al-Qaida training camp
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/04/viral-image/no-isnt-photo-ilhan-omar-al-qaida-training-camp/


text: "COVID-19 started because we eat animals."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Vegan Instagram accounts spread misinformation about COVID-19
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/18/instagram-posts/vegan-instagram-accounts-spread-misinformation-abo/


text: Says Brett Kavanaugh is "pro-Obamacare."
claimant: Andrew Napolitano
claim_date: 2018-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fox News pundit says Brett Kavanaugh is pro-Obamacare. Is he?
review_date: 2018-07-11T17:34:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/11/andrew-napolitano/napolitano-court-pick-kavanaugh-pro-obamacare-he/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-06-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jun/23/whats-happening-polling-places-kentucky/
title: What’s happening with polling places in Kentucky?
textual_rating: Not the whole story
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Ahead of tomorrow’s primary in Kentucky, many polling locations have been closed -- with only one polling location in Jefferson County (the county with the largest Black population in the state). This is voter suppression."


text: "The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.”
claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Nancy Pelosi’s dubious claim about who can extend the eviction moratorium
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/03/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosis-dubious-claim-about-who-can-extend-e/


claimant: Wisconsin State Senate
claim_date: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Is GOP state Sen. Patrick Testin to blame for $25M in lost coronavirus relief? Not quite.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says GOP Wisconsin Sen. Patrick Testin is responsible for lost $25M in federal funding, because he refused “to do his job.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/20/wisconsin-state-senate-democrats/gop-state-sen-patrick-testin-blame-25m-lost-corona/


text: Says Amy Coney Barrett said that breastfeeding babies is child molestation.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Amy Coney Barrett didn’t say this about breastfeeding
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/13/facebook-posts/no-amy-coney-barrett-didnt-say-about-breastfeeding/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Trump: Nearly '180,000 illegal immigrants' have criminal records but haven't been deported
review_date: 2016-07-22T06:40:02Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/22/donald-trump/trump-nearly-180000-illegal-immigrants-have-crimin/


text: “Go look at a Trump product. They’re all made in China.”
claimant: Thomas Perez
claim_date: 2016-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Tom Perez erroneously tags all Trump products with 'Made in China' label
review_date: 2016-06-27T16:38:25Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/27/thomas-perez/tom-perez-erroneously-tags-all-trump-products-made/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/02/hoaxes-fake-news-about-las-vegas-massacre/
title: Hoaxes, fake news about the Las Vegas massacre
review_date: 2017-10-02T16:36:56Z
textual_rating: Got the wrong person
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Las Vegas Shooter Reportedly a Democrat Who Liked Rachel Maddow, MoveOn.org and Associated with Anti-Trump Army."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: How much money have Wall Street and hedge funds given to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign?
review_date: 2016-10-06T16:00:19Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In her campaign for president, Hillary Clinton has received $100 million in contributions from Wall Street and hedge funds."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/06/donald-trump/how-much-money-have-wall-street-and-hedge-funds-gi/


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: This checks out
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I asked (Joe Biden) to manage the Recovery Act, which jump started the longest stretch of job growth in history."


claimant: Michael Caputo
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Is Cuomo directive to blame for nursing home COVID deaths as HHS official claims?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/24/michael-caputo/hhs-official-blames-cuomo-nursing-home-covid-death/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2019-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke claims nearly half of Texas public school teachers have second jobs. Is that true?
review_date: 2019-03-19T15:46:43Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but just to make ends meet."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/19/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-claims-nearly-half-texas-public-schoo/


text: “Doctor proves masks don’t work” by vaping through them.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, a vaping demo doesn’t prove that masks don’t work against COVID-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/08/facebook-posts/no-vaping-demo-doesnt-prove-masks-dont-work-agains/


text: A video shows people in Romania protesting COVID-19 vaccines.
claimant: viral
claim_date: 2021-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Old footage of Romanian protest mischaracterized as COVID-19 demonstration
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/07/viral-image/old-footage-romanian-protest-mischaracterized-covi/


text: Says businesses will give you free baby formula during the coronavirus outbreak.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, companies aren’t giving out free baby formula during the COVID-19 pandemic
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/23/facebook-posts/no-companies-arent-giving-out-free-baby-formula-du/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump retells Pants on Fire claim about Gen. Pershing ending terrorism for 35 years
review_date: 2017-08-17T19:38:29Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/17/donald-trump/donald-trump-retells-pants-fire-claim-about-gen-pe/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
title: Beto O'Rourke says Ted Cruz has second-worst bipartisanship record of all senators in 25 years
review_date: 2018-10-18T20:26:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/18/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-says-ted-cruz-has-second-worst-bipart/


claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2020-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Foxconn progress is slow, but Gwen Moore is wrong expecting 13,000 jobs already
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald “Trump promised 13,000 new jobs to the people of #Wisconsin. 3 years later, we’re still waiting…”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/gwen-moore/foxconn-progress-slow-gwen-moore-wrong-expecting-1/


text: Mexico has "very strong border laws -- ours are pathetic."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump off-base in comparison of U.S., Mexico border laws
review_date: 2018-04-02T22:05:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/02/donald-trump/donald-trump-base-comparison-us-mexico-border-laws/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fake statement attributed to Donald Trump about Kevin McCarthy emerges amid flurry of arrest posts
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former President Donald Trump issued a statement threatening to leak “interesting videos” of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/21/viral-image/fake-statement-attributed-donald-trump-about-kevin/


claimant: George Clooney
claim_date: 2016-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: George Clooney: Bulk of the money collected at Clinton fundraiser will go to down-ballot Democrats
review_date: 2016-08-11T11:27:22Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The overwhelming amount of the money that we're raising is not going to Hillary (Clinton) to run for president. ... It's going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back Congress."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/05/george-clooney/george-clooney-decries-big-money-politics-says-mos/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Spam news websites spread false claim about coronavirus vaccine
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Donald Trump will announce that a scientist "finally found vaccine to cure corona virus."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/01/blog-posting/spam-news-websites-spread-false-claim-about-corona/


claimant: PoliticsDepot.com
claim_date: 2018-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn't fire Jared Kushner and Ivanka
review_date: 2018-03-05T21:54:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Kushner And Wife Ivanka Trump Were Tossed Out Of The White House — And Donald Is Cutting Them Out Of His Will!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/05/blog-posting/no-trump-didnt-fire-jared-kushner-and-ivanka/


claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2023-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Scott’s misleading statements on median income, inflation
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Median income in this country is … $35,000 a year. Because of Joe Biden's inflation, the average monthly expenses have increased by $500, almost.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/26/tim-scott/tim-scotts-misleading-statements-on-median-income/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Biden canceling an oil pipeline caused higher U.S. gas prices
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Low gas prices in Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia show that Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone Pipeline project is to blame for U.S. prices.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/01/facebook-posts/no-evidence-biden-canceling-oil-pipeline-caused-hi/


claimant: Instagram
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that video of a ship shows rerouted cargo arriving in Florida
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/05/instagram-posts/no-evidence-video-ship-shows-rerouted-cargo-arrivi/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama was not arrested for campaign finance violations
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Former President Barack Obama was arrested after his campaign “took $30 million illegally from Commie China fugitive.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/facebook-posts/no-obama-was-not-arrested-for-campaign-finance-vio/


text: "Nowadays, there is more regulation over toy guns than real ones."
claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2019-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Cory Booker’s claim about regulations on toy guns and not firearms misses the point
review_date: 2019-05-10T18:31:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/10/cory-booker/cory-bookers-claim-about-no-regulations-firearms-m/


text: Residents the Wisconsin Election Commission suspected of moving are “illegal voters.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, residents that Wisconsin officials suspected of moving are not "illegal voters"
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/04/donald-trump/no-residents-wisconsin-officials-suspected-moving-/


text: Says the share of Texas students meeting college readiness standards surged from 2004 to 2013.
claimant: Don Willett
claim_date: 2017-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Justice Don Willett accurately recaps surge in Texas students meeting college readiness standards
review_date: 2016-05-20T22:15:29Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/20/don-willett/justice-don-willett-accurately-recaps-surge-texas-/


claimant: Andrew Yang
claim_date: 2019-10-16T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/16/fact-checking-cnn-nyt-democratic-debate-ohio/
title: Fact-checking the Ohio Democratic presidential debate
review_date: 2019-10-16T03:17:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly right
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A wealth tax makes a lot of sense in principle. The problem is it's been tried in Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden and all those countries ended up repealing it because it had massive implementation problems and did not generate the revenue that they projected."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, Facebook’s recent logout glitch is not related to its off-Facebook tracking tool
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Facebook recently logged users out to track their “off Facebook activity” involving bank accounts, emails and other apps.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/28/facebook-posts/no-facebooks-recent-logout-glitch-not-related-its-/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Romney quote about Merrick Garland, Supreme Court vote is paraphrased
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Quotes Sen. Mitt Romney as saying: “The Merrick Garland decision wasn’t unfair & the notion that someone has to pay the price to make up for it is wrong.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/23/instagram-posts/romney-quote-about-merrick-garland-supreme-court-v/


claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Did Joe Manchin stick with Hillary Clinton after controversial coal comment?
review_date: 2018-09-13T17:14:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Manchin "strongly supported and voted for Hillary Clinton after she said, ‘We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of work.’"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/13/patrick-morrisey/did-joe-manchin-stick-hillary-clinton-after-contro/


text: Says Sen. John McCain "has taken more money from Wall Street than any other sitting senator."
claimant: Ann Kirkpatrick
claim_date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Has John McCain taken the most Wall Street money of any sitting senator?
review_date: 2016-10-19T17:53:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/19/ann-kirkpatrick/has-john-mccain-taken-most-wall-street-money-any-s/


claimant: Francesca Hong, D-Madison,
claim_date: 2022-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: State GOP only let less than 2% of Democratic bills have public hearings, Dem says
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of Democratic bills to have a hearing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/26/francesca-hong/state-gop-only-let-less-2-democratic-bills/


claimant: Seven House Democrats
claim_date: 2019-09-23T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/sep/25/read-transcript-donald-trumps-call-ukrainian-presi/
title: Here's the readout of Donald Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
textual_rating: The law says that
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Despite federal law requiring the disclosure of this complaint to Congress, the administration has blocked its release to Congress.”


text: A wind turbine “could never generate as much energy as was invested in building it.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Actually, wind turbines easily produce more power than it takes to build them
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/12/viral-image/actually-wind-turbines-easily-produce-more-power-i/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: What Donald Trump omits in his attack on Joe Biden about border security
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/24/donald-trump/what-trump-omits-his-attack-biden-about-border-sec/


text: "CNN shocks America, fires ‘journalist’ who made fun of Sarah Sanders’ face"
claimant: Daily World Update
claim_date: 2018-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fake story says CNN fired journalist for making fun of Trump's spokeswoman
review_date: 2018-05-01T14:40:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/01/daily-world-update/fake-story-says-cnn-fired-journalist-making-fun-tr/


text: In 2010, Clinton "said Iran could enrich uranium. In 2014 she said she’s always argued against it."
claimant: Mitch McConnell
claim_date: 2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Did Hillary Clinton flip-flop on Iran nuclear enrichment?
review_date: 2016-07-20T05:04:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/20/mitch-mcconnell/did-hillary-clinton-flip-flop-iran-nuclear-enrichm/


text: "More than 32,000 Americans lose their lives to gun violence each year."
claimant: Safety For All Initiative
claim_date: 2016-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Mostly True for California initiative's claim: Guns kill 32,000 Americans each year
review_date: 2016-06-15T22:33:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/14/safety-all-initiative/mostly-true-california-initiatives-claim-guns-kill/


text: “Here are pictures from Trump’s Tulsa rally!!!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: More photos show crowds at other events, not Trump’s Tulsa rally
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/23/viral-image/more-photos-show-crowds-other-events-not-trumps-tu/


claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2019-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Evers misstates schools bill as he vetoes it
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a Republican bill he vetoed would have implemented a "mandate" to make public the names of all students’ parents or guardians.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/03/tony-evers/tony-evers-misstates-schools-bill-he-vetoes-it/


text: "We will have more people enter our country illegally than were born in this country in one year."
claimant: Dan Patrick
claim_date: 2019-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, more people will not enter the United States illegally than be born here in a year
review_date: 2019-06-05T19:17:01Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/05/dan-patrick/no-more-people-will-not-enter-united-states-illega/


claimant: Joe Straus
claim_date: 2017-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Straus says Austin school district expected to lose $530-million-plus to fund other schools
review_date: 2017-07-19T17:49:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"One" Texas school "district alone -- Austin ISD -- is expected to lose more than $530 million in local property taxes to Robin Hood this year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/19/joe-straus/joe-straus-says-austin-school-district-expected-lo/


text: "Kim Jong Un dead: North Koreans calling Trump an assassin"
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: It's fake news that an American killed North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un
review_date: 2017-07-20T21:33:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/20/blog-posting/its-fake-news-american-killed-north-koreas-leader-/


text: “When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”
claimant: Nancy Pelosi
claim_date: 2022-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Nancy Pelosi repeats outdated economic theory on link between unemployment, inflation
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/17/nancy-pelosi/nancy-pelosi-repeats-outdated-economic-theory-link/


claimant: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
claim_date: 2016-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Debbie Wasserman Schultz says superdelegates never determined Democratic nominee
review_date: 2016-05-11T16:14:54Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Superdelegates "have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since they've been in place since 1984."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/22/debbie-wasserman-schultz/debbie-wasserman-schultz-says-superdelegates-never/


text: Says it's not true that Florida black bears are an "apex predator."
claimant: Stacy White
claim_date: 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Florida black bears aren't apex predators, Hillsborough County commissioner says
review_date: 2016-06-08T18:56:46Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/08/stacy-white/florida-black-bears-arent-apex-predators-hillsboro/


claimant: Adam Putnam
claim_date: 2018-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: How much money do welders, pipefitters make? Adam Putnam says it’s huge
review_date: 2018-05-10T13:29:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/10/adam-putnam/how-much-do-welders-and-pipefitters-make-according/


text: Raleigh is spending "more on affordable housing than Dix Park."
claimant: Nancy McFarlane
claim_date: 2017-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Mayor says Raleigh spending more on housing than Dix Park
review_date: 2017-11-02T20:44:01Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/02/nancy-mcfarlane/mayor-says-raleigh-spending-more-housing-dix-park/


text: About New York state: "We have the highest debt per capita."
claimant: Edward Cox
claim_date: 2018-02-10T00:00:00Z
title: New York state leads the country in government debt per resident
review_date: 2018-02-16T19:08:04Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/16/edward-cox/new-york-state-leads-country-government-debt-resid/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-05-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/may/11/what-kind-of-a-woman-fact-checking-donald-trumps-f/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s CNN town hall claims on Jan. 6, abortion, Mar-a-Lago documents
review_date: 2023-05-11T03:46:43Z
textual_rating: Part is misleading, part false
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Before Roe v. Wade was overturned, "they could kill the baby in the ninth month or after the baby was born."


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Top reason for having fewer kids? Warren cites child care costs
review_date: 2019-02-25T18:49:13Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The high cost of child care is the No. 1 reason people give for having fewer children than they’d like."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/25/elizabeth-warren/warren-top-reason-having-fewer-kids-child-care/


text: "Obama goes to G20 summit ... Everywhere President Donald Trump goes, Obama shows up, too."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2017-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Obama did not follow Trump to G20 summit in Germany
review_date: 2017-07-11T19:44:10Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/11/blog-posting/no-obama-did-not-follow-trump-g20-summit-germany/


text: 90 percent of Americans "support universal background checks" for gun purchases.
claimant: Chris Abele
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Do 90% of Americans support background checks for all gun sales?
review_date: 2017-10-03T17:22:07Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/03/chris-abele/do-90-americans-support-background-checks-all-gun-/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: Complex tale involving Hillary Clinton, uranium and Russia resurfaces
review_date: 2018-12-07T21:24:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton sold 20 percent of America’s uranium to Russia and then "the Russian government gave $145 million to the Clinton Foundation." Former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller "delivered it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/07/blog-posting/complex-tale-involving-hillary-clinton-uranium-rus/


text: Says Philando Castile "had been stopped by police 40 or 50 times before that fatal incident."
claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Kaine: Police stopped slain Minnesota driver over 40 times
review_date: 2016-10-05T05:27:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/05/tim-kaine/kaine-police-stopped-slain-minnesota-driver-over-4/


text: "The story that came out tonight as reported is false."
claimant: H.R. McMaster
claim_date: 2017-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Translating McMaster’s rhetoric on the Russia-leak story
review_date: 2017-10-11T20:12:34Z
textual_rating: Needs more context
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/05/16/translating-mcmasters-rhetoric-on-the-russia-leak-story/


text: “Now with the COVID-19 … more people are dependent on drugs or alcohol.”
claimant: Joe Manchin
claim_date: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Has drug problem worsened under COVID-19?
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/28/joe-manchin/has-drug-dependence-increased-under-covid-19/


text: "We end the $100 billion a year that the health care industry makes."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders targets health industry' profits. Are his figures right?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/15/bernie-sanders/sanders-medicare-all-plan-targets-health-industrys/


text: "SHOCK REPORT: Senator McCaskill BUSTED Funneling Millions of Tax Dollars to Her Hubby."
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2018-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Misleading headline suggests McCaskill personally routed tax dollars to husband's businesses
review_date: 2018-08-02T16:36:58Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/01/blog-posting/misleading-headline-suggests-mccaskill-personally-/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton correctly cites outside analyses of Trump's tax plan
review_date: 2016-09-27T18:34:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
According to "independent experts," Donald Trump's tax plan "would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/27/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-correctly-cites-outside-analyses-t/


claimant: Mick Mulvaney
claim_date: 2017-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-check: Did top Democrats vote for a border wall in 2006?
review_date: 2017-04-23T19:12:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They voted for (a border wall) in 2006. Then-Senator Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/23/mick-mulvaney/fact-check-did-top-democrats-vote-border-wall-2006/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: This photo of the Gates Foundation has been altered
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A photo shows a “Center for Global Population Reduction” at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/04/viral-image/photo-gates-foundation-has-been-altered/


text: “Kids at the border: 2,600 highest number Trump, 12,000 currently under Biden.”
claimant: Brandon Tatum
claim_date: 2021-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: More children held at the border under Biden than Trump, but not 4 times as many
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/09/brandon-tatum/more-children-held-border-under-biden-trump-not-4-/


text: "J.B. Pritzker’s tax plan" includes a "new tax per mile you drive with government tracking device."
claimant: Bruce Rauner
claim_date: 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Rauner veers off course in claiming Pritzker proposed a mileage tax
review_date: 2018-10-01T16:49:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/23/bruce-rauner/rauner-veers-course-claiming-pritzker-proposed-mil/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Trump deflects Wis. social distancing questions by saying the state is “run by Democrats right now"
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Wisconsin is “run by Democrats right now,” so they should address election social distancing concerns

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/donald-trump/trump-deflects-wis-social-distancing-questions-say/


text: "Pro-Lifers Declare 'Ejaculation Is Murder: Every Sperm Cell Is A Life.'"
claimant: ThatViralFeed.net
claim_date: 2016-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: 'Every Sperm Cell Is A Life' story is fake, if you click through
review_date: 2016-12-20T20:56:42Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/20/thatviralfeednet/every-sperm-cell-life-story-fake-if-you-click-thro/


text: "Mexico, they took 30 percent of our automobile business."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mexico didn't take 30% of U.S. auto business as Trump claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/23/donald-trump/no-mexico-didnt-take-30-us-auto-business-trump-cla/


text: Photo shows Barack Obama and George Clooney in a compromising situation with a child.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show Obama and Clooney acting inappropriately with a child
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/17/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-obama-and-clooney-acting-inap/


claimant: Trevor Noah
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: 2017-10-03T18:33:33Z
textual_rating: Vote delayed
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Just to give you an idea of how far away America is from actual gun control, this week Congress is going to vote on deregulating gun silencers. Because I guess Congress is thinking gun violence is out of control: 'How can we make it quieter?' "


claimant: Joe Gruters
claim_date: 2019-11-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/08/joe-gruters/florida-gop-chair-wrongly-says-every-democrat-deba/

title:
Florida GOP chair twists’ response by Democrats at debate on health care for undocumented immigrants


text: Says he is "one of America's leading consumer lawyers."
claimant: Tim Burns
claim_date: 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2018-02-15T17:29:56Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/15/tim-burns/tim-burns-who-mostly-represents-businesses-suing-i/

title:
Tim Burns, who mostly represents businesses suing insurers, misleads in calling self consumer lawyer


text: Deaths of four alternative medicine doctors show they are being targeted for their ideas.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: A COVID-19 vaccine skeptic died, reviving false claims about deaths of alternative medicine doctors
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/11/facebook-posts/a-covid-19-vaccine-skeptic-died-reviving-false-cla/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Reporter was right: Trump did question governors’ ventilator requests
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“I didn’t say that” some of the medical equipment that governors are requesting, they don't actually need.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/30/donald-trump/reporter-was-right-trump-did-question/


claimant: Sonny Perdue
claim_date: 2018-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Retaliatory tariffs take heavy toll on U.S. farmers
review_date: 2018-08-09T14:26:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"America’s hard-working agricultural producers … have taken a disproportionate hit when it comes illegal retaliatory tariffs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/09/sonny-perdue/retaliatory-tariffs-take-heavy-toll-farmers/


text: Gas cost $9 a gallon in California in early March 2022.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: California gas prices are going up, but not at $9 a gallon in early March 2022
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/07/viral-image/california-gas-prices-are-going-not-9-gallon-early/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2012-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich said energy secretary advocated raising gas prices
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:58:39Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Obama's secretary of energy, Dr. Steven Chu, "has said publicly he wants us to pay European levels (for gasoline), and that would be $9 or $10 a gallon."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/mar/14/newt-gingrich/gingrich-said-energy-secretary-advocated-raising-g/


text: In Iowa, "they have allowed a little over 300 people to re-vote."
claimant: Kevin McCarthy
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about people 're-voting' in Iowa 2020 election is wrong
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/06/kevin-mccarthy/claim-about-people-re-voting-iowa-2020-election-wr/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Trump claims his judicial endorsement caused Tony Evers to attempt election delay. It didn't
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“As soon as I endorsed (Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly), the Wisconsin Democrats said, let’s move the election to two months later.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/08/donald-trump/trump-claims-his-judicial-endorsement-caused-tony-/


text: An episode of “The Simpsons” showed Donald Trump in a coffin.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, ‘The Simpsons’ did not feature Trump in a coffin
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/02/facebook-posts/no-simpsons-did-not-feature-trump-coffin/


text: “Covid is never going away! This is the beach today in Raleigh, North Carolina.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows a Brazil beach in 2013, not Raleigh (or elsewhere) during the pandemic
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/06/viral-image/photo-shows-brazil-beach-2013-not-raleigh-during-p/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/16/fact-checking-donald-trumps-criticism-world-health/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s criticism of the World Health Organization
review_date: 2020-04-16T21:33:19Z
textual_rating: WHO lacked the power
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Had the WHO done its job to get medical experts into China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out China’s lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source, with very little death."


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2021-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Ted Cruz’s misleading attack on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over anti-Semitism
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/18/ted-cruz/ted-cruzs-misleading-attack-alexandria-ocasio-cort/


text: "Before Leaving, Obama Enacts Rules to Take $3,000 From EVERY American."
claimant: Conservative Tribune
claim_date: 2016-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Website wrongly says Obama plans to take $3,000 from every American
review_date: 2016-12-14T20:22:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/14/conservative-tribune/conservative-website-exaggerates-misleads-post-reg/


text: Says U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema "voted to cut ICE."
claimant: Martha McSally
claim_date: 2018-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Martha McSally's exaggerates Kyrsten Sinema votes on ICE funding
review_date: 2018-09-21T16:09:44Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/21/martha-mcsally/martha-mcsallys-claim-kyrsten-sinema-voted-cut-ice/


claimant: Jacqueline Collins
claim_date: 1988-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Gov. Rauner has proposed funding cuts for autism
review_date: 2017-03-30T19:59:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Governor Rauner has called every year for eliminating funding for afterschool programs for at-risk youth, homeless prevention services and programs that help autistic children.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/30/jacqueline-collins/fact-check-has-gov-rauner-consistently-pushed-cut-/


text: Says Wisconsin’s in-person election has caused a “surge” in new coronavirus cases
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: No proof (yet) of a post-election “surge” in Wisconsin coronavirus cases
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/21/facebook-posts/no-proof-yet-post-election-surge-coronavirus-cases/


claimant: Facebook Post
claim_date: 2021-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Olympics ban athletes from all forms of political expression, not just Black Lives Matter support
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Japan has banned all (Black Lives Matter) apparel from the Olympics. No one can kneel or raise fists during the anthems either."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/28/facebook-posts/olympics-ban-athletes-all-forms-political-expressi/


claimant: Roger Marshall
claim_date: 2023-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, US flag code wasn’t violated when the progress pride flag was displayed at the White House
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Displaying the progress pride flag between two American flags during a White House pride event was “in breach of US Flag Code.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/16/roger-marshall/no-us-flag-code-wasnt-violated-when-the-progress-p/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-21T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook posts wrongly say COVID-19 bill includes foreign aid, arts funding
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says COVID-19 relief bill “provides more funding to foreign governments and to American arts centers, than to the American people.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/22/facebook-posts/facebook-posts-wrongly-say-covid-19-bill-includes-/


text: “Bill Gates is behind the monkeypox outbreaks.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: No, Bill Gates isn’t behind the monkeypox outbreak
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/24/facebook-posts/no-bill-gates-isnt-behind-monkeypox-outbreak/


text: "Since we took office, we have been outpacing the nation in job growth."
claimant: Eric Greitens
claim_date: 2017-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Is Missouri really outpacing nation in jobs since Greitens took office?
review_date: 2017-09-21T19:49:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/21/eric-greitens/missouri-really-outpacing-nation-jobs-greitens-too/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Claims conflate old news and new concerns about mail-in voting
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“This USPS employee was caught taking down Trump signs. These people are also responsible for the mail in ballots they are pushing so hard.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/21/viral-image/claims-conflate-old-news-and-new-concerns-about-ma/


text: "A case before Washington’s Supreme Court seeks to effectively end public labor unions."
claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2018-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Unions would suffer but not end because of Supreme Court decision
review_date: 2018-01-17T21:13:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/17/andrew-cuomo/unions-would-suffer-not-end-because-supreme-court-/


text: ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2019-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Entering ATM PIN backwards won't call the police
review_date: 2019-03-27T13:14:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/26/facebook-posts/entering-atm-pin-backwards-wont-call-police/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, DC Officer Michael Fanone isn’t man who stormed Capitol with Confederate flag
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says D.C. police officer Michael Fanone is the same person who was arrested after carrying a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/30/instagram-posts/no-dc-officer-michael-fanone-isnt-man-who-stormed-/


text: Says President Richard Nixon held meetings with heads of state without an American interpreter.
claimant: Ian Bremmer
claim_date: 2017-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Nixon sometimes met with leaders without his own translator
review_date: 2017-07-21T15:56:43Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/21/ian-bremmer/nixon-sometimes-met-leaders-without-his-own-transl/


claimant: Brad Wenstrup
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/14/obamas-hot-mic-moment-russian-president-2012-was-u/
title: Obama’s hot mic moment with Russian president in 2012 was unrelated to Ukrainian aid in 2014
textual_rating: Timeline doesn't match
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Maybe now we understand what President Obama meant when he told Russian President Medvedev that he would have more flexibility after his election. Maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the Ukraine, allowing Russia to march right in and kill Ukrainians."


text: Says his conviction is "a political witch hunt by holdovers in the Obama justice department."
claimant: Joe Arpaio
claim_date: 2017-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Arpaio falsely ties conviction to Obama administration
review_date: 2017-08-29T15:13:28Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/29/joe-arpaio/arpaio-falsely-ties-conviction-obama-administratio/


claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2015-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Gingrich: Obama got a 'pass' on Rev. Wright controversy
review_date: 2016-07-15T14:25:14Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Barack Obama got "a pass" over controversal remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while a 12-year-old speech by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has blown up into a national story.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/jan/06/newt-gingrich/gingrich-obama-got-pass-rev-wright-controversy/


claimant: Gwen Moore
claim_date: 2021-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, it is possible for low-wage workers to be taxed into poverty
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/11/gwen-moore/yes-it-possible-low-wage-workers-be-taxed-poverty/


text: Says "Claire McCaskill voted for 100 percent of President Obama’s judicial nominees."
claimant: Josh Hawley
claim_date: 2018-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Did Claire McCaskill vote for 100% of Obama's judicial nominees?
review_date: 2018-07-11T01:54:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/10/josh-hawley/did-claire-mccaskill-vote-100-obamas-judicial-nomi/


claimant: Bryce Reeves
claim_date: 2016-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Bryce Reeves falsely says Terry McAuliffe has stated his desire to be in Clinton's cabinet
review_date: 2016-06-28T15:27:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gov. Terry McAuliffe “has made several statements that he would love to be in a Cabinet secretary position with the Clinton administration.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/27/bryce-reeves/bryce-reeves-falsely-says-terry-mcauliffe-has-voic/


claimant: Sean Hannity
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/11/context-sean-hannitys-conflicting-remarks-jailing-/
title: In context: Sean Hannity’s conflicting remarks on jailing political opponents
textual_rating: Needs more context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Speaker Pelosi now apparently telling senior Democrats she’d like to see Trump behind bars. Based on no actual crimes, she wants a political opponent locked up in prison? That happens in banana republics."


text: “Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Saudi coach, striker say no Rolls-Royces for beating Argentina
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/29/viral-image/saudi-coach-striker-say-no-rolls-royces-beating-ar/


text: Photos show someone in a President Joe Biden mask at the State of the Union.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Was someone in a Joe Biden mask at the State of the Union? No, It was Biden himself
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/10/facebook-posts/was-someone-joe-biden-mask-state-union-no-it-was-b/


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: Not night vs. day
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"As far as ISIS is concerned, when I took over, in November 2016, ISIS was all over the place. I’m the one, meaning it was me and this administration working with others, including the Kurds, that captured all of these people you’re talking about. Under President Obama it was a mess."


text: "No other country has a constitutional right" like the Second Amendment.
claimant: Marco Rubio
claim_date: 2014-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Marco Rubio says Second Amendment is unique in speech to NRA
review_date: 2016-06-13T19:08:01Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/apr/29/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-second-amendment-unique-speech-nr/


claimant: Linda Sánchez
claim_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Comparing the price of child care with college tuition
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The average cost of child care in this country is more than what it costs to send a child to college for one year.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/06/linda-sanchez/comparing-price-child-care-college-tuition/


claimant: Alan Grayson
claim_date: 2016-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Alan Grayson calls out Patrick Murphy for Wall Street contributions
review_date: 2016-07-07T18:14:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Patrick Murphy has "taken more money from Wall Street than any other member of Congress other than the speaker and the majority leader.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/07/alan-grayson/alan-grayson-calls-out-patrick-murphy-wall-street-/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-02-05T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/feb/05/fact-checking-joe-biden-somersworth-nh/
title: Fact-checking Joe Biden in Somersworth, N.H.
review_date: 2020-02-05T21:15:06Z
textual_rating: Exaggerates
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Gun makers are "the only major manufacturer in the world, in the United States, whether it's the tobacco industry or drug industry or any other industry, that can't be sued."


text: Twitter removed this tweet from Donald Trump: “My blood IS the vaccine!!!!!”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t tweet his blood is a vaccine
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/09/viral-image/no-trump-didnt-tweet-his-blood-vaccine/


claimant: Chris Christie
claim_date: 2012-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Chris Christie claims Obama said unemployment would never top 8 percent if the stimulus was passed
review_date: 2016-07-15T15:45:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"(President Barack Obama) said unemployment was never gonna go over 8 percent if we passed the stimulus plan."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2012/feb/27/chris-christie/chris-christie-claims-obama-said-unemployment-woul/


text: "‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2017-03-08T00:00:00Z
review_date: 2017-03-13T16:57:12Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/13/tammy-baldwin/would-trumpcare-gop-replacement-obamacare-allow-in/

title:
Would 'Trumpcare,' the GOP replacement for Obamacare, allow insurance executives to 'make millions'?


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
claim_date: 2019-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: How long has O'Rourke said 'it's time for Congress to act' on impeachment?
review_date: 2019-06-10T19:51:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"For more than a year, I have been saying that it’s time for Congress to act and begin impeachment proceedings."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/10/beto-orourke/beto-orourke-impeachment-trump-congress-time-act/


claimant: Russ Feingold
claim_date: 2016-10-26T00:00:00Z
title: Russ Feingold's attack on Donald Trump and Ron Johnson on abortion and domestic violence
review_date: 2016-11-03T15:49:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Donald Trump and Ron Johnson "oppose a woman's right to choose and Johnson voted against the Violence Against Women Act."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/03/russ-feingold/russ-feingolds-attack-donald-trump-and-ron-johnson/


text: There are state workers who are "idle" at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2020-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that state workers are being paid to sit “idle” at home leaves out context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/17/scott-walker/claim-state-workers-are-being-paid-sit-idle-home-l/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/may/30/what-donald-trump-got-wrong-his-tennessee-rally-ma/
title: What Donald Trump got wrong in his Tennessee rally for Marsha Blackburn
review_date: 2018-05-30T15:37:23Z
textual_rating: Trump distorts Pelosi's words
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The MS-13 lover, Nancy Pelosi. I said they're animals, and she said, ‘How dare you say that? How dare you say that?’ "


text: Wisconsin lost "almost 4,000 manufacturing jobs in 2017."
claimant: Kelda Helen Roys
claim_date: 2018-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Gubernatorial candidate Kelda Roys falsely attacks Scott Walker for loss in manufacturing jobs
review_date: 2018-07-23T14:25:04Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/23/kelda-helen-roys/gubernatorial-candidate-kelda-roys-falsely-attacks/


text: "Eric Schneiderman helped NXIVM sell child sex slaves to the Clintons"
claimant: NY Evening News
claim_date: 2018-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Eric Schneiderman didn't sell child sex slaves to Clintons
review_date: 2018-05-10T16:09:09Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/10/ny-evening-news/no-eric-schneiderman-didnt-sell-child-sex-slaves-c/


claimant: Natural News
claim_date: 2018-07-20T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/sep/26/fact-checking-internet-rumors-about-brett-kavanaug/
title: Fact-checking internet rumors about Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford
review_date: 2018-09-25T20:41:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Brett "Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey exposed for ties to Big Pharma abortion pill maker… effort to derail Kavanaugh is plot to protect abortion industry profits."


claimant: Natural News
claim_date: 2018-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford isn't linked to abortion pill
review_date: 2018-09-25T20:41:57Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Brett "Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey exposed for ties to Big Pharma abortion pill maker… effort to derail Kavanaugh is plot to protect abortion industry profits."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/25/blog-posting/no-christine-blasey-ford-isnt-linked-abortion-pill/


text: Says 12 restaurants and food companies are "supporting Trump’s re-election."
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2019-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Instagram post misconstrues food companies’ support for Donald Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/26/instagram-posts/instagram-post-misconstrues-food-companies-support/


text: Says the lines on the signature Solo cup are actually markings to designate various measurements.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, the lines around the original Solo cup were not created to represent various measurements
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/05/viral-image/no-lines-around-original-solo-cup-were-not-created/


text: Queen Elizabeth II was a reptile.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Reptilian conspiracy theory continues after queen’s death
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/12/facebook-posts/reptilian-conspiracy-theory-continues-after-queens/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Barack Obama says Vietnam 'presenting unprecedented labor reforms' thanks to TPP
review_date: 2016-08-04T22:05:41Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/04/barack-obama/barack-obama-jumps-gun-discussing-tpp-and-vietname/


text: “Fauci admits he isn’t listening to the science when advocating policy.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Fauci didn’t admit he’s not listening to COVID-19 science
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/15/facebook-posts/no-fauci-didnt-admit-hes-not-listening-covid-19-sc/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/dec/20/warren-vs-buttigieg-what-they-were-fighting-about-/
title: Warren vs. Buttigieg: Why they were fighting about campaign finance and a wine cave at the debate
review_date: 2019-12-20T05:43:36Z
textual_rating: Fair summary
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"According to Forbes magazine, I’m literally the only person on this stage who’s not a millionaire or a billionaire."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn’t show Italy’s COVID-19 victims in body bags
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says video of body bags being dumped in a ditch shows the “situation in Italy” due to the coronavirus.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/13/facebook-posts/no-video-doesnt-show-italys-covid-19-victims-body-/


text: “For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”
claimant: Nick LaLota
claim_date: 2023-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Except during pandemic, New Yorkers have gotten less money back from the federal government
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/19/nick-lalota/except-during-pandemic-new-yorkers-have-gotten-les/


claimant: Tim Kaine
claim_date: 2016-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: More schooling reduces HIV risk. But by how much?
review_date: 2016-06-24T16:47:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"For every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with HIV/AIDS decreases by half."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/24/tim-kaine/more-schooling-reduces-hiv-risk-how-much/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Research: Armed campus police do not prevent school shootings
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/26/ted-cruz/research-armed-campus-police-do-not-prevent-school/


text: "Since 2001, 63,000 of us were murdered by illegal aliens." ​
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about 63,000 Americans being killed by illegal immigrants is still wrong
review_date: 2019-01-09T22:27:47Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/blog-posting/claim-about-63000-americans-being-killed-illegal-i/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump again fails to screen out the falsehood in oft-repeated claim on Syrian refugees
review_date: 2016-07-22T04:58:15Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/21/donald-trump/donald-trump-again-fails-screen-out-falsehood-oft-/


text: "Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2018-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Do hunters contribute more than $500 million to West Virginia's economy?
review_date: 2018-12-10T17:43:53Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/10/jim-justice/do-hunters-contribute-more-500-million-west-virgin/


text: "The world's 62 richest people own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest."
claimant: Oxfam America
claim_date: 2016-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Oxfam: World's 62 richest own as much as poorest 3.6 billion
review_date: 2016-10-07T14:47:29Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/07/oxfam-america/oxfam-worlds-62-richest-own-much-poorest-36-billio/


text: Says Joe Biden is on video "admitting to" election fraud in a "confession."
claimant: Greg Kelly
claim_date: 2021-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Newsmax host recycles out-of-context clip in call for Joe Biden’s impeachment
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/12/greg-kelly/newsmax-host-recycles-out-context-clip-call-joe-bi/


text: “Schumer and Pelosi sneak funding into COVID bill.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Did Charles Schumer and Nancy Pelosi sneak money into the COVID-19 relief bill?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/11/blog-posting/did-schumer-and-pelosi-sneak-money-covid-19-relief/


text: “BREAKING Trump preps Marines to stop presidential coup.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump isn’t commander in chief anymore; he’s not preparing U.S. Marines to stop ‘coup’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/28/facebook-posts/donald-trump-isnt-commander-in-chief-anymore-hes-n/


text: Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook posts wrongly claim left-wing activist, antifa ‘incited’ US Capitol mob
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/09/facebook-posts/facebook-posts-wrongly-claim-left-wing-activist-an/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Jim Jordan doesn’t insult Adam Schiff in video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, telling U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., that he is “not even an expert” and shutting him up.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/23/facebook-posts/jim-jordan-doesnt-insult-adam-schiff-in-video/


text: Photo shows “Lynn Rothschild and her eating babies decor.”
claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2019-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of Lynn Forester de Rothschild has been doctored
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/20/tweets/photo-lynn-forester-de-rothschild-has-been-doctore/


text: The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Trump's misleading claim on pre-existing protections in Graham-Cassidy
review_date: 2017-09-21T21:43:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/21/donald-trump/trumps-misleading-claim-pre-existing-protections/


text: Says ex-Minneapolis officer accused of killing George Floyd commits suicide in prison cell.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin did not die in jail
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/blog-posting/ex-minneapolis-police-officer-derek-chauvin-did-no/


text: "More than 66% of ALL births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2018-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Viral image overstates births to undocumented mothers in California
review_date: 2018-07-05T16:52:50Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/05/viral-image/viral-image-overstates-births-undocumented-mothers/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/03/trumps-bad-advice-going-polls-verify-if-your-mail-/
title: Trump’s bad advice on going to polls to verify if your mail ballot was counted
textual_rating: Bad advice
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Well, they'll go out and they'll vote, and they're going to have to go and check their vote by going to the poll and voting that way, because if it tabulates, then they won't be able to do that. So let them send it in, and let them go vote. And if their system is as good as they say it is, then obviously they won't be able to vote. If it isn't tabulated, they'll be able to vote. So that's the way it is, and that's what they should do. … If they haven't counted it, you can vote. So, that's the way I view it."


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders overplays Canada's out-of-pocket health care costs
review_date: 2019-02-22T17:00:18Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"In Canada, for a number of decades, they have provided quality care to all people without out-of-pocket expenses. You go in for cancer therapy, you don't take out your wallet."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/22/bernie-sanders/sanders-skips-canada-out-pocket-health/


claimant: Thomas Croci
claim_date: 2017-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Some sex offenders will be allowed to drive for Uber and Lyft
review_date: 2017-05-08T21:30:35Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In some cases, a sex offender "who appears on the New York State Sex Offender Registry" would be able to drive for Uber or Lyft when ride-hailing is allowed upstate in July

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/08/thomas-croci/some-sex-offenders-will-be-allowed-drive-uber-and-/


text: “Skin cancer is a relatively new phenomenon in the last 60 years or so.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Skin cancer didn’t emerge in the last 60 years. It dates to at least 1804
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/01/instagram-posts/skin-cancer-didnt-emerge-in-the-last-60-years-it-d/


claimant: Republican Members
claim_date: 2018-02-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/feb/02/lawmakers-clash-over-gop-intel-memos-accuracy/
title: Fight erupts over GOP intel memo’s accuracy
review_date: 2018-02-02T17:46:15Z
textual_rating: Under Dispute
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Steele dossier "formed an essential part" of a surveillance warrant against a Trump campaign adviser


text: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2023-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Are more than half of felony charges in Manhattan downgraded? Yes, but it’s common elsewhere, too
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/08/ron-desantis/are-more-half-felony-charges-manhattan-downgraded/


text: Says the word newspaper stands for "north, east, west, south, past and present event report."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, ‘newspaper’ isn’t an acronym for ‘north, east, west, south, past and present event report’
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/18/facebook-posts/no-newspaper-isnt-acronym-north-east-west-south-pa/


claimant: Tweets
claim_date: 2021-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: US-Mexico border not ‘wide open,’ most people trying to enter US are turned away
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden “is restricting travel for Americans into Mexico, but is keeping the border wide open for illegal aliens to walk right into our country.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/28/tweets/us-mexico-border-not-wide-open-most-people-trying-/


text: Polio wasn’t eradicated in the United States by a vaccine.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: DDT ban didn’t stop U.S. polio epidemic, vaccines did
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/instagram-posts/ddt-ban-didnt-stop-us-polio-epidemic-vaccines-did/


text: Democrats “are trying to ban voter ID.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2022-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Trump says Democrats are trying to 'ban voter ID.' That’s misleading.
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/11/donald-trump/trump-says-democrats-are-trying-ban-voter-id-s-mis/


text: The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”
claimant: Chuck Grassley
claim_date: 2021-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Mining lithium poses environmental risks. The Biden administration isn’t ignoring them
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/09/chuck-grassley/mining-lithium-poses-environmental-risks-biden-adm/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jan/08/live-fact-checking-president-donald-trumps-immigra/
title: Live fact-checking President Donald Trump's immigration address
review_date: 2019-01-09T14:53:07Z
textual_rating: Inflates the numbers
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes, and 4,000 violent killings.”


text: In South Florida “all children and adults must remain in their homes” due to coronavirus.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a false claim about lockdowns in South Florida cities
review_date: 2020-03-17T21:27:43Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/facebook-posts/fact-checking-false-claim-about-lockdowns-south-fl/


text: Says Texas "high school graduation rates are at all-time highs."
claimant: Greg Abbott
claim_date: 2018-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Greg Abbott says Texas enjoying record high-school graduation rate
review_date: 2018-09-07T17:51:39Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/07/greg-abbott/greg-abbott-says-texas-enjoying-record-high-school/


claimant: Sylvester Turner
claim_date: 2016-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Sylvester Turner overstates number of solo drivers
review_date: 2016-05-06T22:07:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have been focusing so much, especially the Texas Department of Transportation, on that 97 percent of people in single-occupancy vehicles."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/06/sylvester-turner/sylvester-turner-overstates-number-solo-drivers/


claimant: Paul Soglin
claim_date: 2018-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Gubernatorial candidate Paul Soglin's claim on how often guns are used for self defense
review_date: 2018-07-12T18:19:51Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If there is a firearm available, it is 17 times more likely to be used either for suicide or for assaulting a friend, relative, an acquaintance than it is to be used in fending off an intruder."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/12/paul-soglin/gubernatorial-candidate-paul-soglins-claim-about-g/


text: President Joe Biden is “in Gitmo.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, President Joe Biden isn’t in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/09/facebook-posts/no-president-joe-biden-isnt-in-the-guantanamo-bay/


text: Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Michigan governor didn’t have a family event in reopened region
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/29/facebook-posts/michigan-governor-didnt-have-family-event-reopened/


claimant: Hannah Willard
claim_date: 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: How often are guns sold without background checks?
review_date: 2017-03-16T22:52:43Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Experts estimate that 40 percent of gun sales occur in no-questions-asked transactions that often take place at gun shows or on the Internet."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/16/hannah-willard/do-40-gun-sales-lack-background-checks-new-data-sa/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Images of dueling protests are real, but both didn’t happen in Minnesota in May
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says an image of armed anti-lockdown protesters and an image of unarmed Minneapolis protesters being tear gassed were taken in the “same state, same month.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/29/viral-image/images-dueling-protests-are-real-both-didnt-happen/


text: Regarding her State Department email practices, "my predecessors did the same thing."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton said 'my predecessors did the same thing' with email
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:39:27Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-said-my-predecessors-did-same-thin/


text: "I've cut the budget of the (lieutenant governor’s) office by more than half."
claimant: Carlos Lopez-Cantera
claim_date: 2016-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Carlos Lopez-Cantera says he slashed his office budget
review_date: 2016-06-06T15:34:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/06/carlos-lopez-cantera/carlos-lopez-cantera-says-he-slashed-his-office-bu/


claimant: Richard Ojeda
claim_date: 2019-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: What percentage of Americans have alcohol use disorder?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/19/richard-ojeda/what-percentage-americans-have-alcohol-use-disorde/


text: Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%.
claimant: J.D. Vance
claim_date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: What’s ‘love’ got to do with it? Ad shows Ryan’s support for Pelosi, but omits bid to replace her
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/04/jd-vance/whats-love-got-do-it-ad-shows-ryans-support-pelosi/


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: Omits patients diagnosed abroad
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have a total of 15 people, and they’re in a process of recovering with some already having fully recovered."


text: Says white vans with external locks are “utilized for sex trafficking.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no proof that white vans, external locks are being used for sex trafficking
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/facebook-posts/theres-no-proof-white-vans-external-locks-are-bein/


text: The dog dewormer fenbendazole can cure cancer in humans.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that the dog deworming drug fenbendazole can cure human cancer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/20/facebook-posts/no-proof-dog-deworming-drug-fenbendazole-can-cure/


text: "Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment."
claimant: Howard Dean
claim_date: 1992-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Howard Dean's wrong tweet that the Constitution doesn't protect 'hate speech'
review_date: 2017-04-21T21:27:07Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/21/howard-dean/howard-deans-wrong-tweet-constitution-doesnt-prote/


text: "96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking a talking point about ‘corrupted’ climate change data
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/19/facebook-posts/fact-checking-talking-point-about-corrupted-climat/


text: In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."
claimant: Newt Gingrich
claim_date: 2017-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Was Barack Obama's best economic year worse than Bill Clinton's weakest?
review_date: 2017-07-27T21:06:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/27/newt-gingrich/was-barack-obamas-best-economic-year-worse-bill-cl/


text: "70% of Americans in poverty are white."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: About 40% of people living in poverty are non-Hispanic white
review_date: 2019-05-17T17:19:04Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/16/viral-image/about-40-people-living-poverty-are-non-hispanic-wh/


text: Reuters reported that “White House employee Andrew Bates did use Nazi symbolism in a recent tweet."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2022-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Reuters didn’t report that a White House staffer used a Nazi symbol in a tweet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/16/facebook-posts/reuters-didnt-report-white-house-staffer-used-nazi/


claimant: Karl Racine
claim_date: 2017-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Did Saudis spend money on Trump hotels? Yes
review_date: 2017-06-19T19:06:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose government has important business and policy before the president of the United States, has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump International Hotel."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/19/karl-racine/did-saudis-spend-money-trump-hotels-yes/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-30T00:00:00Z
title: Pants on Fire! Trump says Clinton would let 650 million people into the U.S., in one week
review_date: 2016-10-31T20:27:25Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to let people just pour in. You could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. Think of it. That’s what could happen. You triple the size of our country in one week."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/31/donald-trump/trump-says-clinton-would-bring-650-million-people-/


text: “Trump said ‘hundreds’ of governors are calling him…& we only have 50.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Donald Trump said ‘hundreds’ of governors called him
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/24/facebook-posts/no-evidence-donald-trump-said-hundreds-governors-c/


text: Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden wrong when he says Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/joe-biden/biden-wrong-when-he-says-trump-hasnt-condemned-dav/


text: The CDC “adjusted the US Covid deaths from 153,504 to 9,210.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, the CDC did not ‘quietly adjust’ US coronavirus deaths
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/31/facebook-posts/no-cdc-did-not-quietly-adjust-us-coronavirus-death/


text: Goodwill used the pandemic “to fire all of their employees instead of laying them off.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Some Goodwill employees have been laid off and furloughed because of the pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/07/facebook-posts/some-goodwill-employees-have-been-laid-and-furloug/


text: "We have never done business with Donald Trump."
claimant: Patrick Murphy
claim_date: 2016-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Patrick Murphy says his family never did business with Donald Trump, but it's more complicated
review_date: 2016-10-26T17:21:57Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/26/patrick-murphy/patrick-murphy-says-his-family-never-did-business-/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence Dennis Miller said this about the Ghislaine Maxwell trial
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Dennis Miller said that if he didn’t see women protesting the Ghislaine Maxwell trial verdict “you're all frauds. This isn't justice for those women, this is a joke."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/28/viral-image/no-evidence-dennis-miller-said-about-ghislaine-max/


text: Joe Radinovich "was cited 30 times for not paying court fines."
claimant: Congressional Leadership Fund
claim_date: 2018-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Radinovich is no stranger to traffic court
review_date: 2018-09-10T16:21:56Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/10/congressional-leadership-fund/joe-radinovich-no-stranger-traffic-court/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2017-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Does it cost $75K per year to lock up an inmate in California?
review_date: 2017-08-10T00:40:57Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/09/kamala-harris/does-it-cost-75k-year-lock-inmate-california/


claimant: Matt Rothschild
claim_date: 2019-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin Democracy Campaign hits and misses with claims against National Rifle Association
review_date: 2019-01-25T19:54:06Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The NRA is "one of the biggest lobbyists here in the capital. They spend a ton of money during elections. … they spent more than a million dollars here in Wisconsin on the 2018 elections. Most of that was for Walker, or more specifically against Evers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/24/matthew-rothschild/wisconsin-democracy-hits-and-misses-claims-against/


text: “Putin decimates another adrenochrome warehouse in Ukraine.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Claims that Vladimir Putin destroyed an ‘adrenochrome warehouse in Ukraine’ lack evidence
review_date: 2023-02-23T22:32:49Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/23/blog-posting/claims-that-vladimir-putin-destroyed-an-adrenochro/


text: Says there’s "never (been) so many apprehensions ever in our history."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely says there's 'never' been so many border apprehensions
review_date: 2019-01-11T19:09:57Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-says-theres-never-been-so-man/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, this photo doesn’t show abandoned French electric cars
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows electric cars that were bought for civil servants in France and then abandoned because “it was too expensive to replace the batteries.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/10/viral-image/no-photo-doesnt-show-abandoned-french-electric-car/


text: “The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”
claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2023-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Is Tim Scott right that a record-low share of working-age men are working today?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/24/tim-scott/is-tim-scott-right-that-a-record-low-share-of-work/


text: “A Pfizer warehouse full of Covid vaccines was just DESTROYED BY A TORNADO in North Carolina.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Pfizer facility destroyed by tornado didn’t manufacture COVID-19 vaccines
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/24/instagram-posts/pfizer-facility-destroyed-by-tornado-didnt-manufac/


claimant: Funny Or Die
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/jul/25/fact-checking-opening-night-democratic-national-co/
title: Fact-checking the first night of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia
review_date: 2016-07-26T03:28:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Trump shirts are made in Bangladesh, Trump suits in Mexico, Trump Vodka in the Netherlands, Trump crystal barware in Slovenia and his cufflinks and ties in China.


claimant: Funny Or Die
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking the Funny Or Die video about Trump-brand products made overseas
review_date: 2016-07-26T03:28:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Trump shirts are made in Bangladesh, Trump suits in Mexico, Trump Vodka in the Netherlands, Trump crystal barware in Slovenia and his cufflinks and ties in China.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/26/funny-or-die/fact-checking-funny-or-die-video-about-trump-brand/


text: A man at "the storming of the U.S. embassy" in Iraq visited the White House in 2011.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: It's True. Man photographed at Baghdad U.S. embassy protest visited the White House in 2011
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/08/viral-image/man-photographed-us-embassy-protest-visited-white-/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/aug/04/fact-checking-donald-trumps-axios-interview/
title: Fact-checking 22 claims from Donald Trump's Axios interview
review_date: 2020-08-04T21:16:55Z
textual_rating: Double count
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
At Trump’s Tulsa rally "we had 12,000 people, not 6,000, which you reported and other people reported."


text: "Twitter reaches only 15 percent of the population."
claimant: Mark Cuban
claim_date: 2017-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Mark Cuban says Twitter 'reaches only 15% of the population'
review_date: 2017-07-26T22:40:21Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jul/26/mark-cuban/mark-cuban-says-twitter-reaches-only-15-population/


text: Says Joe Manchin displayed an "unwillingness to change the failed Obamacare."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Patrick Morrisey says Joe Manchin won't budge on Obamacare, ignoring bipartisan efforts
review_date: 2018-05-15T14:30:37Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/15/patrick-morrisey/patrick-morrisey-says-joe-manchin-wont-budge-obama/


text: A photo of a deer standing near a burned down residence is from the Australia wildfires.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of deer in burned rubble is from California, not Australia
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/07/viral-image/photo-deer-burned-rubble-california-not-australia/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-06-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jul/11/does-us-womens-soccer-team-bring-more-revenue-get-/
title: Does the U.S. women’s soccer team bring in more revenue but get paid less than the men?
textual_rating: Best we can tell
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The @USWNT is #1 in the world & contributes higher revenues for @USSoccer than the men’s team, but they’re still paid a fraction of what the men earn"


claimant: Matt Schlapp
claim_date: 2020-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Matt Schlapp’s baseless claim that 9,000 Nevada mail ballots are illegitimate
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
As an example of voter fraud, “we have literally 9,000 people who voted in this election (in Nevada) who don’t live in Nevada.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/11/matt-schlapp/matt-schlapps-baseless-claim-9000-nevada-mail-ball/


claimant: Tim Scott
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Tim Scott is wrong about more illegal immigration under Biden than under Trump and Obama combined
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“There have been more illegal encounters under Biden than the previous two administrations combined."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/26/tim-scott/tim-scott-is-wrong-about-more-illegal-immigration/


text: Says Stephen F. Austin and James Bowie promoted slavery.
claimant: Ann Teich
claim_date: 2018-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Austin school board member says Stephen F. Austin and James Bowie each promoted slavery
review_date: 2018-03-01T22:53:26Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/01/ann-teich/austin-school-board-member-says-stephen-f-austin-a/


claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Cutting Wisconsin prison population 50% wouldn't 'require' release of thousands of violent felons
review_date: 2018-08-09T20:39:50Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"A number of Democrats running for governor want to cut the prison population by 50%" and "that would require the release of thousands of violent felons."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/09/scott-walker/cutting-wisconsin-prison-population-50-wouldnt-req/


text: Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”
claimant: Van Wanggaard, R-Racine
claim_date: 2021-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Foxconn is the largest taxpayer in Racine County
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/27/van-wanggaard/yes-foxconn-largest-taxpayer-racine-county/


text: Says a photo shows Brett Kavanaugh passed out.
claimant: According to Hank
claim_date: 2018-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, a photo does not show Brett Kavanaugh passed out from drinking
review_date: 2018-10-02T18:53:41Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/02/blog-posting/photo-brett-kavanaugh-passed-out-drinking/


claimant: President Trump's lawyers
claim_date: 2018-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Was initial Trump statement on Trump Tower meeting accurate, as lawyers' memo said?
review_date: 2018-06-07T19:21:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Say President Donald Trump "dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article" about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/07/president-trumps-lawyers/was-initial-trump-statement-ny-times-accurate-lawy/


text: Says the 2019 coronavirus "causes sudden death syndrome."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that coronavirus causes sudden death syndrome
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/11/facebook-posts/no-evidence-coronavirus-causes-sudden-death-syndro/


text: "Democrats have forced a special election"
claimant: NC GOP
claim_date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: NC GOP falsely says Democrats 'forced' a special election
review_date: 2019-03-15T16:52:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/15/north-carolina-republican-party/nc-gop-falsely-says-democrats-forced-special-elect/


text: Former President Donald Trump is actually another man wearing a Trump mask.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Is that a masked man? No, that’s really Donald Trump.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/04/facebook-posts/is-that-a-masked-man-no-thats-really-donald-trump/


text: "All Citizens Who Want to Receive Gvt Benefits Must Agree to Be Microchipped in the Near Future"
claimant: Anti News Network
claim_date: 2018-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence for website's claim about microchipping government benefits recipients
review_date: 2018-04-09T20:56:05Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/apr/09/blog-posting/no-evidence-websites-claim-about-microchipping-rec/


text: Golfer John Daly commented on soccer player Megan Rapinoe “choking” during the World Cup.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, golfer John Daly didn’t say this about soccer star Megan Rapinoe
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/09/viral-image/no-golfer-john-daly-didnt-say-this-about-soccer-st/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: No, illegal immigrants and refugees are not causing six eradicated diseases to come back
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says six eradicated diseases such as whooping cough and the bubonic plague are making a comeback "thanks to refugees and illegal immigrants."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/10/facebook-posts/no-illegal-immigrants-and-refugees-are-not-causing/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2021-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: No, the FBI isn’t adding ‘threat tags’ for parents who protest school boards
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“The FBI is using its counterterrorism division to investigate and add ‘threat tags’ to parents who are protesting school boards.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/19/facebook-posts/no-fbi-isnt-adding-threat-tags-parents-who-protest/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: No, Marcus Aurelius didn’t say this about opinions and facts
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Marcus Aurelius said, "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/26/viral-image/no-marcus-aurelius-didnt-say-about-opinions-and-fa/


claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Patrick Morrisey on positions held by Joe Manchin
review_date: 2018-10-05T04:44:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Joe Manchin "stands with Hillary Clinton and D.C. Dems on gun control, higher taxes, amnesty, and Planned Parenthood."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/05/patrick-morrisey/fact-checking-patrick-morrisey-positions-held-joe-/


claimant: Josh Hawley
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Hawley’s claim about Pennsylvania’s election law
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Last year, Pennsylvania elected officials passed a whole new law that allows universal mail-in balloting, and did it irregardless of what the Pennsylvania Constitution said.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/josh-hawley/fact-checking-hawleys-claim-about-pennsylvania-mai/


text: Says Raphael Warnock supports boycotts of Georgia to protest voting law.
claimant: National Republican Senatorial Committee
claim_date: 2021-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: GOP ad misstates Warnock’s position on Georgia boycotts and MLB’s shift on All-Star Game
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/13/national-republican-senatorial-committee/gop-ad-misstates-warnocks-position-georgia-boycott/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: The protests over George Floyd’s death are real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests were planned to introduce martial law and “purge” the United States.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/01/viral-image/protests-over-george-floyds-death-are-real/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump is partly correct in response to Jay-Z about black unemployment
review_date: 2018-01-31T01:23:52Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/30/donald-trump/donald-trump-partly-correct-rejoinder-jay-z/


claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2018-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez misrepresents ICE’s detention bed quota
review_date: 2018-07-06T13:49:15Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-misrepresents-ices-detent/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Story about Ghislaine Maxwell, COVID-19 is a hoax
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says BBC prematurely reported “Ghislaine Maxwell moved to intensive care as coronavirus symptoms worsen.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/06/viral-image/story-about-ghislaine-maxwell-covid-19-hoax/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Human bodies aren’t being processed into meat products. The Human Meat Project is ‘conceptual art.’
review_date: 2023-01-11T18:25:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The Human Meat Project is using donated bodies and organs to create “alternative meat consumption options.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/dec/12/facebook-posts/human-bodies-arent-being-processed-into-meat-produ/


text: “Trump just shared a bombshell letter from Stormy Daniels debunking DA Bragg's case.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Did Trump release a ‘bombshell’? No. Stormy Daniels quickly recanted this 2018 letter.
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/27/facebook-posts/did-trump-release-a-bombshell-no-stormy-daniels-qu/


claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2019-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Do 50 million people really lose health coverage each year because of their jobs?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/bernie-sanders/do-50-million-people-really-lose-health-coverage-e/


claimant: Julian Castro
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Julian Castro on Bush's 2005 immigration policy
review_date: 2019-04-05T15:22:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/05/julian-castro/fact-checking-julian-castro-bushs-2005-immigration/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: No, antifa activists aren’t disguising themselves as Trump supporters to riot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An antifa flyer encourages activists “to disguise yourselves as patriots/Trump supporters” on Nov. 4.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/18/viral-image/no-antifa-activists-arent-disguising-themselves-tr/


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2019-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: 20% of health costs are prescription drugs? Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar's claim is close
review_date: 2019-02-25T12:56:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/22/amy-klobuchar/20-health-costs-are-prescription-drugs-presidentia/


claimant: Sean Spicer
claim_date: 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Did Adolf Hitler use chemical weapons? Sean Spicer wrongly says Hitler didn't sink to that level
review_date: 2017-04-11T19:48:30Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/11/sean-spicer/did-adolf-hitler-use-chemical-weapons/


text: "Prop 56 cheats schools out of at least $600 million."
claimant: No on 56
claim_date: 2016-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Big Tobacco blowing smoke in claim about California's Prop 56
review_date: 2016-08-27T00:43:47Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/26/no-56-campaign/big-tobacco-misleads-mostly-false-claim-prop-56-ch/


text: "Southwest Airlines celebrating 50th anniversary by providing 2 free tickets to everyone!"
claimant: Internet Rumors
claim_date: 2017-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Offer for free tickets from Southwest Airlines is a scam
review_date: 2017-11-27T20:19:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/nov/27/soutwest-aircom/offer-free-tickets-southwest-airlines-scam/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jul/31/trump-threatened-end-health-care-coverage-members-/
title: Could Trump end health care 'bailout' for Congress?
review_date: 2017-07-31T21:59:55Z
textual_rating: Experts: Not a bailout
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!"


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: President Trump’s claim of Obamacare ‘bailouts’ for insurance companies
review_date: 2017-08-07T12:44:08Z
textual_rating: Four Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: The Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
text:
"If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!"

url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/07/president-trumps-claim-of-obamacare-bailouts-for-insurance-companies/


claimant: Corey Stewart
claim_date: 2018-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Corey Stewart's misleading comments on Sen. Tim Kaine and Antifa
review_date: 2018-06-20T16:36:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Tim Kaine "approves of and even applauds his son's participation in a known terrorist organization, #Antifa."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/20/corey-stewart/corey-stewarts-comments-sen-tim-kaine-and-antifa/


claimant: Sarah Huckabee Sanders
claim_date: 2017-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Chicago toughest on gun control? A claim shot full of holes
review_date: 2017-10-03T20:35:50Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun-related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in the country. That certainly hasn’t helped there."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/03/sarah-huckabee-sanders/chicago-toughest-gun-control-claim-shot-full-holes/


text: Says Facebook now has a "witch checker."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Viral posts about a Facebook ‘witch checker’ are just a bunch of hocus pocus
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/11/facebook-posts/viral-posts-about-facebook-witch-checker-just-bunc/


claimant: Josh Hawley
claim_date: 2018-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Checking Josh Hawley on whether a gunstock company in his hometown closed down
review_date: 2018-11-05T19:45:38Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/05/josh-hawley/checking-josh-hawley-whether-gunstock-company-his-/


text: "In 2018, we endured a school shooting nearly once a week."
claimant: Alcee Hastings
claim_date: 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
title: Was there one school shooting a week in 2018, as a Florida lawmaker said?
review_date: 2019-02-11T21:59:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/11/alcee-hastings/was-there-one-school-shooting-week-2018-florida-la/


text: Up until 1913 Americans kept all of their earnings.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-11-23T00:00:00Z
title: Modern income tax structure born in 1913, but Americans paid taxes before that
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/facebook-posts/modern-income-tax-structure-born-1913-americans-pa/


text: Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2017-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Is illegal immigration the lowest in 17 years, as Trump said?
review_date: 2017-04-25T21:18:06Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/25/donald-trump/illegal-immigration-lowest-17-years-trump-said/


claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2019-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: That viral photo of migrants on a ship during World War II you’re seeing online? It’s miscaptioned
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/viral-image/viral-photo-migrants-ship-during-world-war-ii-your/


claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Is Beto O'Rourke the only Senate candidate to call for Donald Trump's impeachment?
review_date: 2018-07-25T19:20:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Beto O’Rourke is "the only candidate to the U.S. Senate to call for" impeaching President Donald Trump.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/25/ted-cruz/beto-orourke-only-senate-candidate-call-donald-tru/


text: People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.”
claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking DeSantis on COVID-19 natural immunity
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/15/ron-desantis/fact-checking-desantis-covid-19-natural-immunity/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2016-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: At 'Three Amigos' summit, Obama overshoots trade benefits between Mexico, Canada
review_date: 2016-07-06T14:03:52Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/05/barack-obama/obama-incorrectly-characterizes-job-growth-due-inc/


text: “The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-09-18T00:00:00Z
title: Local NAACP wants Confederate carving on Stone Mountain, Ga., covered or removed
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/27/viral-image/local-naacp-wants-confederate-carving-stone-mounta/


text: Video shows House Speaker Kevin McCarthy calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to “step down.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Video of an old U.S. House floor speech is repackaged with false advertising
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/04/facebook-posts/video-of-an-old-us-house-floor-speech-is-repackage/


text: "It is a fact that the economy does better when we have a Democrat in the White House."
claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton repeats Half True claim economy does better with Democrat in White House
review_date: 2016-06-08T20:08:29Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/08/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-repeats-half-true-claim-about-nati/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Human remains, aircraft debris recovered from 9/11 crash sites
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
No human remains or aircraft debris were found at the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/19/instagram-posts/human-remains-aircraft-debris-recovered-from-911-c/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims about chain migration, NYC terror suspect
review_date: 2018-01-24T17:14:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/24/donald-trump/donald-trumps-unsubstantiated-claims-about-chain-m/


text: "We’ve already started (the border wall). We started it in San Diego."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Has construction 'already started' on Trump’s border wall in San Diego?
review_date: 2018-06-26T22:08:22Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/26/donald-trump/has-construction-already-started-trumps-border-wal/


claimant: Duf Sundheim
claim_date: 2016-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Duf Sundheim wrongly says California's violent crime rate is up 34 percent
review_date: 2016-05-11T05:24:03Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. … And that’s just within the last year."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/11/duf-sundheim/duf-sundheim-wrongly-says-californias-violent-crim/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: No, Eric Trump didn't say only the president should have an election
review_date: 2019-02-14T20:48:28Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Eric Trump said, "The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/14/viral-image/no-eric-trump-didnt-say-only-president-should-have/


claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Do the fish swim in the streets of Miami at high tide, as Barack Obama said in Paris?
review_date: 2017-06-06T17:05:37Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"You go down to Miami and when it's flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/dec/04/barack-obama/do-fish-swim-streets-miami-high-tide-barack-obama-/


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, San Francisco residents formed Anti-Mask League during 1918 flu
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/24/facebook-posts/yes-san-francisco-residents-formed-anti-mask-leagu/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2018-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Jeff Sessions' false claim that 80 percent of asylum applications are without merit
review_date: 2018-07-02T12:34:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our courts find that 80 percent of those who do file for asylum aren’t qualified for it, do not merit that relief."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/02/jeff-sessions/jeff-sesssions-false-claim-80-percent-asylum-appli/


text: President Trump was "kicked off" the California ballot
claimant: California Republican Party
claim_date: 2019-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, President Trump wasn’t ‘kicked off’ the California ballot. That’s Pants on Fire.
review_date: 2019-08-08T21:16:11Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/08/california-republican-party/no-president-trump-wasnt-kicked-california-ballot-/


text: “Paris police beat a woman for shopping at a mall with no vaccine passport.”
claimant: TikTok
claim_date: 2021-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Women shown in video were anti-vaccine protesters, not shoppers
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/12/tiktok-posts/women-shown-video-were-anti-vaccine-protesters-not/


text: “It is the vaccinated, NOT the unvaccinated, spreading mutant variants.”
claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2021-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Evidence shows that COVID-19 variants are largely spread among unvaccinated people
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/25/facebook-posts/evidence-shows-covid-19-variants-are-largely-sprea/


text: Student loan forgiveness is “passed. I got it passed by a vote or two. And it’s in effect.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2022-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden’s false claims about student loan forgiveness
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/25/joe-biden/joe-bidens-false-claims-about-student-loan-forgive/


text: “COVID cases in India plummet after government promotes ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine use.”
claimant: Gateway Pundit
claim_date: 2021-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: No proof that drugs not approved in US for COVID-19 caused drop in cases in India
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/21/gateway-pundit/no-proof-drugs-not-approved-us-covid-19-caused-dro/


claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2010-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence says raising taxes lowers tax revenues
review_date: 2016-07-15T13:52:33Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2010/nov/09/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-raising-taxes-lowers-tax-revenues/


claimant: Markwayne Mullin
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Facebook meme from OK House member distorts Obama's economic record
review_date: 2018-02-02T16:14:09Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/02/markwayne-mullin/gop-congressman-distorts-obamas-economic-record/


text: Sometimes pregnancy is God’s way of comforting rape victims.
claimant: Uspoln
claim_date: 2017-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: ‘Uspoln’ puts rape pregnancy words in ex-US Sen. Rick Santorum’s mouth
review_date: 2017-04-02T14:57:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/02/blog-posting/uspoln-puts-rape-pregnancy-words-ex-us-sen-rick-sa/


claimant: Don Beyer
claim_date: 2106-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Don Beyer wrongly says U.S. has surpluses with all of its trade agreement nations
review_date: 2016-11-28T21:26:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We have trade agreements with 20 countries, and we have trade surpluses with each one of those 20.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/28/don-beyer/don-beyer-wrongly-says-us-has-surpluses-its-trade-/


text: "NASA will pay you $100,000 to stay in bed for 60 days!"
claimant: World Facts FTW
claim_date: 2017-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Don’t believe that NASA will pay you $100,000 to stay in bed
review_date: 2018-07-16T14:41:32Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/16/blog-posting/dont-believe-nasa-will-pay-you-100000-stay-bed/


text: People are attaching HIV-infected needles to gas station pump handles.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: No, those posts about infected needles being hidden in gas pump handles are part of an old hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/24/facebook-posts/no-those-posts-about-infected-needles-being-hidden/


text: Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."
claimant: Great America PAC
claim_date: 2016-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Pro-Donald Trump PAC hits Ted Cruz on amnesty for illegal immigrants, more Syrian refugees in U.S.
review_date: 2016-04-29T18:19:39Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/22/great-america-pac/pro-donald-trump-pac-hits-ted-cruz-amnesty-illegal/


claimant: Club for Growth Action
claim_date: 2022-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto was one of 50 votes, not the deciding vote, on stimulus checks for inmates
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Catherine Cortez Masto "was the deciding vote” to send COVID-19 stimulus checks to more than 1 million prisoners.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/27/club-growth-action/nevada-sen-cortez-masto-was-one-50-votes-not-decid/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-29T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/nov/30/fact-checking-trumps-whopper-laden-interview-maria/
title: Fact-checking Trump’s whopper-laden interview with Maria Bartiromo
review_date: 2020-11-30T22:52:33Z
textual_rating: No evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Many ballots with the name Trump on (them) were thrown out … They found ballots in a river with the name Trump on from the military. They were signed, and they were floating in a river. They found ballots under rocks that had the name Trump on."


text: Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden gets Bernie Sanders’ votes wrong on auto bailout
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/joe-biden/joe-biden-gets-bernie-sanders-votes-wrong-auto-bai/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Hillary Clinton says Cincinnati runs on 100 percent clean power
review_date: 2016-07-01T16:39:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Cincinnati is already one of the biggest cities in the country to run 100 percent on clean energies."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/01/hillary-clinton/clinton-cincinnati-runs-100-percent-clean-power/


text: Rep. Pittenger is “constantly rated as one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress.”
claimant: Rev. Mark Harris
claim_date: 2018-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Is Robert Pittenger among the 'most liberal' Republican congressmen?
review_date: 2018-03-15T13:07:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/15/mark-harris-nc/robert-pittenger-among-most-liberal-republican-con/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Trump supporters falsely tie Nancy Pelosi to broader election misfire scheme
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/09/blog-posting/trump-supporters-falsely-tie-nancy-pelosi-broader-/


text: “A portion of everything you pay A.A.R.P goes directly to the Democratic Party.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, AARP isn’t sending money to the Democratic Party
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/18/facebook-posts/no-aarp-isnt-sending-money-democratic-party/


claimant: Pat Cipollone
claim_date: 2020-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: In Senate trial, Pat Cipollone was wrong on GOP access to SCIF depositions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Not even (House Intelligence Chairman Adam) Schiff’s Republican colleagues were allowed into the SCIF" during the House impeachment investigation.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/21/pat-cipollone/senate-trial-pat-cipollone-was-wrong-gop-access-sc/


text: Nancy Pelosi “made millions in coronavirus insider trading.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: No sign Nancy Pelosi made millions trading on insider coronavirus information
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/30/facebook-posts/no-evidence-nancy-pelosi-made-millions-insider-cor/


text: Image shows Paul Pelosi, bruised, in a booking mugshot.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fake mugshot showing badly bruised Paul Pelosi circulates online
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/14/viral-image/fake-mugshot-showing-badly-bruised-paul-pelosi-cir/


text: Says Joe Biden “will force Americans to pay for abortion — on demand — up to birth.”
claimant: Derrick Van Orden
claim_date: 2021-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Van Orden mischaracterizes what dropping the Hyde Amendment would mean for paying for abortions
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/30/derrick-van-orden/van-orden-mischaracterizes-what-dropping-hyde-amen/


claimant: West Virginia Republican Party
claim_date: 2018-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Did median incomes hit a record level in 2017?
review_date: 2018-11-15T18:57:27Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Middle-class income rose to a record level in 2017 as the strong economy lifted the fortunes of more Americans."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/nov/15/west-virginia-republican-party/did-median-incomes-hit-record-level-2017/


text: “I delivered on my campaign promise for a 10% tax cut for Wisconsin families.”
claimant: Tony Evers
claim_date: 2020-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Evers exaggerates progress on tax cut pledge
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/12/tony-evers/evers-exaggerates-progress-tax-cut-pledge/


claimant: Viral Facebook post
claim_date: 2016-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Viral Facebook claim about Target adding urinals to women’s restroom is Pants On Fire
review_date: 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Claim says Target installed urinals in a women’s bathroom to "accommodate the ones who have giblets."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/26/facebook-posts/viral-facebook-claim-about-target-adding-urinals-w/


text: Nancy Pelosi is no longer the Speaker of the House.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Pelosi is still speaker of the House. Viral video shows standard pro tempore procedure
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/12/facebook-posts/pelosi-still-speaker-house-viral-video-shows-stand/


text: "Breaking: Mike Huckabee just fired!"
claimant: Red State Wave
claim_date: 2018-06-11T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Trump ally Mike Huckabee was fired
review_date: 2018-06-12T20:17:50Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/12/red-state-wave/no-evidence-trump-ally-mike-huckabee-was-fired/


text: Says TikTok found Cassie Compton, who has been missing from Arkansas since 2014.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, TikTok didn’t solve this Arkansas missing-person case
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/10/facebook-posts/no-tiktok-didnt-solve-arkansas-missing-person-case/


text: "The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Viral meme about Al Gore and glaciers is wrong
review_date: 2019-04-02T14:52:29Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/02/viral-image/viral-meme-about-al-gore-and-glaciers-wrong/


text: "The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Meme about the glacial change since Al Gore was born is still wrong
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/nov/05/viral-image/meme-about-glacial-change-al-gore-was-born-still-w/


text: "Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," including Somalia and Ukraine.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump inaccurately disparages Yovanovitch in Somalia, Ukraine
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/15/donald-trump/trump-inaccurately-disparages-yovanovitch-somalia-/


text: West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”
claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, West Virginia is the only state to lose population over the past 70 years
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/25/jim-justice/west-virginia-only-state-decline-population-over-l/


text: Political activists are "being paid" to protest members of Congress.
claimant: Louie Gohmert
claim_date: 2017-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that protesters are paid to disrupt Republican town hall meetings
review_date: 2017-02-27T21:49:10Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/feb/27/louie-gohmert/protesters-are-paid-disrupt-town-hall-meetings-goh/


text: NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: In a sealed room, would snake plants keep you alive? Study doesn’t say that
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/22/facebook-posts/sealed-room-would-snake-plants-keep-you-alive-stud/


text: PepsiCo announced Mountain Dew will be discontinued over health concerns.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mountain Dew isn’t being canceled for being bad for you
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/facebook-posts/no-mountain-dew-isnt-being-canceled-being-bad-you/


text: Say Sen. Lindsey Graham supports the Green New Deal.
claimant: Really Online Lefty League
claim_date: 2019-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Lindsey Graham does not support the Green New Deal
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/28/blog-posting/no-lindsey-graham-does-not-support-green-new-deal/


text: “‘The View’ settles with the Rittenhouses for $22 million and a formal apology.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Post about ‘The View’ and Kyle Rittenhouse is satire; there is no lawsuit settlement
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/13/blog-posting/post-about-the-view-and-kyle-rittenhouse-is-satire/


text: “The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
claimant: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
claim_date: 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez overestimates Trump tax cuts’ contribution to national debt
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/feb/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wrong-that-trump-tax-cuts/


text: "Kavanaugh accuser’s brother’s firm linked to Fusion GPS."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2018-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, Christine Blasey Ford's brother isn't linked to Fusion GPS, Russia investigation
review_date: 2018-09-21T14:09:46Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/sep/21/blog-posting/no-christine-blasey-fords-brother-isnt-linked-russ/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Masks do not kill people and do not reduce blood oxygen levels
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Masks will kill quite a few people, it’s well known that they reduce blood oxygen levels and those with respiratory and cardiac disorders will die.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/03/facebook-posts/masks-do-not-kill-people-and-do-not-reduce-blood-o/


text: "The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: At DNC, Bernie Sanders repeats claim that top one-tenth of 1% owns as much wealth as bottom 90%
review_date: 2016-07-26T04:22:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/26/bernie-sanders/dnc-bernie-sanders-repeats-claim-top-one-tenth-1-o/


text: "The impending work stoppage is unlawful."
claimant: Patrick Morrisey
claim_date: 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Precedent says West Virginia teacher's strike isn't lawful
review_date: 2018-02-26T22:12:30Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/26/patrick-morrisey/precedent-says-west-virginia-teachers-strike-isnt-/


claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2016-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Ryan: If someone "on a terror watch list" tries to buy a gun, authorities are notified
review_date: 2016-09-08T15:32:00Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the current procedure, if someone "on a terror watch list" tries to buy a gun, authorities are notified.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/02/paul-ryan/paul-ryan-if-someone-terror-watch-list-tries-buy-g/


text: Says Section 1325 of U.S. immigration law was "put into place in 1929, by a segregationist."
claimant: Julián Castro
claim_date: 2019-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: When did it become a crime to cross the U.S.-Mexico border?
review_date: 2019-07-15T14:38:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/12/julian-castro/when-did-it-become-crime-cross-us-mexico-border/


claimant: Joe Cunningham
claim_date: 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Airhorn-blasting congressman mostly right about seismic airgun intensity
review_date: 2019-03-15T20:48:44Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/15/joe-cunningham/yes-airguns-used-oil-gas-exploration-are-16000-tim/


text: A BBC radio station resumed playing dance music after announcing Queen Elizabeth II had died.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, a BBC radio station didn’t resume normal programming after queen’s death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/09/instagram-posts/no-bbc-radio-station-didnt-resume-normal-programmi/


claimant: Deborah Ross
claim_date: 2016-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Attack ad hits Sen. Richard Burr on votes to cut taxes for millionaires
review_date: 2016-10-12T21:07:28Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says in Washington, D.C., Sen. Richard Burr "took millions from special interests, went there and cashed in, voted to cut (his) own taxes and raise taxes on working folks."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/25/deborah-ross/attack-ad-hits-sen-richard-burr-votes-cut-taxes-mi/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/aug/15/donald-trumps-speech-about-fighting-radical-islami/
title: Donald Trump's speech about fighting 'radical Islamic terrorism,' fact-checked
review_date: 2016-06-14T15:02:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton wants to let 500 percent more Syrians into the U.S.
review_date: 2016-06-14T15:02:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-wants-let-500-pe/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Yes, Joe Biden has released 22 years of tax returns online
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/31/joe-biden/yes-joe-biden-has-released-22-years-tax-returns-on/


text: “Putin destroys adrenochrome lab in Ukraine.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2023-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fabricated story falsely claims Vladimir Putin destroyed an adrenochrome lab in Ukraine
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/25/blog-posting/fabricated-story-falsely-claims-vladimir-putin-des/


claimant: Instagram post
claim_date: 2023-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. Air Force didn’t conduct AI simulation in which military drone killed operator, official says
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
In a simulation, an AI-enabled drone operated by the U.S. Air Force killed its operators and “started taking out communication towers.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/05/instagram-posts/us-air-force-didnt-conduct-ai-simulation-in-which/


claimant: Center for American Progress
claim_date: 2017-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Is Trump's Cabinet more white and male than any first cabinet since Reagan?
review_date: 2017-04-26T15:21:05Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Trump's Cabinet is more white and more male than any first Cabinet since President Ronald Reagan’s."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/26/center-american-progress/true-trumps-cabinet-more-white-and-more-male-any-f/


text: Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.
claimant: U.S. Census Bureau
claim_date: 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Americans must answer U.S. Census Bureau survey by law, though agency hasn't prosecuted since 1970
review_date: 2016-05-12T22:56:11Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/jan/09/us-census-bureau/americans-must-answer-us-census-bureau-survey-law-/


text: Says Joe Biden said, “We don’t need any more N***** bigshots.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Biden was quoting a memo during a Senate hearing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/22/viral-image/biden-was-quoting-memo-during-senate-hearing/


claimant: Mike Purpura
claim_date: 2020-01-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jan/28/fact-checking-trump-impeachment-defense/
title: Fact-checking the impeachment defense of Donald Trump
review_date: 2020-01-28T22:49:15Z
textual_rating: Needs context
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Security assistance flowed on Sept. 11 and a presidential meeting took place on Sept. 25 without the Ukrainian government announcing any investigations."


text: After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption."
claimant: John Hickenlooper
claim_date: 2019-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Did marijuana use in Colorado spike after legalization?
review_date: 2019-03-25T19:53:59Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/25/john-hickenlooper/did-spike-marijuana-use-colorado-after-legal/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: No, Trump didn’t tweet that George Floyd’s family was ‘honored’ to hear from him
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says President Trump tweeted that he spoke with George Floyd’s family and said they were “honored” to hear from him.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/02/facebook-posts/no-trump-didnt-tweet-george-floyds-family-was-hono/


text: Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids."
claimant: American Action Network
claim_date: 2022-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Most relief from Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan flows to lower-income borrowers, not higher
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/31/american-action-network/most-relief-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-f/


text: "Collusion is not a crime."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says collusion is not a crime. That's not right.
review_date: 2018-07-31T22:50:50Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/31/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-collusion-no-crime-right/


text: Video shows President Joe Biden falling asleep “on live TV.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Video doesn’t show President Joe Biden sleeping during TV interview
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/08/viral-image/video-doesnt-show-president-joe-biden-sleeping-dur/


text: On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2020-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Baldwin flip-flops on SCOTUS nominations in a presidential election year
textual_rating: Full Flop
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/sep/22/tammy-baldwin/baldwin-flip-flops-scotus-nominations-presidential/


text: "The top 1% pays 90% of income taxes.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: A rip on AOC’s dress misses with claim that the top 1% pay 90% of income taxes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/14/facebook-posts/rip-aocs-dress-misses-claim-top-1-pay-90-income-ta/


text: Says that for two weeks after you get a flu shot you are an "active, live walking virus."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: No, you’re not an ‘active, live walking virus’ for 2 weeks following a flu shot
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/16/facebook-posts/no-youre-not-active-live-walking-virus-2-weeks-fol/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: VAERS data misused to spread fears about vaccine’s impact on fetal health
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots as New Documents Prove Pfizer, the FDA, and the CDC Knew the Shots Were Not Safe for Pregnant Women"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/15/blog-posting/vaers-data-misused-spread-fears-about-vaccines-imp/


claimant: Celia Israel
claim_date: 2016-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Celia Israel says per-student education spending flat with 2017 expenditures $381 behind 2003
review_date: 2016-05-24T21:05:12Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When adjusted for inflation, (Texas) per-student spending has remained relatively flat over the past 16 years. Despite that trend, Texas schools in 2017 will receive $381 less per student than they did in 2003."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/23/celia-israel/celia-israel-says-student-education-spending-flat-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: No, soldiers guarding Tomb of the Unknown Soldier aren’t carrying live ammunition
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“For the first time, the Honor Guard soldiers that march at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery have been issued live ammunition.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/08/facebook-posts/no-soldiers-guarding-tomb-unknown-soldier-arent-ca/


claimant: Tweet
claim_date: 2023-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Minnesota bill does not create a protected class for child sex offenders
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A Minnesota lawmaker introduced a bill that would make it “illegal to discriminate against child rapists.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/tweets/minnesota-bill-does-not-create-a-protected-class-f/


claimant: Andrew Giuliani
claim_date: 2021-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Claim from Giuliani on Covid-19 spread ‘wrong on every level’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The one good thing about the antibodies if you’ve had it, is it actually is even better than the vaccine, and here's why. With the vaccine you can still transmit, with the antibodies you can't transmit.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/01/andrew-giuliani/giuliani-claim-about-covid-19-transmission-not-bac/


claimant: Ron Johnson
claim_date: 2019-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson overreaches on economic growth claim
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Republican policies have led to business investment growth that’s 10 times faster than what we saw under President Obama."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/09/ron-johnson/wisconsin-gop-sen-ron-johnson-overreaches-economy-/


claimant: Brian Fitzpatrick
claim_date: 2023-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: GOP congressman oversimplifies claim on classified documents amid Biden investigation
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/24/brian-fitzpatrick/gop-congressman-oversimplifies-claim-classified-do/


claimant: Kirsten Gillibrand
claim_date: 2021-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Kirsten Gillibrand on military sexual assaults
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year” and “we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/25/kirsten-gillibrand/fact-checking-kirsten-gillibrand-military-sexual-a/


text: Says the U.S. election system is "rigged."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump's baseless claims about the election being 'rigged'
review_date: 2016-08-15T21:43:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/aug/15/donald-trump/donald-trumps-baseless-claims-about-election-being/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Kirsten Gillibrand did not say undocumented immigrants should get Social Security benefits for free
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said, "Social Security must (be) expanded to illegal immigration, it’s their right."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/05/facebook-posts/kirsten-gillibrand-did-not-say-undocumented-immigr/


text: “Black Lives Matter says it stands with Hamas terrorists in Israeli conflict.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, Black Lives Matter didn’t say it stands with ‘Hamas terrorists’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/20/viral-image/no-black-lives-matter-didnt-say-it-stands-hamas-te/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-04-14T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/16/fact-checking-donald-trumps-criticism-world-health/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s criticism of the World Health Organization
review_date: 2020-04-16T21:33:19Z
textual_rating: No clear early evidence
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There was credible information to suspect human-to-human transmission in December 2019, which should have spurred the WHO to investigate, and investigate immediately. ... Through the middle of January, it parroted and publicly endorsed the idea that there was not human-to-human transmission happening despite reports and clear evidence to the contrary."


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: Ballots sent to both parties
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"They send 80 million ballots out. Where are they going? Who are they sending them to? Are they sending them to certain areas and not other areas? Are they sending them to Democrat areas? These are all controlled by Democrat governors, like your politically motivated governor. "


claimant: Phil Berger
claim_date: 2017-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Top NC Republican accuses Democratic governor of halting the death penalty
review_date: 2018-01-03T23:04:34Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/03/phil-berger/top-nc-republican-accuses-democratic-governor-halt/


text: “Most of these killers tend to be 18, 19 years old.”
claimant: Chris Murphy
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Sen. Chris Murphy on the ages of mass shooters
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/25/chris-murphy/fact-checking-chris-murphy-ages-mass-shooters/


claimant: Bryan Steil
claim_date: 2019-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Steil errs comparing Donald Trump impeachment rights to Clinton, Nixon
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The House impeachment rules resolution "does not provide the president with due process protections that were afforded to both President Clinton and President Nixon."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/05/bryan-steil/steil-errs-comparing-trump-clinton-nixon-impeachme/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2020-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Warren is right. Presidents have the power to address drug pricing without congressional help
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The president of the United States already has the legal authority to reduce the price of many commonly used prescription drugs."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/29/elizabeth-warren/warren-right-presidents-have-power-address-drug-pr/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, the daughter of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper didn’t just have a huge wedding
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s “daughter is having a big wedding today. 500 people. Then going to lock you down on Monday.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/23/facebook-posts/no-daughter-north-carolina-gov-roy-cooper-didnt-ju/


claimant: Top Stories USA
claim_date: 2018-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: No, Christine Blasey Ford didn't say she used a cell phone after alleged attack
review_date: 2018-10-02T20:50:40Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Christine Blasey Ford claims that she called a friend on her cell phone after the ‘attack’ in or around 1982."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/02/top-stories-usa/no-christine-blasey-ford-didnt-say-she-used-cell-p/


text: Video shows “Mel Gibson exposing Hollywood elites and the satanic child trafficking.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Mel Gibson criticized the Vatican in this 2021 video, not Hollywood
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/21/facebook-posts/mel-gibson-criticized-the-vatican-in-this-2021-vid/


text: A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Ex-Minneapolis cop misidentified in photo of man wearing a ‘Make Whites Great Again’ hat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/27/facebook-posts/ex-minneapolis-cop-misidentified-photo-man-wearing/


text: “Biden did not win legally.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden won the presidential election legally
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/14/facebook-posts/joe-biden-won-presidential-election-legally/


claimant: Sean Spicer
claim_date: 2017-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Spicer's misleading claim that Trump's National Security Council is 'identical' to Bush's, Obama's
review_date: 2017-01-31T22:10:32Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The language that's part of the president's National Security Council memo "is identical to the language" used by President George W. Bush in 2001 and President Barack Obama in 2009.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/31/sean-spicer/spicers-misleading-claim-trumps-national-security-/


text: Says Hillary Clinton "wanted the wall."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton fought for a wall between U.S., Mexico
review_date: 2016-10-20T04:14:47Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-fought-wall-betw/


text: Ron DeSantis let "millions of COVID-19 tests expire."
claimant: Charlie Crist
claim_date: 2022-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Charlie Crist overstates in claim about ‘millions’ of expired COVID-19 tests in Florida
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/04/charlie-crist/charlie-crist-overstates-claim-about-millions-expi/


text: "This year, a majority of states are seeing premiums and costs double" under Obamacare.
claimant: James Lankford
claim_date: 2017-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Did Obamacare premiums double in most states this year? No
review_date: 2017-05-25T20:56:59Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/25/james-lankford/did-obamacare-premiums-double-most-states-year-no/


text: "One out of every five people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."
claimant: Matt Gaetz
claim_date: 2019-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Florida congressman misrepresents data on murders attributed to immigrants in the country illegally
review_date: 2019-02-19T19:59:25Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/19/matt-gaetz/gaetz-misrepresents-federal-data-murder-immigrants/


claimant: John Cornyn
claim_date: 2017-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: John Cornyn says Obamacare premiums more than doubled in a few years
review_date: 2017-10-04T16:26:24Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that under the Obamacare law, health insurance "premiums have increased by more than 105 percent since" 2013.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/04/john-cornyn/john-cornyn-says-obamacare-premiums-more-doubled-f/


claimant: Jon Husted
claim_date: 2018-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted's tweets about close elections is accurate
review_date: 2018-01-23T17:58:31Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When we say ‘one vote matters,’ it’s not just a saying – it has proven true 141 times in #Ohio over the last five years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/23/jon-husted/ohio-secretary-state-jon-husteds-tweets-about-clos/


text: “[U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb] said he would NOT vote for [Nancy Pelosi] for Speaker, and did.”
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said Pa. Rep. Conor Lamb backed Nancy Pelosi for House speaker. That’s not true.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/27/donald-trump/trump-said-pa-rep-conor-lamb-backed-nancy-pelosi-h/


claimant: Donna Campbell
claim_date: 2017-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Donna Campbell says due to low rates, 70 percent of physicians don't take new Medicaid patients
review_date: 2017-04-07T22:21:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Seven out of ten doctors are not taking any new Medicaid patients as lower reimbursement rates make it cost-prohibitive."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/07/donna-campbell/donna-campbell-says-due-low-rates-70-percent-physi/


text: "That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period."
claimant: Sean Spicer
claim_date: 2017-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump had biggest inaugural crowd ever? Metrics don't show it
review_date: 2017-04-11T17:09:58Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jan/22/sean-spicer/trump-had-biggest-inaugural-crowd-ever-metrics-don/


text: Nancy Pelosi was "asked to leave a children’s benefit after drunken outburst."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nancy Pelosi didn’t get drunk at a children’s benefit in a public park
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/11/facebook-posts/no-nancy-pelosi-didnt-get-drunk-childrens-benefit-/


text: Says Joe Biden wants to "defund the police."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden says he doesn’t want to defund police
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/09/donald-trump/biden-campaign-says-he-doesnt-want-defund-police/


claimant: Flash 24 Daily
claim_date: 2017-12-25T00:00:00Z
title: No, Sandra Bullock didn't disparage Hillary Clinton
review_date: 2018-01-04T22:48:09Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sandra Bullock said to Hillary Clinton, "If you don’t like our president you can leave and never come back again."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jan/04/flash-24-daily/no-sandra-bullock-didnt-disparage-hillary-clinton/


claimant: Bob Donovan
claim_date: 2018-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Has Milwaukee, where police tased NBA's Sterling Brown, paid over $22M in police misconduct cases?
review_date: 2018-05-24T17:37:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since 2015, the City of Milwaukee has spent more than $22 million on settlements with litigants accusing police of misconduct."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/24/bob-donovan/has-milwaukee-where-police-tased-nbas-sterling-bro/


text: "We've already lost $500 million in economic impact" from HB2 fallout in North Carolina.
claimant: Chris Sgro
claim_date: 2016-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Democratic Representative Chris Sgro says North Carolina has already lost $500 million due to HB2
review_date: 2016-05-17T21:27:54Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/16/chris-sgro/democratic-representative-says-north-carolina-has-/


claimant: John Kelly
claim_date: 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking John Kelly on Frederica Wilson's 2015 speech
review_date: 2017-10-20T20:33:09Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
At a 2015 dedication of an FBI building in Florida, Rep. Frederica Wilson "stood up there ... and talked about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building, and how she took care of her constituents because she got the money, and she just called up President Obama, and on that phone call he gave the money -- the $20 million -- to build the building. And she sat down."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/20/john-kelly/fact-checking-john-kelly-frederica-wilsons-2015-sp/


text: "Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
claimant: Ted Cruz
claim_date: 2019-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Checking Ted Cruz on whether Ukraine 'blatantly interfered' in 2016 election
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/12/ted-cruz/checking-ted-cruz-whether-ukraine-blatantly-interf/


claimant: Steve Hilton
claim_date: 2019-11-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/nov/11/no-proof-biden-or-kerry-channeled-us-aid-ukraine-b/
title: No proof Biden or Kerry channeled U.S. aid for Ukraine to Burisma
review_date: 2019-11-11T15:03:48Z
textual_rating: Unsubstantiated
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"(Burisma) hired John Kerry’s former chief of staff, while he was secretary of state, paid him money from Burisma, could’ve come from the U.S. taxpayer. That money is circled back to Democratic senators, who then write to the administration for even more money to be sent to Burisma."


claimant: Lee Zeldin
claim_date: 2022-09-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Every time a Republican has been elected president over the last few decades, House Democrats have objected to the result

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/sep/21/lee-zeldin/house-democrats-have-objected-presidential-electio/

title:
House Democrats have objected to presidential election results, though under different circumstances


text: The Clintons and Bushes were “involved in orchestrating the assassination of JFK Jr.”
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2022-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: No, the Clintons and Bushes didn’t help assassinate JFK Jr.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/28/instagram-posts/no-clintons-and-bushes-didnt-help-assassinate-jfk-/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Many Americans say they don’t want a vaccine. Should we be worried?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"People have lost faith in the ability of the vaccine to work. Already, the numbers are really staggeringly low."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/dec/08/joe-biden/many-americans-say-they-dont-want-vaccine-should-w/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Link between a COVID-19 variant and a firm that works in 5G? Just the word 'delta'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Suggests a suspicious link between the COVID-19 delta variant and company named Delta that works in 5G.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/10/viral-image/link-between-covid-19-variant-and-firm-works-5g-ju/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-15T00:00:00Z
title: A viral image of a CNN chyron about Afghanistan is doctored
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Photo shows CNN chyron about Afghanistan that says, “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/16/viral-image/viral-cnn-chyron-about-afghanistan-doctored/


text: “They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?"
claimant: Mauro Garza
claim_date: 2022-01-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/07/mauro-garza/gop-texas-house-candidate-repeats-false-claim-fbi-/

title:
GOP Texas House candidate repeats false claim that FBI agents instigated Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol


text: On NFL players protesting during the national anthem.
claimant: Scott Walker
claim_date: 2017-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Scott Walker veers on NFL national anthem protests
review_date: 2017-10-25T15:19:41Z
textual_rating: Half Flip
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/25/scott-walker/scott-walker-flips-hard-nfl-protests/


text: If you take the oath of office on the Koran, “then you have committed treason.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Ilhan Omar didn’t break the law when she used a Quran to take the oath of office
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/20/viral-image/ilhan-omar-didnt-break-law-when-she-used-quran-tak/


claimant: Democratic Party of Wisconsin
claim_date: 2020-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Dems exaggerate in slamming Trump farm bailouts as “handout for large agricultural companies”
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/02/state-democratic-party-wisconsin/dems-exaggerate-slamming-trump-farm-bailouts-hando/


claimant: Roy Cooper
claim_date: 2018-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: New NC law makes small but significant changes to campaign finance investigations
review_date: 2019-01-14T21:35:51Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A bill passed by GOP legislators “makes it harder to prosecute people and groups that violate campaign finance laws.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/14/roy-cooper/new-nc-law-makes-small-significant-changes-campaig/


claimant: Van Wanggaard
claim_date: 2020-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin senator off-base with claim that it’s unknown whether young people spread COVID-19
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an older person

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/14/van-wanggaard/wisconsin-senator-base-claim-its-unknown-whether-y/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Allegations of racism against Trump didn't start when he challenged the Democrats
review_date: 2019-05-22T19:31:20Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/22/viral-image/donald-trump-has-faced-allegations-racism-decades/


text: Says "I'm also the only lieutenant governor to not take a security detail."
claimant: Carlos Lopez-Cantera
claim_date: 2016-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Carlos Lopez-Cantera says he is only Florida lieutenant governor to forgo security detail
review_date: 2016-05-27T15:54:19Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/26/carlos-lopez-cantera/carlos-lopez-cantera-says-he-only-florida-lieutena/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: No proof viral Facebook image of pilot spotting UFO is authentic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An image shows a “UFO photographed on June 21, 2014 by the pilot from the cockpit of an F-16 military plane flying near Lackland Air Force Base of the United States located in San Antonio, Texas.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/30/facebook-posts/no-proof-viral-facebook-image-pilot-spotting-ufo-a/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Unvaccinated people ‘not dead or sick’? False. COVID-19 is hitting them hard
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Unvaccinated people “are making the vaccinated people sick and die, but the unvaccinated people are not dead or sick.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/09/viral-image/unvaccinated-people-not-dead-or-sick-false-covid-1/


claimant: Lou Dobbs
claim_date: 2020-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Lou Dobbs says United States ‘screening fewer people’ for coronavirus than other countries
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/04/lou-dobbs/lou-dobbs-says-united-states-screening-fewer-peopl/


text: “Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
claimant: Tom Nelson
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Democrat Tom Nelson right on claim that two thirds of U.S. senators are millionaires
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/25/tom-nelson/democrat-tom-nelson-right-claim-two-thirds-us-sena/


text: In California, "the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Trump inflates wind turbine eagle deaths
review_date: 2016-05-31T14:05:09Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/31/donald-trump/trump-exaggerates-wind-turbine-eagle-deaths/


claimant: Texas Campaign for the Environment
claim_date: 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Most Austin city parks lack recycling though donations funded bins in biggest parks
review_date: 2018-06-08T20:29:54Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says most of Austin’s biggest parks have recycling though as "many as 293 out of 300" Austin city "parks have no recycling, including almost every neighborhood park."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/08/texas-campaign-environment/most-austin-city-parks-lack-recycling-zilker-park-/


text: Says that on the tax reform law, Democratic leaders "are promising to take it all away."
claimant: Paul Ryan
claim_date: 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Paul Ryan says Democratic leaders are threatening to take away all benefits from tax reform law
review_date: 2018-05-02T14:04:33Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/02/paul-ryan/paul-ryan-says-democratic-leaders-are-threatening-/


claimant: TikTok videos
claim_date: 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Did US military let migrants cross the border illegally? Claims mischaracterize border footage
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Video shows a U.S. military member opening a border gate and allowing immigrants to enter the country illegally.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/26/tiktok-posts/did-us-military-let-migrants-cross-the-border-ille/


claimant: Ohio Republican Party
claim_date: 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Ohio GOP miscasts Sherrod Brown's longstanding policy on voter registration
review_date: 2018-06-29T16:31:01Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sherrod Brown in 1978 "voted for stricter removal standards (for voter registration) and then enforced them as Secretary of State."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/29/ohio-republican-party/ohio-gop-miscasts-sherrod-browns-longstanding-poli/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/23/fact-checking-donald-trump-joe-biden-final-preside/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump, Joe Biden in the final presidential debate
review_date: 2020-10-23T05:51:14Z
textual_rating: Exaggeration
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s exaggerated claim that he ‘saved’ HBCUs with 2019 funding bill
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/27/donald-trump/trumps-exaggerated-claim-he-saved-hbcus-2019-fundi/


claimant: Jeff Sessions
claim_date: 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Is the ACLU really to blame for Chicago’s murder spike?
review_date: 2018-05-16T14:50:23Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
A legal settlement that reined in Chicago police "resulted in approximately 236 additional victims killed and over 1,100 additional shootings in 2016 alone."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/15/jeff-sessions/aclu-really-blame-chicagos-murder-spike/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2021-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Trump’s Pants on Fire distortion about Georgia’s voter rolls
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Georgia didn’t update its voter rolls prior to the 2020 presidential election; “this means we (you!) won the presidential election in Georgia.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/23/donald-trump/trumps-pants-fire-distortion-about-georgias-voter-/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2022-02-22T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/feb/25/sen-rick-scott-says-his-gop-agenda-didnt-call-tax-/
title: Sen. Rick Scott says his GOP agenda didn’t call for a tax increase. Experts think it did
textual_rating: Plan lacks sufficient detail
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says his plan, which called for “all Americans” to “pay some income tax to have skin in the game,” wasn’t a proposal to increase taxes for some Americans.


text: Photo shows first person from a Honduras caravan to be granted asylum in the U.S.
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Photo does not show an asylum seeker from Honduras
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/09/facebook-posts/photo-does-not-show-an-asylum-seeker-from-honduras/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Joe Biden cites study that found 25 percent of ankle sprain patients in ERs were prescribed opioids
review_date: 2019-04-16T13:29:16Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/16/joe-biden/joe-biden-cites-study-found-25-percent-ankle-sprai/


text: Video shows Tucker Carlson speechless in interview with a guest.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t an authentic video of Tucker Carlson speechless before a guest
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/26/viral-image/no-isnt-authentic-video-tucker-carlson-speechless-/


text: Photo shows “people coming from California to Washington DC” to protest election results.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Photo shows October Trump parade in New York, not a January caravan to DC
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/04/viral-image/photo-shows-october-trump-parade-new-york/


text: "Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: No, Black Lives Matter is not a terrorist organization
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/30/facebook-posts/black-lives-matter-not-terrorist-organization/


claimant: Pete Buttigieg
claim_date: 2019-06-27T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/jun/28/fact-checking-2nd-night-democratic-debate-miami/
title: Fact-checking the 2nd night of the Democratic debate in Miami
review_date: 2019-06-28T16:49:26Z
textual_rating: This needs context.
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
(Addressing his response to a police shooting of a black man in his city) "Look, we've taken so many steps toward police accountability that, you know, the (Fraternal Order of Police) just denounced me for too much accountability."


claimant: Gavin Newsom
claim_date: 2019-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Gavin Newsom makes False claim of raising LGBTQ Pride flag ‘for first time’ at California’s Capitol
review_date: 2019-06-19T01:02:17Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "For the first time in our state’s history, the Pride flag has been raised at our State Capitol!!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/18/gavin-newsom/gavin-newsom-makes-false-claim-raising-lgbtq-pride/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Trump was triumphant after leaving the hospital, but he didn’t say this about COVID-19
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Donald Trump said, “The doctors said they’ve never seen a body kill the coronavirus like my body. They tested my DNA and it wasn’t DNA. It was USA.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/07/viral-image/trump-was-triumphant-after-leaving-hospital-he-did/


claimant: Beto O'Rourke
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: Reality is more complex
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Centers for Disease Control (is) prevented from actually studying the issue (of gun violence) in the first place."


claimant: Karine Jean-Pierre
claim_date: 2022-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: White House gets it wrong on unemployment level when Joe Biden took office
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
When Joe Biden “walked into this administration … 20 million people were on unemployment insurance benefits.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/14/karine-jean-pierre/white-house-gets-it-wrong-unemployment-level-when-/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: U.S. is importing large amount of Russian oil, but Facebook post misstates Keystone XL role
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The U.S. is “now importing 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia,” but that could have been prevented if the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t been cancelled.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/23/facebook-posts/us-importing-large-amount-russian-oil-facebook-pos/


text: California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Trump repeats overly simplistic, False claim on California’s wildfires
review_date: 2019-01-10T00:20:16Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/donald-trump/trump-repeats-overly-simplistic-false-claim-califo/


text: In April, "the vast majority will be (filling out their taxes) on a single postcard."
claimant: Ivanka Trump
claim_date: 2017-12-21T00:00:00Z
title: Ivanka Trump wrong that in April, 'vast majority' will be filing their taxes on a 'postcard'
review_date: 2017-12-21T22:23:13Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/21/ivanka-trump/ivanka-trump-wrong-april-vast-majority-will-be-fil/


text: “Biden is making ‘maternity flight suits’ so pregnant women can fight in the military.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: The Air Force introduced maternity flight duty uniforms before Biden took office
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/10/blog-posting/air-force-introduced-maternity-flight-duty-uniform/


text: Ben Carson said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship."
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: It's not clear Ben Carson suggested illegal immigrants should be stripped of citizenship
review_date: 2019-02-08T20:30:33Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/08/facebook-posts/ben-carson-illegal-immigrants-should-be-stripped/


claimant: Ron DeSantis
claim_date: 2019-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Did Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis get a "historic commitment" from Trump for Hurricane Michael aid?
review_date: 2019-03-08T21:10:59Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/07/ron-desantis/did-florida-gov-ron-desantis-get-historic-commitme/


claimant: Andrew Yang
claim_date: 2019-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Andrew Yang on history of universal basic income
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/16/andrew-yang/fact-checking-andrew-yang-history-universal-basic-/


text: A photograph shows Barack Obama bowing to Ayatollah Khamenei.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: This photo of Barack Obama bowing to the Ayatollah Khamenei is fake
review_date: 2019-05-24T16:06:18Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/viral-image/photo-barack-obama-bowing-ayatollah-khamenei-fake/


text: Solar companies “have to give solar panels away for completely no net cost.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: No, solar companies are not required to give away solar panels, and beware of offers of free panels
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/apr/01/facebook-posts/no-solar-companies-are-not-required-give-away-sola/


text: "Rosa Parks’ daughter praises (President Donald) Trump’s response to Charlottesville."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2017-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fake news: Rosa Parks had no daughter who could praise Trump’s comments
review_date: 2017-08-23T14:55:06Z
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/fake-news-rosa-parks-had-no-daughter-could-praise-/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: No, Clinton did not write email stating ‘we’re all going to hang from nooses’ if Trump wins
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
An email from Hillary Clinton to Donna Brazile Oct.17th, 2016 stated: "If that f-----’ bastard wins, we’re all going to hang from nooses! You better fix this s---!"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/02/facebook-posts/no-proof-clinton-sent-email-donna-brazile-saying-i/


text: “Washington politicians are paid over $200,000 an hour for speeches.”
claimant: Bernie Sanders
claim_date: 2016-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Bernie Sanders ad ignores fact that members of Congress can't be paid for speeches
review_date: 2016-04-19T23:04:46Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/apr/20/bernie-sanders/bernie-sanders-ad-ignores-fact-members-congress-ca/


text: The immigration bill includes free "Obamacars," motorcycles or scooters.
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Does the immigration bill include free 'Obamacars' for teens?
review_date: 2017-10-02T20:52:20Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2013/jun/26/blog-posting/does-immigration-bill-include-free-obamacars-teens/


text: Says Joe Biden told Americans, ‘If you elect me, your taxes are going to be raised, not cut.”
claimant: America First Action
claim_date: 2020-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Ad attacking Joe Biden’s tax plan takes his comments out of context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/20/america-first/ad-attacking-joe-bidens-tax-plan-takes-his-comment/


claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2022-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Claim about Pfizer CEO’s description of vaccine leaves out important context
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said: “Two doses of the vaccine offers very limited protection, if any.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/14/blog-posting/claim-about-pfizer-ceos-description-vaccine-leaves/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: False meme suggests Texas rapper faces death penalty but Santa Fe school shooter does not
review_date: 2018-05-23T22:20:52Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a young Texas rapper charged with capital crimes faces the death penalty but the alleged Santa Fe High School shooter faces prison and then parole after 40 years.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/23/instagram-posts/false-meme-suggests-texas-rapper-faces-death-penal/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: No, NASA did not spend over $165 million on a space pen while Russians used pencils
review_date: 2019-05-21T22:27:26Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says NASA spent more than $165 million over 10 years to develop a pen that "writes in zero gravity, upside down" and in extreme temperatures while the "Russians used a pencil instead."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/21/facebook-posts/no-nasa-did-not-spend-over-165-million-space-pen-w/


text: "Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Sun exposure does not kill the coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/11/facebook-posts/sun-exposure-does-not-kill-coronavirus/


text: "Voter turnout in 2016 was reduced by approx. 200,000 votes because of WI’s photo ID laws."
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2017-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Did first-time use of photo ID cause 200,000 drop in Wisconsin voter turnout in presidential race?
review_date: 2017-05-25T14:43:26Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/24/tammy-baldwin/photo-id-law-caused-200000-drop-wisconsin-voter-tu/


text: "Voter turnout in 2016 was reduced by approx. 200,000 votes because of WI’s photo ID laws."
claimant: Tammy Baldwin
claim_date: 2017-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Do voter ID laws help or hurt voter turnout?
review_date: 2017-05-30T10:22:23Z
textual_rating: Three Pinocchios
language_code: en
publisher_name: Washington Post
publisher_site: washingtonpost.com
url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/05/30/do-voter-id-laws-help-or-hurt-voter-turnout/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: The Evergreen ship blocking the Suez Canal is not linked to Hillary Clinton
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship named Evergreen. Evergreen shipping is most likely a cover for human and sex trafficking" by Hillary Clinton.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/25/facebook-posts/evergreen-ship-blocking-suez-canal-not-linked-hill/


claimant: Kayleigh McEnany
claim_date: 2020-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: The ‘Million MAGA March’ did not have 1 million or more attendees
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“More than one MILLION marchers for President @realDonaldTrump descend on” Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/16/kayleigh-mcenany/million-maga-march-did-not-have-more-1-million-att/


claimant: LaKeshia Myers
claim_date: 2021-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Wisconsin is one of three states, not nine, where 17-year-olds are adults in justice system
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/16/lakeshia-myers/wisconsin-one-three-states-not-nine-where-17-year-/


text: "The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family."
claimant: Ta-Nehisi Coates
claim_date: 2019-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Seeking reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates says typical blacks have one-tenth the wealth of whites
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/01/ta-nehisi-coates/seeking-reparations-ta-nehisi-coates-says-typical-/


text: Country singer Miranda Lambert is giving away “free belly melt kits.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: No, Miranda Lambert isn’t hawking these weight-loss gummies
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jun/16/facebook-posts/no-miranda-lambert-isnt-hawking-these-weight-loss/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2023-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, health care professionals aren’t being ‘urged’ to call vaginas ‘bonus holes’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Health professionals are being “urged” to call vaginas “bonus holes” to avoid offending transgender or nonbinary patients.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/17/instagram-posts/no-health-care-professionals-arent-being-urged-to/


text: Blood “starts to clot in a minute or two” after a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine injection.
claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: No evidence that Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine causes blood clots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/29/instagram-posts/no-evidence-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-causes-blood-c/


claimant: Club for Growth
claim_date: 2018-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: No, Beto O'Rourke's father in law did not buy him his congressional seat
review_date: 2019-03-14T15:08:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/14/club-growth/no-beto-orourkes-father-law-did-not-buy-him-his-co/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump absurdly claims Clinton campaign chairman rigged the polls. Pants on Fire!
review_date: 2016-10-25T21:32:07Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Wikileaks also shows how John Podesta rigged the polls by oversampling Democrats, a voter suppression technique."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/oct/25/donald-trump/trump-absurd-claims-podesta-rigged-polls/


claimant: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
claim_date: 2018-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Did Andy Barr dismiss military service while boosting serving in political office? Not really
review_date: 2018-10-24T21:04:20Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says that U.S. Rep. Andy Barr was "even dismissing the importance of military service" by saying, "We both served our country. I’ve served in a position where ideas matter."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/24/democratic-congressional-campaign-committee/did-andy-barr-dismiss-military-service-and-while-b/


text: The death of George Floyd was a "staged event."
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: Conspiracy theory falsely claims George Floyd’s death was staged
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/29/facebook-posts/conspiracy-theory-falsely-claims-george-floyds-dea/


claimant: Hillary Clinton
claim_date: 2016-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Trump said he would require schools to allow guns, Clinton says
review_date: 2016-11-02T16:45:41Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says of Donald Trump, "He even said, on his very first day in office, he would require every school in America to let people carry guns into our classrooms."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/nov/01/hillary-clinton/trump-said-he-would-require-schools-allow-guns-cli/


text: NC Republicans “raided $58 million that was supposed to help create jobs for North Carolinians.”
claimant: North Carolina Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: NC Democrats say Republicans redirected $58M meant for job creation
review_date: 2018-03-27T22:16:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/27/north-carolina-democratic/nc-democrats-say-republicans-redirected-58m-meant-/


claimant: Joe Scarborough
claim_date: 2015-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: Tiny fraction of crimes committed with legal guns
review_date: 2017-04-12T19:08:36Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/oct/05/joe-scarborough/msnbcs-joe-scarborough-tiny-fraction-crimes-commit/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden did back a long border fence in 2006, but a comparison to 2021 falls short
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a video shows Joe Biden boasted in 2006 “about voting for ‘700 miles of fence’” and “talking about immigration in some entirely different ways than he does today.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/26/facebook-posts/biden-did-back-long-border-fence-2006-comparison-2/


claimant: William Taylor
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking impeachment witness William Taylor's claim about Russia treaty violations
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/14/william-taylor/fact-checking-impeachment-witness-william-taylors-/


claimant: Cory Booker
claim_date: 2016-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Sen. Cory Booker says al-Qaida has urged followers to use lax U.S. gun laws to kill Americans
review_date: 2016-06-23T13:57:04Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'"

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/23/cory-booker/sen-cory-booker-says-al-qaida-has-urged-followers-/


text: A photo of a horse being pulled through a scorched ranch is from the Australia wildfires.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Photo of horse being led through smoky, burned field taken in US
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/07/viral-image/photo-horse-being-led-through-smoky-burned-field-t/


text: "One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."
claimant: Gary Chambers
claim_date: 2022-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Louisiana Democrat’s claim about Black Americans and the right to vote
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/15/gary-chambers/fact-checking-louisiana-democrats-claim-about-blac/


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: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"We have spent nearly $2.5 trillion on completely rebuilding our military, which was very badly depleted when I took office."


claimant: Occupy Democrats
claim_date: 2020-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Did Matt Gaetz and Ted Cruz oppose paid sick leave but take it for themselves?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/17/occupy-democrats/did-matt-gaetz-and-ted-cruz-oppose-paid-sick-leave/


claimant: Russ Feingld
claim_date: 2016-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Testing Russ Feingold claim about opponent Ron Johnson's views on trade, help for workers
review_date: 2016-07-11T17:13:06Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he "voted to eliminate it."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/06/russ-feingold/testing-russ-feingold-claim-about-opponent-ron-joh/


claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2019-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: There’s no evidence Americans pay $155 billion each year to cover the cost of illegal immigration
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
American citizens “pay $155 billion annually to make sure illegal immigrants are taken care of better than American citizens”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jan/26/facebook-posts/theres-no-evidence-americans-pay-155-billion-each-/


text: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to abolish the Second Amendment."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2016-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump falsely claims Hillary Clinton 'wants to abolish the 2nd Amendment'
review_date: 2016-05-11T21:49:22Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-falsely-claims-hillary-clinton-wants-/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: In phony Facebook ad, Warren said most TV networks will refuse ads with a 'lie' but that’s wrong
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/15/elizabeth-warren/phony-facebook-ad-warren-said-most-tv-networks-wil/


claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2023-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Does the World Economic Forum need to get under your skin (with a chip)? No
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The World Economic Forum “says CBDCs must be ‘implanted under your skin’ if you want to participate in society.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/20/viral-image/does-the-world-economic-forum-need-to-get-under-yo/


text: There were no American flags at the first Democratic presidential debate.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: The Democratic debate stage was decorated with stars, stripes, and lots of red, white and blue
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/28/viral-image/democratic-debate-stage-was-decorated-stars-stripe/


claimant: Kamala Harris
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ claim about Donald Trump and investigations of police misconduct
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/04/kamala-harris/fact-checking-kamala-harris-claim-about-trump-and-/


claimant: John James
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking John James on Gary Peters’ committee attendance
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is "known for doing nothing. … (Peters) skipped 84% of small business hearings (and) skipped 89% of hearings on China."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/31/john-james/fact-checking-john-james-gary-peters-committee-att/


text: Video shows Volodymr Zelensky singing “Endless Love” with his wife.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2022-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: No, this isn’t a video of Zelenskyy singing a Lionel Richie song
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/10/viral-image/no-isnt-video-zelensky-singing-lionel-ritchie-song/


text: “Putin JUST SHUTDOWN All Oil To The US, Collapsing The US Economy!”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2023-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Putin didn’t ‘shut down’ all Russian oil to the U.S. It’s already banned.
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/facebook-posts/putin-didnt-shut-down-all-russian-oil-to-the-us-it/


text: Says of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands."
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump exaggerates on number of MS-13 gang members deported
review_date: 2018-05-15T20:42:37Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/may/15/donald-trump/donald-trump-exaggerates-number-ms-13-gang-members/


text: "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached."
claimant: Jimmy Kimmel
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: No, Nixon was never officially impeached. He resigned first
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jun/13/jimmy-kimmel/no-nixon-was-never-officially-impeached-he-resigne/


text: Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns."
claimant: A Better Wisconsin Together
claim_date: 2022-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Better Wisconsin Together on target with ad on Michels and gun law loophole
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/oct/24/better-wisconsin-together/better-wisconsin-together-target-ad-michels-and-gu/


text: Says Elizabeth Warren "was paid $400,000 to teach one class."
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2019-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Did Elizabeth Warren get $400,000 for teaching one class at Harvard?
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/18/blog-posting/did-elizabeth-warren-get-400000-teaching-one-class/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2021-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Video clips take Biden’s 1994 ‘If Haiti just quietly sunk’ remark out of context
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Joe Biden said: “If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean, or rose up 300 feet, it wouldn’t matter a whole lot in terms of our interests.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/sep/24/instagram-posts/video-clips-take-bidens-1994-if-haiti-just-quietly/


claimant: Solar Energy Fairness
claim_date: 2016-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Nevada solar subsidy claims need more evidence
review_date: 2016-05-13T18:23:11Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Big rooftop solar's plan forces Nevada families who don’t have solar panels to pay higher power bills to subsidize rooftop solar.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/13/solar-energy-fairness/solar-subsidy-claims-need-more-evidence/


text: The FBI uncovered "256 texts between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein"
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: No, the FBI didn’t find over 250 texts between Schiff, Epstein. A satire site made it up
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/20/facebook-posts/no-fbi-didnt-find-over-250-texts-between-schiff-ep/


claimant: Instagram posts
claim_date: 2020-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Post about Bill Gates’ work on vaccine tracking distorts research, timeline
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says “Bill Gates and other globalists, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies, are reportedly working to push tracking bracelets and ‘invisible tattoos’ to monitor Americans during an impending lockdown.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/09/instagram-posts/post-about-bill-gates-work-vaccine-tracking-distor/


text: "Muslims’ disturbing plan comes out after grocery stores go bare to prepare for Irma."
claimant: Freedom Daily
claim_date: 2017-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Freedom Daily misleads about potential food poisoning at grocery stores, Hurricane Irma
review_date: 2017-09-12T12:16:31Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/12/freedom-daily/freedom-daily-misleads-about-potential-food-poison/


text: "The standard of voting in North Dakota is the easiest in the country."
claimant: Kevin Cramer
claim_date: 2018-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Does no registration make voting easiest in North Dakota?
review_date: 2018-10-23T15:23:08Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/oct/23/kevin-cramer/no-registration-voting-easiest-north-dakota/


text: “Hawaii to no longer recognize out-of-state driver’s licenses.”
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2021-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: You can drive in Hawaii with out-of-state licenses
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/23/viral-image/you-can-drive-hawaii-out-state-licenses/


claimant: Noah Smith
claim_date: 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Has automation driven job losses in the steel industry?
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/08/noah-smith/has-automation-driven-job-losses-steel-industry/


text: Florida has “the highest” homeowners insurance in the nation.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Trump is correct that Florida has highest home insurance rate in the United States
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/18/donald-trump/trump-is-correct-that-florida-has-highest-home-ins/


claimant: Gordon Gee
claim_date: 2019-09-08T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/31/has-states-share-wvu-funding-fallen-70-12-1980/
title: Has state's share of WVU funding fallen from 70% to 12% since 1980?
textual_rating: Didn't provide any backup
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"When I was here the first time around in 1980 as the president, 70% of our budget came from the state. About 12 or 13(%) comes from the state now."


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Sanders backed a waste-dump plan in Texas that didn’t happen
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Sen. Bernie Sanders led the effort to dump Vermont's nuclear waste on a poor Latino community in Texas.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/13/facebook-posts/sanders-backed-waste-dump-plan-texas-didnt-happen/


text: The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”
claimant: Brian Kilmeade
claim_date: 2020-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: What’s the President’s Daily Brief? Not ‘like a mini novel,’ as Fox News host says
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jul/07/brian-kilmeade/whats-presidents-daily-brief-not-mini-novel-fox-ne/


claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2022-02-11T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/feb/24/fauci-lied-how-broad-misunderstanding-about-scienc/
title: ‘Fauci lied:’ How misunderstanding about science and public health has helped fuel false claims
textual_rating: Misunderstanding of scientific process
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Changing public health recommendations and scientific findings is proof that lawmakers and public health officials have been lying about the pandemic.


text: Donald Trump was photographed wearing blackface.
claimant: Viral image
claim_date: 2019-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: No, Donald Trump wasn't photographed in blackface
review_date: 2019-02-27T16:11:00Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/22/viral-image/no-donald-trump-wasnt-photographed-blackface/


text: “Antifa gearing up for false flag violence disguised as Trump-supporters.”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z
title: Flyer encouraging antifa to disguise themselves as Trump supporters is fake and old
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/03/blog-posting/flyer-encouraging-antifa-disguise-themselves-trump/


claimant: Amy Klobuchar
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Klobuchar misfires with debate salvo on Wisconsin voter suppression
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/02/amy-klobuchar/Klobuchar-misfires-Wisconsin-voter-claim/


text: “Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!”
claimant: Bloggers
claim_date: 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, there wasn’t an attempted assassination against Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/04/blog-posting/no-there-wasnt-attempted-assassination-against-tru/


text: Says former president Jimmy Carter said, "Medical marijuana cured my cancer."
claimant: Internet rumors
claim_date: 2015-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Bogus claim that Jimmy Carter credits marijuana for curing his cancer is all smoke
review_date: 2017-03-06T22:55:14Z
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/mar/06/blog-posting/bogus-claim-jimmy-carter-credits-marijuana-curing-/


text: Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour.
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2018-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Yep, there's a guy who flies around on a jet-powered hoverboard
review_date: 2019-03-07T19:51:03Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/mar/07/facebook-posts/yep-theres-guy-who-flies-around-jet-powered-hoverb/


text: "Thomas Jefferson said, ‘Government that governs least governs best.’ "
claimant: Mike Pence
claim_date: 2017-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Mike Pence erroneously credits Thomas Jefferson with small government quote
review_date: 2017-09-21T19:34:39Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/21/mike-pence/mike-pence-erroneously-credits-thomas-jefferson-sm/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2019-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: How much have domestic violence rates fallen since the Violence Against Women Act passed?
review_date: 2019-02-22T21:14:58Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Since the passage of (the Violence Against Women Act), annual rates of domestic violence have dropped by 63 percent."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/22/joe-biden/how-much-have-domestic-violence-rates-fallen-viole/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Donald Trump says William Taylor and George Kent are Never Trumpers. There’s no evidence they are
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/nov/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-william-taylor-and-george-kent-a/


text: Ilhan Omar called for "violence" against President Trump over Middle East dispute.
claimant: Viral Image
claim_date: 2020-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Ilhan Omar didn’t call for violence against Trump over Middle East
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/15/viral-image/ilhan-omar-didnt-call-violence-against-trump-over-/


claimant: Rick Scott
claim_date: 2016-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Rick Scott says federal government has shortchanged Florida on Zika money
review_date: 2016-12-12T21:32:38Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
More than two months ago President Barack Obama signed a bill for more than $1 billion in Zika funding, but "the federal government has still only committed $7 million" to help Florida.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/12/rick-scott/rick-scott-says-federal-government-has-shortchange/


text: "The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory."
claimant: Russian Embassy in Canada
claim_date: 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Russia’s Pants on Fire claim that it is not occupying Ukrainian territory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/03/russian-embassy-canada/russias-pants-fire-claim-it-not-occupying-ukrainia/


text: Marijuana and THC "have caused emergency room visits to skyrocket."
claimant: Patrick J. Kennedy
claim_date: 2018-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Has marijuana caused emergency room visits to skyrocket?
review_date: 2018-07-06T15:15:16Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/06/patrick-kennedy/has-marijuana-caused-emergency-room-visits-skyrock/


text: “Bikers show up to The Walter Reed Hospital to pray for President Trump.”
claimant: Facebook posts
claim_date: 2020-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Video shows protesters in South Africa, not bikers praying for Trump
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/05/facebook-posts/video-shows-protesters-south-africa-not-bikers-pra/


claimant: Tucker Carlson
claim_date: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/nov/05/tucker-carlsons-patriot-purge-film-jan-6-full-fals/
title: Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories
review_date: 2021-11-05T21:10:55Z
textual_rating: Charges go beyond that
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The media lied about Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick’s death to create "a pretext for a national crackdown."


text: The cost of "health care is now the single-biggest factor driving down" the federal budget deficit.
claimant: Barack Obama
claim_date: 2014-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Obama: Health care is driving down the deficit
review_date: 2017-05-24T21:02:43Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/oct/08/barack-obama/obama-health-care-driving-down-deficit/


claimant: Elizabeth Warren
claim_date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/dec/20/warren-vs-buttigieg-what-they-were-fighting-about-/
title: Warren vs. Buttigieg: Why they were fighting about campaign finance and a wine cave at the debate
review_date: 2019-12-20T05:43:36Z
textual_rating: Wine cave event occurred
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Pete Buttigieg "just recently had a fundraiser that was held in a wine cave full of crystals and served $900-a-bottle wine. Think about who comes to that. He had promised that every fundraiser he would do would be open door, but this one was closed door."


text: “Democrat Senators high-five after voting in favor of late-term abortion.”
claimant: Facebook post
claim_date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: No, Democratic senators did not high-five after voting for late-term abortion
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/29/facebook-posts/no-democratic-senators-did-not-high-five-after-vot/


text: "A California health care CEO is promising to reduce our prescription drug costs."
claimant: Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
claim_date: 2017-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Ad opposing Ohio Issue 2 wrongly portrays proponent as health care CEO
review_date: 2017-10-13T14:10:18Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/13/ohioans-against-deceptive-rx-ballot-issue/ad-opposing-ohio-issue-2-wrongly-portrays-proponen/


text: "Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”
claimant: Tommy Tuberville
claim_date: 2023-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Most US high school grads read below standard. That doesn’t mean half can’t read their diplomas
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/20/tommy-tuberville/can-half-us-high-school-graduates-not-read-their-d/


claimant: Jim Justice
claim_date: 2019-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact-checking Jim Justice's boast about W.Va. highway rankings
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/oct/01/jim-justice/fact-checking-jim-justices-boast-about-wva-highway/


claimant: Shelley Moore Capito
claim_date: 2019-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Shelley Moore Capito mostly right about recent GDP growth, unemployment
review_date: 2019-02-04T22:18:07Z
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"Our economy is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. Unemployment is at an all-time low."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/04/shelley-moore-capito/shelley-moore-capito-mostly-right-about-recent-gdp/


claimant: West Virginia Democratic Party
claim_date: 2018-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Did Patrick Morrisey's family firm lobby against Gorsuch confirmation?
review_date: 2018-07-13T16:47:26Z
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Patrick Morrisey’s "family’s firm was paid $500,000 to lobby AGAINST Trump’s last Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jul/13/west-virginia-democratic-party/did-patrick-morriseys-family-firm-lobby-against-go/


claimant: Bill Zedler
claim_date: 2017-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: CDC accepts all manner of reported vaccination effects--even symptoms of the Hulk
review_date: 2017-05-11T18:58:53Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/may/11/bill-zedler/bill-zedler-insists-program-doesnt-collect-wide-ra/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/05/donald-trump/bankrupt-strong-word/
title: Donald Trump exaggerates costs of health care for undocumented immigrants in State of the Union
textual_rating: Half True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders."


text: Joe Biden as vice president didn't "have the right to declassify" documents.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2023-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Trump is wrong; Biden did have the right to declassify records as VP
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/19/donald-trump/trump-wrong-biden-did-have-right-declassify-record/


claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: FBI director warned about white supremacist violence
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists.

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/06/joe-biden/fbi-director-warned-about-white-supremacist-violen/


claimant: Todd Wilcox
claim_date: 2016-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Waterboarding works, US Senate candidate (and former CIA officer) Todd Wilcox says
review_date: 2016-05-24T20:07:55Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/may/24/todd-wilcox/waterboarding-works-us-senate-candidate-todd-wilco/


claimant: Republican Governors Association
claim_date: 2018-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: In Ohio TV ad, Republican group misleads in attack on Richard Cordray's tenure at consumer bureau
review_date: 2018-08-14T15:37:35Z
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says Richard Cordray "secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/14/republican-governors-association/ohio-tv-ad-republican-group-misleads-attack-richar/


text: “40% of the initial small business funds didn’t go to small businesses at all.”
claimant: Joe Biden
claim_date: 2020-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Biden uses arbitrary, conflicting definition to slam small business loans
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/26/joe-biden/joe-biden-small-business-loans-ppp-wisconsin/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2019-10-03T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/oct/03/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-medicare-village/
title: Fact-checking Trump's claims about Medicare at The Villages in Florida
review_date: 2019-10-04T14:52:47Z
textual_rating: Debunked talking point
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"The Democrat plans for socialized medicine will not just put doctors and hospitals out of business, they will also deny your treatment and everything that you need."


claimant: Facebook
claim_date: 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Claim that Florida is undercounting COVID-19 deaths uses flawed comparison
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“According to the CDC, so far this year, Florida has had 1,762 deaths from COVID-19 and 5,185 from pneumonia. Average pneumonia deaths in Florida from 2013-2018 for the same time period are 918.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/03/facebook-posts/claim-florida-undercounting-covid-19-deaths-uses-f/


text: “We already have won” the election.
claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2020-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Trump falsely and prematurely claims 2020 presidential victory
textual_rating: Pants on Fire
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/nov/04/donald-trump/trump-falsely-and-prematurely-claims-2020-presiden/


claimant: Andrew Cuomo
claim_date: 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z
title: Cuomo said treatment for Amazon no different
review_date: 2018-12-10T15:11:02Z
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/07/andrew-cuomo/cuomo-said-treatment-amazon-no-different/


claimant: Donald Trump
claim_date: 2018-09-26T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.politifact.com/article/2018/sep/26/fact-checking-donald-trumps-press-conference-eve-k/
title: Fact-checking Donald Trump’s press conference on eve of Kavanaugh, Ford hearings
review_date: 2018-09-26T23:19:14Z
textual_rating: Not accurate
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
“We spent $3.2 (billion), and we’re getting another $1.6 (billion), and eventually we’re getting the whole thing and we’ll complete the wall.”


claimant: Survival International
claim_date: 2021-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Would protecting 30% of the world’s land and waters hurt 300 million people?
textual_rating: Mostly False
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Under the 30x30 global land protection goal “300 million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples.”

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/07/survival-international/would-protecting-30-worlds-land-and-waters-hurt-30/


claimant: Patrick Testin
claim_date: 2021-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Most of the Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy are not special visa holders
textual_rating: Mostly True
language_code: en
publisher_name: PolitiFact
publisher_site: politifact.com
text:
Says "the vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all."

url:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/oct/13/patrick-testin/most-afghan-refugees-fort-mccoy-are-not-special-vi/


